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    Bob Crites RIP

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    17 hours ago, Seadog said:

    Gregg, that was one of my favorite audio gatherings ever.  It was my first trip to Hope, and obviously, the first time to visit the Museum and the Klipsch factory.  We can never repeat with the same group of great guys, but I certainly hope you can make it again to a future gathering of Forum members.

    One could never recreate my initial delight of finding an electroshock therapy machine in the museum basement.  It ended up really improving my attitude.

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    Bob Crites RIP

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    2 minutes ago, sputnik said:

    Bob was truly one of the grown-ups here.  Respected by all.

     


    fini.....?  Is it really you?? 🦧:emotion-25::emotion-25::emotion-25:

     

    Weren’t you the one that took that photo of Bob sniffing a capacitor?
     

     

    You bet!  No idea where that shot is right now.  I posted it on the forum...Good to see you, sputnik!

    Bob Crites RIP

    in Lounge

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    20 hours ago, BigStewMan said:

    @fini  now that's a name from the past ... hope you are well my friend. 

    I'm doing quite well, thanks!  Quit drinking 2 years ago, mostly hang out on facebook (and zoom AA meetings) ;)

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    Well, I did it...

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Hi folks!  A couple weeks ago I was perusing the local Craigslist and came upon a pair of Klipschorns--minus high frequency components and crossovers--for $400.  They DO have the woofers.  I mean, I don't think I could buy the material to make these for $400!  Since I have everything needed to make these 1968 Walnut Khorns fully functional, I went for it.  Oops, how did I end up with 3 pairs??

    The tags are a little weird.  (Non-consecutive) serial numbers are fine, but the model types are a bit confusing (especially for whoever wrote them down!).  They appear to be lacquered walnut, from the factory.  Before I saw the speakers (and only saw the tags), I thought they might be vertical grain fir, raw.  They're quite lovely to me!

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    Designing a room for Klipschorns

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Happy Veterans Day to all!

     

    I have a very good friend whom I turned on to a used pair of Heresys, about 6-8 years ago.  He fell in love!  He had made it through last year's Tubbs fire (Sonoma, Napa and Solano Counties, CA), with no damage to his place.  Since then, he sold that property, and moved to a gorgeous piece of property, just outside Chico, CA.  Well, as you may know, this week's horrible Camp Fire blew through and took out EVERYTHING of his.  He seems to be taking things in stride (what can one do??).  I told him I'd help him get his music back up and running, then I started thinking about this spare pair of Khorns I have in the garage.  They need a little work (new speaker cloth, recapped crossover, refinish the lacquered oak).  And, of course, a new perfectly-designed (for Klipschorns) room!

     

    Which brings me to my question.  Given his ability to design this room from scratch, what should he be doing?  He's an excellent general contractor, and we've done many fun projects together.  I haven't searched here yet, so perhaps someone can direct me to a thread or a link to an article (Dope From Hope?).

     

    Thank you!!

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    Considering K-horns. What's a fair price?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    On 9/19/2018 at 9:27 AM, Godataloss said:

    I paid $2700 for my '79 Ramblin Rose K-Horns less than a year ago. 4 hour round trip driving.  Was happy to do it.  They hardly ever come up within easy driving distance here (Cleveland) and when they do, they generally go fast unless there are major condition issues.  I got $1200 for my Corwall 2s so I think the market for Klipsch Heritage is pretty solid here.

     

    Have you posted a photo of these?  I'd love to look at 'em!

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