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---------------- On 3/4/2005 9:51:42 PM 3dzapper wrote: There is a Sonic Impact. on Audiogon. He only wants eighty dollars for it!!! Rick ---------------- one on ebay also for 75.00 Joe

hello and welcome, i would like to suggest looking at quality vintage power amp and pre-amps, i am currently running a configuration close to what you are discribeing i have a pair of cornwalls, with a pair of heresys setting atop them, i run 2 vintage amps, with a mid 90,s model tube pre amp and the sound is incrediable, my amps get bashed abit here and there but the sound speaks for itself IMO, i have a pair of phase linear model 400 amps, and my pre amp is a vtp100i, can get as loud as you would ever want but puts out nice sound at low levels also, this also offers the best of both worlds i get solid state reliability and maintenance free power from the amps with plenty of punch, and i get the harshness cut out with the tube preamp that also enhances the sound enormousely, with your budget you could actually score a couple macintosh(one of the best amps produced and ouners are maticulas about the care of these overall)the mc 2505 or 2100 are both supposed to be great amps and put out around 100 WPC, then find a nice tube pre-amp, i actually wish i had the dough to get a couple mac. ampsanyway welcome and good luck Joe

---------------- On 3/4/2005 6:20:08 PM Erukian wrote: Joe, use the search feature. It's there for a reason. Also google is another great search tool, type in "sonic impact t-amp review" w/o quotes and you should get some good reading from 6moons/tnt-audio. ---------------- i realize the search engine is there for a reason, just thought this might be a quick answer to my ?, instead i get cpu lessons thanks

yes dean lets hear this idea of yours. joe

---------------- On 3/4/2005 2:45:57 PM aviserated wrote: Finally! HEHE ---------------- hello whats all the hype with this sonic impact T-amp, i think i have read a thread a while back but really cant remember, what are these used for, i looked up sonic impact on targets web site and all i found was mp3 players and speakers, is this like a entry level tube type amp or what thanks Joe

---------------- On 3/3/2005 4:12:02 PM AnalOg wrote: ---------------- On 3/3/2005 4:00:30 PM silversport wrote: AnalOg: Have you ever read any of Gil's thread??? As someone else who is in Chicagoland and may have wanted to pick these up, I don't consider Gill what you say...I think he felt he was taking advantage of someone who didn't know any better...his conscience made him inform the seller BEFORE the exchange of monies and it sounds like they both agreed to walk away...I think Gil is honorable for his actions...I may have done the same, I dunno...I understand your frustrations but c'mon...had Gil actually taken possession, should he have sold them off for the same or slightly more cash??? I think most of us here are in tune enough to know this sounds too good to be true and just might have been too good to be true...then again, someone here got free KHorns so who am I to argue. Don't be too hard on Gil...me, I tip my cap to you, Gil! Thanks for all you do, too! Bill ---------------- Yes I've read Gil's threads, I have nothing against him in regards to the knowledge he brings to this forum. If you know me, I'm not one to ruffle feathers around here. This whole deal rubbed me the wrong way when I read it. All have a right to do what they want, as he did, but I don't have to agree with it. Maybe I was a little harsh calling him ignorant for what he did, although I still feel he should have handled it differently considering he jumped on them and knocked everyone else here out of the opportunity to pick these up. Yes, I know I missed my opportunity twice, that's my bad, I'll have to live with that. Tom ---------------- well i can say i am very dissappointed as i was looking at the horns when gil struck the buy now seconds before me, and now to see he backed out, and even if it was a case of conscience that drove him to this the seller obviously didnt have a problem with 700.00 as he sold them for 750.00, for all anyone here knows the seller may have only paid 300 or whatever for them, i sure wish gil or someone had posted that they were going back up in a seperate thread. at least this way would have known without re reading the same thread. guess cant win them all Joe

i guess i should also have said that i have my speakers stacked corns with heresys on top, wired in series, as a side note i just wired some speakers up for a friend 4 advents in series and they were about 25 feet apart, the wire leads were longer as they went up into the attic and then back down the oppasite wall, sounds pretty good in his garage, no problem with delay here either Joe

---------------- On 2/20/2005 3:16:48 PM DRBILL wrote: Back in the early '80's I wanted to run two H's together. I called a tech at Hope and asked which would work best, parallel into 4 ohms or series into 16 ohms. The answer: never run Klipsch speakers in series. It wont hurt the speaker or the amplifier but it will sound awful. It is quite one thing to run single voice coils in series vs. running crossover networks in series. His strong advice was "Don't do it." I never did, but I always wanted to try it just to see what he was talking about. If you give it a try, report back and let us know. THANKS. DR BILL ---------------- hello i am running the ppeakers in series and have for a few days now, the sound i still the klipsch sound but it is affected some, they still sound clear, and good mid, bass and highs, but not as loud this is likely because i am running 1 amp now for the 2 pair instead of 2 amps, as far as sounding AWFUL that is not true, may be a little more revealing actually of crap recordings etc... but still sound better than any other speakers i have had in the past and that list includes infinity, tannoy, vandersteen, cerwin vega, and even though i hate to admit it on here bose Joe

passive bi-amping can help if you use in-efficient speakers, such as the old infinity kappa's, as they routinely dropped below 2 ohms, and this would put one heck of a load on 1 amp, but of course this is a klipsch site and klipsch are GOOD speakers that dont need bi-amping joe

hello get the cornwalls, shipping can be a factor but not as much as some may think i had a pair shipped to me from mich. to md. speakers and shipping total was 750.00, couple sets on ebay now as far as space goes i now have 2 pair in my 1000 sq' house and the sound is amazing, you wont be dissapointed Joe

---------------- On 2/26/2005 10:41:09 PM William F. Gil McDermott wrote: Thanks for the tip. I, uhhh, gulped, and hit "Pay now". The price was right and they're about 10 miles away. You can't beat that. No way. Gil ---------------- be glad, beeee veeerrryyy gladddd, i was looking at these and figureing the 600 mile trip one way would be worth it and ready to zap them just as you hit the buy now!!! you really pi#@$d me off but i am glad to see it was a member on here that bought these it was a smoking deal CONGRADULATIONS (no really i mean it )seriously though happy to see you get them joe

---------------- On 2/24/2005 1:44:36 PM dodger wrote: RE: AT Cartridge: What type of information are you looking for? dodger ---------------- just trying to get an idea of the quality and specs for this cart, it sounds good and all, but i like to know what i have in case i choose to upgrade in the fiture also a retail on this cart would be nice thanks Joe

---------------- On 2/20/2005 7:03:59 PM mcp wrote: Wow CECAA850, that's harsh. I'm really trying to figure out a way to do this...what do you think about the Cornwalls in the corners of a 17' X 13' room (placed on the 13" wall)? Will the room be too small? Should they be corner placed or wall-placed away from side walls? So many questions about these monsters... ---------------- the room you have is plenty big enough for the cornwalls, i have 2 pair and both pair are in rooms smaller than yours, the further apart the better they sound, corners bring out the bass more, i actually also have a set of heresy's atop 1 set of my cornwalls and they are still sounding good in my small room 12X12, best sound i have ever had from any stereo i ever ouned

---------------- On 2/19/2005 1:40:44 PM lynnm wrote: Well with a pair of Cornwalls and a pair of Heresys you won't suffer waiting to get the horns. That looks to be a very nice setup you run. ---------------- im pretty happy with it and with a set of cornwalls in the living room now and the others in my listening aera, the whole house is shaking to david bowie lets dance, being played on my dual cs5000 TT, sound is crystal clear, as it should be, the herseys are a little brighter than cornwalls but when coupled togeather as i have them it makes an awsome setup, i have yet to hear anything better i would love to audition khorns but no-one around me has them and none of my friends have a clue as to what hi-fi is about there all happy with static and distortion (go figure) thanks again to all Joe

---------------- On 2/18/2005 7:42:19 PM cyclonecj wrote: ---------------- On 2/18/2005 6:34:55 PM jvencius wrote: This may be a silly response, but have you tried setting up the Cornwalls upside down? That way, most of the speaker would be above the couch. If the bass sounds better that way, maybe you could tilt them upwards a little so that the horn was pointed more at your listening position, but that's just my off-the-wall idea... ---------------- Here you can see the relationship of the sofa to the Heresy. Try to imagine a corn on that stand Back to your suggestion, pointing them up would not really work here. They are still too close to do that. I am going to try them against the back wall. I can go back another 12 feet. Bass is not really an issue, since the receiver sends everything below 80 to the subs. http://cyclonecj.com/theater/IM007276.JPG" ---------------- [/blockquote> hey cyclone why not get rid of the stands and set the geresy's on top of the cornwalls, you could wire the speakers in series sounds fine i just finished hooking my cornwalls up with heresy's atop them looks good and sounds better, best of both worlds

thanks to all i have the corns wired in series with a pair of heresy's sounds fine, i use the old phase linear 400 amp and it gets hot if the impedance goes to low, i used to use infinity speakers of the vintage type and they were always going down below 2 ohms and cousing my amps to get alot hotter than i liked, infinity had a decent sound or so i thought till i bought klipsch(no going back now) eventually i hope to get a set of the khorns(but those will have to wait till i find a pair at a price i can afford, baby on the way limits the spending) thanks for the diagrams also

---------------- On 2/19/2005 11:09:29 AM lynnm wrote: Wiring speakers in series is safe as you are effectively adding their impedances to gether ( Impedance is the AC equivalent of resistance ). In other words series connection of two 8 ohm speakers results in an impedance of 16 ohms. ---------------- thank you very much sir. i do appreciate the response, i was thinking backwards myself i thought it lowered the impedance by half making for 4 ohms, is raising the impedance thereby making the speakers more efficient and thus using even less power to drive, and causing a differance in the volume between the pair wired alone and the 2 pair in series Joe

---------------- On 2/19/2005 10:55:55 AM 3dzapper wrote: Raising the Khorns up presents another obsticle. Khorns not only couple to the corner but also to the floor to form the trihederal horn. The attached image is Figure 1 of the "Instructions for Klipschorn loudspeakers" included with my 1977 models. The mat can be trimmed to better fit the heat. Again, my latest coupling technique has been to form a piece of closed cell 1 1/2" 2 lb ethrafoam with 45degree angles, about 4" wider than the back board and a cutout for the heat. This acts as an extension of the back board. I also have a foam seal between the top of the bass bin and the wall. I have seen some back boards cut out further to fit but don't recommend that. Rick ---------------- hello if you made the stand solid on all sides as well as under the speaker and build it so it fit tight to the wall then notched that fo fit in just above the heat and tight to it, only put a cutout in the front so heat could escape wouldnt that work, or would sound be compromised, im trying to get a good pic of what you are suggesting, sounds like you are saying get sheets of foam and pad out the wall to meet the speaker but wouldnt the foam have to go out a distance past the actual end of the speaker to keep the intended horn shape and sound, just curious Joe

---------------- On 2/19/2005 10:44:29 AM Coytee wrote: Here is an upclose pic of the "bad" area. (I posted another thread, so as to not hijack the other) Anyways, I will probably sell these and am torn from A. Refinish & try to make look as good as possible B. Leave as is so buyer can see all "damage" (and that's all) so they don't think there is something else hidden (which there isn't) I bought a paint pen and it just doesn't strike me as the right paint for the job. I don't REALLY want to get into a resand/refinish... but I spose that's not out of the question. Any thoughts on how to make these as pretty as possible? the spot on THIS one, seems to be the worst of the 3. The other two are in "less scuffed" condition. The SOUND on them is 100% killer though ---------------- looks like you would have to sand and repaint to fix this, and some of those scratches look pretty deep, i would say if you are not sure about sanding IE.. not sure about going thru the veneer, or dont want to remove a large portion of the wood grain, leave it to the new buyer, but of coarse that will greatly affect the value for alot of buyers, you might do a light sanding oof the whole top panel mask the rest of the speaker and shoot the whole top i think that would be your best looking repair and help to keep the value of the speaker up, the paint pen wont hepl you with this type damage repair that is more for smll scratches and dings hope this helps Joe

hello i work with wood daily, its my day job and you will go thru the veneer to the underlying sub material before you get all the black out of the grain on oak, oak has a ver deep defined grain, a suggestion though is if you want to stain the speakers , do ahead and sand them and get the paint off except for what is in the grain the deepest then stain with a dark stain say dark or medium walnut, this looks fairly nice and actuall pronounces the grain more, be sure if you do sand them that you 1 either follow the grain of the veneer when sanding, or 2 use a random orbit sander, a final fine sanding with the grain after the random orbit gives very good results, as far as repairing the scuffed black paint just follow the fellas that repair cars, sand the edges of the paint smooth feather down untill smooth(making sure not to go thru the grain or veneer)find a close suitable spray paint, and paint the whole side from edge to edge and top to bottom, as long as the paint is a close match would be nearly impossiable to see, i also have the black laquer corns and heresy's, but in walnut not oak. Joe

hello just want to see if this is known to cause any problems with speakers or amps etc... my phase linear manual says to run 2 sets of speakers off 1 amp to wire the speakers in series, meaning run the pos lead from amp to 1st speaker, that speaks, neg lead to 2nd speaks, pos. and the neg lead from the amp to the neg lead on the 2nd speak. any suggestions are welcome, i actually have 2 amps hooked up but want to run 6 speakers, 2 sets of cornwalls and a set of heresys, would be running a set of corns and the heresy's off 1 amp and the second set of corns on an amp by themselves. just looking for confirmation that this is a good way to hook up as i dont want any problems from my amp or klipsch Thanks in advance Joe

hey would it create a problem to just build a base that would set the khorns above the baseboard heaterswould be fairly cheap and easy to build, looks like about 6" hi in the pics, dont know if this would hurt the sound, but you could definately get them tight in the corners, and use a solid sheet of 3/4 ply cut to shape of the horns, put a vent hole in the front of the verticle to let the heat escape. Joe

no question about it, i would buy them at that price and i already have 2 pair, that is a killer price. even if they need a driver replaced with the cosmetic work needed i would still buy Joe

---------------- On 2/16/2005 9:51:52 PM jvencius wrote: Lansdale, huh? I'm curious where that guy lived, since I am originally from Lansdale and my folks still live there. ---------------- he lived right in town in a duplex next to a doctors office, broadstreet if i recall correctly.

good idea lynn, know where i can get a power converter large enough to run the house and all it contains, this is pair # 2 of the cornwalls, i got them unloaded and had my son help me stack the new ones on my existing corns, hooked all up and hard to beleive the sound was actually very good but it created a problem with that much bass in my small room it caused feedback distortion whatever you want to call it thru my turntable, was fine at low volume, but when i turned it up a little turntable started that rumbleing noise thru my speakers, took them down and put my heresys back on the original corns, moved the new corns to the living room will run the cables to them this weekend and then i can really make the neighbors mad HAHAHA!!!