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Morning all Yea Chuck.....just kick back and look at all that has been done...... Glad you got the bathroom demo done... that seemed to be a pain for you guys.. So this morning I'm getting a "BUZZ" ............. ahhhhhh not what your thinking ........... It's one of the new coffee blends The BOSS got for me. I'll say this, next time I make it I won't make it a strong..... About half way done the 1st cup..... this might be my only cup this morning.... Check-in later.... MKP :-)

Kind of quiet here. Everyone must be busy with summer or have quit drinking coffee Bathroom demo complete at LF's place. Cabinets installed in kitchen. Still looks like a war zone. Painter to start interior prep and painting next week. Some young guys coming to prune the over grown bushes tomorrow. Getting impatient with progress but have to remember what we have done so far. Wasn't able to connect with Dave while he was here as we both were really busy Have a great Tuesday. Reminds me of minermark's taco Tuesday comments

broken airplanes all over the place, no coffee yet today.....off to more telecons

Happy Tuesday gang. Gonna be a hot rest of the week but I have to get a yard project done ....early. A work friend gave Better Half Unit a raised planter and I need to attempt to plant some stuff in it and try to keep the plants alive. She, on the other hand, gets to go to work in a nice cool environment. I think this may be retiree discrimination. Do I have a claim? Chuck ... sounds like progress on the renovation project. That's good news. A big woof from Baxter to Jake. Later folks and cheers.

Good Tuesday morning. The fancy LaVazza Espresso Roast is all gone, so now it's back to Maxwell House. While not as smooth and flavorful as the LaVazza blends, the Bunn A10 makes it taste very good.

Sure is quiet!

As long as there broken on the ground and don't break in flight..... Stay safe..... MKP:-)

Happy late fathers day to everyone, was gone again so I missed the whole weekend and now off to catch up on grass, cutting it I should say.

The build begins tomorrow morning at 7am. We have no idea how long it will take us to complete the project. There will definitely be some challenges to overcome as Shaun doesn't remember anything that has been built for the project. There are no plans, no diagrams....hopefully this build thread will be able to provide guidance as well as problem solving skills. Our plan is to begin constructing the bottom shelf, then move upwards to the frame and then the upper portion. I will keep my DSLR handy to take some photos throughout the process and we are going to attempt to do another timelapse. I have no idea whatsoever as to how often to set the GoPro to take photos. I'm guessing maybe 30 seconds? It's not a big deal if it doesn't turn out...just thought it would be fun to see. Shaun said he's really surprised that I still trust him with this project...in which I replied, "I still trust you with my life". It's going to happen and we are both extremely excited to build this together. Can't wait for you guys to see it. I likely will not post anything until late in the evenings after he goes to bed so that we can get as much done as possible each day. Stay tuned! It's going to be awesome!

The weekend was great, but now back to the reality of work. Ya'll have a great week. Here is a picture of my niece being silly at dinner last night.

That reminds me, ever since you replaced my turn bulb the vehicle pulls left.

Yes we did have an awesome time hanging out with W.C. He was incredibly nice and lettuce demo the jubilees as long as we wanted to . He was also a great host as he took us to the aerodrone. Guys we have made incredible progress today, we started about 8 AM and we are just now taking a break at 6 PM

makes me think of a classic MKP.... in the tone of LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE" MKP will bellow 'IT'S TIME TO GET SILLY'

LOL. I rarely spell check when I'm typing from my phone. Sometimes is pretty humorous.

That might save you some money in the short term, but most people would tell you spend the extra money and go with the fresh guns. +++ Jes' my way of saying I am following and enjoying the thread my friend, and I read every word.

Very cool project.... Lascals's were the 1st Klipsch speaker I ever owned. We got ours some 25 years ago found em in the Sunday paper. That's my daughter sitting in one them. My wife and I would find her sitting in the bass bin when we played them. My Lascala's are still one of my favorite Klipsch speakers. Looks like your project is going right along..... You need to video the look on the kids faces when you power those up. Years ago my shop helper came to my house. He was always doing goofy audio things in his car. He was unable to understand the efficiency of a speaker. I powered up the LaScala's..... his jaw just dropped and his eyes got big.... after the 1st track I asked him "so how many watts do you think that was?" He was like "that's gotta be 1000 or so" I was laughing........I told him we were hitting them with about 20 watts.... he couldn't believe it..... I said hold on.... I'm gonna put 100+ watts to em. At that time he was about 18......he was hooked...... I sold him my Cornwalls when he was about 25 with the understanding if he ever wants to sell them I must have 1st shot. To this day we are still friends...he'll be 30 this year.... has three kids and I am the god farther to one of his sons. He still loves coming over to my house and playing with all the gear. He still has keys to my shop and gets to play the shop Klipsch as well. Klipsch and music got our friendship going.....and it's still a big part of it. Enjoy your Klipsch....... enjoy the project MKP :-)

I would HIGHLY recomend kg2s for a very nice, Heritage like sound with good bass for size quotient...I believe there is a member here who mentioned he may be putting his kg2s up for sale soon...HUGE bang for the buck IMO... Bill

Goodness who cleaned those windows?

Yeah, I had read that, but it would have been nice if she had been in the picture too. The BOSS needs a selfie stick. Or another one that isn't battery operated, if you know what I'm saying :lol: Mark What I really need is a Taser for a$$holes Oh - so you yearning to be a proctologist --?!

20' trailer is loaded with the cabinet and truck is loaded with Shaun's tools. Headed to Florida tomorrow morning

Happy Father's Day guys! Off to a friends for a nice dinner of Red Snapper. Cheers.

Yes. Happy Father's day to all that it applies to. Slow day here. Opened up some cards and got a bottle of Blantons this morning (yay!). Most likely not open is as its national martini day and I'll just stick to those today. I then took my daughter out in her Jeep and attempted to teach her how to parallel park. We'll see if any of the lesson sunk in as her driving test is Tuesday. Mark, glad you moved on. You'll never win an argument with an idiot. What color taser do you think the Boss would like?

Morning/Afternoon all.... Thank you all for your support..... Really makes me feel better.... Today is a new day and I have good customers to take care of. Enough with this I'm moving on... Well yes it's fathers day...... and I would like to wish all the farther's here a GREAT day ....... and if your not a farther have a GREAT day also The BOSS got me a few things for this farther's day......she will also enjoy what she got me.... She got me some new coffee..... I can't remember the last time she got a "new" coffee blend. It's been DD whole bean for years and years. This morning we tried the Kona Coffee Hawaiian gourmet blend mmmmmmmm quite tasty.... I guess we'll check out a new blend every few days.. Ben.... glad you got the Dodge Caravan all wrapped up and best of luck to you.... Let me throw this out there..... I don't want anybody to send my wife (The BOSS) a taser..... there's no telling what she would do with it OK.... gonna put on another movie and kick back with my better half unit.... We just watched Ant Man... I liked it... Check-in later... again a GREAT day to all MKP :-)

Yeah, I had read that, but it would have been nice if she had been in the picture too. The BOSS needs a selfie stick. Or another one that isn't battery operated, if you know what I'm saying :lol: Mark What I really need is a Taser for a$$holes

Where do you send your gear to get repaired? Pitch in and maybe we can make a list of shops by region for the highest rated.

Christmas in June. Two large boxes appeared on my front porch. It took me a moment to recognize a Parts Express shipment of parts needed to build four more single drivers using RS 1147/FE 103 drivers. My weekend will be busy.

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not anymore. i used to always with movies. and then turn it up 6db for music. well i just got used to the 6db extra in the movies so i dont have to jack with it anymore.

makes me think of a classic MKP.... in the tone of LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE" MKP will bellow 'IT'S TIME TO GET SILLY' Yes that's udderly ridiculous

Yep, I'd already seen those plus I had a can of that Valspar from when I repainted the KLF-30's before I sold them.

I might have to take a nap….

I think the Pals are very good speakers but way overpriced. They should just keep them in the lineup and correct the pricing. I think the sale price they even have now might be a little too high as a regular price.

Sale pending

people at the pilgramidge said they saw palladiums being built and they thought there were not being discontinued. my guess would be they were assembling last of the product pieces they have and the palladium line is finished. too high of a price tag for the klipsch name.

That AR must have been created by Larry Spence. His work is impeccable and after he custom built a teak plinth for my Dual 1229 my wife loves it as a center piece in our living room. Playing thru my vintage forte 1's passed down from my dad my old vinyl sounds awesome. I did the Crites mods and added an HSU subwoofer and wow

It describes a stage of life, not financial health.

Never heard it called telephoning fish, but that might be because I do my fishing at Kroger.

I just wanted to say a huge thanks opusk2k9, jimjimbo, ZEUS121996, and my father-in-law CECAA850 here for picking up, transferring, and transporting a set of Forte II's from the Chicago area to Houston. We've got them in a 6.1 setup (Heresy II's for the front and rear, Forte II's for the fronts, and the new Forte II's for the surround sides) and they sound amazing. I'm fairly new to this community, and I hope that eventually I can meet up with ya'll to at least buy you a beer for your help.

The Palladiums do look good but, for now I will keep what I got.

I connected with Bachi. PM sent. Lars

Since we are not permitted to discuss Geo-political issues, I must politely refrain from commenting. I do like big explosions, though.

There are a few very good previous threads here I cannot seem to find that someone can search for, regarding the throat cleaning. I understood it was not rocket science, just a matter of minimizing or eliminating any partial blockage or "step" in the driver/ gasket/ horn throat joint. Not requiring of machine shop accuracy. Some K400 it seems have casting "flash" there, that was never cleaned up at original assembly. It really seems anyone with basic shop sense can do it with a pencil grinder, followed by some hand cleanup w sandpaper on a wood dowel. Lars

That is Coltrane. Hi Coltrane, we all have been waiting for you, we're glad you're here. There's a whole wonderful world full of possibilities out there just for you. Listen to your Mom and Dad, they're smart people

Congrats and Enjoy! You will now know what your purpose in life is

That sure is a large stripper's pole

I've been told that I have a face for radio...

Update on our rebuild. Made facsimile labels to preserve the serial numbers as the refinishing / painting will make the stamped numbers even more difficult (if not impossible) to see...this will be the only label on one of the cabinets, on the other three they will be sandwiched between the original labels and the plexi covers (none of our labels still show any numbers). Had good success with removing the badges. Citristrip seemed a pretty safe product to use around kids (following the precautions). After removing what looked like three layers of paint, heat was applied to soften the adhesive (a tip from a friend who rebuilds bicycles) and a tape measure "floss" was used to release. Note: acetone was used to remove residual adhesive from the back and it didn't damage the logo surface, Thanks to everyone for the ongoing advise, making the process really interesting...

There are some very good reasons why it will sound better in your new room: 1) La Scalas, like Khorns, need to be several feet from your listening position in order to "coalesce" into a more-or-less single image (due mostly to time misalignment of tweeter-midrange). If you move the tweeters to the top of their cabinets and move to the back of to align with the midrange driver, you will hear much more improvement in the imaging. 2) Higher ceiling is a big, big deal. The Heritage series of midrange horns all have collapsing polars and will improve their in-room performance when there is sufficient carpet absorption on the floor and the first reflections from the ceiling bounce are further than the typical eight-feet ceilings. 3) Getting the La Scalas spread wider increases the sense of envelopment fairly dramatically, which is one of the two biggies in terms of realism of reproduction (i.e., sense of envelopment) Some of the above is discussed in Toole's excellent book. Chris For some reason I read this in Morgan Freeman's voice, and it made an even bigger impact. Thanks for the input!

I am not a charts and graphs guy and the way you put it makes perfect sense to me. Thank you Sir No charts and graphs here either. My ears are my guide --

Oh Boy Oh Boy You have a small gold mine sitting there. Look forward to following along...