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I emailed this lady on a dating site yesterday and didn't get a reply. About 6:30 I went to the Satellite to hear some bluegrass music and she walks in at around 7:00. Never good to approach and single out one lady in a group but I did. She was pleasant and said she would come talk with me shortly. Well she came over to the bar and we talked......for about the next two hours. Walked her to her car and hugged goodbye. A smart (geneticist), artsy (clay and metal) sweetie that holds potential. She is 57 and looks 42. She emailed me this morning! Ain't it fun.....dating at 65 Cheers Gents

bottoms up!

Sent him a PM. Should be up and running in the morning so I can take a look whenever we can set a time. Going to have to move some stuff out to make room for more.

Lyrics ruin many a song... I've never heard sound ruin lyrics. That being said... peter gabriel has NEVER written a bad lyric in his life!

I think the sound draws me in, then the lyrics grab hold of me.

In my new stack, grills were never an option, been thinking about building some when the active crossover project is complete. With my stacks, anything that "Interrupts" a sound wave will not matter.

To the OP: Welcome to the forum. Without a doubt go with the RF-62ii. Much more refined speaker with high quality components. To Klipsch and fellow community members: Another fine example of how having all of these reference lines is going to confuse the everyday consumer. It's a mistake, and they need to fix it quickly. Thanx! for the quick reaction!

Glad you decided to post them "King" speakers here. If we can help, let us know.

Your the only one that publicly recognized Mrs. Olsen... I like her older photos even more. Instilled confidence into my caffeine shaky hands. Doctor had shaky hands. Asked him if he needed a drink first or coffee? Neither he said, just saw a Folger's commercial. Thanks for the hoot!

You really need to listen to an amplifier hooked up to your speakers to make an informed choice. The type of music and listening levels are very important as well as your room's size. For example, a 5 watt amp is not the best choice if you like loud rock music.

57 years old and born in '57. It's a good year

Specked it's time to get movin, likely just go to home depot and pick up a stove, sounds easier than shopping. Cables and connectors coming in every day for the next three days. Maybe going active by the weekend. Had to order yet another 100' of Knuconect speaker wire yesterday, that means two runs to each stack.

I heard he was a Bogart.

Your the only one that publicly recognized Mrs. Olsen...

Morning fellow Klipsch capablers! Jump to coffee soon. Try that 8' Oclock African Trails. LOl, :emotion-44:

When I was shopping for a new system 20yrs ago, my Bose-owning friend went with me to audition speakers. He had the salesman put up the Bose first, then Advent, JBL and a few others until the last speakers we heard were Klipsch Epics. We both agreed the Epics blew everything else away and that is what I bought. Best part of the story: He ditched his Bose a couple years later and bought some KG's, so not all Bose fans are without hope.

A center speaker can be very effective in holding up your TV....

Man guys! Sounds like he has his ish together! this comment alone deserves 1 vote from everybody!

My parents are roller skating rink operators and they are getting out of the business. We are selling all of our speakers, which are made by yours truly, Klipsch. We have 6 Lascalas and 2 MCMS. All are in great working condition!! No visible wear and tear on the casings of the speakers, just a bit of dust. We would like $7000.00. We are able to deliver, if close by or we would hire a trucking company. If you prefer a trucking company, the shipping price would be paid by you and if we can deliver for you, we will just add a flat rate of $300, as long as you are within 70 miles of the zip code 13021. If you would like more pictures, please let me know!!! Always Willing to Negotiate!!! Thanks!! Email: mafmusic12@yahoo.com Phone Number: 315-567-6868

A change every 2-3 hours? Seems like a lot but it's been 16 years since we had a new born so my memory is a little hazy. Oh yeah, easily. And it's much better for the baby in many ways, at least for a few weeks. First 6 months exclusively, if possible, yield the best results. The 1st born went a full year, supplementing solids after 6 months, and she never got sick, her poop never smelled, never had an upset stomach, she's super smart, and we haven't had to deal with toddler obesity. Oh and we saved like $1200/yr. we aren't hippy dippy about too many things, but breast feeding was one thing we decided to be important worth sticking out.

As usual, Mark has stated the case clearly and logically. I will tell you though that in my experience, if you really want to get into the inner details of the music, listening near-field at lower levels (say 65-75 db) through a low power tube amp can offer a sonic experience that is impossible to beat. Quite a number of my local crowd now listen that way with as little as 1/3 wpc (tubes, of course) and claim that they have never enjoyed music more thoroughly. I do the same with my RF-15s, and did so with my K-horns as well. In the fall I'm going to start developing 3 or 4 flea/low power budget amps (in terms of cost, not sound quality) and will be glad to pass along schematics if you are into building your own gear. Best of luck! Maynard

57 years old and born in '57. It's a good year For Chevy[s and wine...vintage! Good show!

Did they have a rink in Birmingham? I just bought a pair of La Scala's from someone selling equipment from a skating rink in B'ham. They sound awesome!

Not a choice I have to make, in most instances.

With the advent of Rap, iv learned to stick with sound, the days of Jan&Dean, Beach Boys will never return.

I would suggest getting something with preouts and using them both under proper ohm ratings. In my past i had hooked even up to 3 and maybe 4 pairs in one 2 ohm stable set of speaker ouputs from an amplifier although in the long run and if ran for hours of use your speakers could lose some proper operations as well as the load on the amp even if it features low ohm stability will run hot resulting in issues sooner than later. It may work for years and i have done just what you are saying although damage could result. Discuss with Bob C and he can ad a limiter on the crossovers of some sort to keep them running within their parameters

That's fine How did I get myself into this, wait I didn't I was 8 miles away from the closest internet with no computer.

Thanks all, Glad I posted & got the replies that came back. I know better about paralleling resistances but just wasn't thinking & would have hooked it up wrong. Figured I'd wait till there were some replies before doing it. Always better to ask a dumb question & not make mistakes. So... I just hooked them up and a beautiful sound with all 4 speakers. The Chorus with Bob Crites new drivers & new crossover caps does sound more accurate to the sound though, so I'm going to be ordering rebuild parts for the Forte II's from Bob.

Connect them in parallel for 4 ohms. positive-positive and negative to negative

"Sweet summer rain."

It's better than the barrage of "hey, you're fat and have a beard.. Anyone ever tell you that you look like zach galifianakis?"

Last time I heard Klipschorns and B & W 801 F (hope that's the right model) in the same room was in 1982, but listened for hours! Klipschorns were clearer, had better apparent transients, and were more "there." B & Ws may have been better balanced, but turning up the bass control (not much!) on the Klipschorns fixed that. As I've said before, 1972 Bose 901s used to sound good at Alphonso's in Mendicino. The smallest amp he ever used was a Phase Linear 700 (~~~ 350 w.p.c.). Toward he end of his life, he used McIntosh power amps that were 1,000 w.p.c., if I remember correctly. I don't think I ever heard the Boses sound good anywhere else. Bose closely guards their efficiency specs, but I heard that Khorns were 22 times as efficient. Does anyone have a 2,200 w.p.c. amp?

OK, pretty funny for someone with main claim to fame of stealing Tiger Woods' Klipschorns. twK, where were you when the nominations were being made?

UPDATE: The single driver BR enclosures, similar to the now discontinued Tekton BR single drivers using Fostex FE103 drivers, are superior to the larger and more complicated rear horn enclosures (Fostex plans) used previously. Thanks to mdeneen for the suggestion. Four of the six RS 40-1197 drivers (a gift from forum member Klipsch Guy in Alabama) are now in the modified BR enclosures from Parts Express. Two drivers (eBay scores) are in the boom box I built (see: https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/144722-bluetooth-ipod-dock-on-steroids/) While looking for a pair of real Fostex FE103s to compare with the RS 1174s, I “won” a single FE103 on eBay for $20. Since the BR enclosures are working their way into my small HT that is also going to be switchable to 2-channel for music, it occurred to me to use the single Fostex FE1103 as the center channel for the HT. The photos show the enclosure after using a router to round-over of the corners and the application of Duratex. The paper cones of the RS 40-1197s are black, whereas the banana paper cone of the Fostex is cream colored, so I stretched some black speaker cloth across the back of the metal grille to prevent the light colored cone from showing. The bass is handled by four 25hz tapped horn subs (see: https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/138019-25hz-tapped-horn/) driven by a pair of modified Dayton 240 plate amps. The treble is augmented by Eminence APT 50 (same as Crites125, but w/o EV style horns) super tweeters with baby cheeks horns. Adding the subs and tweets to “single drivers” becomes stone soup. The four 25Hz TH subs are now powered by a single iNuke1000dsp (visible in the photo). The two front 8 ohm subs are wired in parallel to the left channel for a 4 ohm load, and the same for the rear subs to the right channel. I've yet to use REW and/or Audyssey to fine tune the small space. EDIT: 12/20/2015 Photos deleted to free up server space.

Yeap, I love my little RB-35s. First speakers that I used a laser leveler to aim the horns precisely at my ears in the center sitting position and the results are perfect! Sound stage is truly massive! I've just finished setting up my RF-35s and RB-82s side by side in a 2.0 layout and aimed with the laser. I am truly in heaven!! What would you call a 2.0 set-up that uses two towers on each side? The RF-82s are slightly taller and sit on the outsides(toed-in slightly more) of the RF-35s which frame the TV.

We hope Jackson will get out tomorrow. Thanks for everyone's concern. Lee & I are watching Planes.

It ain't broke... don't fix it...

do you think on the bose forum they have a section titled "It must be Klipsch... everyone join in"??? wonder what they would say about us? you guys and all your big speakers that are really loud for no reason, and cheap, with too many specs to even understand??

Today the quickest way to save your bottom line is to cut off research. Amar Bose

"Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official." - Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)

Looks like the radius of pissed off neighbors will expand to about three states and Canada!

Im all in! heck i wont even need cash your buying way it sounds. The big hammer just has to make it to nevada! man jason your right there in chi town. few hours away..wife and i spend time there and around cook co frequently. christmas we spent a week. sometime would be neat checking out a bill fitzmaurice design or 2 that you may have. iv heard danleys and the unstable cv earthquakes and other popular pa designs although no tht's or these ultra premium highly rated table tubas etc...I have 2 18's in my room and would struggle to fit one in my rooms right now yet in about a year we are moving into a townhome 3 times the size were in now...man, we just signed another year lease and though cost of living here is very modest i have to walk sideways through this duplex lol not really though farely close... thought about asking before. there are a couple other active forum members that are between you and i as well...your more than welcome a visit to ft wayne if your near...steak dinner included

Get a 3mm to rca wire and try it. If its not what you want then read beyond this point... If you downloaded digital media and prefer it be analog then yes a dac is no doubt advised for use. Using a dac completely depends on if you want digital media to be converted. Likewise a cad converting analog to digital material if you so prefer...everybodys on the dac kick as im sure manufacturers Love$. dacs are hip to the times specifically for the use of converting material mostly consisting of phone type devices that do not have sound capabilities modern pc's have. i have studio gear that would do very well. No doubt best choice would be a simple or a nice gold plated 3.5mm to rca as well works super on modern pc's/mac. great quality sound. i stream music near endlessly at times. easily equal quality to my yamaha cd s-2000 which i could also run music through. the less wire as well as machines you use the better. pure fact not opinion unless you truly need digital material converted to analog. unless your pc is more than 3 years old and possibly a bit older a dac is not needed depending on the material and preferences you have. A dac will actually complicate the signal and sound inferior in many cases. Yes your going to read everywhere dac dac dac etc etc etc...its about $. A good pre will do every bit as well as a dac depending on preferences. Sure and especially through what are becoming archives on dac's because of the digital downloads some people may find some dac's provide superior reproduction then again its like catsup or ketchup or mustard or plain its all choice...

It may take a few days to get used to it adjusting and location. After some time they will truly reproduce sound very well. If you are not feeling this replace the woofers or look at the network. There are a few people around here that have large klipsch collections running forte ii in main system as well as some that just prefer them over anything

Im just stating where issues within the u.s. have been from an one obvious beginning. Read or actually just get the movie "Boogie Man" freinds and you too will not take your meds. You wont need to. Its all fact and not saturated bs

I love my subs. If i did not have big bass in my life in the form of a very low frequency bass driver/s i would not sleep tight till i got some. I'm very serious

Roberts was the name of the best reel machine i used. Also known as akai. Im in my 30's and have found, learning the hard way the more you spend buying a reel to reel from someone you trust is best. A lot of "nice looking PARTS UNITS" out there.

how ever loud my lovely mrs.beeker allows. aint much usually. i caught a reading on my meter with my chorus ii the other day at 116db and was crystal clear. it is very very loud at about 7ft from the speakers. really tho it depends on what im listening too. about 85 db average i would say