brian berube

I'm a rube, with little soldering experience, and I replaced the crossovers in my KHorns and Cornwalls with Crites kits. I photographed everything extensively, when I disconnected something from the old kit, I then soldered the corresponding piece of the new kit. They both turned out just fine. Sounds like you have a good solution by enlisting an experienced person to do your soldering. If you follow the information that comes with the kits, you can't go wrong.

Dennie, Once again, I am the idiot. If I had thought about it at all I would have realized it is not the internet connection; I have been watching the blu ray player--with the internet connection--through my projector without any interference. The interference only shows up when I connect to an HDMI switcher. Don't know if it would make any difference to buy a higher end switcher or not; maybe I will try one of those this weekend. Thanks again.

Dennie and 99. Thanks for your responses. I have been running the HDMI to the projector and to each of these devices, separately, until I decided I was tired of unplugging and plugging in the cable to each device when I wanted to use them. I had an IOGear switcher just a couple of days ago and I got the same results. Don't know if it makes any difference that the BluRay player is connected to the internet? I appreciate you guys weighing in with your thoughts and experience.

Oh yeah. In fact, I have been running them without the switcher all along. I just decided I was tired of manually changing the cable when I wanted to go from my streaming blu ray player to satellite. The HDMI switcher at least theoretically is a great plan. I just have to get one that works properly. Maybe I will start working backwards--connecting the switcher at the projector and do the long cable runs to the devices. Ah well.

The run from the projector to the switch is about 17 feet. The run from devices to the switcher is no longer than 6 feet. I have tried a couple of different cables and different lengths from the devices to the switcher--no difference.

I have tried a couple of HDMI switchers in the past week. I am hooking up a streaming blu-ray player--LG 390--and a satellite box to my projector. I have tried different HDMI cables and I keep getting lines running through my picture. Anyone have a similar problem and a fix? Anyone using an HDMI switcher they are particularly please with? By the way, the streaming BluRay player is magnificent. I am preparing to cut off the satellite service. Was primarily using the satellite to watch movies, or HBO (mostly boxing) and with the streaming LG I have access to Netflix, Cinema Now, VuDu, You Tube, etc. I believe this is the future of television. For some time I had wondered why you couldn't just go on to your cable/satellite box and bring up any movie you wanted, pay for it and watch it. With this streaming player you just about can. Netflix offers a large number of movies that you can "watch instantly" and you just go to their website, set up a queue, then go to your blu ray player--for me it is connected to my projector and the movies are waiting for me to watch anytime I want. It is great!

I have tried a couple of HDMI switchers in the past week. I am hooking up a streaming blu-ray player--LG 390--and a satellite box to my projector. I have tried different HDMI cables and I keep getting lines running through my picture. Anyone have a similar problem and a fix? Anyone using an HDMI switcher they are particularly please with? By the way, the streaming BluRay player is magnificent. I am preparing to cut off the satellite service. Was primarily using the satellite to watch movies, or HBO (mostly boxing) and with the streaming LG I have access to Netflix, Cinema Now, VuDu, You Tube, etc. I believe this is the future of television. For some time I had wondered why you couldn't just go on to your cable/satellite box and bring up any movie you wanted, pay for it and watch it. With this streaming player you just about can. Netflix offers a large number of movies that you can "watch instantly" and you just go to their website, set up a queue, then go to your blu ray player--for me it is connected to my projector and the movies are waiting for me to watch anytime I want. It is great! Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.

How much more fundamental can that be? I was not paying close attention. That takes care of it. Thanks.

I have been doing some homework as I consider purchasing a McIntosh tube amp. One thing that has been consistent is a dramatic price difference in between the MC250 and the MC240; the 240 often being $1500+ more. Why the difference? What distinguishes them? Why does the 240 seem to fetch higher prices? I am currently running a Scott 299--Chorus and K-Horns are my speakers. Thanks in advance for advice.

Daddy, I am looking at a MacIntosh 250. I currently have a Scott 299, this after first being initiated to tubes with a Sansui 1000. But if what you are saying about the no improvement makes me wonder what I should do. Any advice?

I know, I know I am a rube. Bear with me. I have only used integrated tube amplifiers. I am looking to buy a McIntosh tube power amplifier. How do I hook it up? Can I use a solid state amp as a pre-amplifier? How do I do it? Thanks in advance for all the help you can give.

I just received my "new" Scott 299 amplifier yesterday, hooked it up to my '72 Cornwalls and have enjoyed listening to it. I wrote extensively in the spring about finally jumping into the tube fray. I had been skeptical, but I purchased a Sansui 1000 MPX receiver and loved it, and became a convert to the tube phenomenon. I kept reading about Scott's and the love affair that Klipsch owners have with them. I decided I needed to find out for myself. A couple of observations and a question. I I have '64 Khorns and the aforementioned '72 Cornwalls. I have not hooked the Scott up to the "Horns yet--I will and soon.. My observations: I love rock 'n roll and I really like listening to my music LOUD. One thing I have noticed in just the 3-4 hours of listening time to date: I have not had the volume turned up loud at all. It has been amazing. I will turn it up in the next day or so, but I have truly, maybe for the first time in my life, been listening to music at a much lower volume and really enjoying it. I am guessing there are people out there right now nodding their head and grinning. Observation #2: As the day wore on yesterday, I would swear that the music started "sounding better"??!!?? Does anyone know what I am talking about. Nothing to do with what I was listening to, just that it became clearer, "cleaner" for lack of a better word. I heard more, the bass finally started coming through, etc. The question: This is a really clean 299. I have been unable to find anything on it that indicates which "version", i.e. A, B, C, D. Can anyone help? Is it possible that this was the first version and it did not have a letter designation? I went to a website yesterday: hhscott.com and it had some good information, but I didn't find anything that would help. For what it is worth, it does not have a headphone jack, which I think might make it an earlier version. Anyone have any advice? This 299 does not have a cabinet. Should I get one? Wood or metal? Yeah, yeah, I asked more than one question. Sorry. Thanks in advance for any advice and observations.

I bought a pair from ebay about 2 years ago and I threw out a bid of $500 never thinking I would get them; lo and behold I did and they are a perfect complement to my '64 Khorns. I am like a lot of these guys--wait. Mine were in great shape, no dings, scratches or torn covers; a small water ring on top where someone probably put a plant but other than that, great. I just moved to South florida and I supervised the packing of my Khorns and Cornwalls-especially the Khorns because of the fragile cane on front and sides. That stuff gets brittle after 40 years. I hooked them up initially to my Onkyo receiver and thought things didn't sound right--I was right. I just hooked them up to my vintage--'64 Sansui 1000 tube amp--and now all things are right with the world. I was the guy who was raving just a few months back about what a difference that tube amp made in the sound of these speakers--I am forever amazed. It took me a long time to finally get my feet wet in the tube world and thought the tube talk was all bs; boy was I wrong. Even this old outshines that high end Onkyo--by a long shot. I would not pay what that guy wants for those particulars Cornwalls. Ironically I just moved from Minneapolis.

Received the ultimate compliment last night. My wife, who normally has no use for any of this. She thinks an old transistor radio--you know the kind from the 60's with the little earpiece, sounds just right. My listening/movie room is a bunker in the farthest reaches of the house. Last night after listening for awhile I came up for air and she said, "you were really listening to some great music there." You can't make that up. She's never said that before! Somehow the sonic difference got through. Ah well, I can't explain it--I'm hardly articulate enough--but there certainly is something happening here. I know, I know, I'm driving a Yugo--this 40+ year old Sansui--in the world of tube Ferrari's, but man you should see the grin on my face. I'm like an Amish kid who finally gets behind the wheel of a "horseless carriage". I"m going like hell. One question though. I don't "speak the language" so I don't know the reference about buying tubes or learning to blow glass means. I get the impression it has something to do with the output tubes on this model. Help me out, but you have to remember I'm just a schmo who at this point is just a kid who learned to stand up and walk after crawling all these years--I'm happy as a clam and you can't really do anything to take the luster off the fun I am having.

I owe everyone an apology. For years I have been reading about what a difference tubes makes, especially with Klipsch speakers--among others. Well, I couldn't figure out how they could be much better. Boy, was I ever wrong! I purchased my first tube amp recently, a vintage Sansui 1000. I just had it completely gone over. I just listened to Dire Straits "Across the River" and I was almost reduced to tears. I have been cheating my '64 Khorns and '70 Cornwalls. The highs!!! The lows!!! and everything in between. The sounds I just heard were unbelievable! I heard sounds I have never heard before from my SS amp. I couldn't take it off 2 on the volume, without the loudness on, for fear I would get arrested. I would write more but I need to get back and hear more. Paul Klipsch was right.

I know there are a number of posts about things to listen to but I wanted to start fresh. I just purchased a Sansui 1000 tube amp and I want to know what should be the first thing I play. I have '64 Klipschorns and '70 Cornwalls. What would put a smile on the face of a 51 year old? I'm generally a rock 'n roller, who likes it loud, but don't let that slow you down. If I don't have it, I'll get it; any genre. Looking forward to everyone's response. As always, thanks.

Let me know if this is going to happen. I live in Stillwater, Minnesota. I have '64 Khorns and '70 Cornwalls. Saw a movie at the Science Museum today, Hurricane on the Bayou, and in Alan Touissants recording studio he had Cornwalls. Loved it.

I need some savvy people to look at this link and tell me if I am missing something? The person who was selling this receiver (he misspelled receiver), has given me a BIN price, but I am a little wary. Trying to figure out why no one else bid on it? I know you can sometimes think these things to death, but I would rather walk away than get stung. Look at the view counter at the bottom--it's got all zero's. Does that mean anything; first time I have ever seen one with no views indicated. Am I just being overly cautious? Guy seems to have a grip on the english language when he e-mails, but I just don't know whether to pull the trigger or not. Any advice would be appreciated. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=130039254696&rd=1&rd=1

Did you get what you needed? I live in Stillwater, Minnesota. Just outside of Minneapolis. It's an easy drive into the city. If I can help, let me know. Brian Berube

For some time now I have been pondering the acqusition of a tube amplifier. I have Khorns and Cornwalls in my system. I want to just dip my toes in the water at first. I watch ebay and have been looking at vintage Scott, among other, amplifiers. Here is my concern. Many of the listings have some version of these caveats, "I have not fired it up", "I have not hooked speakers to it," etc . Seems to me that plugging one of these amps in, connecting some speakers and a CD player would take only a few minutes and would at least tell you if any sound comes out. I am a novice, I don't claim to know anything so maybe I don't know what I am suggesting. Should I always walk away from these auctions? Assume that the item is likely not worth the hassle? Any advice anyone wants to offer is appreciated. Would I be better served just going over to Audiogon? Thanks.

Oldtimer, I think I know enough about you by reading your posts, and knowing your dedication to Klipsch, that you would be a great addition to any community's fire department. Just keep adding your wisdom to these forums and that will be a great civic duty.

Got love that "never say die" attitude of yours. If it is any consolation I am putting a codicil in my will for you to get my Khorns when I go. My son can have the Cornwalls.

johny, Hats off to your dad. Few professions more noble than fire fighting. Don't know if there are many rookie firefighters 50 years old. I spent my adult life working in college football. Retired when our triplets were born in 2000. When they started school I decided I needed to do something. Saw an advertisement for part-time firefighters, applied, after an exhaustive physical, testing, background check I was hired. It is very humbling to now begin a new profession at this age and realize what these guys do. It is so much more complicated than what I, and most of the rest of the population, knew. These guys don't simply hook up a hose and pour water on a fire; you know from your dad. I am a complete, but eager, rube who is trying his best to learn the profession through drills, classes and OTJ training. Meagain, you're the greatest, but there simply is no saving those 'Horns. Observe a moment of silence today, then crank your speakers up and play a tune for those lost in battle. Johny, tell your dad this is one guy who wants to thank him for his service. It took 9/11 for most people to realize just what heroes these guys are.

Me, You're a true Klipschophile--the glass is always half full. No, in addition to fire damage these things go soaked and foamed; nothing could be saved, a total loss!!

Nothing saved, including a vintage Mustang and Harley Davidson. Having owned a '68 Mustang in a former life I mourned the loss of the old Mustang, but those Khorns are what really broke me up.