Bob Crites has a two way Cornscala type "D" which I expect you will like, with a vastly better horn and driver much reduced distortion and with a fifteen inch woofer for much greater dynamics. Both are good speakers both use the same tweeter diaphragm and a better tweeter will yield greater performance later.
#Klipsch kg 4.2 specifications drivers#
You can take things farther if you are into modifying the drivers later or not depending on you. If you want a better speaker find a pair of KLF10 (about the same size) but brace the cabinet and damp the back side of the tweeter horn because the horn walls are thin and they resonate but it is a better more recent horn design. Cap replacement will clean things up and make things more correct, then when you make the switch up the ti diaphragms will let you hear more effectively what the caps have already brought to the table. If you can only wash one side wash the side with the most dirt. What you are asking is much like asking if you should wash the inside or the outside of the window. The step up kg4 model does not require stands and, for many people, is preferred for this reason alone.Both and then play them as long and as loud as is possible (so long as they are happy). The kg4 speaker system sells, pre-owned, for only about a hundred to two hundred dollars more than the kg2, again, depending on the wood finish, actual condition and if the original boxes and packing materials are included. If you are looking for a floor standing speaker, the similar step up model Klipsch kg4 is a much better choice and more available in the used market, cicra 2000 many more of the kg4 were produced according to people that were in the industry at the time. The kg2 is found, second hand, usually anywhere from $100.00 per pair to as high as $250.00 a pair depending on the wood finish, actual condition and if the original boxes and packing materials are included. If you are looking for a true bookshelf speaker, the kg2 would be a great choice, if you use tall stands (expensive) or mount on bookshelves. Also, $350.00 per pair spent, in 1992, for a pair in semi-gloss black over birch, with an 85.5% inflation rate, would equal $649.18 of purchasing power in 2020. If comparing to modern speakers, one should take into consideration that $420.00 per pair spent, in 1992, in either the oak or walnut finish, with an 85.5% inflation rate, would equal $779.02 of purchasing power in 2020. The overall impression listening to the kg2 is that the system is fairly efficient, very well built enclosures, and priced below the competition, size-wise. The kg2 is designed for either bookshelf mount or mounting on tall speaker stands, at two to three feet from the floor is optimal. Floor mounting the kg2, either with or without short stands is not recommended. Bass response will fade, the more the speaker is moved from the wall, from a 1” base line gap, almost touching the wall. The kg2 is most effective placed very close to the wall in that position the low-bass output increases from the narrow gap, such as an inch, or so from the wall. It is a speaker that is easy to listen to, seemingly realistic with a wide variety of music choices, even at low volume, a tough test for most speakers. A rear mounted 10” passive radiator extends the bass response of the system, operational below about 70 Hz. The kg2 implements a 1” hard-dome mini horn tweeter and a 8” woofer with a polypropylene cone. The kg2 is a compact two-way bookshelf speaker system that sounds well balanced, with strong mid-range output and bass response that is more than one might expect from a speaker this size. My knowledge of the first kg2 version is incomplete, therefore, in this review, I will describe the second “improved” version of the Klipsch kg2 speaker system. The weight is listed as 23.5 pounds, each. The kg2 was available in either oiled oak, oiled walnut, or semi-gloss black over birch and sold for $420.00 per pair in oak or walnut, and sold for $350.00 in semi-gloss black over birch. The cabinet dimensions are the same for both versions 18-7/8” high, 13-1/4” wide, and 11-1/2” deep. The more common, “improved” second version includes a rear mounted 10” passive radiator and sold until 1992. Note that two versions of the Klipsch kg2 were sold the “rare” original version sold from 1982-1983, without the 10” passive radiator (at the rear of the cabinet) as well as a second improved version that was introduced sometime towards the end of 1983.
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