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Internal speaker wiring

greg928gts — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:20:15 GMT

I would like to get some feedback on what you think about these cables for internal wiring for Khorns between the components and the crossover. I know I don't NEED anything more than 16ga plain wire, but I like the idea of having nice looking wires, even though I know nobody sees the wiring. I still like everything to look really nice.

These are both tinned, twisted pair. Any thoughts on tinned wire versus regular copper strand?

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KAR16SS-100

http://www.darvex.com/SHW514BC/Stinger+14+Gauge+Twisted+Speaker+Wire.html

This one is not tinned.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_211UCT14/StreetWires-14-gauge-Ultra-Cable-Speaker-Wire.html?tp=2917

I like to solder ends on like this. I think it's a very clean look. Although, I think I can do better than this with some patience.

what's the deal with power strips/supplies

mistermoravec — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:18:44 GMT

I've always used the 20-50 dollar surge protectors from places like costco or wal mart. I was going to pick up an apc c10 from vanns.com, but the sales guy is suggesting some other one that is 120 bucks more. I'll be running 2 klipsch sub 12s, an onkyo 1007 receiver (with four klipsch s3s hooked up) and an emotiva xpa 5 (with 4 f3s and 1 s3 hooked up) off it. Do I really need a fancy power supply or is that all "monster" type hype?

CALL OUT TO OUR CANADIAN KLIPSCH BROTHERS--ARE YOU OKAY?

BigStewMan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:18:39 GMT

Heard there was a 6.6 earthquake--just checking to see if you all fared well. hopefully all is well. living in southern california most of my life, i'm a veteran of many earthquakes. --Steve--

Klipsch corner horns in a new room

charles tally — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:56:51 GMT

We have a new great room in construction (22' x 28' to be 17' at the centerline peak) that will have a "prowed" end, i.e. instead of 90 degree corners one end will have 105 degree corners. Unfortunately, this is the only end that is suitable for the horns. Will the low end response be hurt terribly with the horns in this configuration? Any suggestions to minimize the loss?

Stands for La Scalas

seagull — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:02:47 GMT

Hi Guys, Has anyone had any success with raising the La Scalas up on stands Cheers Sg

New toy--Tubes are in the House!!!

kevinmi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:04 GMT

Pics of my newly built Bob Latino ST-120 amp kit W/VTA board.

Toeing in or flat on

seagull — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:09 GMT

Ok guys I'm picking up my first La Scala II's on Sunday. So before I put them delicately in place is there a recommended procedure.to get the best set up { ps still looking for some pink ones )

What are you driving right now

jacksonbart — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:04:16 GMT

and how many miles on her. I still have a 2001 Nissan Maxima with 105,000+ miles and a 2006 Corvette with 31,000+ miles.

Here is a photo of the Maxima. So far two Oxygen sensers and a catalytic converter, besides the usual tires and breaks. The vette is too young to give me any issues other than a rash of 3 speeding tickets.

Right This Minute

thebes — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:20:26 GMT

Although, I don't like repeating myself, this has been a lot of fun in the past.

What are you listening to right this minute?

YES YOU!

Me? I'm downstairs. Got Bob Marley's "Babylon by Bus" on the player. Song is:

Stir It Up

Juicy Music Blueberry Extreme on Audiogon

dkalsi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:57:14 GMT

Appears to be the latest version -

- looks mighty pretty.

not affiliated

Juicy Music Blueberry Preamp Impression

neo33 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:30:26 GMT

As many of you might have guess from the picture of my home theatre, there is something that resemble the Juicy Music Blueberry Preamp on the right rack. It is in fact the Blueberry itself. It took me a long time (due to the nature of my job being away from home for the most part) to finally have a chance to rebuild my home theatre and 2-channel systems and listen to the Blueberry that I borrowed from a friend.

I did not like the wood cabinet and would have prefer the metallic case. However, it was love at first sight with the faceplate. I really like the blue and purple color blending. Due to input/output labelings that were line up incorrectly, it was a bit difficult at first to hook up the cables.

I was in total shock when I first powered up the Blueberry and switched it from "Standby" to "Play" and nothing would come out of my speakers. It was just silent except for the slight hum and audible static noise which is quite annoying to say the least. About 40 seconds later as I was checking the connections of the equipments and speakers, the music come on unexpectedly and loudly which scared the living daylight out of me. I just realized that I did not adjust the volume properly. Now, I could not understand why there is such a long delay between switching from "Standby" to "Play" and this happended consistently (when I switched from "Standby" to "Play" on my AES AE-1 Pre, it played immediately).

What worse is that as I lowered the volume knob of the right channel and my left speaker gone softer. So I thought...the left and right channels are wired reverse. This is really confusing as I did not understand the concept of reverse wiring. So far thing did not go well for the Blueberry: labeling misaligned, annoying static noise, too long of a delay between "Standby" and "Play" and reverse wiring of left and right channels. What else could go wrong with the Blueberry since there were much high praises.

However, once I got the Blueberry into music listening mode, it was a different story. I popped in my favorite Jazz CD. The soundstate was quite wide and imaging was excellent considering the distance between the La Scalas was only 5.5 feet apart. At normal volume, unless you stick your ears right next to speakers which you can still hear the static noise, it was fairly quiet. The vocal was almost haunting with a natural fullness that had no hard edge. The Blueberry was tonally well balanced as there was a sense of clarity and no harshness in the vocal with smoothness in the upper mid. As the night was entering its twilight, I found myself submerged into the subliminal.

klipsch heritage reference and inwall lines avalable in northern california!!!

soundmanmike — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:11:29 GMT

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AVR Suggestions

Magong — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:09:08 GMT

Hi everyone, I'm new here and i need some help on deciding what AVR to buy. I'll be buying the Klipsch RF-62 series and i have no ideal which AVR is best suited for these set of speakers. i just want the best quality of audio an AVR can provide these speakers. I'll be using it more on movies. A 7.1 or 7.2 AVR is what im looking for and price range is between $400 - $800. I'd appreciate any suggestions..... Thanks in advance!!!

Frazier Users Group aka F.U.G.

tom b. 57 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:08:01 GMT

Is anyone familiar with these speakers? I know some of you have owned or still own Frazier speakers and I am wondering if these are worth investigating. I know little about these. They are a two way incorporating a horn and what I believe to be a 12" woofer. I can get these cheap and am waiting for the seller to call me with a time tomorrow when I can audition them. If the cabinets are in good shape and they sound alright I may just snatch them up. I am hoping to go there tomorrow armed with a little bit more info. than I have right now, which is next to nothing.

Please clue me in on these if you can.

Tom

RF-62 vs RF-82

Jakeg123 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:43:53 GMT

RF-62 pair: 799 shipped or RF-82 pair: 875 shipped. Which one should I get?

klipsch chorus speakers for sale

winter123 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:28 GMT

I am looking to trade or sell my chorus speakers. Newly remolded in jet black.

Cool Gear in Orlando

willland — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:17:04 GMT

I saw this ad on Orlando C-list.

http://orlando.craigslist.org/ele/1471437381.html

Any opinions on the Citation 7.0, Proceed AMP5, Arcam FMJ AV8?

Thanks,

Bill

If you think you might attend Pilgrimage 2010...

Amy Unger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:41:01 GMT

Please vote for your date preference, if you have one, here

Thanks!

Vintage Scott tube amp and tuner - Portland, OR. Craigslist - $40

mungkiman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:18 GMT

No affiliation. I don't even know if this is genuine... http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ele/1473163717.html

VINTAGE SCOTT TUBE AMPLIFIER AND TUNER - $40 (PORTLAND)

Date: 2009-11-19, 9:25AM PST
Reply to: sale-wckj6-1473163717@craigslist.org ^{[Errors when replying to ads?]}

Old Scott hifi tube amp and separate tuner. Big, heavy, dirty, rusty, two tubes look bad, as-is $40. looks similar to photo.

Location: PORTLAND
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 1473163717

RW-10d or Sub-12

Rickyjay — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:55:43 GMT

I can get them both for the same price. Which would you recommend?

CDs, when will they be obsolete?

russ69 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:28:27 GMT

I'm not changing formats again. It took me 30 years to replace most of my old vinyl with CDs. I don't think music downloading is something that I'll want to do unless that is the only way left to buy music. The experts keep saying the CD is dead but I just can't see that happening quite yet. How long will it be before I walk in WalMart and find the CD racks empty?

Thanx, Russ

Another Stupid California Regulation..........

Bill H. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:01:45 GMT

http://www.pcworld.com/article/182653/california_energy_commission_rule_to_impact_hdtv_industry.html

Custom computer for sale or trade

jason str — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:34:35 GMT

$600 or trade for decent tube amp. or ???

Here i have a computer i put together last year with all fast high end stuff installed.

Gigabyte P35 Intel socket 775 all solid state capacitor mainboard

Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo Dual core 3GHz 6MB cache Processor cooled by a high performance Zalman heatsink, very overclocking friendly E0 stepping chip.

EVGA GTX 260 core 216 55nm 896 MB GDDR3 memory video card for awesome graphic capability.

250 GB Western Digital 7200 rpm hard drive.(expandable)

Antec true power 650 watt power supply

2GB Corsair DDR2 memory (expandable)

Stylish Cooler Master Elite 330 case that has been soundproofed and upgraded with almost silent cooling fans that give the front panel a low blue glow at night.

Freshly installed Windows XP 32 bit operating system. The system has plenty of USB ports and a memory card reader.

Great system for video gaming, editing,or any other high performance computer needs.

Here are some pictures of the build, current graphics card and other updates not shown.

This does not include any accessories such as monitor, keyboard or mouse(computer only).

Feel free to ask any questions and be sure to include detailed information about your amp.

Must be in nice working condition.

Buyer will have to re-install CPU heatsink (2 screws and a plug) before using due to easy shipping damage to mainboard if shipped.

Like a child in a playground

DU73 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:34:34 GMT

So.. we are looking to buy a house, we inspected a home yesterday which had a living room and another room which can be used for home theatre, this possible HT room was approx 5x9meters long.. I was so excited, I was like a child in a playground..

I hope we get it.. auction next Saturday..

Klipschorn Jubilee and Pro Cinema Theater Pics

bhendrix — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:21:01 GMT

Here are the pics of my Jubilee Theater.

Behind the acoustically transparent Seymourav screen is the JubScala center (LaScala lf with 402/K69 hf) and a KPT-884 subwoofer.

The sound is second to NONE. Absolutely the best HT / 2Channel available, imho.