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  1. I was on vacation when I heard the news. Got back yesterday and it's been nonstop Steely Dan since. Their music defined my youth, middle years and now my old age. I loved their lyrical snarkiness and musical prowess. One of my life's regrets is never hearing them in concert. God Bless you Walter. I'm sure you're making heaven's band learn a thing or two about music. Mark
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  2. It might be big, but it looks pretty tight...
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  4. Windy with strong gust here. One large branch fell on the roof earlier. Rain to follow. Mighty quiet.....haven't heard from Carl, dirtmud, billybob, or Yewtman today Back to the dentist tomorrow to take out the implant they did two and a half weeks ago. Occasionally the bone under the gum heats up too much during drilling causing thermal necrosis Had to read up on that one. So I have been experiencing frequent pain and if I weren't such a manly man I might complain
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  5. I suppose I'll introduce myself and rant a little on how I came to join this forum and all of you wonderful people. My advent into Klipsch speakers(and hi-fi audio really) started about 5 years ago when I came across a dusted and inconspicuous set of promedia computer speakers. I was able to pick the whole set up for a whopping 5 devaluated american dollars at a retirement community sale. Now I know most of you wouldn't say those speakers are the epitome of sound quality or an embodiment of clarity but, they did the trick, oh boy did they do the trick. I stood there in disbelief of every dub step bass drop and every peaking synth note cranking out of those little speakers.... I still can't explain it. I assure you all I'm not one of those that likes their car to rattle and bleed bass for every car on the block to vibrate but I do enjoy good bass. I've never listened to electronica or dub-step as a choice so this was mere happenstance but I wouldn't have had it any other way. My musical preferences range more from classic rock/pop/blues to soul/funk/reggae to samba/salsa/bolero all the way to latin grupero/norteno/banda and mariachi. Needless to say, I started looking for some more dynamic and versatile speakers. In my time as a musician I came to realize that I prefer functionality to looks and so I searched for some good ol' honkin' speakers regardless of how pretty they were. I got my self some battered and torn RF-7's with no grills, dented caps and no feet for 100 bucks. A Parasound 2100 and a Yamaha M-40 later I found myself in audio bliss. I had never heard such beautiful reproduction nor had I ever owned such monstrous speakers. For weeks and weeks I listened to everything I could think of and they never failed to satiate my desires. Even when fronting my theater system, the RF-7's delivered without a single miss. THE CLARITY! THE PRECISION! THE SHEER IMMENSITY!! It all took me back. Most of all I suppose I was attracted to the fact that at one quarter the way on power, my speakers were blasting away sounds I could feel. It has been a few years since and I've picked up a 12 inch sub for effects and a whole barrage of other amps and equipment. I've entered the world of vinyl and have become very fond of it. Since I'm a huge fan of latin music I tend to appreciate the older recordings of salsa groups like Daniel Santos and La Sonora Matancera. Coming into this stage I realized that perhaps the RF-7's weren't exactly giving me what I wanted in the upper registers of music. I began my search again and having read this forum countless times, I started looking for Klipschorns. I'm fortunate to be in Southern California where K-Horns are plenty and I'm also very fortunate to have a spectacular set of corners; it all seemed to be working out. Eventually I realized finding an ugly set of K-Horns for a poor man's budget would be next to impossible. Luckily, I was elated to find a set of beat up Belles for a decent price and brought them home. This all brings to me to my current situation. The less-than Belles were a bit beat up: I've gone ahead and disassembled the mid, tweeter and taken out the frame for the two. I've also cleaned the cabs with fine steel wool and soapy water. I'll be happy with lookers at 20ft so i'm not too concerned with the veneer chips(at least not yet). My concern is that I have some Howards Restor-A-Finish in walnut (since I presume these are HWO) but I'm not sure if this is the proper way of restoring these. Would any one help with some ideas on how to make these look a bit better? Thanks!!!
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  6. Hi guys, I just received a pair of Gen 1 Heresies from 85 and one tweeter is bad. I have to swap out the other tweeter to find out if in fact this is a tweeter problem and not a Xover problem. Doing that now. In the case that in fact this is a blown tweeter I would love to buy a functional replacement K-77 tweeter assembly complete. Figured I would throw it out there since many of you have upgraded to Crites and may have one hanging around. Only paid $300 for the speakers so I am trying to keep it down around $50 or so. Thanks Tim
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  7. Got my shipment hand delivered today. Thanks Brian!
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  8. Very glad to hear that Charles. My wife's grandfather stayed with us as he lived on the East side of the Causeway Bridge. We sure thought his mobile home was going to be either gone or was going to become a boat house. Neither happened. We were all very fortunate. It could have been soooo much worse. Still 1/2 of Hillsborough county without power, tons of businesses closed and gas is super sparse.
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  9. Well the over sized pine trees did not fall down. But a lot of the branches did. We are very lucky that nothing got damaged And everyone here is ok. We only lost power for 20 hours. That really put my 12 year old to the test of having no internet lol Lol. We had cell service but it was very slow at best. I hope all my friends here made it though as well as me and my family did. God bless all of you and your family Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  10. @teaman did you need the round magnet or square magnet type? I just restored my Khorns to stock for sale or I'd just send you a K-77.
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  11. '59 SAAB 93 - Easter Egg Blue (taught me all about conservation of momentum). '62 Volvo 122S - Red (only red car I've ever owned - oops, forgot about a red MGB). '62 Jaguar 3.8l Mark II - Gun Metal (dark) Silver with red leather. (Beautiful car - the one that "got away." Wish I still had it. I was 19....)
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  12. it's not your ears that lie to you if you have developed a bias that's on you and in the end what really matters most is that you are happy. What you use as a reference is also telling. Someone who never listens to live music is not likely to have a realistic sounding system. It may be a good sounding system but the odds are not in favor of that nor of it sounding real.
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  13. I detect nothing of the sort. I have a Pioneer and a Technics, both direct drive and they are fine. I'm low rent, works for ME. At present not cart on the Technics, but the other has a cheap Audio Technica. I was using a JMA BBX tube pre that sounded fine, but at pesent use a no longer available Audio Technica phono pre that cost me less than $50. It's extremely quiet and for the life of me, sounds as good as the BBX. You might look here as well: http://www.needledoctor.com/ Bruce
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  14. Yes, I've seen it done but it is not a drop-in mod... 1. The cut out isn't quite right and would need to be slightly enlarged 2. You'd have to cut the top and bottom of the horns mounting flange and drill new mounting holes to make it fit 3. You'd have to at least slightly adjust the crossover network (K77 is louder than the K76) You can also contact Klipsch about getting a replacement diaphragm? People seem to forget this is an option some times... They used to sell them for about $50ea. I would pass on pretty much all of the aftermarket diaphragms.
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  15. goof friend of mine has top of the line Alnic equipment (every piece phono pre to premp to dac to 300 b mono blocks) Pre amp is 10K amps are 10K each. Fit finish and build are all state of the art. system sounds really good but costs an arm and a leg. All the tubes are aftermarket sota tubes over 10K in tubes on had. He still has problems and so far as I can see tubes were and are and always will be a pita. So far as I am concerned my new Benchmark AHB2 eats his stuff up at a tiny fraction of the cost. I doubt I will bother to ever buy another amplifier. If you like to piddle around tubes are great. The wrote a song about tubes. Roll roll roll your tubes every other week spending a lot for all that you got listening's just a dream.
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  16. I make plenty of typos, mostly due to posting from my phone. I try to catch the errors, and have gone back later to edit. There are many on here whose primary language is not English. Sooooo... welcome to the forums! As Dennis (djk) posted, check the solder joints. If you can solder, it wouldn't hurt to touch them all up. If you disconnect leads from the crossover so you can pull it it out, label them so you reconnect correctly. Lots of help here, ask away and keep us informed. Bruce
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  17. Don't google "Yewtman" unless you want to go down the rabbit hole that is cougarboard.com ... Younsayin'?
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  18. Sure Bob could do it, but who wants to put $200 into $400 speakers? What we need is a $50 solution.
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  19. Yes. which is why you might want to consider keeping the H3s and adding a sub, or two, to do bass even better than CW3s.
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  20. LOL. Does look like it. I guess boarding up the windows doesn't apply to zombies.
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  21. Check out the article starting at the bottom of Page 23 of this PDF. The Audio Critic. He reviewed very expensive gear and was thoroughly impressed by the 5800. http://www.biline.ca/audio_critic/mags/The_Audio_Critic_27_r.pdf This is what sold me on the Denon. I'm sure that the others are also outstanding. The 5800's go for about $500 or so. Wait for a nice one in pristine condition. Add a CD transport and stream music through optical and you are all set. You can also do 7.1 surround from your TV's optical output. I am driving Palladium P38, P37's and a R27C with one.
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  22. AND they kicked it down to 6 Ohms, too! Anything to get a higher "rated power" to advertise! We are told that amplifier manufacturers were once scrupulously honest, but some of the particulars have been lost in the mists of antiquity. Here is the story I heard when but a lad. When all amplifiers for the home were monaural (the 1950s) nearly all amplifier manufacturers would rate their amplifiers in terms of RMS power. Even though people who know a lot more about it than do I tell me that "RMS power" was a misnomer (I think one would more properly apply the term RMS -- root mean square -- to voltage than wattage, but I could be wrong), this was the standard used. This was not the power at which the amplifier clipped. The bench tech would turn the amp up until the waveform was just barely flat on the top (i.e., clipped) , then turn it down until it was just barely not clipped, then run a 20 to 20,000 Hz sweep at that level. With luck there would be no clipping at that level over the entire frequency range. The tech would then take .707 of that amplitude. That was the RMS rating. For example my 2 channel (stereo) NAD power amps are rated at 150 watts per channel. My dealer ran a 20 to 20K sweep just under clipping level and got 170 watts per channel, all channels operating (there are only 2 channels in this amp). Some manufacturers would rate those amps at 170 w.p.c. NAD rated them at 150 w.p.c. Their RMS rating would be .707 x 170 or 120 w.p.c. Things got worse when many channel AVRs came out. Manufacturers would rate them with one or two channels operating, when the customer would be running 5, 7, or more channels at home. I think I read that the typical 5 channel amp can put out about 80% of its 2 channel rating, when it is running with all channels operating.
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  23. I picked up a SR-120 on Tim's recommendation and even though it was rated the same power as my Onkyo 717 it completely blew the Onk out of the water, power-wise. It could make those tight little dual 12" woofers on my CF-4 come alive at reference levels. Truly impressive.
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  24. At 97 pounds and 170 wpc, that's certainly a monster! @teamanand I would nominate the Sherbourn SR-120. A genuine 125 wpc x7 at 78 pounds, it was not a $5000 beast like the Denon but it could hold its own with just about everything else.
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  25. Another that we lost recently Glenn Frey... Along with a good leftovers for a late meal with soothing easy tunes.
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  26. A complete gem. It's not only true of just business either.
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  27. Hi Tyler, I've found this to be a very clear explanation of how to bi-wire, or bi-amp. They are two completely different setups. https://sewelldirect.com/learning-center/bi-wire-and-bi-amp There are other issues to discuss when planning to do this, but I did not want to go too far out in thread drift. If you'd like to discuss it further, please feel free to ask and we'll dig up some previous threads on the subject which will address your questions and concerns about the effectiveness of bi-wiring and bi-amping.
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  28. I never heard Cornwall for an extended period. My Chorus IIs seemed to have as deep of bass and more articulate. LaScalas, Belle's and K Horns for the best mid-range realism.
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  29. Let's see, $500.00 for the unit and another $5,000.00 for the cables to hook it up. JJK
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  30. For your information there are plenty of employers that knowingly keep these people on either because they're afraid of looking like they're something they're not (racists, bigots, what have you). There are plenty store level managers who won't terminate slouches because they lack the backbone to confront them as well. My source: I've worked for 5 of these people at 5 different locations in 3 different companies.
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  31. Hey guys, Greetings from a happy new Klipsch owner. Growing up, I was a music fanatic. Would confiscate the Sunday paper to drool over the AV receivers and speaker ads. I used to pump my dad's system whenever he and my mom would leave the house. I studied music in college and the chair of the music department (an awesome mentor and great friend) introduced me to Klipsch. I want to say he owned a pair of KG-3's. He also was responsible for installing klipsch speakers (reference bookshelves) and denon receivers in all of the music classrooms on campus. I remember going with him to the local hifi store and hearing a pair of RF-7s when they were new. Needless to say, I've had my sights set on owning a pair of klipsch reference speakers ever since. A couple months ago I got a pair of RP-160m's (powered by a yamaha tsr-5810 - Costco version of an rx-v581) in cherry finish and I couldn't be happier. They sound fantastic. Last weekend I made the call to pick up the R-12sw, which was on sale, to replace a super entry level yamaha HTIB sub and help round out the bass. Man does my system sound good now. I've been spending the last week dialing things in (speaker levels and delays, etc) and rarely turn things up past -20. Sub set to about 40% gain or so. My buddy (fellow HiFi head) asked if i caught "the bug". I told him I always had it, just was never in a position to justify pulling the trigger. Super happy to finally make it happen. Definitely money well spent. Cheers!
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  32. the K601 is the horn used in the Cornwall 2 (Cornwall used the cast metal version the K600) and it is larger than the K701 used in the Heresy 2/3 and CW 3. Switching to a smaller mid horn is never going to be an upgrade.
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  33. Hate to bust your bubble, but you will NEVER have your system dialed in. This is a sick hobby (passion) just when you think you have it perfect you will have to try that last little adjustment. It never ends!!! Welcome to the rabbit hole it is a lot of fun.
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  34. It keeps bread on the fireman's table, though.
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  35. Thanks all for good suggestions. I was hoping to find another Belle in Rosewood to use in the set up. I purchased 2 khorns and 1 belle in rosewood years ago and owner told me the 3 piece set in rosewood was only offered to top salesmen? Not sure about that anyone know? I'll scrap the klipsch d sub . Would love a good tube amp if anyone has an extra one laying around. I have $$. I am building some false walls this weekend for the khorns and updating my theater room in my 1500 sq ft basement as a tribute to my late wife who helped me drive thru 7 states (NC to Texas and back in 26 hours nonstop!) to help me pick these speakers up years ago. She loved them as much as I did , but I never got to placing them correctly in the room. Only one speaker had a good corner. I won;t ramble on. From Charlotte NC, thanks all.
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  36. You have an awesome system ellis. This sounds like a job for an equalizer or room treatments. The equalizer is would be my first choice for simplicity.
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  37. The eye has passed over us and our family and home are safe. We never felt like we needed to go to the "safe room" so I feel extremely blessed. The wind blew hard but I never felt threatened. Praying everyone else is safe and your property is as well. There are some bands behind us but shouldn't be near what we had tonight. I'm headed to bed. It's been a really long past few days.
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  38. Thank you Steve. I really think we are going to be fine. So far, our neighborhood has maintained power when many in Plant City have been without power since 4:30pm. We will know more within a few hours.
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  39. Move a Belle to Center duty, use the other Belle in the center rear. Then start a thread on what to use for Rear Surrounds. Welcome to the Klipsch forums @Rosewoodkhorns.
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  40. I also like Dan Fogleburg Best album from when I was a young fellow was with his friend Tim Dan Fogelberg / Tim Weisberg, Twin Sons Of Different Mothers
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  41. Yes! I have such a goofy living room with a hallway running through the front soundstage and a semi-trapezoidal right-side wall it's a wonder anything sounds good. Putting the Khorns into my equally goofy "corners" (one is a glass wall, the other is my front door) I just could not integrate the Korns into any kind of 5.1 configuration that sounded right. Due to spouse's request I put them on the market. With someone coming over to look at them I hooked them up in a completely wrong setup, no corners, almost middle of the room, too close together and too close to the MLP and all of the sudden they sound amazing. I am already having Seller's Remorse.
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  42. Pendulum swings and truths on both sides. I am saying this as I am working on a beautiful Sunday afternoon because others are relying on me and this is my responsibility. I am reading Nixonland, where the baby boomers were the lazy over-entitled kids of the greatest generation. I am generation X and we were lazy ungrateful druggies as told by the baby boomers. Now the millennials are lazy cry babies. In every generation there are over entitled lazy immature kids and there are hard workers, and a lot of in between. In college getting a professional degree it was well known and understood that you had to work your *** of to get through and it did not matter what the slackers were doing elsewhere. In the business world you do need to be strong to survive and if you are going to own a business you had better be disciplined as hell because it all comes down to you. I do see middle aged people who take money from their parents. I would be ashamed to ever do this, especially at this age. A mixed bunch in every generation.
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  43. Not an easy question to answer. Probably lots of Klipsch fans won't agree with me, but this is my personal experience: 1) Khorns: placement is crucial. You should be able to seal them in a corner, and once they stand in their corners there are no more toe-in options 2) La Scala's: more versatile as placement is concerned, with Khorn-like performance, but have the disadvantage of digging not so deep as the Khorn. Anyway if you want bass extension down to 20 you 'll need a sub with both. Keep in mind that you 'll need very potent subs to keep up. So if placement options are limited La Scala's combined with powerful subs will do an outstanding job. Also both models do not need lots of power to drive them, they need amp power of very high quality. Your friend drives his Khorns with an MC 275. I believe you when you say they sound amazing! 3) Putting large horn loaded cabinets in a rather small room won't do them justice. So my vote would lean towards a smaller cabinet like a Cornwall or a Forte. Hope this helps ....
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  44. @EulypionWhen I raced motocross the expression was "if you want more horsepower get a bigger horse." The Khorn is the bigger horse. Round numbers, the Khorns will cost about double the La Scalas. The LS is probably more available on the used market. I have bad corners and I couldn't get the Khorns to integrate with my mis-matched center and surrounds in a 5.1 setup. I just set the Khorns in the middle of my room in a terrible configuration in 2.0, no corners, nearfield, probably 6-7 feet. They sound phenomenal. BTW I am running them with a newer Marantz SR-6001 AVR. Not the old school Marantz like the one you referenced, but the sound is still good. Really, really good.
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  45. If stock, the LaScala and Khorn have the same mid horn/driver and tweeter /horn driver. Only the bass is different. Many LS owners feel the mid is a little too hot, and adjust it down approx. 3db. Turning the gain up brings the bass up without havings the mids drill into your head. Still not the same as the khorn, but amazingly clean and articulate bass. ... and welcome to the forums. Bruce
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  46. @willland ^^^ is correct. I added the warning about 2-channel because you will want to compare AVR power apples-to-apples. THE PROBLEM is these days manufacturers seem to mis-lead consumers by publishing power with ONE channel driven, which at first glance will make an AVR look more powerful then it really is. Nobody runs a multi-channel setup on ONE channel! Onkyo is not the only one who does this, but I am an Onkyo fanboy and it aggravates me they would do this. Check out the specs on this Onk AVR: https://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-RZ810-7-2-Channel-Network-Receiver/dp/B01ETUV4I8/ref=sr_1_3?m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&s=warehouse-deals&ie=UTF8&qid=1504442695&sr=8-3&keywords=onkyo+receiver This ad says this AVR puts out 200 watts per channel, a really high number for an AVR. But look closer, with 2 channels driven it is actually 130 wpc. If you compared another AVR brand at the same price point which advertises with 2 channels driven against the Onk "1 Channel Driven" the Onk looks like it has more power. It doesn't. There are other numbers and technical terms we could discuss but just be aware to compare using the 2 channels driven spec.
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  47. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to A/B the Forte lll and the Cornwall lll. Speaker switching box, with the same gain on each speaker. The difference was jaw-dropping. Disregarding price, the CW lll just smoked the Forte lll IMHO tc
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  48. Permitted here? To say how great is our God! How loving and merciful; He who finds so many ways to work good from what may appear to be rotten circumstances.
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