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I'm not Bob, but I can answer that for electrolytics...yes, they have particular smell when they leak...like a new, intact electrolytic, but much more intense

If you want a fairly cost-effective alternative for smaller rooms and lower volumes, I suggest a good pair of Dahlquist DQ-10s. I have an early pair on custom solid 7 inch risers in my 12 x 14 study. Within their volume constraints, they are very clear, can't be touched for imaging, and are very smooth. There is a large community of DQ-10 tweakers out there...many mods have been done. Mine are stock except for a few upgraded caps. Last I looked, a decent pair seemed to be about $500. Would I give up my Corns for them? Of course not, but I wouldn't try to shoe horn my Corns into such a small room either.

Re: alignment of the 10B. Dick Pierce used to write a column for Speaker Builder. In one of these-not available online it seems-he recalled that there was nothing tricky about aligning the 10B except that the IFs had be aligned for group delay. Sorry I don't have the cite. Maybe the Audio Amatuer site has a search function for those back issues. I think the notion that the 10B is "permanently aligned" or un-alignable is a myth...unless the slugs in the IF transformers are glued in place, which would be very poor design practice. Any tuned circuit can and will drift, especially given four decades. In olden days, the slots atop the IF transformer cans were dabbed with a bit of nail polish at the factory after alignment. The intent was to tell the serviceman if a DIY customer had been monkeying with the IF transformers. The classic joke among techs was that the DIY customer would say he'd noticed "all those little screws were loose, so he tightened them down". An automatic surcharge on the repar bill.

Fs= 45.7406 Hz Qts= 0.4644 Qes=0.5429 Qms=3.2134 Vas= 29.4563 litres Re= 2.999 Ohms Rm= 20.7554 Ohms Le= 0.5439 mH No= 88.9 dB1w/1m Bl= 6.23 Tesla Cm= 494.562 microns/Newton Mm=24.4871 grams Rm= 2.190 mechanical ohms From the good folks at Apex, Jr.

are they still on tour? anybody know remaining dates/cities?

Somehwere I read that Jon Dahlquist voiced the DQ-10s using a Marantz 8B, I think quite probable since Saul Marantz was associated with him, to what degree I can't recall. I'm not home right now and I can't get to my Dahlquist files. What is the rated output of the 8B?

Some of my best friends are from Da Parish. I am waiting for Rocky & Carlos to reopen. I hope the menu doesn't change. My last exam my cholesteral was a mere 180, so I am due for another heap of their onion rings and a shrimp po-boy. Boom, I think Rocky and Carlos may have reopened, and it is cleaner than ever.[] Although that never stopped us from eating there. They have the best onion rings around and guess what...I know how to cook onion rings like that. I might have to do that soon. BTW, Boom I did not get the email from you, so I sent you a pm. I didn't know that you had friends in da Parish? That's where dtel grew up after his family was forced to move "outta da nint ward." We do not have HBO so a neighbor taped the Spike Lee Hurricane Katrina documentary for us. We watched the first two hours last night and I was laughing and crying at the same time. The accents were too much.[] Christy, I replied to your PM. I hope that function at least is working.

I can only think they used pre-Katrina stats. In the old New Orleans, heavy drinking was not uncommon and tippling (taking ocassional drinks during the day) was very common indeed. I'm talking about residents, not tourist kids doing the hurricane drink & barf circuit on Bourbon street. Brandy I would understand...it gets cold up there. NO has always preferred cold beer or iced mixed drinks in our steamy climate.

Some of my best friends are from Da Parish. I am waiting for Rocky & Carlos to reopen. I hope the menu doesn't change. My last exam my cholesteral was a mere 180, so I am due for another heap of their onion rings and a shrimp po-boy.

I like frog legs but rarely eat them. My first time was at Ralph & Kacoos in the Quarter. They did, all jokes aside, taste very much like chicken. The pal who took me there said-a little too loudly after a few drinks-"Somewhere there are lots in frogs in tiny wheelchairs!". I was mortified, and people at surrounding tables gave us dirty looks. The fruit cuts the spicy aspect and complements the flavors. Incidently, the game of "craps" got it's name from crapaud, for frog. The game, which initially was known as "hazard" in England, was a craze in New Orleans in the early 19th century. The Americans called the French "Johnny Crapaud" for their fondness for frogs. "Hazard" became known as Johnny Crapaud's Game, shortened to Craps. Yeah I recall that cartoon...it was in the National Lampoon in the 70s

I like frog legs but rarely eat them. My first time was at Ralph & Kacoos in the Quarter. They did, all jokes aside, taste very much like chicken. The pal who took me there said-a little too loudly after a few drinks-"Somewhere there are lots in frogs in tiny wheelchairs!". I was mortified, and people at surrounding tables gave us dirty looks. The fruit cuts the spicy aspect and complements the flavors. Incidently, the game of "craps" got it's name from crapaud, for frog. The game, which initially was known as "hazard" in England, was a craze in New Orleans in the early 19th century. The Americans called the French "Johnny Crapaud" for their fondness for frogs. "Hazard" became known as Johnny Crapaud's Game, shortened to Craps.

What does crawfish taste like? Wellll...neither like shrimp nor lobster. Crawfish have smaller bodies than either and absorb more of the spices in the water. I have had crawfish boiled without spices and they are fairly bland. They do not have the instrinc taste of lobster that we taste even when "just steamed' . With the usual spices, crawfish are sharper and more intense than shrimp.

As a side note...I used the a K401 in my center channel. The throat has to be supported, of course. I made a post out of 2 x 2 poplar stock and notched one end to receive the "fin" at the throat (there are two, so the horn may be mounted either side up). I then drilled a hole through the post, and passed a brass bolt through the post and the hole in the fin, securing it with a brass nut & washer. In this manner, the throat rests on the post, and the stress is taken off the fin, as would be true if a simple angle bracket was used.

Da crawfish version

Note that the crabs are added after the water boils. A kid brother of a friend of mine decided to cook crabs all by himself...he added the live crabs when the water was cold...of course, as the water warmed up, the crabs said "Amscray!" and climbed out of the pot. Took a couple of smelly days to find all the crabs that had crawled up under the furniture.

Oh man, I can smell dat from heah! I haven't been to a good seafood or crawfish "berl" in a few years.

Yes, Discovery HD is addictive. I find myself (in those rare moments I plop in front of the tube to channel surf) watching stuff I really don't care about simply because the picture is so good. Like last night, there was a show about the island of Maderia and another about national park lodges.The lodge program gave me the travel itch bad! We also have PBS in HD, but, the signal has to go through 4 microwave hops from the origin to our local cable provider. That means a low audio level (the receiver gets turned up to positive dB steps) and frequent pixel blobs and freezes.

Ours are CW IIs, and I understand the CW IIIs do not have the 80 Hz hump the IIs do... so take this with a big grain of salt. We originally had our first pair tucked into the corners, but the boominess was too much. We pulled them about 18 inches out from the corners and made the toe-in angle wider than 45 degrees, as is true of corner placement. I guess our toe-in angle is more like 60 degrees. The Corns "look" at a point midway between the centerline of our listening position and the sidewall, if that makes sense. We have a center under the TV monitor and the front 3 speakers are adjusted for equal volume. The imaging is just fine this way. Our room is 16 x 25 with a vaulted ceiling. The Corns are on the short ends of the room. We have a fireplace with raised hearth and mantlepiece in the middle of the long wall so we can't put HT gear there without major alterations. The other long wall has the step-down to our "sunken" living room.

Mr. & Mrs. dtel-so happy for you, and a bit of native pride that someone from the homeland got these. The next time I drive past Exit 2, I will drop the winders and see if I can hear them!

I thought Klipsch had a thriving commercial biz...as seen on the splash page on the site.

There's a particular bar I go to in New Orleans, part of a small chain. One of its locations uses Pro Bose 901s. As you might expect, they're terrible. There is limited overhaed space but I'm sure Klipsch makes commercial products that could slide in. How can I can get a Klipsch Commercial rep to go see these folks and try to sell them some decent speakers?

Any T/S parameters yet?

Thanks for sharing...and you amke me think of skipping over Khorns for Jubs when that time comes...but why are you attenuating everything from 1 KHz up by 6dB? Are you not using a passive crossover to the HF horns?

Yeah, they're stronger, but I'm not sure most manufacturers are exploiting the possibility of increased efficiency. I think most are using as 1 for 1 (so to speak) replacements of ferrites in certain apps. There are some high-end woofers using these now. Remember that ferrites are still very cheap to make. I'm excited about the new Celestion horn drivers using neos. I have not heard these and I need to recheck the Celestion site to find US availability

The neodymium slugs will be much smaller than the typical ferrite pancake. The lower weight of the neodymium is the chief attraction for driver manufacturers, since this equates to lower shipping costs and less weight in finished cabs. Not a trival consideration when a touring act may have dozens of cabs to lug around. The prices on neodymium are beginning to come down and so their popularity is increasing.