In Reply to: Help: Just got 1st pair *good* speakers, but not sure what's so great..? posted by Rashomon on May 13, 2007 at 19:14:34:
Dave's suggestion about phase is very important. I always connect speaker wires so that the marked wire (ribbed on zip, writing on some others, siver if copper/silver) is connected to the black or ground speaker terminal and the ground of the amplifier.A listening test is needed to confirm proper phasing also. After everything is hooked up, tune in a radio station and set the stereo selector to mono so the same signal is sent to both speakers. Listen to them fairly close but centered between them (nearfield) and there should be a strong center image of the sound. Reverse one end of one speaker wire connection to reverse the phase, and this strong center image should become diffuse and weak. Revers this connection to put things right and you are done.
The Klipsch Kg4 are very well respected speakers, and are efficient enough that a modestly powered receiver like your Marantz should be able to drive them well. However there are mysteries involved in the elusive concept of synergy, and perhaps there is some reason these do not go together well. If I recall, the Klipsch speakers were new in the mid 1980s, and the Marantz was 5 -10 years old at the time.
Perhaps the subwoofer comparison is unfair. Have you tried the subwoofer with the Klipsch speakers?
RT Barr
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- several things come to mind... - rtbarr 04:54:29 05/14/07 (0)