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It's okay folks. It simple forum search for "room size" turns up a wealth of information. I see there's a ratio to keep, and the 8' ceiling won't help either.
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I think 3 in front and 2 in the back would be great for movies and fantastic for multichannel music (DVD-A and SACD). Keep them all the same!
As for repairs, there are many very qualified and friendly people on this forum that can help (Al K, Bob Crites, DeanG and others). When you blow a horn tweeter, it's usually an inexpensive fix of the diaphram in the driver itself (it that ever happens to you).
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I might be in the market for a bigger house. One that we're looking at has a room in the basement with dimensions of 12' x 26'. The 12' isn't deep enough for Klischorns along the 12' wall, is it?
If I had to build a wall to shorten the room, what size should it be to match the 12' short wall?
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Frazier,
I'm sorry to say this but Forte II speakers really suck. You should sellthem and buy something like Bose instead.
Oh, by the way, I'll take them off your hands for you to save you the embarassment of selling them.
NOT!
A five set of Forte II would make for a killer HT system. Early 90's huh? My La Scala's were built in 1973! You can hold on to them for a long time. They are still as good as they ever were. Don't let some HiFi store salesperson convince you otherwise.
Welcome to the forum! I've been here since last winter and it's a great place!
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----------------On 12/1/2004 3:55:02 PM edwardre wrote:Jeepers. I am almost embarassed to proclaim that I got my Academy, barely a month ago from ebay for $107. Where was Lippy then? It was the one with the 'damaged' woofer, but the damage was cosmetic in nature and cannot be seen with the grill in place, and without the grill is it almost invisible. In the process of selling the Heresy II the Academy replaced to a fellow member for the same price.
I'm the lucky recipient!
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1- Holly Cole - Christmas Blues (Only 4 tracks so should be cheap; but really nice)
2- Boys to Men - Christmas Inspirations
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Same here. The wall becomes the floor. Better for bass, and you don't want your highs reflecting off that wall.
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I say it as "Shoe". It's not like BMW because Hsu is from Dr. Hsu, i.e. a real person with that name.
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----------------On 11/30/2004 11:12:16 AM dodger wrote:To note, the frequency response that vinyl is capable of is the full 20 - 20,000 HZ.CDs use compression. That's a way of not jolting people out of their chair and also to make some playback equipment friendly.
Not to nit-pick, but CDs don't use compression; recordings do. A recording can be stored compressed either on vinyl or on CD.
MP3 uses compression. Red-book CD does not.
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----------------On 11/29/2004 9:31:31 PM Gilbert wrote:They appear to be original. I own enough vert. cornwalls to know.
The seller posted just before you did so ask him anything you want!
I guess I don't have a life since I knew which speakers they were as soon as the first post appeared.
See:
He said he'd post them on audiogon if there was no interest in them from the forum first...
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greyroom wrote:This is a picture of my dedicated home theater.
I have resized it and include here inline for easier viewing. Looks sweet!
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----------------On 11/29/2004 5:09:00 PM rtaylor wrote:Fauzi,I may have missed something here so forgive me but I need to ask why you have a woman avatar? I thought you were a lady then you mentioned your wife.
I was thinking the same thing...
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Since mine are far from mint, I'd pay C$1600 for a local pair of mint La Scala's. Unfortunately for me, I'm likely the only LS owner within a 300 km radius!
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What do you mean by "reference volume"....I assume it must be pretty loud?
If you get a HT setup/calibration DVD such as AVIA, at some point it feeds a sound and you adjust the volume on your amp to read a certain level on an SLP meter. That will be the "reference" level as played in theaters (you may actually adjust 10 or 20 dB under reference and have to add that amount to your volume setting to determine the true reference level). They also state that this is pretty loud, and you may prefer it up to 10 dB lower.
People with very inefficient speakers have trouble reaching reference level.
My La Scalas reach it at -17 dB on my 55W per channel h/k avr-325. I typically watch movies a bit below reference level at about -23dB to -25dB.
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I went from stereo to multi-channel this year.
Bought a h/k avr-325 receiver in february, a Hsu STF-3 sub in august, getting a single used Heresy to use as center now. Good stuff!
Next year? Crossover upgrades on the La scala's...
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The odds are that one will find themselves sitting in front of a computer trying to explain basic economics to the short sighted.
So I guess I should feel targetted by that.
But the fact remains that my local brick store is not providing an adequate service to justify hundreds of dollars from me. I can order a product as well as they can; They don't stock the high end Klipsch anyway, so I can't audition it before I buy. I have zero incentive to give them 50% more than I can find elsewhere. Part of that might be being in Canada, with artifically elevated prices compared to local brands such as Paradigm.
I'm sorry, but I'd rather buy direct (if that were possible) and give Klipsch my hard-earned money. They actually make the things, remember? My local store doesn't do much to deserve as much money as Klipsch gets.
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On 11/27/2004 10:42:48 AM Allan Songer wrote:There is NOTHING wrong with a "66% to 100% markup" on Klipsch speakers.
Nothing wrong for those selling them I suppose. But I'm told the markup on amplifiers is much lower.
Anyone who complains about margins like this has NEVER been in the retail business.You're right. I'm in that 99.99% of the population.
Without gross margins above 30-40% and without MASSIVE volume, no "independent" dealer could POSSIBLY survive. Pay a little extra, support the mom and pop, pay your LOCAL and STATE taxes and we will all be better off in the long run. Otherwise you'll be buying Chinese-made Klipsch at Wal*Mart in a few years and all those nice folks in Indy and Hope will be WORKING at Wal*Mart or flipping burgers!Well, I can't get Heritage within 500 km of me, possibly more. The local Klipsch dealer is not a Mom & Pop store; it's a chain (www.dumoulin.ca). They are expensive, their display is crappy, the salespeople know little about the product and don't know of the existence of the Heritage line. Now tell me again why i should buy there?
I have yet to get a good demo of the Reference line! Maybe someday someone from the forum will provide one to me over a beer. That would be nice. A lot nicer than my local store...
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Hilarious!
I wish posted questions would show up before the seller replied. He can just ignore questions he doesn't like!
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Sent you email about a KV-4 in Canada...
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On 11/25/2004 8:40:37 AM colterphoto1 wrote:2. Hey, they're just a box. Simple enough to swipe dimensions from and replacement drivers are readily avaialable. With a little assistance from our woodworking aficianado Tom Mobley (check Belle Klipsch thread), some veneering advice, custom crossovers from Dean or BEC, we should be able to help each other with the construction of our very own homemade Vertical Corns. It might also be possible to modify the dimensions slightly to allow the cabinet more placement flexibility. Maybe even a split cab, with woofer as box to the side or under monitor and horns on top???
I like this idea, but do you think buying all the parts from scratch would be affordable (compared to say getting them from a pair of used non-vertical Corns)?
I'm low on funds just now, but over time you never know...
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And here I thought you were selling the old ones! I had mis-read that!
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Bump.
We can't lose this thread now, can we?
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I like the sub in the corner. Good job!
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Thanks guys! Heresy it is. Should have one in a couple of weeks, then I'll see if I want to mod it or not.
Forte II, Are older speakers still good?
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I agree with Seadog. I don't think you can ever get the full HT experience without a sub.
My sub adds a lot to music, but then I have La Scala's which roll off in the 50's.
A $500 to $600 sub is exactly what I have and I can recommend it: Hsu STF-3. I think you need to go much more expensive to match or beat it in the Klipsch lineup, so if that's your sub budget I probably wouldn't opt for Klipsch (sorry guys!)