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14 hours ago, Westcoastdrums said:
You are begging for trouble with either of those topics. I'll make that one easy for you. 75% here would say there is ZERO difference between aluminum foil as speaker wire and a 100k pair of cables. Interconnects, I'm sure the same would be said. I fall into the other 25% but look for bang for the buck and performance.
I use old coat hangers myself............
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3 hours ago, mark1101 said:
I've been around for many of the capacitor wars. I spent a small fortune on caps and crossovers over the last 15 years. Couple of things I noticed.
1) The quality of low priced capacitors (that we would use in crossovers) has gotten WAY better. New brands, better products, much better sounding. You can't just generally say low cost caps suck anymore like you could 10 years ago. 10 years ago these selections weren't there. Back then, the "cheap" caps really were not very good sounding.
2) Now they make caps that purposely alter the sound in certain ways............like with cables.
Tune your system with caps now.........and PAY for it. Just don't ever change your amp, preamp, and cables anymore. Ut oh.
3) Active crossovers are your friend. All this BS goes away and the new headache is purchasing many amplifiers.
Good thread guys. Can we now discuss speaker wire? Or maybe IC's.....
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17 hours ago, bkwa1959 said:
I finally finished the Klipschorns tonight ,in my spare time I repaired and tried the best of my limited skills level of the top hats and horns.I think the weight of the massive JBL midranges put a lot of stress on the horns.I then had to try and get the horns to sit flush on the bass cabinets.I then sanded and painted the cabinets satin black with PPG diamond paint,I had to make braces for the top hats .I am using them with Volti VTK-400 crossovers and they sound great.
Congrats! So glad you were able to use those killer JBL's
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1 hour ago, bkwa1959 said:
I am getting ready to start trying to mount the midranges to the horns,if I can't build a suitable brace or stand for the midrange I may want to get the K55m from you.What other Klipschorns did you hear to compare with Bob's pair.
Ah man, over a time span of 46 years? Don't know quite know how to respond other than to guess there were dozens.
Most with upgraded networks and expensive caps. Some with ESN boards, one with Altec 511B/902 drivers and even one with a Cobraflex horn,
but most were stock K55/K400 or K401 mids.
It sounds like you are concerned with harming the wooden horns. All that needs to be done is to remove the load of the driver from the horn.
Once you have the driver mounted just lean it back and measure from the bottom of the driver to wood below. Most anything will work. Pieces of plywood. I even stacked up books to do that with JBL drivers 5lbs more than yours.
No need to miss out on an outstanding system by overthinking the prob.
Not long ago forum member SETI built some stands for his monster JBL drivers. Send him a PM. I'll bet he would send you pic's.
Regards,
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Bob's Khorns easily rank in the top three Khorn systems I have listened to. (starting in 1972)
Build the supports.....You will love those mid horns!! If not, I think I have an extra K55. No charge
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51 minutes ago, kaiser SET say said:
Terry drinks
Maybe I was just tired?
Tim,
Thanks for posting the pix. I lost mine in a crash some years ago.
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On 7/25/2018 at 12:53 PM, DoubleJ said:
I'm trying to remember if I was at this one?!?!?
i can probably piece it together if this was the year, you @richieb and your wife had the BMW bike and were caught in a huge rain storm.
I remember fini had a lot of his family with him and I saw him in a picture or two so I must've been there.
IB_Slammin (Terry) had the tunes cranked too loud so I didn't spend much time in the Farm
Thanks
Well.... JWC and I had consulted on the concept for over a year I think. A shape that would hide the 12cf in a corner, networks to accommodate the second woofer etc. He built them and I had never heard them.
It was only natural I wanted to run them up a bit.
Dr.Who was working on the outdoor system and walked past the door with an SPL meter that read 130db as I recall.
A year or so later he drove 13 hrs. in a cargo van to bring the cabinets to me. WOW!
The DBB's are in my LR today.
They have undergone many changes over the years as to mids, tweets, and networks. (K400's. K510's, Altec 511b"s and Mark 1101 had K402's on his.
ALK designed an ESN circuit for the LF. I sent a truckload of parts to JWC and he built the final networks. (with my touch of a lumberjack they would have been on a 4x8 sheet of plywood) Thank you so much! I wish I could post a pix of them. They are a work of art to my eye.
I think that I am finally finished because they sound exactly the way I want them to.
Crites cast woofers
Daves 280htz wooden Trax mid horn / Altec 902-16A driver
JBL 2404 tweeter
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7 hours ago, seti said:
Not a cleaner pair of these out there.
We walked upstairs to Kaiser's man cave and I was floored at how good they looked. NIB IMHO
Tim had just received the new networks and we wired them up. Cranked his big BAT amps and they sounded wonderful!
And yes, I would put them in my LR anytime......
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3 hours ago, mark1101 said:
I bought the chorus II tractrix mid horns to put in my cornwalls. I think the floor standing Klipsch sound better with tractrix mid horns.
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9 hours ago, mark1101 said:
There is a nice pair in north Georgia complete with ALK universal networks and false corners should you need them. They belong to forum member Cigarbum who is selling them.
Might be the best Khorns I have ever listened to. Thunderous bass, wooden Trax mid horns with monster JBL drivers. JBL 2404 baby cheeks tweets as I recall. Yum!
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28 minutes ago, Coytee said:
I once asked about someone's Klipsch Quotent....
What percent of your life have you owned your speakers?
LaScalas bought in 1979
2018-1979= 39 years
Currently 58 years old so have owned them 39/58 = 67% of my life.
Indeed, there is hardly (if) anything that I currently own that I've owned as long.
!972 Age 22 46 years
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1 hour ago, Deang said:
I have no Patience for any of this!
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12 hours ago, seti said:
I've seen them in a few klipschorns. I believe it was a customer choice.
I had seen that horn in Khorn's before. I asked Jim Hunter about that and he said that they were in the "Klipschorn JR."
Plus I thought the Cobraflex was a University horn. ????
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Bump for Bob.......
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14 hours ago, Coytee said:
^^^ What they said!
Not much more that I can say that JC & Mark haven't said.... Bob is a 1st class person, host, builder and.... distiller... we won't get into that part though.
Best Khorn bottoms I ever heard.. With the closed backs the LF was explosive! Well built wooden horns and those monster JBL drivers are to die for.
Class guy with class gear
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On 4/8/2018 at 11:13 AM, seti said:
I like the digipaks, eco wallets, and jackets. I hate jewel cases 8- )
Just send them to me.
https://www.discmakers.com/products/
Are you on steroids???
Jewel cases SUCK! I could start a land fill with the ones I have broken.
The best? You buy a CD. Hot to listen to it. Ya get to the car and try to open the POS! Try car keys, nail clippers, resort to breaking an empty beer bottle you found in the back seat........
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7 hours ago, mark1101 said:
I used a pair of DBBs, (Double Cornwall bass bins) with 402s and they worked perfectly.
Could just be in my head but having listened to both, the DBB bins walked away from the 904's. ????? More impact to my ear.
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On 1/4/2018 at 6:50 PM, TFR1 said:
Bump
I have acquired drivers.
Still need K-600 horns.
Check your PM
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6 hours ago, jwc said:
Looks like price or rarity aren't a limit here.
Vote for KP-600's
I had heard mention of KP-600's for some time. Always assumed that they were just another big nasty outdoor PA speaker.
Then a few years ago I got to listen to a pair in an audio room.
They blew my skirt up.
Impact was like a boot in the chest! Mid bass was very tight and accurate. Mids were lovely (was surprised) and top end to match the rest of it. A well done mixture of strait horns for mid bass and top end with a reflex sub.
WAF would be a hard sell, but hell when did that ever bother us?
What's not to like?
They get my vote as well
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6 hours ago, Marvel said:
Just a guess, but I would say it's probably around 25. This time period was when they would inflate the output rating per channel and then add them tovether, blah blah. I would certainly take a pass.
Bruce
Always considered Lafayette to be "Mid-Fi at best.
What Bruce said.........
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4 hours ago, jwc said:
Buyers Be Aware.
I trust Justin and his business to the fullest extent. I have his Encore Kenzie preamp and his battery powered phono pre. True craftsman quality. I didn't get any special deal ...paid full price. I would buy again and again.
I've had over a couple of buddies for an audio weekend who got to hear this preamp mated to some big SS Macs pushing Cornscalas. Dead quiet with wonderful sound that fills my room.
True gentleman and open to suggestions from me on how to make better. I find him to be humble and honest.
I continue to communicate with Justin as a friend and as a potential customer for new things.
All props from me.
jc
I was fortunate enough to listen to the Encore Kenzie preamp. Pin-drop quiet. VERY transparent sound. Solid build quality. Made Cornscalas and Bell's sing.
I would love to own one.
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Man, You are going to love those monsters!
The best impact (slam factor) of any sub that I have heard.
I remember the first time I listened to them. Seti was standing about a foot away and I could see his pant leg blowing around!
Congrats
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1 hour ago, Woofers and Tweeters said:
They're home, finally. Not sure where they will live, but for now they are on the MWM and fit like they're made to go there. The amp for these will be here next week.
JC,
Thanks for holding these until I could get there; sharing the information about what might work best to drive them and a big thank you for being such a hospitable person. It was great meeting you and I greatly enjoyed listening to your setup.
James
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10 hours ago, seti said:
8-)
You Dog..........
Dr.Who was working on the outdoor system and walked past the door with an SPL meter that read 130db as I recall.
Solid State Amps That Sound Tube-Like....
in Solid State
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You bet! Still loving my bridged Luxman M117's