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Khorns are irreplacable. On the wife thing: don't forget the tried and true method of reminding her that this is your only vice and it is relatively harmless. You could be doing worse things. Be sure and give a few examples of worse.

Ask her if she feels lucky......

Sound about right?

Doesn't matter. They all look the same from this angle:

Nice pair of Klipsch LaScala Loudspeakers.. New bob crities tweeter diapragms and woofers reconed..Have about 10 hours of use after rebuild.. These are raw birch which are stain. dark color stain. If you have any question or want pictures please email me.. $675.00 Link

Is this announcement going to be relatively soon? Depends on your definition of soon. As engineer, I can gurantee two things that Klipsch and Co. cannot avoid, like all companies: 1) Murphy's Law Corrolary #48: "Everything takes longer than it takes." 2) During the design phase of any project, we must, at some point, shoot the engineers and start production!!

Buy as many horns as you can, especially in the bass.

J snagged... Happy for you big guy. If they were in my area, I would have gotten them too. A/B the price

Nice score ! Those were my first Klipsch bought them new in 1994 and I still love them ,although I let one of my daughters borrow them about a year ago and she has since informed me I am never getting them back. Mine (or hers) are still mint and I'll probably let her keep them because she and her friends really enjoy them and more importantly they respect them. Any how GREAT Deal on some great speakers !

J snagged... I don;t think that you can do much better for $150. Nice deal. Congrats.

Good

Billy, I thought of you for these. GLWB

After some thought... If they do, then we can get their opinion on 1) SS vs. tubes; 3) best speaker wire to use; and 3) vinyl vs. cd's, etc.....

Hello everyone and Happy Holidays! I've been looking for a while for stands-2-3 feet in height-for my Klipsch Heresys with no luck. I don't want to spend a fortune on these-$100 or less each and WAF is important. My Klipsch have the square risers underneath them which are 12" by 12". Any advice appreciated!

I'd like to get PERSONAL opinions on the subject of replacing cross overs in our factory Klipsch speakers, and why do we do it. What do we hope to gain by replacing these components, and at what point are we reaping diminishing returns on the components involved? I am sure the factory units are sourced with value in mind in order to control costs, but those of us that have aftermarket cross overs are not subject to that cost analysis in terms of economies of scale. Do we do it to be able to tune and attenuate our speakers... to hear increased resolution or clarity... or just because we can?

I can hear fingers going up and down the neck of an instrument on my Bluetooth system and iPhone. Let me know when you can hear them breathing.

It's funny, my wife likes the look of Khorns because they blend into the corners.

Woot! Woot! Two houses ago I made the PAW (Perfect Audiophile Wife) this proposition: Must have a room for my 'horns. ALL other considerations are YOURS. As I knew she had good taste, absolutely nothing to fear and everybody happy. Plus, I didn't have to worry over anything except verifying the 'horn space. Nice. No way a marriage can be good when one tromps on another's happy place. Dave

i see youv been running tubes for about 5 years i have now for about 4 yrs. still have some solid states but there used for r&b and movies. everything else is tube.

That's the heaviest template I've ever seen but if that's what you had laying around, it looks like it worked well. I would suggest to future builders to use a 1/4 or 3/8 hardwood underlayment to save their back. Looking good, I had a great time building mine and it's really a simple build so you get to see results quickly. Get er done!

PBS will probably have something on soon about him, like an American Masters or something. They have before.

Maybe we should see see a pic of your wife before we give advice.

I think it's been proven... art and music enriches life, Including especially that of children. wife is the issue... not the child.

Go for it and get a pair of Jubilee's.

re attach your b*lls.

Glad we all stayed at Home.

Thanks for all the input guys. I have checked the AAFES online store, which from time to time actaully has great deals on quality items, but they do not carry Klipsch or any reputable receiver. From what I've read thus far on the SW-115, seems it will fulfill my deep bass needs while listening to music.

These speakers are in PERFECT CONDITION I've heard good things about these

Thanks to all! Yes, I am anxious to hear them. Heard them briefly last night.They are resting in the Volvo wagon.

Thanks for your Service. Have you checked the AAFES & Navy Exchange websites?

It's all relative to what you value. When I see 3-way speakers with pro drivers selling for $100,000/pair at the "high end" shows, driven by Six $10,000 monoblock amplifiers, it make me wanna gag. As soon as I was established at my first job out of college, I took out a loan to get a pair of Klipschorns and a LaScala center channel to allow a broader sound stage, just like the Klipsch Papers recommended. Per PWK's urgings, I also joined the Audio Engineering Society. Cost was about $2,200 with tax. Adjusted for inflation, that would be about $9,000 in today's dollars. Now keep in mind that these were the "ghetto Khorns" (dealer's term for them), KCBR, they were the "C" style, plain vanilla, raw Birch, which are not longer available. It would have cost me about 50% more to get Walnut Khorns and Belles, even more for exotic woods, no longer available. So adding 50% to my inflation adjusted figure, would be about $13,500 or $3,300 when I was just a kid. All my friends thought I was nuts to spend that much on speakers while they bought Camaros. Their cars were in the rust pile after 5 years, while I had my Khorns for over 30 until I upgraded. So it's not that brand new Khorns and LaScalas, in matching finish, are that expensive, it's PRECISELY the fact that the money your are buying them with these day's isn't worth as much. The price of Khorns has NEVER gone up, it's the money that got cheap!!

I am stationed in Germany with the military, but am currently in a wonderful place called Afghanistan. Just working the budget and wish list for when I come home. I will be heading back to the States next fall however.

Our local news station just reported that 1200 B'ham area kids spent the night at their schools last night. Could you imagine taking care of a classroom full of say 1st graders overnight? Most of those kids have probably never spent the night away from home. What a ordeal.

Aah, the smell of bullshit in the morning. It smells like...

Screaming deal there 'J', if I was 2500 miles closer this would be a done deal. You will have little problem selling them for that kind of scratch. If however your future plans include moving out west, maybe we could work something out.

Bet it sounds absolutely flawless. Nice system! I just read your system specs, yeah your tube spoiled, you know already..........

Iv got about an hour to go burning these new Crites in, and at mid volume im pushing the neighborhood, although its only 7pm. Thought id be nice and do a little Cello..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHzfD6XLK7Q

I see it because it needs done. Crites puts out the most logical for the cost and is honest to a T so you really cannot go wrong. On top of that the work he does they work great. They always sound so much better. With Dean i'd love to have him do work for me but im broke and i feel like i'd be cheating on Bob. Dean is cutting edge and i'v seen his work as complete works of art. Iv seen some of Deans work and would litterally hang them on the wall. And o yeah the functionality of Deans work is supreme. I have some networks sitting around i use as art in my studio. Crites is the standard of perfection and Dean will open your ears beyond what many thought was even possible. diy is nice although working with the top dealers in the business results in lifetime support and they have the numbers in their mind or very close by

My Panasonic plasma does not put off any noticeable heat. I just remembered that I once saw something which related plasma buzzing to altitude, the higher the altitude where you live the more likely buzzing problems seem to occur from what I read. I'm only 25' above sea level...myth debunked.

I e-mailed the party...

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I find jazz, and classical better on the two channel setup and heavy bass music on the HT. yes i agree. i have about 1500 cds which range from gospel to rap and everything is listened to on tubes xept rap mainly to use bassdrivers. my fiance runs all powered monitors right now and she listens to all her music on some audio technica cans lol

After some thought... If they do, then we can get their opinion on 1) SS vs. tubes; 3) best speaker wire to use; and 3) vinyl vs. cd's, etc..... Hmmm... that will tie them up for a while.

Arkansas Klipsch Gathering 2004. A dozen people agreed that my modified RF-7 networks made a pretty big difference. Before we started, not a single person believed they would hear a difference worth talking about. I replaced the stock components with Kimber capacitors and Mills non-inductive resistors. Trey Cannon of Klipsch wanted to know what I did "to get rid of the ringing". A couple thought I actually put in a different network design. I did/do drop a resistor value in the LCR by .34 ohms. Testing at Klipsch showed a reduction in output of 1.5dB at 3.5kHz, which Trey believed was the thing that was responsible for removing the known (to Klipsch) ringing problem. I went home and put in the stock value, and the only thing I heard was some slightly elevated midrange output. There was no "ringing", and the clean, wide open great sound was still there. It's simply amazing what a handful of "expensive components" can do for a crossover -- just ask anyone that was there. Hey, maybe there's some whacky relationship between cost and performance? https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/40764-last-call-arkansas-gathering-this-saturday-may-8th/?hl=arkansas

Thes are Skylan Stand stands which ar 21"" tall not including the spikes under braced and damped Heresy 3, bass is excellent. Mid horn is at my seated ear height stage and image are also exellent. The tweeter horns of these speakers are now living up on top of the cabinets and are aligned with the mid horn. The stand collums are mass loadable and in this case on a concrete floor they are filled with sand. You would want to use much less damping /mass on a suspended floor. Hope this is of interest, best regards Moray James.

I first replaced my AAs because they were old. Then I tried BEC's A4500 on a whim. It was an improvement to my ears. Time #1, cause they needed to be replaced. Time #2, because I could.

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