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bought in Colossus last saturday... calm before the storm starting stack break 1 break 2 busted out after 6 levels but I played cash for 14 straight hours after that... conclusion, all profit

People seem to be much more shy about writing and talking on classical music than the other, non-classical kinds, so that's one reason. Classical threads rarely go anywhere for that reason, IMO. Occasionally something very well known like Adagio for Strings will get extended commentary, but that's too rare. While it appears that classical isn't appreciated here, you'd be surprised at how extensive forum members' knowledge and understanding is! Lots of classical lurking on the Forum! Klipsch reproduces brass, percussion and woodwinds very well, strings a little less so. (Competitors that reproduce great string sound may not do as well on other instruments.) Pipe organs are great for playing over K-horns. The PWK admonition of using very good equipment (sound sources including cartridges, electronics!) especially makes classical sound better. So will very smooth crossovers and drivers. I especially like my AK-4 X-overs for that reason. All the most recent generation of Heritage speaks fill that bill IMO.

Depending on the source and your electronics, it will sound as if you are there amongst the throng, with the luxury of being in your own listening room. Spectacular with classical music...Klipsch...welcome.😊

These are mine. I came up with the price based on a previous pair of version 2 cf3 black finish that sold for $1000 on eBay. I figured the version 1 and walnut finish would be worth more. I didn't get these cheap, but I wanted to hear them and I liked the finish, so I paid. I've had them since the winter, but I haven't been listening to them lately so I decided to test the waters on them. If a forum member is interested, contact me through the forum NOT EBAY for a better price.

One chart that I put together a couple of years ago refers to the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" vs. my own CD collection, broken down into relative percentages by genre (my CD collection is the blue bars). Perhaps this will begin to answer your question. The book's relative percentages by genre closely follows Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest albums list. You can see for yourself where the problem lies: Fully 1/3 of my music collection is classical, and I listen to those recordings every day. Classical 5.1 Blu-Ray music video discs and music-only discs (not included in this count, above) are absolutely spectacular on my setup. The best recordings that I own are all classical recordings--by far. Secondly, horn-loaded loudspeakers (i.e., the type for which Klipsch is noted) reproduce greater music transients much more faithfully than direct-radiating loudspeakers. This is actually much more important for classical than for other genres of music. Here is a breakdown of the average dynamic range of the different genres of music (measured) as per a JAES article from the late 1990s. The popular genres shown in the chart below will now measure even lower average dynamic range (crest factors, or average-to-peak values) than what is shown in this chart: Chris

, she would never even know what they are... if I didn't tell her. and if I did, I would most likely get the blank stare indicating it all went over her head. Her eyes would glaze over when I would start telling her about some innovation on my helicopters, too ...

Also the roof at the same time, and possibly your wife's blood pressure.

Completely irrelevant but here goes. One of my past customers was a food processor and they were setting up a room to process chocolate bits for yogurt. One of the instrument techs had a high dollar workstation laptop and was dialing in some PLC's when an employee opened the wrong valve. It flooded the laptop with rich creamy chocolate. We knew then that HP actually meant Hershey Powered.

Boston does too. What he got out of what he had was amazing.

I don't do anything to try impress any idea on any person... I live this lifestyle for myself.

The ESPN analysts have nothing on you guys! Steph set an NBA record for 3's in a Finals game. Durant was back in terms of shooting and was unstoppable. 10-14, 3-3 and 4-4 FT. On the other side of the ball the Warriors held Lebron to 29. JR Smith didn't need a last second blunder to help lose the game, he stunk the whole time, 2-9 FG's and 1-4 3's. And what is wrong with Kyle Korver? I like him but you can't be a 3-point specialist and go 0-3 shooting and 0-1 from 3-point land. The Playoffs really don't get started until the third game but unless James gets some help, this series only has two more games left.

Being Walnut, IMHO, they are worth more than the black ones, plus they're V1. I sold my V2 or V3 Walnut CF3 close to that price. Now I have seller's remorse. Good luck with you sale and I hope you get what you need for them.

I know you're not supposed to quote yourself, but Emile gave me a smiley and the remote already came in so I thought I'd update you. The remote is brain damaged. It will control the Onkyo 717 AVR but CAN NOT be programmed to run any other device like the original. A specific button needed to be used in tandem with the TV button (for instance) is NOT on the remote. It's just missing! I contacted China and the response was "Dear Friend there is no manual and I am not a programmer. Sorry."

+ 1 to that....I have about $ 1800.00 in the 2 pair of Chorus II's I have...To get into a pair of Forte III's would cost close to double that...I was already to pull the trigger... Just couldn't say good bye to the Chorus II's George

Hello friends! I'm trying to find out how Klipsch speakers respond to classical music, opera etc. I'm planning to buy a complete set up for a surround system, Dolby Atmos with the RF-7's in the front, RC-64 III center channel etc. I read that those speakers are amazing when it comes to rock and rock, pop music etc, but I don't see many people talking about classical music. What it's your opinion? Thanks!

The forums here have seen me tracking this project now for - almost 2 or 3 years. It's been long enough that I've lost count of how long it's been... About a year before my grandmother passed, she wanted me to restore her old GE hybrid console stereo that she had purchased in the 1960s in a custom finish. Her indecisiveness led to me pulling the plug on the project a few times, and finances with me went through 2 or 3 series of uncertainties which kept delaying the finish or work to continue on this setup. The original plan called for a pair of Heresy speaker parts, gutted, with retro-fitted motorboards to be attached inside the current speaker cabinets. The system was originally spec'd to be powered by an Emotiva UPA-2 amplifier, and an XSP-1 pre-amp. We kicked around a few ideas for the turntable, ranging from retrofitting the existing one to replacing it with a Music Hall model. When she passed away last year, I decided that I was going to finish this project if it killed me. The plans changed over this time too to something a bit more cost effective and practical. @DizRotus supplied me with a Technics SL-1500. The bump in the road occurred when it was discovered that the turntable was in fact too tall for the space that it'd be occupying. Fortunately, I had a Pioneer PL-990 that I ended up using in the cabinet instead. The SL-1500 went to live on my main system paired with a Schiit Mani, where the PL-990 is now in the top-opening portion of the console cabinet. Next, @willland supplied a DPS-10.5 DVD player to handle CD's and discs, and also supplied an Integra DTM-40.4 Stereo Receiver. The pair fit perfectly in the lower compartment near where the Vinyl was stored, and the dimensions allowed easy integration with the wire compartment I was building in under the turntable. The solid output of the Integra units made any speaker I had temporarily housed in the built-in-cabinets come alive. I tested RSX-4's, 5's, and an RC-3 on this unit, an none of them sounded anything like how they did on my other systems. They sounded many times better. I was excited to see how Heresy's would sound on it. The old fabric in the console was nasty greenish looking drape fabric that was rotting and moldy. This was tossed and replaced with some awesome grille cloth courtesy of Bob Crites. The new cloth looked many times better than the green cloth did, and I'm advised it looks better than the original cloth looked when new. All that was left was to find a pair of Heresy to cannibalize. Originally I had thought about just buying parts, but when that proved to be too difficult, my search continued for a pair of Heresy to harvest and build into the cabinets. During this time I measured probably four to five times a month just to make sure I wasn't going crazy and making sure that the cabinets were as close to spec as possible. Finally, a pair came across my screen from Diz, once again to the rescue, and 1986 BR II's. The deal was made, and they arrived last week. I gutted the speakers after making sure they worked and immediately put a call in to Bob Crites again to get a pair of freshly cut motorboards. Those arrived yesterday... The boards were an exact fit. The dimensions were right on. I could not have fitted them any better. Today, the backs went on, the wire keep was finished, and all of the drivers were brought into phase. The 1986 Heresy II BR's, are now Heresy II mods, built into a Cherry 1963 GE Built cabinet, originally fitted with RCA speakers. As for how they sound in the modified cabinets...they sound like Heresy's. If I must say so...not too shabby. I'll take some more pics tomorrow. Before the wires were wrapped and placed in the wire storage area (upper right) they were loose in back. Only one wire comes off the back of the console now - a sole power cable leading off a power strip mounted inside the wire storage area. Right and left drivers mounted in the new cabinet. The spaces around the motorboards are still sealed with solid wood. The only exit point for any of the speakers is located on the inside rear where the speaker wire runs out of the compartments and to the amplifier. Since the original cabinets did not have rear mounted terminals and an inline crossover - I opted to mount the cup and the crossover inside of the cabinet with bare wire running to the cup. The cups are mounted with the rear facing down and the components facing up at the rear of each compartment.

A Crayfish Amputated Its Own Claw to Avoid Being Boiled Alive in a Hotpot

For $470... They should resole themselves.. Nice boots

Oh and Mr. Davis is always a pleasure to deal with, in my experience.

When it comes to FREE - commit first, sort out details later.

Greetings,What would a great shape and sounding Klipsch Hershey speakers be worth to anyone out there...ser#'s 4527,4528....I know what they are worth... Do you??

They take one big hammer, a vice and a piece of flat bar. Make your own and I believe the nut serts on those are 1/4 20 or at least they are on mine. Make very nice computer speakers for your desk.

You will never get a true definition of what an audiophile speaker is. Closest you will get is truth in timbre because everybody has their own hot buttons. The key is that they called H III fun. What more could you want. Do you want to tell your friends that you are an audiophile and get cross-eyed looks when you state you paid as much as a nice Audi for those speakers (and not be able to quantify why they cost that much) or just listen and enjoy?

When GS starts dropping those three's it's all over. JJK

First, welcome. How much do you want to spend? You should state your location. Members will help you find what you want near you. Do you have room for large speakers or do you need small bookshelf speakers. The KV-2 will work with most any KG Series speakers. Keith

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So you have Klipshorns, B collar, in Walnut Oiled from 1979. They haven't been modified, we call that unmolested. I'll assign a condition of 8/10, just a guess. It matters in what area you live and how fast you need to sell them. Khorns in good shape from that era average around $2k. The low average would be around $1600 and high average would be about $2400 for a pair in excellent condition that has had the crossovers updated, or other drivers upgraded. The last three sales I've recorded show $1200 in Condition C (average) April 2018 in Houston, $1500 Condition C May, 2018 in Mass, and $2100 condition B w/enclosure upgraded, NC May 2018. The bottom line is a willing Seller and a willing Buyer will set the final price.

Please see attached statement and graph from Bob. A bandpass limits the out put of the squawker driver. Please see detailed description from Bob Crites below: I can provide a little technical information of using the Klipsch titanium midrange to replace the orignal phenolics. On the trace below, the red is an original K-53 phenolic diaphrgm and the green is the K-53TI titanium midrange diaphragm on the same 700 hz horn. We see slightly higher average output for the titanium than the phenolic. The phenolic output drops like a stone at 6khz where the tweeter takes over. That allows the crossover to be pretty simple since there is no reason to roll off the midrange. But, the titanium diaphragm keeps on going, in fact heading for a peak at around 7.3khz before it drops off. So, if the titanium diaphragm is used in place of the phenolic without a crossover mod, you would have the midrange and tweeter both at full output at the same time around 7khz. Bob Crites Attached Thumbnails 

I want to buy everything, like the rest of the addicts lol.

You seem to have a lot of opinion but little interest in sellers items lately. You should decide if you're interested in buying an item and if not just move on. Keith

Loud and clear. I bought an academy and had it shipped with no problems.

Well it seems all I see now is a old guy.

I like Santana, but that wasn't too good.

I love my ‘73 LaScalas. Will have them til I die unless somebody wants to give me some K Horns. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh! (Dave gets red face) We don't have many women here, please forgive the wrong assumption. If you have any questions, about amplifiers, about speaker wires, how to hook things up, about anything, feel free to ask.

Thank you so much! Actually they went to his daughter. 😉 I am looking forward to enjoying them, I truly appreciate your help!

Yea I may check into just buying the capacitors and resistors myself and reloading by them. That’ll never admit it but size does matter. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would like to see their definition of audiophile speaker. What “elusive” quality is it they possess? To me an audiophile is someone who enjoys sound as a hobby and part of life. Therefore a speaker favoured by such a person would be by definition an audiophile speaker.

Listening now... and not a single shyte was given what other audiophiles think.

You must think outside the box.

And Thad knows his candy bar prices.

Oh, I assure you we know what they're worth. We write stuff down. You asked your question in the Klipsch Pro Audio sub-forum. Do you know what you have?

So do the forte IIs.

Your generosity is most admirable......😁

Joe Louis Arena was a dump, Intimidating perhaps with history, but still a dump. I thought those metal awnings at LCA looked spectacular, know we know why. 😊

Thanks! I have a special place in my heart for Chorus II's also. So until they make Chorus III's (and I'm not holding my breath)...

Pre amp for sure. Much more impact than the amp. If you need some really nice 6SN7s, I have a bunch....

A fresh fig is a food of ecstacy.

I just purchased a pair of RF 7illls and they sound incredible. Very crisp sounding and clear. I also own a pair of Cornwall llls which are equally impressive. I like them both and would be hard pressed to give a one up on either of them. If space is an issue, then go with the RF 7lll's and as earlier stated, watch the videos by Youthman.