Travis In Austin

Michael, I want a full report, I am seeing them next month in San Antonio. Also seening Clapton there next month as well, has anyone seen the Clapton tour? Travis

You might want to rethink those Heresy III's, excellent choice, but there could be a 6 to 8 week wait to get hand built, incredible speakers, maybe even longer. You might want to consider Bose because you can get those without any wait at all. Of course, if you do understand that quality comes with a price, and possible wait, you are going to have yourself a very, very nice system. I run VRD's with my BBX, mostly because of comments and suggestions on this forum, and I am very, very pleased. Oh and be careful, everything Klipsch tells you is a lie, the only reason there are so many members on here is that we all really work for Klipsch and part of our conditions for employement is we have to make up a profile and act like we are really happy with our stuff and walk the Klipsch party line. The sales of new Klipsch product from this forum is make or break it for the company so there is a lot of pressure, so I do hope you will stick it out and wait the incredibly long time it takes to get Heresys. Oh in case your wondering, my job is to try and make up bigger and better lies that we can tell people that are interested in our speakers, I do that in between my other job of polishing the Klipsch insignias and them glue them onto the speakers. I am hoping to work up someday to where I get to test the speakers and sign my name. Good luck in your quest, Travis

You have a PM, back. Travis

I am making some adjustments in my media room and my Khorns are going. I am going to offer them up here first just in case someone is close by who has been wanting a pair. I am the second owner, I purchased them last year so we would have a set at the Texas Klipsch Gathering at my house. They are KC-BR (C model Klipschorns, originally raw birch). The Serial Numbers are 11R368 and 11R369. The original owner finished them in a medium brown, not quite Wanut, but darker then oak. I will post some photos, and can send tons more if anyone is interested. They are in above-average condition. There are a few bumps and nicks here and there, and a couple of chips at the bottom of one. None of are apparent from normal listening and viewing position, but you will see them if your are up on the speaker. If you are only interested in mint condition with mint refinish job these are not the speakers for you. If you want a solid set of speakers, fully functioning, that look good at present, and are perfect if you want to refinish yourself someday into a mint set, or veneer with exotic, this is the set for you. I have a brand new pair of DeanG Crossovers in them that have less then 20 hours. The original crossovers will come with the speakers, but I will make a special offer on the crossovers to a forum member who purchase the speakers if they want them. I am in Austin, Texas, which means that we can work something out on getting these speakers to a forum member anywhere between Houston and Dallas. Or, if you live on a ranch with supurb hunting, I will drive far and wide to get them to you at "no charge." If you are interested let me know and I can try and answer all of your questions. Travis

Meth is nasty, nasty, nasty stuff. It is the most addictive drug and has the lowest rate of recovery. I have never been able to help, in the long run, someone with a meth addiction. If they are using it IV, it seems there is little to no hope. It is heartbreaking to tell parents what they are up against. I have had clients recover from smack, crack, powder cocaine, and go on to achieve great things and live good lives. Not with meth.. I have had clients as old as late 50's using it (get this, I had a client who was 55 last week says his son got him started on it?). It is nothing compared to these other drugs. Travis Travis you're right, this stuff is rampant in the state of Ark. There will be a federal lawsuit filed this year you will find interesting. I would be very interested in hearing about that. Travis

You think that's sick. About 3 years ago, there was a prominent local dentist that was busted for child porn here in Tulsa. They found pictures (that he had taken?) on his PC with his genitalia in the mouths of his unconcious patients. Then there's the good hearted reverend that was soliciting sex from minors along the Tulsa river walk. Very nice people, the kind you want living next door to you. Like your neighbor, think again..... Gilbert, you're right, that's a lot more warped. IMO child molestation is about the worst crime a person can possibly commit. It's the lowest of low. It is also my opinion that child molestors are not capable of rehabilitation. They are very sick individuals who need lifelong incarceration in a mental health facility along with mandatory castration. Yeah OK, let the flames begin. No debate from me on that.

Arky, You left out how much those money grubbing, profit taking, Corp. stuff shirts at Klipsch "charged" DTEL for those speakers. Travis

WOT, As far as the blue book, I have no idea, but I suspect that it is from their data because it is way lower then what stuff goes for on ebay. As such, on high demand items, like Klipsch, McIntosh, they tend to be quite low. However, that being said, I have found that in about 90 percent of the cases (they were compleatly off on Vector tonearm), if you bought or sold for their average price you would not be hurt either way. I like that piece of mind of knowing I am at least in the ball park. Travis

Nadda, nothing. I wish I did, but my parents had no musical background so I did not get much push in that direction. I wanted to know more about music theory and so LarryC let me borrown a cool set of tapes that are doing just that. Travis

See there, while I posting my way too lengthy response, Roy (who works for Klipsch) jumped in and offered to help. Treat him nice and he will take care of you. I am sure it is a simple misunderstanding and some miscommunication between you, the dealer and Klipsch, which does sometimes happen. Hopefully he can satisfy your concerns. Having seen this exact type of response, an offer to help, in so many situations I truly believe that Klipsch wants to find out where things went sideways on the estimate. If it is someone at Klipsch they want to let them know they need to be clear to the dealer that it is only an estimate, if it is the dealer who is giving bad info. they want to educate them more about the process. Hope it all works out and I look forward to hearing what you end up deciding to do. Travis

By the "new stuff" you must be referring to the reference line like RF-83's? Otherwise you would not have ordered the H3's, I am assuming? Is is possible that some of your frustration is a result of the dealer? I have run into situations where I have purchased made to order items and I am told one thing and they always run behind. I think some sales people, thinking it will help a sale, may underestimate the time on purpose. Once they have your money they then blame it on the "factory." Your post indicated that you talked to a Chris and it appears that he answered your question straight up on the time it will take. Did he acknowledge that different time estimates were given, or that there had been some change in the time. I have no idea how they do these runs on Heresys, but is is a situation that they will don't do a run until they get a minimum number of orders? If that is the case then what ever time is given is only an estimate since they can guess based on past orders how long it will take to get enough orders, but they can never be sure. This may not have been explained very well by the dealer, don't know. I ordered a media crendenza from a company called Diamond Case in California last year. Beautiful stuff, semi-custom and custom, and they say right on their web site that it takes on average so many weeks to have it shipped, and that the sales department would have a better idea. What I really liked about the sales people was they were right up front about it, he said that they were getting ready to start a run on a certain model right away and it would be less of a wait, and on another model they were waiting for orders to do a run. He gave me a window, said the soonest would be this, and the longest would be thus. It was towards the longer end but within his range. So I know what it is like to wait on something, no fun at all, but it is sure a lot easier if you know what the window is going to be and it is an accurate window. It sounds like if you stick with it you have a good contact within Klipsch to keep track of things. You obviously know a whole lot more about the facts of the situation because you are having to deal with it, and you may not have detailed what was going on at the dealer end that led you to contact Klipsch directly. You may have eliminated that dealer as any source of the frustration, I don't know, but if not you may want to look at part, if not all, of your frustration may have been as the result of the dealer simply not leveling with you. I am sure you have figured out by now that you are not going to get far by bashing Klipsch on this forum. Just like I am sure you would not get much help if you bought a new Corvette and went to CCOA and started bashing it on their site. There are 3 or 4 Klipsch employees who post here on a regular basis, they are easy to identify, no secrets. They bend over backwards to help folks on here with all kinds of problems, they will go the extra mile for you, I have seen it time and time again. But if there is no run until then, there is no run. DeanG responded to you earlier, he is getting custom made speakers from the theater division, he was given a pretty long time estimate right from the get go, he would be able to tell you better how the estimates are holding up, again that is with a different division. I have not ordered anything new that requires a special production run like you are doing, so I cannot tell you that what you have been told by Chris is iron clad or not; but there are plenty of people here that have and can tell you what their experience was. If it appears that what Chris has told you is accurate, and I have no reason to think otherwise, then you simply have to decide if it is worth the wait to you. If it is any concilation, it is about an 8 month wait for Harbeth Reference monitors, and Harbeth just doesn't care. If you really like the sound of the H3's, which is sounds like you do, you are not going to be happy with Polk. B&W are a great choice, a lot of folks have them on here too, but you probably compared the two before deciding to go with the H3's. Does you dealer have anything you can borrow or "demo" while you wait? A lot of us on this forum wish there were more stocking heritage dealers, so don't get the idea that we don't ***** and gripe about what we would like to see, we do believe me. I wish you the best of luck whatever you decide. Now sure what you were trying to achive with your post, but if it is information from others who have made similar orders I am sure they will respond and hopefully give you some reassurance. If it was just to bash Klipsch, it is going to fall on deaf ears (see recent post by Trey where they just took Khorns up to 124 db a HQ "Your old if it is too loud" or somethink like that). If it is for alternatives to Klipsch, I would pass on the polk, and either go B&W or buy 3 Bose Wave Radios. Travis

Meth is nasty, nasty, nasty stuff. It is the most addictive drug and has the lowest rate of recovery. I have never been able to help, in the long run, someone with a meth addiction. If they are using it IV, it seems there is little to no hope. It is heartbreaking to tell parents what they are up against. I have had clients recover from smack, crack, powder cocaine, and go on to achieve great things and live good lives. Not with meth.. I have had clients as old as late 50's using it (get this, I had a client who was 55 last week says his son got him started on it?). It is nothing compared to these other drugs. Travis

Homemade, Not sure if I am allowed to do this, but here is what the Audiogon "bluebook" says about value. I have found their bluebook to be very low on other items, but this should give you some idea. Klipsch Lascala : Pricing info New $2800.00 $1720.00 High $1040.00 Last $550.00 Low Used $910.00 Jan 00 Sep 06 Klipsch Lascala released 1963, pr, 15in woof, horns, 250 lbs

Homemade, Not sure if I am allowed to do this, but here is what the Audiogon "bluebook" says about value. I have found their bluebook to be very low on other items, but this should give you some idea. Klipsch Lascala : Pricing info New $2800.00 $1720.00 High $1040.00 Last $550.00 Low Used $910.00 Jan 00 Sep 06 Klipsch Lascala released 1963, pr, 15in woof, horns, 250 lbs

Is it any wonder that all the world likes lawyer jokes? No, they are great, I enjoy them myself. Of course I have never really heard one when from someone who had developed mesothelioma because he worked in a brake shop, or some CEO or doctor sitting in jail after being arrested, or from parents whose son I just kept from going to prison. No one is in a joking mood for some reason. I can't understand it, I like to kid around all the time, but they just seem to want ot burst into tears, or jump for joy. Geesh, they just have no sense of humor. I just tell them "if you thought that lawyer joke was bad, wait till you hear how much this is going to cost you." Travis

Mark, consistent with his reputation for high quality and fast service, has advised me that my BBX is back from it's day spa treatment in Northern Cal., and should be arriving back any day now. Mark, if you see this, I know from our prior conversations that the Blueberry's Jensen step-up transformers match up very well with the Koetsu, and I asusme the same would be true of Shelter and Benz. I would think the Benz L2 would be fine with the amount of gain. Are you aware of anyother cartridge matching issues or benefits with any of the cartridges below. (I am not asking you to try and reccomend a cartridge, just wondering if you have received feedback or noticed yourself if any of these cartridges tend to mate really well with the BBX w/c and or if some were not a good match. So that means it is time to have my audio dealer bring some cartiridges over to audition. I just got off the phone with him and he is bringing a Shelter 501, 901, 7000, 9000, and 90X, a Benz woodbody, and a Koetsu Black and Koetsu Ureshi. Not sure how many we will get to listen to the first go around, but he said we will listen to all of them for as long as it takes for me to be comfortable and happy with my selection. I don't think I am even going to let him take that Ureshi out of the box. I will let you know how it goes and have some photos. Stay tuned, Travis

Who is that white haired guy? Thats Steve Phillips, Tech support Trey, I hope he was wearing ear protection. If not, we have a great (could not have documented it better myself) occupational disease claim when Steve has hearing trouble. At least you can put Steve on the TTY unit when he can no longer hear what customers are saying, or switch him to monitoring us rablerousers on the forum. Seriously, I know if it fun to push the envelope once in awhile, it's part of what owning Klipsch is all about, but I am trying to teach some of these younger dudes to be mindful of their hearing. I wish I had known what damage I was doing at concerts and at home with loud listening levels that only manifested itself in my late 40's. I get hearing aids before I'm 50. Great stuff. I did enjoy the photos. Travis

Greg, My wife has the crazy new idea that she wants a summer home in Maine. So how about I get you to build us a house up there and you throw in some Rosewood K-Horns for free, you can keep the crossovers, I will bring some DeanG's. Travis

This is great stuff to archive when it comes time for a member to sell his LS's. [] Speakerfritz, keep in mind you live in a major metropolis surrounded by numerous major citys. LS's probably come up for sale there 10 to 1 or 20 to 1 compared to where our good friend in WV lives. He could be dead by the time he sees a pair for $500, the good news is they are almost big enough that he could be buried in one and have one left over to give to his kin for a center. I have seen one pair come up for sell in Austin in the last year (Pop. 1,000.000 metro area). Its all supply and demand, I would not be surprised if you can find them for $500 in LA or NYC on a regular basis. Out here in the sticks they are basically $1,000.00. The diferrence being whether you can live with lesser condition in order to have the sound right away, or if it is worth the wait, and it can be a long wait, to have better apperence. Others have already talked about the convience of having them ten minutes away. That alone is worth 200 to 400 depending on the value of your time, etc. Last spring I put my 1990's (factory was unsure of manuf. date, 90 or 91) up for sale on the forum for 950, together with extra set of brand new K-400 horns, they were in average condition, couple of water rings on top, and even offered to deliver to Hope Gathering if someone wanted to pick them up there. http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/753583.aspx Only got one inquiry, and they wanted more like mint condition. So I put them up on Craig's list for $1,150 and they were gone in a day. I do agree with what everyone has said on here, from what little we can see, they do appear pretty rough. GIven my limited time and lack of woodworking/refinishing skills they would probably be a pass for me. However, if you are handy with those things, have the time, then $700, plus $200 for having them in your back yard makes em worth $900. The best part of all of this is that they can be viewed with no muss or fuss, and a determination can be made whether they are worth the effort or not. If there was any kind of seam split, water damage, etc. I would pass in a heartbeat. However, enough of that, I see this as a great opportunity to make some money. I think we should have a pool, 5 bucks a man, sorry meagain, person, whoever comes closest to the final selling price wins the pot. Travis Travis

Don't feel bad, I was looked at it for about 2 hours straight before I figured out they were substituting penguins in there. I am still trying to figure out how they get that other penguin to be able to time it so that he pushes that first penguin into the water time after time. You would think the first penguin would have figured it out by now, but he just keeps jumping right back up. I am sure there is a lesson to be learned in here someone, just not sure what it is yet. Travis

Travis, I believe she buys them at WalMart, since that's were she does most of the grocery shopping. But I'll ask her when she gets back and to let you know for sure. They beat the hell out of everything else I've ever used, including fancy-schmancy feather dusters and compressed air. Simply put, they're the best, most effective and safest way to clean your gear. 1 swipe and you'll be instantly convinced. No Doubts. Thanks, I cant wait to try it out. Travis

It depends on how you define sucsessful. My profession requires a degree, and I love my profession, and so in order for me to even enter into it I had to have degrees. If you are not planning on going into a profession, then I would say that a degree is not required. No matter what, hard work is required, and a little luck. The good news is, the harder your work, the luckier you get. Travis

They only use the plates on two tracks. Plate racing is just another way to race. Positioning, drafting, and pit efficiency play a bigger role. You have to rely on your brain more instead of the horsepower. OK, then what would lap speeds be today without the plates..........225-230 mph easily..........Plate racing takes away an advantage the best teams have and makes them all equal...........that's not racing.........If I have the Best driver, the Best engine, the Best chassis set-up, the Best pit crew, I should win..........not put on a plate to make us equal.................POPPY KOCK...........Let 'em Race.................... Probably more like 210 or 215. It took untill 1982 for Nascar to have an official lap speed of 200+ mph when Parsons did it at Taladega. 200+ wasn't achieved at Daytona until 1984 which Cale did it. Donnie Allision got up to 205 and then people started having wrecks and getting killed and Nascar put on the brakes. Safety could not keep pace with the speeds. In 1970, over ten years earlier, a Porsche 917 set a Daytona set track speed record of 233. It was much better when it was stock car racing, and they really had to be production cars that they could nodify to their heart's content. There is nothing stock about a stock car today except the outline of the vehicle (do they still make them do that? For Tech Inspection they used to have to drive the car up against a wall that had an outline of the stock vehicle and it needed to be within that line). The plates have nothing to do with equality, it has to do with safety. The fastest Daytona 500 I think was run in 1980 by Buddy Baker. I think the NASCAR market approach now is keep the speeds low, have lots of wrecks where people don't get injured, and the fans will keep coming back for more. Travis

Where do you get them?

No, I would say more like ostrich. Travis