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Too bad bitece the khorns and heresy would have made a great front/rear HT set up. Six hours I probably would have done it11 is a bit much. For future Khorn buyers I paid 2,300 for 87 WO Khorns in darn nice shape and 85 WO Heresies in ok but no where near great shape. I would have gladly paid 2500 just for the khorns because they were the finish I wanted and close to my house. I feel if they are close enough to pick up and in good overall shape the closer you get to 2K is a good buy for the buyer the closer to 3K the better for the seller. If you score them for under 2K grab em and rundont look back. BTW, now that they are in my house and cleaned up I would not take 3K for them.

THB and O, thanks for the kind words. I have now bought/sold several speakers via the forum now. Some I have shipped some I have met people along the way. Always nice to do business within the community I feel. Others THB had a lot going on as we saw from his van-cramming posts as well as a house move all while trying to get his head around his HT needs. Despite his busy schedule he made good on all his promises and is an overall nice guy. If you have the need to buy from or sell to him I would not hesitate. Thanks again, Rich

Not having La Scalas I am not sure if this will help, but worth a try you will only be out your time. Before I got my Khorns I used Kg-4, Forte and Chorus. I never like them angled in 45 degrees. I got best results with them about a foot to 18 inches off of the back wall and angled slightly. No protractor or actual angle to give you but surely less then 45. Experiment a bit with different angles and distance from back wall. Let me know if this helps, hurts or no effect.

Not just a hotdog...but a Weiners Circle Char cheddar dog. BTW I am not a big hotdog fan either...but these are something special. If you don't like it I will pay you the 2.50 back

This probably does not help with your specific questions about model numbers. But in my last house where floor standers or bookshelf speakers were not an option I used Klipsch in walls (model escapes me and I don't live there any longer) and was very, very happy with them. I was surprised at how well they worked, all things considered. They were well made, installation was a snap and they were just about invisible. Good Luck

About $4000 for the TGIV pre/pro. Looks like for another grand you get 7 (or is it 5) channels of power all wrapped up into one cool package. I like my SF equipment so much I consider it a deal at twice the price. There was a guy here late last week (Arthurs) http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=64782 selling his 5 channel SF amp. Grab that and the TGIV and dont look back. The initial sting of several K is quickly soothed over by your ears and years of enjoyment.

Congrats...welcome to the club. You will love em.

Congrats M, I had a 92 Accord and it was trouble free. A guy I work with just got a 2005 Accord this week and they sure have evolved nicely in the last 10+ years. You will love it. Best of luck!

FYI, I just shipped two heresies. One from Baltimore to N.C. and one form Baltimore to CT. I used UPS and packed the heck out of it...they were a little over 50 pounds each once packed up. They cost aprox 25 dollars each to send to those two locations. I would think CA to Chitown would be a bit more, but it is the initial few miles that cost the most. Longer shipments dont go up linearly as the miles go up. That might at least give you a real world example over ups web site. Dr Who. Next time you are down town hit up The Weiners Circle at Clark and Fullerton and have a Char-cheddar dog with everything for me. Best hot dogs bar none!

First sorry for you problems. Second I know this won't help you...but it might help others in the future. FedEx Ground has almost nothing to do with FedEx. FedEx Ground used to be RPS (Roadway) FedEx bought RPS and renamed it as FedEx ground and painted all the trucks. Sure it is more complicated then that...but that is where FedEx Ground came from in a nutshell. They stink, in my opinion. UPS is more expensive, but if you have a claim UPS WILL pay out. Disclaimer, I worded for UPS for 8 years in the 80s and 90s. I no longer do and have no reason to speak highly of UPS other then I know first hand how hard they try to be the best in customer service. If you pack the box carefully and have pictures to back it up...and the box shows signs of damage in transit UPS will pay the claim. I have shipped 100s of boxes for ebay and other reasons and had one 600 dollar claim on a damaged Academy. I got every penny in insured value and shipping back. Again, sorry for you situation...that really stinks.

9.2 on the WAF, wow you surely are doing something right. Glad to hear you got your Academy. You were correct when you told me the right one was out there. My $0.02 worth on the Heresy refinish. If you are going to make them pretty for the purpose of resale I would go with something exotic like GaryMD's Zebra wood. I have a custom built entertainment system done in Tiger Stripe Maple and it gets tons of comments from visitors. You figure there are still may WO beauties that will pop up on ebay and bring 400-600. If you had a truly unique pair they would easily bring that. Heck, GaryMD's Z.W. ones would have to bring 850-1000 I would think. Then again you would limit yourself out of contention with the buyers looking to match with other speakers. I bet you could get the most $$$ by parting them out. As nasty as that seems it might bring the most cash. Congrats on your current set up. I know the C/A/C up front is a killer sounding HT. Next step two more Quartets to go 7.1???

Check the manual...my Sunfire explictly said if only hooking one up (6.1) then use the left and NOT the right. Don't know why that is, but I did and it works fine.

The 1100 to 1500 ones on agon that are used or demos are all but sold. If I was going to pay aprox 1300 (average price) for used or demo, then buy I a cart, I would think I would be better off with 1700+/- and a totally new set up. I guess I could hold out for a 1K deal...but I am growing impatient.

Yes it has the arm JMW-9. Not too tough to tell I am new at this TT thing, eh? Any TT I had in the past came as an all in one set (TT, Cart. arm, etc). Thanks for the cartridge info...just checking though - I was told by the dealer that retail on the 10X5 was 375. Was yours perhaps a different Dynavector? Thanks, Rich

Not looking for the absolute cheapest price by pinging every seller known to man, but as a ball park price is 1700-1750 for a new Scout turntable with Dynavector 10X5 cart reasonable? Anyone else have a better suggestion for a cartridge? If so what is it and why? Do you speak from experience? The reason I ask is I have been kicking around the likes of a new Music Hall MMF-5 or Pro-Ject Xpression-1 in the 400-600 dollar range and am thinking it will just be a matter of 1 year or less and I will have upgrade bug. Thoughts/suggestions welcomed.

---------------- Hmmm....for looking at my name and saying the above statement, you may be visited by the speaker gremlin! You have jinxed your amps too! ---------------- Sorry, Doc, did not check the name...my bad. Please call off the gremlins. Have seen lots of people refer to an amp, preamp, tuner, preamp/tuner, integrated amp, etc as a "receiver"since Sunfire only has one receiver in its lineup I guess I should have inferred that. At any rate you cant go wrong with Sunfire (or Carver) in my mind. Get out the checkbook.

Minn, I realized that, thus my asking him which model(s) Ult. Rec., TGIII, TGIV, etc. Was not sure if he knew the difference. Guess I should have been clearer. In talking to my dealer, my understanding is they share a lot of the same design ideas/components along with simple design and interface. It is the clean looks, simple design and highly intuitiveness (is that a word?) that I really like about my TGIV in addition to the killer sound. If it is within your budget going with separates (amp(s) and pre/pro) you will be doing your self a favor in the long run. I still have the same Carver amp from 1992 but have changed pre/pro 3 times since then. On the other hand if space is at a premium you can't go wrong with a Sunfire receiver IMHO. Give it a listen and let your ears tell you. Good Luck, Rich

Which model(s) are you considering. I have a SF Theater Grand IV and absolutely love it. Good luck, Rich

JB, I just checked your location "outside of Philly" Where? I used to live in Lancaster county...Amish country. So, Geno's or Pat's ?!?! Philly is a fun town.

Just checked GMC site Yukon XL has 131.6 cu ft cargo space. Like the others said it is not just the capacity...that would only work nicely if you were transporting 131.6 Cu FT of marbles. Watch the quick stops when you are doing that as the marbles will roll forward and spill your beer while you are driving.

Not sure if this will help or not. I have a Yukon XL (Like a Suburban, but GMC not Chevy) Other then the Ford Excursion it is about the biggest SUV out there (go ahead and rag on me about the gas mileage - get tons of utiltiy out of the U in suv). I easily got a pair of Khorns and a pair of Heresy in with the gate closed and all windows up. Only two passengers in the front. The middle seats were folded down and the 3rd row seat was removed. I honesty think I could have gotten another pair of Heresies in there. In my mind 4 heresies would more then equal 2 fortes. The part I don't know is how close a Yukon XL is to a minivan in the shape/configuration of the cargo area. In the same configuration (seats down and out) I can carry 4X8 sheets of plywood or drywall in it with the gate fully closed and nothing sticking out. Can you do this in the van? This might tell you if they are close in capacity. If I want to put something longer then 8 feet like a 10' 2X4 I have to put it between the two front bucket seats. Try driving around in the minivan till you see a Yukon XL or Suburban in a parking lot then pull up next to it and see what you think. My guess is they will fit. However, I am not the one making the drive Good Luck, let us know how the drive was and how the speakers sound.

---------------- On 4/26/2005 1:52:50 PM fini wrote: It'd be nice to see a list of crossover options, who builds them, and the aproximate costs of each... ALK ALK ES DHAXovers Rebuilt by Bob? ---------------- I totally agree. I have 87 Khorns with AK-2 crossovers. Not knowing much about the inside of a speaker I am wondering what my options are and pros/cons of each. Do I have the AK-2s rebuilt, have them rebuilt and converted to AK-3s, Scrap them in favor of As, ALKs, ALK ES, CHAXovers, some other option??? Any and all advice appreciated.

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don't see it as a HT *or* HTPC issue. I would really love to have a HTPC as one of my many components. For casual listening if you rip all your CDs to an uncompressed format like .wav then had a nice, easy, convenient interface to access them through that would be worth the price of a high end computer to me. Now throw in the fact that you can organize all your digital pictures and watch them from your projector on the same 100 inch screen where you watch your DVDs. Oh wait with enough HDD space you can put all your DVDs on this gizmo and access them in seconds rather then going to the cabinet, opening the case and dropping it in the DVD player. Have you ever priced an escient fireball or similar product? http://www.escient.com/products.html That just covers the music end. Now price the same thing for DVDs. Better yet how about the 30,000 yes 30K: http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0104/16.ces.html I used oneit is wicked cool I would buy on in a second if money were no object, but I bet you can do about the same thing with a HTPC. Spend 15 minutes on this site: http://winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_mce2005.asp Before you write off the HTPC. I am not a huge MS fan, but think this has a place in many, but not all of our homes in the future. Perhaps I have missed the point of the original post, if sosorry. I would probably not buy one from commercial vendor, but I would buy a case made for a rack mount i.e. looks like a piece of stereo gear and build one myself. I think for 1000 bucks you can have a smoking HTPC that looks and feels like a DVD player or Amp.

All excellent points guys. I do like the TT in the area under the stairs and switch box idea. Having one run of wire to the khorns seems better then my original idea of two separate runs. However, wires from the TT/integrated amp back to the main area concerns me now that the room is finished and I have a doorway to span. This still looks like a great long range goal. NOS what do you suggest for tube set up in your line of thinking. Give me a ball park bankroll I need (several hundred, several thousand, etc.) no firm prices just an idea of what I should be thinking. For the short term, I think moving the amps and x-box is a pretty good idea. That lets me keep my Carver stuff that I am in no rush to dump and free up some spacethey do run cool. If I am looking at a 300-500 TT for starters will it work decent putting it in the actual rack? I should be able to isolate it well enough dont you think? Down the road I might want to upgrade the TT when I make the leap to tube power and stuff it all under the stairs. By moving amps to the closed I am not preventing that from happening down the road. BTW, the x-box gets very little use now that I have a great place to watch movies and listen to music. The stair area does seem like a good place to store LPs as well. Thanks again for the praise on the roomit has been a long, interesting and fun journey.