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This is an old project of Maynard's years ago and before I posted this project I checked with him to get his permission to do so being it is his design. He gave me his blessing. This is going go to be a stereo version and not mono's like Maynard built keeping the cost down. I have already ordered all the parts. At least I hope so but most of the time I will have to order something I forget paying the high shipping cost these days. This is truly an amazing sounding little amplifier using NOS tubes that are still reasonably priced. The output tube is the 6Y6 which went out favor years ago for the 6V6 having to do with the power needed for the filaments being less. Some say the sound is much the same. I have never heard a 6V6 amplifier so I cannot comment on that. This tube has some of the best vocals I have ever heard. Very lush sound. Listening to a Connie Francis LP I can imagine her standing in front of one of those old rectangular microphones. The sound reminds me of the old tube radios and juke boxes of the 50's and 60's. The tube was used in the old console radios of yesterday with speaker much less efficient than our Klipsch speakers. I measured almost 1 watt before clipping. So close I would call it a 1 watt amplifier. It plays as loud as I care to listen with it without distorting. At least to my ears. Never runs out of power with my LaScala's. One has to remember that LaScala's are 100db and that is very loud. This amplifier should be good with any of the Klipsch line of speakers for reasonable people at responsible listening levels. Trust me it does and this is from someone that has 150 watt per channel A/B amplifiers. Sure the bass is going to better with a more powerful amplifier but that does not mean this little amplifier does not have good bass. If real deep strong bass is what you love this is not going to be the amplifier for you. This amplifiers shines with vocals and midrange. Enough said about it now. One can do some research on this site when Maynard posted his build for more info. Below is my personal Little Sweetie which is not for sale to give you an idea of what it will look like. This project will have a single volume control instead of two in the picture. There are ways to dress it up with a wooden stand for it to sit in. For that reason I am going to put the controls input and outputs high on the chassis so one can build their own stand of wood and make it pretty. Pardon the dust, cleaning lady did not come this week.

For sure I didn't take these... my dad in WWII. The one in flight school (he washed out), the other with the crew he was with based out of England (he's the short one in the middle).

"You're No Good"

Curious to hear if anyone else willing to admit to reliance upon dbx dynamic range expander. From my earliest days of stereo, I was always intrigued by the dbx, but they were very expensive so I could only admire from afar. And I really didn't feel the need as I evolved to an all tube simple analog approach prompted by a chance encounter with a Fisher 500 C receiver. Found a dbx 3BX Series 2 in the AudioMart, but never used, it sat up for a long time. When I started to dabble in multi track, recording local bands I found it useful for the drum track as analog tape always compressed the drums. When I started my second stereo life all the music was mp3. ( I'm sure high res digital is nice, but where do those files come from ? ) Mp3s are fine for casual listening on earbuds, but were flat and lacking on the room stereo. Then I remembered the dbx and plugged it into the system. Now I can't listen without it. For me the advantages of the dbx dynamic range expander are many: One is the subtle yet noticeable sweetening of the sound that make mp3s listenable for me. But more importantly it allows easy adjustment, compensation for the sound level. Depending on the type of music and recording, some material is very high level and compressed, while others are too low level. ( This should be apparent to all, ever been blasted out of the room by a song selection way louder than the previous ? ) Another advantage is about 20 db of noise reduction between songs. Finally, the LED display is the coolest thing ever: the LEDs bounce away from 0 db center level where no LEDs are lit, and this easily facilitates setting of the threshold level where downward, upward expansion take place, one nudges the slider for minimal activity of the bouncing 2 color LEDs. TLDR: The dbx is an indispensable part of my system, the secret sauce that one seldom finds talked about.

Well I have been listening to the Chorus speakers now for almost a week and I am very pleased with them. I just picked up a tube amp today and switched them over from the Marantz SR8015. The sound is absolutely fantastic, excellent synergy I could not be happier. My first pair of Klipsch speakers were Chorus II's and I had always regreted selling them to my friend. Some of what I have owned through the years, Khorns Belles Lascalas Cornwalls Heresy's Kg's RF7II's etc. the list goes on. Happy to be back with some Chorus.

No one has called me a kid for decades; why do you think I didn’t know how to use them!

Apples and oranges. It's not the recorder (yes I've used them) but the rest of the set-up. The test room is the overwhelming variable and I would take the curves you see in old High Fidelity or Audio articles as general indications of a speaker's response, but not with the precision we now have with REW and its peers. If you see near-field measurements of bass response in the later years of Audio it's pretty accurate since the room was taken out of the variables. The old chart recorders hooked to the typical General Radio BFO analyzer had "smoothing" but not by design. The inertia of the mechanical stylus (pen) created a degree of "smoothing" but not designed to be "1/3 or 1/6 octave" etc. With the exception of the later years of Audio (Mr. Heyser) I'm not sure any of the mags published raw curves, especially High Fidelity which was notorious for twiddling with the curve to make it look prettier. The exception I recall was there review of the LaScala, which got PWK riled up so much that the mag disavowed the review.

Hi, so I am now the proud owner of a pair of Klipsch La Scala speakers. They have the AL crossovers which are in terrible physical condition in addition to being the least preferred crossover according to many website comments. I am considering upgrading the speakers, and if they are to be kept authentic, I am wondering whether to upgrade to the genuine AL-4 crossovers. Just an idea at this stage.

That's some great stuff right there @Subway. Saw a decent Frankie Vali movie six years ago or longer, had good singers playing the parts. Nothing beats the real mccoy though! Has Telly ever been your icon? That's a good one with his tootsie-pop.

Who Loves You?

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Some older shots of some of @Marvel’s grandkids.

I just want to add for those that turn their nose up at 1 watt of power that a high in demand amplifier called the Decware Zen is all the rage on youtube right now with all of it's 1 watt of power. I have one that I built from an earlier design that is published. It does sound really good but I prefer the sound of Maynard's Little Sweetie better.

Yes this has been confirmed by the Chief the k-282 is the current replacement for the older k-31's.

Nice integrated amp, I have the 20 wpc version. To all else here making recommendation, he has a 30 wpc class A amp, but it is a very beefy 30 wpc. Look at the new Forte IV. Should match very well.

My suggestion would be to start with a pair of forte II. Can be had on used market depending on condition from $750.00-$1,200.00 INMHO, one of the best "all around" speakers in the Heritage line. No sub really required, and if you are not satisfied you can always sell for what you paid for. No speaker does everything perfect. There is a reason that the forte line is Klipsch's top selling line. When you factor in foot print, WAF, etc. I bought mine in 1992, and have never felt a need to upgrade. Good luck with your search.

Those stands do not look like the type that are supposed to be filled with anything maybe you could cover them in Dynomat type material? Like I said before I would just add a large plate weight to the bottom if stability is your main concern.

How about FACTS from Paul Klipsch himself: "The optimum size for a speaker is a Klipschorn." All others, including Heresy (best selling), Cornwall, Belle, and LaScala are compromises with higher DISTORTION! Or in the case of Belle and LaScala, similar distortion with truncated low bass response. I have owned all the Heritage and most of the Pro Stuff. Basically, you are asking: "Is it possible for something different to sound the same." The answer is NO.

Cantilevered designs can promote resonance , as they will deflect at four times the rate of a boxed design ,think of the way a tuning fork works 🤓

Probably needed with those lions wanting to get at that pretty piece of meat. One of my favorite singers and extremely attractive. I have most if not all of her albums. Listened to her last night.

I use a dbx 3BX-DS with my main 2-channel system. I find the impact recovery especially useful for many recordings.

Haven't used Telly, yet.

There have been some close guesses! If no one gets it exactly right I'll go with whoever is closest by 5pm central time tomorrow (Friday).

Congratulations ! Don't worry too much about opinions on the internet. Spend several months listening to your speakers and adjusting how they are arranged in your living room (be systematic and it can be a tedious process). Once that is done, then it is time to think about possible "upgrades". Enjoy them, -Tom

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I used to order parts for my R/C helicopters from China....10 days from ordering to the door. I think the guy had some connection at their post office. Other places would take a month or more... this was before Amazon.

Sunrise a few mornings ago with my Pentax 645Z.

I have been through a fair number of Chorus 1's and all I have ever seem was the motorboard cutout with no tube.

Congrats on having the closest guess! My parents have been married 59 years, their 60th anniversary is coming up October 13th. PM me your address and I’ll get the amp out to you next week.

If you get interested later on @Chorus1 FanFan.. My has a decent mod for Chorus and has chased down the paraphernalia for doing it, and the sources.

Yes, I miss mine like a purple passion... congrats again.

Thanks; I just looked at the atrtape site. In the for what its worth department, Emile is including a tape splicing kit. I told him the picture brought immediate flashbacks of my father's Ampex 15ips machine with all the tape I broke and was taught how to splice back together. Hope I remember after all these years. Surely it's like riding a bicycle...

BTW , good looking stands , try them out without any fill first , so that you can gives us your thoughts as to any change in sound. Welcome to the forum 🤓

Thank you, great to hear you have seen these before. I will check for other holes in the board and update. The soldering and all aspects of the currently installed capacitors looks quite neat. I do count 3 holes more or less vertically aligned to the left of the current capacitors and 4 holes to the right of the capacitors, 3 in a triangular orientation and 1 off the bottom right corner of the triangle per two pictures below. I don't know if these line up to the PIO mounts or not.

My best friend Roger got these from the Martin Custom Shop a few years ago. He went through the now closed, Mandolin Brothers on Staten Island. He could get them about 30% off, which brought the custom ones down to about the list price for normal ones. These aren't the best pics, but the 000-28 with the square cut peghead plays and sounds really, really good.

I read this and thought about the plotters I used to work with as a computer operator in the late 70's. Programmers used to complain about it as the data points weren't always on spot.

You kids and your emojis....

A subwoofer works too.

In case you need supplies... https://www.atrtape.com/ https://www.splicit.com/default.asp

Or maybe he's close enough to a forum member who would be willing to demo.

I remember a video of Linda Ronstat doing a concert at Fulsom Prison with guards standing around the audience with double barrel shotguns. JJK

I did not know The Man, but I am pretty sure he threw a healthy fit.

Listened to all those bands back in the day, but "How Many More Times" ? Hot tip: Music of all genres is fresh, alive, and well in Japan. Thank you, youtube.

Bored? Check me out! Fire it up and give it a listen. Their first from 1969 and will always be one of my favorites. Many never knew just how good these guys were

This is actually one of my favorite songs from their first "Yer Album" entitled "Collage" I was told it's gonna be a "blast from the past" and a "family reunion!" So we shall see. What's Dave GRohl gonna do? Anything he wants! Wait, is Ringo gonna mysteriously appear too??? Let's just hope Covid doesn't rear it ugly head again.

New guy here... I'm interested as mine just stopped working (only a cap I assume) but would like another pair. I live in Palm Beach County but have a brother living in Winter Park. Are you willing to travel / meet him - so he can then "mule" them to me? Call / text me so we can discuss 5six15seven80eight11 Its a phone I use for work so please leave a message if I don't answer

Even though I did play bass for a while, i can't honestly say I'd consider myself a musician let alone a guitar player. However, I do enjoy collecting gear. With my intention to learn guitar, my first instrument i purchased was a hot pink B.C. Rich Platinum Warlock. I still own that guitar but I can say that I don't think it's been played in 20 years. I'll come back to that story in a minute. So recently I have been sitting on a Ludwig Standard from the late 60s early 70s. It was in pretty rough shape a d considering I was storing it more than playing it, it was time to let her go. Recently I decided to put it up for sale, since it was in rough shape I didn't expect much for it. The gentleman that showed interest was a vintage drum collector and the son of the owner to a local music shop. When he offered a guitar of my choice for a trade, I couldn't pass the deal up. Sunday morning we headed to his father's shop where he opened it up for me to browse. First thing that caught my eye was a Dean ML BBOLT, even had Dimes on the head stock. If you know anything about me, Dimebag Darrell is one of my favorite guitar players who played for my favorite band Pantera. So this was right up my alley, walked out the door that day with a piece I've always wanted. Sent from my SM-G986U using Tapatalk

IMO, worth every penny at OP's price. Good luck with your sale. Bill

Nice speakers!