Ordered the Klipsch Ultra2 THX package based on impressive reviews and theater builds on AVS, such as Sandman's. (This package - http://www.klipsch.com/thx-ultra2-home-theater-system)
I emailed somebody who's a pro installer and he sent this back:
I had never heard anything like this on AVS or elsewhere. I tried googling, but all I could find was the opposite: people impressed by build quality, excellent timbre matching, and evenness of integration.
So I wrote him back and basically said, "Are we talking about the same speakers?" He wrote:
Now, of course, I'm worried about my purchase.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? I feel like I'm in a parallel universe. Not sure how a $13,000 MSRP classifies as "you get what you pay for".
I emailed somebody who's a pro installer and he sent this back:
Quote:
True story, had a client who got a "great deal" on those very same Klipsch speakers. He had to spend $3500 on a QSC DSP 322ua to fix the problems associated with "those" speakers.
The speakers have a poor timbre match despite identical design. In essence, poor quality control of components (you get what you pay for). Something that is easily heard in playback... you have to spend a lot more to bring them up to par. You'll have to perform a nearfield analysis to determine whther the particular speakers you purchased have any timbre problems and which ones they are.
True story, had a client who got a "great deal" on those very same Klipsch speakers. He had to spend $3500 on a QSC DSP 322ua to fix the problems associated with "those" speakers.
The speakers have a poor timbre match despite identical design. In essence, poor quality control of components (you get what you pay for). Something that is easily heard in playback... you have to spend a lot more to bring them up to par. You'll have to perform a nearfield analysis to determine whther the particular speakers you purchased have any timbre problems and which ones they are.
I had never heard anything like this on AVS or elsewhere. I tried googling, but all I could find was the opposite: people impressed by build quality, excellent timbre matching, and evenness of integration.
So I wrote him back and basically said, "Are we talking about the same speakers?" He wrote:
Quote:
Yes, those very same speakers. There were two speakers within the setup which were not timbre matched to the rest of the other speakers by a significant margin. We needed the QSC to fix the problem. The testing we do is not the testing they do in the magazines or the reviews. We test and compare those to the other speakers in the system. Two were problematic. We could only fix it with the QSC. Keep in mind as well, when was the last time you ever really saw a reviewer say something was not the greatest thing in the world for the money?
Yes, those very same speakers. There were two speakers within the setup which were not timbre matched to the rest of the other speakers by a significant margin. We needed the QSC to fix the problem. The testing we do is not the testing they do in the magazines or the reviews. We test and compare those to the other speakers in the system. Two were problematic. We could only fix it with the QSC. Keep in mind as well, when was the last time you ever really saw a reviewer say something was not the greatest thing in the world for the money?
Now, of course, I'm worried about my purchase.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? I feel like I'm in a parallel universe. Not sure how a $13,000 MSRP classifies as "you get what you pay for".
