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Craig, Do I remember you saying that Heyerbower can rewind a transformer? The power tranny in my 300B amp seems to have a shorted primary. The fuses keep popping, even with the rectifier removed and stop when the PT is lifted eliminating the input filter. I need like 360 VCT 150mA (?), 5V 2 5A, 6.3 CVT 2 2A and 5 x 2 @ 2A. Obviously, it is a large piece of iron![] Rick

I'll let y' all know a deep dark secret. My horns are 12 3/4" deep. I build them longer and sanded them down to 1 1/2" on the vertical axis. At this point there is a slight asymmetry (on mine anyhow.). I made the 3/4" pine mounting plates with a nearly conical flare mating the 1" (approx) exit of the K-55 to the 1 1/2" entry to the horn. Funny Jordan, I built all of mine with two plys of 1/8" Baltic birch with a damping adhesive between. I have used both silicone and marine 5200 adhesives. I was going to try a pair with the bendable ply next. [] I have an unfinished pair in the garage with 4 plys. I'll finish those when I get a round tuit. Rick

Dtel, glad to hear you are doing OK. Now, you malingerer, back to work. You've already taken a whole day off![] Rick

I attribute it to capacitive and/or inductive conduction in the traces along the side of the preamp. With high gain and ultra sensitive speakers it is not unusual. Rick

I went further. Rebuilt the crossovers, built new reinforced backs, added adjustable L-pads for the tweeters and squakers, dampened the enclosures with a Dynamat type material, rope caulked the horns and woofer basket and added "angel hair" inside the box. Is there a positive difference? You betcha!! Rick

Way to go Papa Joe!!!! Rick

"According to Al, there is not much difference between the 511b 's" Poor old Al must be going deaf..[] They may "measure" similiarly yet the trachorns are far more "open" and less "horny" than the 511s. Not only that, they smell better too! You will have to drop down a tap or two on the mids. I can't say if this is because the driver is closer to the listening position or the trachorn is more efficient? Enjoy!!!

OB, You should plant a garden, then you would have plenty of corn for your jokes. (collective moan) I'd love to meet Dick and tip one with him. Just his friendly writing style is endearing and, a fellow deer hunter all the more reason. He must be close to 80? Rick

The payback on those brownie points is always good.[] Rick

I use the EHs in my own 300B SET amp on Khorns, Belles and Heresys and have heard them in an Assemblege SET on Khorns. They take a hundred or two hundred hours to really open up Jim. They will get better yet. Rick

Who, Nice transistion over the late period to the "company line". For the most part, the discussion here's focus is product a quarter century removed from Hope.The truth be told, once we consumers plunk down the cash and the warrantee has expired, Klipsch's involvement in our purchases is over. At that time, and before the warrantee period is over if one chooses to void said compact, the sole interest is that of the consumer. That interest is "how does this set of speakers sound, to me (the only entity that matters), in my room?" Anechoic measurements go out the window when the real world of an imperfect envrionment rears it's head. The fix is not to spend thousands on bass traps or absorbant panels, the fix is to tailor the speakers to the envrionment in which they exist for a far smaller sum. If this activity is sinful, I confess and will go do an Act of Contrition.[] Having build and used networks utilizing Dean's design, it looks to me that those networks Dean built for Lisa are not performing to their capabilities. Dean has graciously offered to rectify the situation. Meagain, take him up on that. If you like the smoother sound of paper in oil capacitors, I'm sure Dean has something to offer. Rick

That would work out well and I know Paul would love to have a "Baby Story" to tell about his Pilgramage to Indy.[] If it's a boy, he'd just have to name him Paul Wilbur![] Welcome to the forum Heritage Envy! Did you ever get to hear Coytee's Khorn system? They are not made of such rare unobtanium as the Jubes and hide away just like the cubes. Rick

For the money, Electro Harmonix Gold Grids can not possibly be beat. Stay away from the Valve Arts IMHO. Parts Connexion, a very good vendor, has the GGs at a great price. $120/Pair. (scroll down) http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/NewTubes.html Rick

Champaign, Here is a link for his book which I used: http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Gardening-Garden-Way-Book/dp/0882663194 My raised beds are right on the ground. That lets me use my roto tiller to soften the soil and add soil, compost or composted manure as needed. Blueberries are perrennial. Onced established they will produce for years. I suppose here in the north, we are sold hardier varieties to take the colder winters. They like acidy soil. I have them planted behind my garden near a row of fir trees. I had a nice strawberry patch for a while. Then over one winter the hooved rats decided they liked them. Darned deer ate almost all of them!! We like eggplant. I grow four varieties usually. Regular, your Ichibod, spaghitti (long and thin perfect for slicing and grilling) and white. My wife does slices like that. We eat some fresh cooked with tomato sauce and she freezes the rest of the cooked slices in meal sized batches. We eat it all winter. Lately, we've been into baba gounish, a puree of roasted eggplant and sesame seed paste, with a clove of garlic and lemon juice. It is eaten cold with flat bread as an appititizer or as a healthy dip. As a matter of fact, I just got done making a batch. Rick

I look in about a dozen times a day is all. LOL!! I'm retired don'tchaknow. My wife doesn't mind as long as I don't spend any money.[] These days, I'm on a budget. "You bought WHAT?!!!" Oh well, she'll live. Rick

I plant a garden every year, Tomatos, peppers, eggplant, summer squash, cucumbers, snap beans, early lettuce, early snow peas, a pumpkin, some radishes between rows and an experiment here and there. I also have a row of blueberries, a row of red raspberries, an area of large black raspberries, horshradish, asparigus ( takes years). This year, I'm going to put out a few shitake logs!-) I also want to put in some rhubarb. I put some in a few years ago. My wife thought they were weeds and pulled the plants. I use Dick Raymond's wide raised row method of planting. That method allows many more plants in a small area. Rick

A great review for Klipsch! Even at the $6400 full list for the complete system, it is a bargain in a universe comprised of competitors who charge that much or more for just a pair of comparable mains. Thanks again Gil. Rick

One of the beauties of jazz recordings from a listener's perspective is the way most of it is recorded and transformed to replay media. For the most part, the players are in a live venue or playing in real time in the studio. That gives an immediateness to the recording. Again for the most part, the artists are close miked into a reel to reel tape recorder. The sound heard in the venue is the sound on the tape. The tape is then transfered to the replay media with minimal processing. No distortion or reverberation, delay or effects are added by electronics. No multichannel mixing to be decided by an "engineer". What was there is still there just the clean sounds of the instruments heard as the artists played them. The only thing between the listener and the musicians seems to be the microphone good or bad. The only other non-classical genre to record this way as a rule is bluegrass. That said, I don't like free-form cacophony. Be it by Coltrane, Chicago or the Dead. Rick

20 feet corner to corner no center. Rick

"Adjustable feedback is a PITA from a company standpoint. Just another control for people to screw up the sound with but the hobbyist may love the control in place but I would make it temperary and then once the best spot is found yank it out and replace with the fixed quality resistor." Hahaha! You sound like PWK! Don't give 'em something to screw up![] Rick

I bid $33. I lost.[]

SET up the bar Joe!!![d]

Yeah but if you bought them for six grand, you'd have that other two grand for speaker wire.[] Rick

Good luck Dave. Have some fun. "All work and no play..." Guvment job? Good pay, job security, great health benifits and retirement. You could do worse. If you go to Steve Smilin's be sure to bring your earplugs. I hear he likes his music LOUD. Rick

Congradulations Joe!! Sounds like you have a sweet system. Enjoy!!!!!!!! Who is that guy with the jack son? Bart? Rick