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Hey a bit tongue in cheek but it is my home (shop) theater. Speakers change often sometimes and right now here is today's speaker line. Then we have theater seating And finally the control and command center.

Onasill ~ Bill Badzo Niagara Mohawk Power Building ~ Art Deco Architecture ~ Syracuse Ny The Niagara Hudson Building in Syracuse is an outstanding example of Art Deco architecture and a symbol of the Age of Electricity. Completed in 132bc, the building became the headquarters for the nation’s largest electric utility company and expressed the technology of electricity through its modernistic design, material, and extraordinary program of exterior lighting. The design elements applied by architects Melvin L. King and Bley & Lyman transformed a corporate office tower into a widely admired beacon of light and belief in the future. With its central tower and figurative winged sculpture personifying electric lighting, the powerfully sculpted and decorated building offered a symbol of optimism and progress in the context of the Great Depression Built:1932 Architectural style:Art Deco Governing body:Private NRHP Reference#:10000361

Finally done and man an Im pleased.

Losing djk was a big hit to the local audio community in general. I miss his contributions here and elsewhere.

I’ll get into a write up later this week. Long story is these are mind blowing. Many here know I’ve build a lot of cool stuff. Thus far… with only one done, these are the best speakers I’ve ever owned including a set of Jub clone bins with eliptracs. Wholly different speaker but still. off to sleep. This build too the better part of 10hrs. Center section is crossover, wiring junction and and tweeter.

...picture of my lame attempt at bracing

The k-79 in the Chorus line has the same size magnet as the k-75 but the Chief pointed out recently that there is a difference in the gap size to increase the sensitivity in the k-79 so all three tweeter magnets are different but the diaphragms and horns are the same.

That one rivals the Chrysler Building in NYC as being one of the only ones that could host those first Ghostbuster characters. Definitely cool.

I agree with Mr. Clark, however he misses the mark here. It's a pivot. Let assume best sounding amp, dollar for dollar. Does he suggest that potential buyers completely ignore the advertised specifications and just trust their ears? Does he personally market it as a 75W (and more) amp? Does he also extol the excellent distortion ratings that are stated in the specifications. Every other amp maker who sells in the US rates their amps with sine waves and load resistors what is it about these amps that make it difficult/impossible to be tested in the same way? Lack of grounding? I don't have very efficient speakers, and past experience has shown that I really need a 75W tube amp for them to sing. Do you recommend this amp if that's the case? And lastly, it looks like the Bob Carver Corporation was dissolved in Washington administratively (they didn't pay their annual fee or file their annual report), and it does not appear that it was subsequently incorporated in Illinois, or California. It they are not around in 2 or 3 years to honor their 5 year guarantee will you honor it Mr. Clark? Or, are you telling me to forget all of that, go with the sound, don't worry about the specs. Trust my ears. There was a guy who had a very similar marketing strategy, expect he put out no specs on his speakers, none. Anwar Bose.

LAKE EFFECT Driving from DC to Montreal I passed by Watertown NY many times The one time it was snowing it was the heaviest snow per minute I have ever experienced including the Alps etc Around that time, Buffalo received some insane number like 24 feet

Tweeked the sub a bit the other evening w/the encouragement of @ClaudeJ1. I'm sure he's laffin at me right now. lol I'm surviving but going a bit off task for today. I've been sorting lp's. Then it happened. Yup, kept seeing all this stuff I liked but haven't really heard in a while. Yea, you been there! THIS is CRAZY nuts now in here! 😂 Russ Ballard? Miami Vice would have been an epic fail w/out his work so there's that! Found a lil Jeff Beck promo that sounded just killer! Great LP! Released in 1969 by EC, Ric Grech, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker? Yup, their only studio lp which is showing the US cover. I'm lost in here sports fans! 😂 ALL your fault @ClaudeJ1 😂 Gonna be slippin this one in next so heading to the couch a happy boy! Sure I'm gonna bump it up just a bit more 😂 Just think I could have gained all kinds of points with separate posts. hahaha pfffffft! Just easier for ya to scroll on down this way!

Jacksonbart alive and well. Saw him last week.

Made by Zenith. 👍 I was thinking about jumping on this, but if anyone here wants it first, I will step aside. 😀 It does have a cool retro vibe. https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ele/d/laguna-niguel-vintage-stereo-console/7433385420.html

I had one and managed to score a second. They express voltage on a log scale allowing 5 decades to be captured on the swing of the needle pointer. Useful to measure voltage across a load resistor for amplifiers under test. The right unit is the first issue, 1968, all gold traces. The left unit is the last year of manufacture, 1976, Pb-Sn traces. That unit also needs a knob, which I found on-line and ordered! Measures both VAC and VDC from 1mV to 100V and dB equivalents.

Sounds like you have it under control. I like to marinate, but it isn't entirely necessary.

Lots of excuses and sales fluff, I feel sorry for everybody involved. Never a jeez we made a mistake. Honesty seems rare these days.

@Bubo That is a beautiful building! Thank you for sharing this.

Dang, `morning bud. You are turned around worse that I was from laying down with a headache a few night ago at 8pm then waking at 2 am, 6-8 hrs is usually what I'll sleep a night. When I was young 4-6 was the best I ever got, being in demand like I was then!

Very familiar with that building. Born in Syracuse, worked for a member of Congress from there, still visit once or twice a year. Syracuse is an old industrial town and has lots of very cool buildings in it, but the Niagara Mohawk building has always been my favorite. Fortunately a few decades ago, they spruced it up and have preserved it ever since. They also upgraded the lighting at some point. Back as late as the 70's and 80's it was cool, but not nearly as fascinating as it is with the preservation work. Well done Art Deco is hard to beat.

I like this guys take on the situation from the Audiogon forum: grovergardner 5 posts 01-16-2022 7:40pm I'll suggest some evaluation at this point. IMO, the amp is cleverly designed to provide 17wpc continuous across the bandwidth at low distortion, with some pretty fair peak power into 8 ohms. It's a "concept" amp, and as such it succeeds, IMO--a clever design, light weight, large under-biased output tubes that will last for years, current feedback to adjust for low-frequency speaker impedance swings. Many people say it sounds great--and it probably does in many circumstances. My old ProAc Response 2's only need 15 wpc to sound really nice in my room. With the peak reserve, they'd probably be very happy with the Crimson (now Raven, apparently). The problem is that the amp is sold at 75wpc 20Hz-20kHz at less than 1% distortion. The amp clearly cannot meet those specs. Jim Clark claims that only the sound matters--and he's right in some respects, but audiophiles aren't stupid. Sound matters, but so do honest specs. So Jim is in a terrible position.

8 ohm vs 4 ohm for starters, I think. The 4ohm woofer in the 5000 “has more bass” and the passive is probably tuned for it.

Yes. I've always twisted the strands the same way they were inside the cover. Could just be me or that it made it easier to get the wire into the socket. When I rebuilt my stereo a couple years ago I looked into non traditional wiring. Read that stranded wire can introduce crosstalk or some other distortion. That stroked my ego and validated my deductive reasoning on that. But it could have been their way of justifying the cost increase on their solid copper wiring!

Sad that so many of the commenters in that thread are now no longer with us. 😕

1st pot of coffee is near gone. Put a loaf of bread to make. Cleaned the bathroom. I think these are a function of the coffee being near gone. Just to keep OT [like it mattered until now].... When I put the Yammy in the doghouse, pulling the speaker wires.... blue nasty on the wire. Clipped all of the ends and gave some fresh to hook to. I'm not crazy about the spring terminals for the speaker wires on this receiver. Dumb question.... does one twist the wire ends when using this type of terminal? Logic would have the strands loose to make maximum contact.... yes/no?

Ahh Haaa You've got it bad Mr DJ. And have turned into all of our worst enemies, the dreaded, back-seat driving, blitzed out of his mind, listens to no one until ejected The Turner-Upper!

Hi Guys - thanks for the advice on the solder, where I will take a review on. Then also just for the record - I did speak with Jim @ JEMPerformance last month (referenced back on Page 1, near the bottom) and apparently these higher voltage/capacitance passives are problematic to source. Hence why I went this particular route, obviously the preferred route would be some factory direct cap's. Thanks again - greatly appreciated!

132 BC yes NY State was very advanced Not my typo, mine is in the subject

Article says in the text “Completed in 132bc”... hope that’s a typo or I just don’t understand? Table at end says 1932 which seems more realistic? Regardless, nice building.

It was a nice day.

I always looked forward to Jacksonbart's comments. I always wonder what happened to him.

Will do! I am piecing together a speaker stack to play outdoor events and am getting close! Have some folded horn 18s for subs, now just gotta find some kp301s to go the simple route. Would be nice to get lucky and find some MSSMs, MSMs with MTMs though! Might build squaker and tweeter boxes and use parts from Crites if the first two options dont manifest. Feeling stoked!

Thanks billybob

The reason for klipsch to recommend @JEM Performance was to make sure that Forum members could restore the klipsch sound in their speakers , but as you can hear , aftermarket capacitors do not sound like klipsch capacitors since they alter the klipsch sound signature .

Made the drive from Humboldt to the Bay Area yesterday and am happy to say I am the new owner of these! Seller of the ebay listing had them on Craigslist for months and lowered the price to $100 for the both of em 😵. Couldnt pass these up! I have yet to string them up, fingers crossed they are good to go! I lovvveeee Klipsch and this forum!!!!

Wuzzer, thank you. It’s apparent that some folks have difficulty with being respectful. I sincerely appreciate your efforts. I’ve lost a lot of folks on this forum that I consider to be very good friends, especially this past year. It’s taking me a while to recover emotionally from the losses. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't know why I spend so much time on other forums when.....I love Klipsch! 50/50 between HT and music......the evolution of the theater build is shared here. Current equipment: HK AVR7200 ||| RF7ii's • RF64ii • R-5800W's • RS52ii's • single RW-12 replaced DEAD dual RW12d's ||| Panasonic AE3000U (upgrade soon) ||| DIY screen ||| White Lightning Moonshine Cables Looking to get to an Auro 3D-compatible setup soon. Equipment research has begun....

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/carver-crimson-275-review-tube-amp.29971/ Amir over at ASR finished up the review of the brand new out of box production unit and the results were actually more dismal than expected. I enjoyed the review of course and I am certain this amp sounds fine at <15 watts which is fine for Klipsch speakers, the issue is people purchased this under the guise it can produce 75 watts per channel cleanly into rated loads with published bandwidth and distortion and it doesn't. I could understand any owners frustration and not sure what I would do, probably try and return it if I paid full price honestly. NO SAFETY GROUND ON CHASSIS - Yikes!! Meter glued to frame is low class for this price point. Loose screw inside is scary for a brand new unit. Pretty bleak. If you purchase I high power tube amplifier make sure it weighs the part if it has output transformers.

Looks like some type of particle board not MDF I don't remember any bracing at all in my old 500's but it's been well over 10 years since I had those. I thought the panels were less than 3/4" on the 500's something like 5/8's IIRC but again it was a long time ago. I paid $250 for mine at the time and felt they were a great deal at that price very decent speaker for the money.

Nice

And to the cabinets, both models maybe the same. Fairly certain the PR the reason for the height. Think recall 1/2 inch mdf thickness of cabinet. On 500...

I discovered chip amps in 2004. They were called "class T" amplifiers, using the 2020 chip, which was called one of the best chips of the last millenium by chip maker reviews. I still have 2. I had one tested at Klipsch HQ in Indianapolis when I lived there 2013-2014. They were a really good sounding little 6 watt amp that blew the minds of reviewers of the day over 18 years ago. I used one to power my Quarter Pie Bass Horns. I still use one for all my speaker measurements and it was used in the development of the Super Heresy. You can still buy one from Parts Express under the Dayton label. https://www.daytonaudio.com/product/697/dta-1-class-d-digital-ac-dc-amplifier-15-wpc http://6moons.com/audioreviews/sonicimpact/t.html

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Yes and sorry for contributing to the thread drift.

Beautiful.

I think that if I ever wanted to "go back" to Tubes, it would be on the Signal/PreAmp Side ONLY, not for power output I would stick to the superior control and impedance/reactance issues by Solid State, Class D or not. We have so many great choice for less money nowadays. It still amazes me. After all, you can make your ears bleed with only 10 Volt Power Supplies on flea power amps with Big Horns. I bought a newly recapped Marantz Model 8B in 1982 (something PWK approved of when I told him in 1985). I paid $350 for it, sold it to my best friend's son for $700. He then sold it for $1,500 to a Japanese guy. I suspect that now that it's in Japan, it's worth about $3,000 in equivalent Yen! But who knows?

Glad my name isn't here so far ... 😳

Cigarbum in Georgia

You're right. I have the one you have too. I was thinking of one of their others. A newer remaster lp. I'll dig and come up with it for you. I gave everyone in here a heads up though so it's in here somewhere. I'll dig it.. (Puts it on his "To Do" list)

The horns look good, as do Emile's cabinets he made for his. I'm looking at using a bronze on mine.