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JJkizak

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  1. Is that kool or what? Big horns for big people. JJK
  2. The effect is awsome on the low end, and while it is louder in volume the low end sound becomes huge. With the unit out of the circuit I can crank up the volume but it is not even close to the low end impact when the unit is in the system, and that's only the two K-horns, not the center channel, not the sub, and not the other small side and rear speakers. Volume itself does not duplicate what this unit does. I'm not sure how or what this unit does on the very high end as my hearing cuts off abruptly at 12.5 khz., and that means if the frequency is 12.6 khz I do not hear it. (cd test disc at very loud levels) JJK
  3. If I were going to build up the corners and add new veneer I would use a small fibreglass kit from the auto parts store (not bondo)as it cures in ten minutes and tenasiously adheres to wood. Then sand the corners with a small block and you will have exceptional strength. Then apply the veneer. The kit comes with fibreglass cloth or strands which you would dab on with a small paint brush. This is what I used to repair Corvettes. It's a forever type repair which should be good for Corwalls. JJK
  4. Well, not quite like a transister radio, but it does make a huge difference. JJK
  5. My LED display wasn't looking right so I pulled it out of the system for a while to check things inside. While it was out of the system noticed that the K-horns were very flat sounding, there is a separate amplifier feeding the K-horns with another amplifier feeding the center channel, sub, and 7.1 speakers on the sides and back. The Hughes AK-100 feeds only the K-horns. After re-installing the AK-100 the entire system came to life again, especially the lower end which is abolutely earth shattering. After reading previous posts on other kinds of these units I have determined that nothing, abolutely nothing said on those posts applies to this unit. There is no noise, no hum, no distortion, and the filter button on the unit does not need to be utilized. This unit overshadows my RSW-12 sub but without the sub the really low end is missed even though the AK-100 is not in the sub circuit. The sub, the K-horns and the AK-100 all act together to provide blistering low end. The snare drum hits rattle your stomach. The first song on the Queen Latifah CD (The Doug Owens Album) has a couple of Snare drum hits that makes you wonder how did that happen? I hope this thing never breaks any more than it has as Hughes Aircraft has been bought & sold so many times getting it repaired would be a nightmare as no one understands what it does or what it is supposed to do. It has one board with about 30 Chips and one display unit. The diodes on the power supply section are huge and conventional needle nose probably would not bend the leads. They appear to be .100" thick. I tried to pull off the ribbon cables but they were very difficult so I stopped for fear of pulling something apart. They made this when they were making your father's Oldsmobile. Nine screws holding the cover on with 3/8" heads. Special RCA molded jack assemblies. The covers were made out of something called metal. No corrosion on any component. It also had a power transformer and a fuse. JJK JJK
  6. Way back when I had big ideas and no money (still have no money) I designed my dream home with a humongous living room shaped like dual exponential horns with K-horns as drivers. Mucho glass windows and chairs carved into solid rock, and a whole tree slabed sideways for the bar with branches and chairs for same. So I added up the price and in 1976 it was 3 million, 3 million more than was in the bank. It sure would have been kool though with those 66 foot throats. The chairs would have to have seat belts. JJK
  7. Kind of reminds me of my 1968 CJ-5 4 cylinder stick shift 4 wheel drive. After installing a Torsen rear (triple worm drive posi) end and a Dana clutch type posi in the front from Dana Corp. (they had 4 units in stock on the shelf)(2732AF) and four Fat Herbies with white spoke wheels, I could pull a freight train. JJK
  8. Sputnik nailed it for generalities. The garbage they make now is 95% visual, 4% recording gimmicks, 1% talent. Of course there are exceptions, but speaking in generalities. JJK
  9. Sony BMG just got hit with a 10 million fine. JJK
  10. Nothin ever got done by wishin and hopin. JJK
  11. Starfleet Command usually says no, like the credit card commercial. JJK
  12. The first time I heard and watched her perform I predicted (to myself) that she would be very successful. Piano teachers would throw up at how she "back hit drags" some of the keys. JJK
  13. Bell Labs says 25 x 25 foot room with center channel is optimum for Klipsch Corner Horns. JJK
  14. I guess for all of the "Chair sitters" if you move your head 1/4" then the image is gone. Wonder why they spent all of those millions to give those horns a dispersion pattern? JJK
  15. My opinion this is rediculous. There are always some substitute caps that can be found. The amount of time messing with this could be spent inventing the wheel. (It's full of the moon so I am very caustic). JJK
  16. Eric Clapton "Crossroads" DVD the first song "Cocaine" some of the lower bass notes will rock you out of your chair. And leave the volume all the way up max on the sub. JJK
  17. I do not sit when listening to the K-horns. Constantly walking, moving back and forth over a 24 x 15 foot room and walking into the kitchen getting coffee and the door into the living room is removed so that the door opening is just like a "Bass reflex port" with the living room as the driver. Also have to go to shelves to move items that are rattling. JJK
  18. PWK wrote in one of his early papers that the theoretical horn size for a 15" driver would be 66 feet. It was impractical then but now? JJK
  19. I thought I new what all of these ".1" things were until I read the Denon manual that came with my receiver. Now I view it as a "clustered temporal anomalie" of the third kind. JJK
  20. In the old days we used huge Stabiline AC 120v electronic regulators and they did work for a while but they required more maintenance than a truck full of happy monkeys. Then they had the mechanical regulators which always burned the rotating brush arm out. It's easier and cheaper to regulate DC than AC. Just put 10 foot high capacitors on your amplifiers and you will be cool, and then hang a sign "do not touch". You might have to wait about 6 weeks for all the power to dissipate after shutdown. JJK
  21. Well, this is one icky-poo-poo situation. JJK
  22. Check to see how many little "thingys" are burned out on the screem. I heard by the grapevine that the warrantees say 27 "thingys" have to be burned out before they will replace same. My video editor friends say that the LCDs, Tubes, DLPs are sharper. JJK
  23. I would like to see the difference in the picture myself. The new 1080P stuff should be outstanding as long as they are feeding the set 1080P but you might not be able to see the difference until you get it home and start feeding it something that outputs 1080P. I would assume they would have a 1080P demo but you know how salesman are. I have not seen any TV stations sending over 1080I. JJK
  24. If I owned a new Vette the first thing I would do is remove the body, second thing remove the engine, third thing install an aluminum Hemi, fourth thing install the Viper body. Can't stand the Vette body with that huge rear end and the Chevette plastic interior. JJK
  25. IndyKlipschfan: What model DVD player do you have? I didn't know you could upconvert thru a DVI jack. All the ones Iv'e seen have to have the HDMI jack. JJK
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