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Ready for this? The DHA2 was designed by John Albright for his brother, who was using tube amps and wanted a simpler filter. "DHA" are the intials of John's brother. John ended up preferring the Type AA, and his Universals sat unused, and were often shipped around for people to try. I built the Universals, and thought the midrange was too recessed, so I built John's DHA2. I thought it sounded great. What I didn't like about the DHA2 was that you couldn't adjust the midrange attenuation (fixed tap design). So, I lifted the midrange ground like the Universal, and gave it adjustable midrange attenuation like the Universal. I never gave it a name, I just called it, '"John's DHA2 with adjustable midrange attenuation like the Universal"'. I built and sold about a dozen when Bob decided to bounce a capacitor off of my head. He says, "I'm pretty sure that 3.3uF in the tweeter section is going to cost you some tweeters, even with that fancy auto bulb in there". So, Bob suggested dropping the 3.3uF to a 2 or a 2.2uF, and I thought it sounded better, especially with the Beyma CP-25 I was using. '"John's DHA2 with adjustable midrange attenuation like the Universal" is now called the VTK-400 and is being sold by Volti Audio. I guess that's all I should say about that. I finally decided to just change the first order tweeter filter to a third order like the Universal. Al took a look at it and tweaked the alignment and then the Super AA (now the SuperX) was born. The current Universal is the 4th iteration. Though the parts values of the new version are the same as the third iteration, the capacitors cost considerably less, the low pass coil is physically smaller, and an adjustable L-pad for the tweeter has been added. It was my idea to create an affordable version of the Universal, as well as one for the Cornwall. On my side, I was pursuing battery biased versions of the stock networks, which I actually like. Neither Al nor myself had anything in the "reasonably affordable" range, now we do. I went ahead and ramped up the parts quality of the SuperX to fill the void due to the departure of the more expensive version of the Universal I had been building. However, Al and me have come to an agreement, and if someone wants a pair, I'll be more than happy to build them. Finally, when it comes to sound quality, my official position is that a pair of Type A or Type AAs loaded with Jensen paper in oil or Jupiter wax impregnated flat stacked films will kick the crap out of all of this stuff. At the end of the day, I'm still just an audio guy with an opinion, and just because I run a business, doesn't mean I've forfeited my right to have one of those With that said, there are plenty who disagree with me, which is why I don't suggest the same thing for everyone. Crossovers are like any other component - so choose based on the the kind of sound you know you like, not on someone else's idea of what you are supposed to like.

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Just that my sister took with her phone, they were from the other side of the pond about 300'+, everyone stayed away, it ended up not falling over which I was worried about so I dug holes for each tree trunk to go in. The last pic is really bad.

I was transferred to Germany several years ago. Since I did not speak German, I was sent to language training for one month. About three weeks into training I was feeling pretty good about my ability to communicate simple things. Since I was living in a hotel, and was by myself, I decided to join a gym across the street from the language school. So I walked in, looked at the two young, attractive women behind the desk and said "Wie Viel Kostet Sie" believing I was asking how much it cost to join. The women looked at one another in horror. Being the intuitive kind of guy I am I sensed something had gone wrong. Turns out I asked them how much they cost. Worse yet, it turns out it was an all female gym.

Glass shop n tempered glass would be best.

Dear Klipsch Community, I really want to buy a pair of Palladium 37-F's, but I can't find any reviews (other than stereophile) of them, and I can't find a pair to audition. I love the Klipsch sound. I loved my old Heresy's (but they are not enought for my current room), and I love Cornwalls (but they are too wide for my room). Has anyone on this site owned, or heard, these beautiful speakers?

.....to ask if there might be a 2014 Pilgrimage? I did a search but didn't find anything. I recently had my employment status raised to full-time (after being downgraded to part-time for 3-years) and I'm ready to get back into the things I enjoyed before. Just throwing this out there....

Time to invest in a reverse osmosis water filter. I ran mine to a tap at the sink and tee'd off to the ice maker. You'll never have to buy bottled water or be able to drink tap water again. I've never had scale on my coffee maker nor has my wife ever had to clean her steam iron using RO water. My espresso machine looks brand new after 8 (?) years.

Before I had any Klipsch speakers, I was attaching peel-and-stick brass cones to the bottom of my 3 foot tall bass reflex speakers as they stood there, reasoning that if I did it while they were laying flat, the cones would have got dislodged when I stood up the speakers. Sure enough, one of the speakers tipped toward me as I sat on the carpet positioning the last cone. I wasn't able to catch it before it sideswiped the ceramic platform the woodstove sits on, gouging the front side corner of that lovely oiled walnut cabinet. Much swearing ensued. The attempted repair with stain pencil and colour-matched putty turned out way less than perfect, but the cones did help the sound a tiny bit.

Over kill? Nah.....looks about right to me!

Could have been ? I would love to hear them in an open area with room to breath. Those KP-600's were surprisingly good sounding and had no problem filling a huge space. There is a forum member who lives in South West Louisiana who has a set of both KP-600 and Montengator's in his big metal building where he plays with his cars and stuff. I think M Colter has both also, or did at one time with a bunch of industrial LaScalas. If you look at that pic with the subs in it there is a fence right behind them, there is about 3' between the fence and the stage. I went down there to take pics of the bands playing, after about 2 min, I started to feel sick and a little dizzy from the bass speakers. The stage was cement and not open underneath and the bass was just crazy there, I guess it was using the stage as a corner and it was rough to stand in that space. Eldon, It is interesting that almost everything in this thread is Kevin Harmon or related to Kevin Harmon! The Video was shot by Kev, the first shot of KP-600s are Kevins before he restored them. The KP-600s you heard on stage were part of the same stash that Bill Hendricks, Kev and I bought. That set was Bills, he sold them to Kev so Kev owned two pair of Kp-600s for a short time and Kevin sold that set to FYRPOWER who brought them so you guys could hear a set. I have had extensive listening to both the MCM 1900 Motengators and the KP 600s and Kevin and I both like the Kp 600s better, that is why I didn't mind selling off my MCM stuff so much, but I sold my Oiled Oak 1998 Klipsch Horns to buy my KP 600s. Rog

A few years back I was a little overly ambitious about building a fire for new years eve, turned out well but will list it as a blunder just because of overkill. And it's a little hard to light TONS of wood quickly. terrible phone pic

I have a buddy who used to work for a glass shop, well still does just one he can't get great deals at. He ran a edging machine that actually put the edges on, you could do pencil which is like a rounded edge and a beveled, and flat polished. But he got be a piece of 1/4" smoked with a nice beveled edge for nothing. I use it for my tt rack, I would check a glass shop, it should be better quality and more options. I would like to get some made for my Cornwalls but have the PWK logo etched on it, I think that would be cool.

Yes! And I am not giving them back!!

The MO with the vault in the past was for the buyer to hold it until the next member needed it. So the vault would go to the seller, loaded, then shipped to buyer. If there is a designated holder of the vault I haven't read about it. Keith

Cool picture, if I had to guess your probably right it's for electronics (less dust/dirt) and a place to cool off, from reading it can get really hot out there midday ? Love to hear that, from a few hundred feet or more. I know what one set of those bass bins sound like with 1-2 watts, I would imagine where that pic was taken is not a good place to be with the rated WPC ! A old Klipsch ad, not sure where the second came from.

Thanks for the invite but it's further than I can go. I was kinda hoping for an Indy event.

I spotted Dean conversing on a thread about a inductor mod/tweak used, connected in series on the midhorn after the autoformer. To my ears it seems to attenuate the midhorn in a slight manner, without sucking the life out of it like a resistor or L-pad might do. I'm stuck in a small abode, and have always listened near-field because I have no choice.(12'X 14')LR, with the speakers 7' apart, and the listening position 7' back. About two feet out from the corners, each toed-in slightly. So you have limited SPL listening near-field, without the horns spitting in your face. I had a pair of inductors the same value (.39mH) as the mod or whatever...once I confirmed the value with Dean I installed them. When I installed the .39mH inductors, I swapped in some oil caps for the midhorn and tweeter, (2uF Cornell-Dubilier and the stock Aerovox 3uF cap) with a 22uF Jantzen cross-cap for the woofer. I like things laid-back a slight bit, but it was overkill for the tweeters. The 2uF CD oil caps made the tweeters dead and dull, but by this time Dean offered up some parts for this project, and I just lived with it until the parts arrived. I had no problem with the stock Aerovox 3uF cap for the midhorn, using the .39mH inductor. Smooth, with no shout. Better than a 3uF Sonicap I had used for a long period of time...to my ears. Once I finished the project, and installed the crossovers, I hooked up a Marantz/Heart tube output CDP as the source. Directly connected to one of my Magnavox 6BQ5 SEP console amplifiers. The first thing I noticed was a tighter stereo image and separation. I attribute this to the tighter tolerance Dayton caps. (1-2%?) The bass seems nice and strong...and tight as a Cornwall can get without major cabinet mods I guess. Not much difference using a Bi-polar 'lytic over a film type cap in that position from what I can tell. I couldn't find anything objectionable sounding about the networks, or the speakers. Things sound great...other than that slight metalized polypropelene "plastic" kind of sound. But it's not objectionable, just noticed. These networks maybe have two hours of use. So they may settle-in a little more given more time. In a week or two I'll install the batteries, and see if it may rectify the slight tizz/harshness of the caps. As said, it's slight and not objectionable. These are late '82 or '83 Cornwalls, with the K51V midhorn drivers, Crites woofers, and CT125 tweeters. Mike

Welcome to the forums. I tried bi-amping my RF-83's using my receiver's rear channels and heard absolutely no difference between the two. YMMV.

Matt, It looks like Sweeko is referring to receiver bi-amping with the rear surround channels, not true bi-amping like vertical or horizontal. I could be wrong but that is how I take his question. Bill

I ran a pair of 7's bi-amped with very good results. Had a Yamaha M-80 on LF (250 wpc) and a small Rotel (50 wpc) going to the horns. It really mellowed the horns out at high volume levels. The 7's are power hungry monsters and can take just about all you woul d ever want to give em'. I could go on & on... Yes, you will benefit from bi-amping, if you do it right Oh, and Welcome to the Forum, Sweeko! Rock on ♪ ♫ ♪

What the ????? Is that gum that I see on the underside? Yes, I'm the new owner, gum & all! They are currently residing here until I can get some drivers & other parts. Let me point out that they just barely fit in so the door would shut. My brother in law has a bunch of stuff already stored in there and 'cleared out a spot'. Heh... little did he know their size. Fortunately, he has a fork lift which made the whole process much easier. Thank you again JC!

Tailgating un unmarked police car at about 3-4 ft through a construction zone, then full throttle as I passed after the construction zone. Looked in the mirrors and seen the red and blue lights. 2 tickets = $520 At least he gave me my guns and ammo back after the ticket.

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Superb offer here, I wish I had the dough, good luck with the sale Kevin nice pics

agreed on the title. I was super excited to see a new 2.0 setup that you bought and did.

What were once vices are now habits.....

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Hey Michael, nice to see you. It has been awhile. Great job on the theater build! More pic's please.

Some of you might remember my initial folly of trying to flatten '73 pie logos by placing them in a warm oven. None of you heard about when I tried to unstack La Scalas. By myself. Drunk. I healed. And, the La Scala fared better than the floor...

It feels good to be out......

Buying the Cornwalls WILL put you out of your misery, which does not always mean death.

No. If you have 2 discrete signals, run one to each sub. There can be different bass info in each channel.

If you really wanted to get into lcr beaker and couldn't do three towers them for sure the kl-650 is the way to go.

Synergy = not designed for reference playback levels. And depending on how big your room is reference level could be hard for the 82/62 combo as well. The thx line is reference capable in a 3000 cuft room. My room is half that and I watch at reference once in a while no problem. Thx are gonna be more power hungry than any reference speaker. Keep that in mind.

There is a lot of excitement that comes with building a HT. I like you spent countless hours in the forums, looking up reviews, searching Cragslist. Lots of excitement and anticipation during my build. I've often shared on the forum that my journey was just as fun as the end result. I love my HT but honestly, I don't use it but maybe a few times a month. My son uses it the most in our family. Wake Junkie thinks I'm crazy that I don't spend more time in there but I just stay too busy with my side business to break away to enjoy it very often. I don't see anything wrong with you no longer enjoying the HT as much as you once did. People change hobbies all the time. My Dad used to be an avid fisherman, now he hunts. Maybe that's the same thing that is happening? Unfortunately, everything in this life provides limited happiness. Remember as a kid that toy you were dying to have? Several years later, you can't even find the toy. The excitement is gone, and we move onto something else. That's just the nature of this world. That's why "stuff" will never really satisfy and provide lasting happiness. Relationships are what really matter. Friends, family, & faith are what mean the most to me. Those things never get old. Even if you don't enjoy the HT as much as you did, enjoy the time you are able to spend with those friends and family that come over and enjoy your HT.

Veblen goods. An extreme example is the I Am Rich smartphone app, which cost $1000 and had the sole function of reminding the user that he or she was rich. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich Here's more on Veblen goods. Sometimes it's hard to sell a product to certain markets, regardless of its level of quality or performance, unless its price is high enough to be impressive. At that point, the higher price itself becomes a desirable feature. Klipsch ran into this when trying to sell the Klipschorn in certain affluent markets. It simply was not expensive enough to be desirable, so they designed and produced the Palladium line, which does cost enough to make its speakers attractive to certain purchasers. In the case of the Palladium speakers, the performance and build quality does justify the price, but a lower price would make them harder to sell, unlike with most goods, where lower prices increase sales numbers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

Hope you got a good deal! Let us know your impressions...on the 5000's

Anyone else have any input? I am picking up a pair today.

After it dries about 30 minutes, use an awl to make holes for the leads through the cone: Use some BC-1 to paint the leads down onto the cone. You don’t want those vibrating! : Center the dust cap onto the cone. Carefully measure from the surrounds that you are centered. Use a pen or pencil to trace the outline of the dust cap: Remove the dust cap and paint BC-1 directly onto the cone just below the pencil line you just made. Stick the dust cap onto the cone, and press it down on the edges with something like the back of a pen: Solder the leads into the terminals being sure the wires are loose enough to not hit the spider or the cone, and tight enough to not short circuit against the frame: Trim the leads: Your done! Before and after:

How do you like them *Dick?

Well one thing may be you are hearing the k-53-k midrange w/ exponential horn, being this is a 3 way speaker. Only one of the 12's are active, the other being a passive radiator. Glad you like them so far. http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/t-5000-specifications/

What, T-5000's? Tell me more, if want to... I know they are black and have better numbers than the T-500, which I sold to a forum member earlier this year...

Excellent call Bruce!

Oh, BTW, did I mention these T-500's sound pretty good! Listening to Roy Orbison to check different sounds! They seem to be able to fill a 20x20 room with decent volume. Not having heard an Heresy or a Forte, I may be hearing a hybrid-like sound.

what marvel said.

You know, I probably need my x-over redone, or look to active x-over for the Chorus, but sounding good presently. *Height *Horns/Driver (In Common with T-500) Chorus - 39" N/A? Forte - 35.4" KD-13 12"PR (Forte1& Quartet also) K-53K 90X40 Exp. Mid (HII) Heresy- 21.4" K-24-K Poly Cone 12" Woofer, K-53-K 90X40 Exp. Mid, K-76-K 90X40 High (HII & Qt.) T-500 - 40.5" K-24-K " " " " " " " KD-13 PR Screwed that up royally but most in common with HII, then Forte 1 / Quartet. Just verifying height more in common with Chorus/Forte. FWIW.............LOL!

I appreciate hearing your take on the Tangent 500. I never have heard them, but would like to. They are more forward sounding than Heresy II? I'd imagined that HII would be the predominant flavor, with better bass. I would imagine that an HII crossover might yield good results since the drivers are the same as HII.

Got a nice condition T-500, or Tangent 500 pair recently. Or, the more proper: Tangent By Klipsch label. They are a radical(?) forward leaning, tangential sounding array. I've been catching up on older discussions regarding various subjects. Read Heresy 2 x-over, Heresy components mostly match.I've borrowed some mutually agreed upon findings(language) from archive on subject, for posting my first impressions.Passive 12 inch PR.......Taller than my Chorus....was trying to compare to a Forte instead of Heresy. Maybe do a Forte x-over? The *Dr. did the math for woofercab port for the T-400, which equals a 500's cabinet size/volume. PR on the 500 via a 12 inch drone. It's like you almost have to forget everything, you ever thought was right, or reject the whole idea. Or, accept it for what it is, (what is it?) adapt to the sound, and refrain from modding a Classic. Experiment: Let listener's say aloud, if speakers are spacing them...,...etc. lol

Optimistic indeed. That said, the big Tangent models are sleepers among vintage Klipsch models, IMO. They don't command the prices of Heritage.