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That dudes got chops tho!

Because you apparently like rye whiskey and now have a taste for wine barrel finished whiskey, then I would like to recommend you try High West Yippie Kye Aye or High West Mid Winter Nights' Dram. Both are excellent rye finished in wine barrels. The texture is amazing! very syrup like. They are defiantly a couple of my favs!

If you do decide you want to sell any K-31s, hit me up. I live about an hour away.

I've been following along and I enjoy your work. I'm curious as to the size of your room. I'm looking to the future where I will most likely have a smaller space, so I like to use other peoples' work as a point of reference as to what I may or may not be able to do. Thanks for sharing this! Jeremy

I have not done this on my Cornwalls yet, but I plan to. I will most likely use round holes with large radii on edges instead of the windows and doglegs. I plan to calculate the volume of the brace; I don't think it will be as big of a percentage of total cabinet volume as it appears to be in the Heresy photo. I have a plan for that though if the volume change is deemed detrimental. Knowing the volume that the brace consumes, I can shim the rear panel out an appropriate amount to gain internal volume to compensate. If you think about it, the brace would be no more than half the size of the rear panel. If you shimmed the rear panel out half it's thickness (3/8") that would compensate for the brace volume. Now figure the volume gain of the swiss cheese holes in the brace and we are talking maybe a 1/4" shim out of the rear panel. I will do actual calculations when the time comes, but this is my current line of thought. I plan to use pocket screws so this modification would be completely reversible if it is a bust. Feel free to keep shooting down this plan and I will try to keep coming up with solutions. Jeremy

This is the method I plan to use. This picture is obviously a Heresy so you wouldn't need the notch for the K-55 as shown here, but this gives you the idea. I plan to screw to the baffle and sides with pocket screws, then through the rear panel into this brace. This picture was lifted from another member's Heresy resto.

I was pretty happy to score this below retail this past week. I'll probably sit on it for a little while to see what the market does for these. Most of my bottles are open so no need to rush into opening this guy! Jeremy

Me too! I was grabbing the keys to my truck when I read the title, then set them back down after I opened the link. Only an hour away for me, but defiantly don't need. If I could get 7 Belles for $2500 I would not hesitate, then sort it out later!

That must be the Weller Full Proof (blue label). I have not personally seen this in the wild yet and believe me I look hard. I've been working on all of my connections and from what I have seen, doing a barrel pick and bottling it is the only way to guarantee stock. Distribution is very hit and miss. Smaller stores are forced to buy several cases of lower end product in order to get a couple restricted or allocated bottles.

I would love to have mahogany doors!

Since @mustang_flht is French and his English is approximate, I interpreted the question as: Are there any DIY mods or tweaks to Klipsch speakers that @Chief bonehead likes. Not as: Does Roy like the changes Roy made.

I'm not a fan of whiskey that has "flavor" added in any way. IMO whiskey flavor profile should only come from the mash bill and the barrel. With that being said, I do enjoy whiskey "finished" in other barrels to modify the profile. A couple of my favorites are Yippe ki-yay from High West. It is rye whiskey finished in syrah and vermouth barrels. Another I like is Slaughter House from wine maker David Phinney. It is American whiskey (undisclosed mashbill) finished in Napa Bordeaux barrels. I would love to hear anyone else's experience with "barrel finished" whiskeys.

All time favorite bourbon right there! I have one GTS and a couple Stagg Jr's. Jeremy

I like bourbon and rye equally. If you like both try Bourye from High West, fantastic stuff. I love all High West ryes Especially Mid Winter Night's Dram. My all time favorite rye though is from Whistle Pig. "The Boss Hog V" is incredible and the best rye I've ever had, but defiantly on the high end $$$. Jeremy

This is obviously not a hard rule, but I have heard people in the industry say that if the country of origin has an "E" in the name, then it is spelled whiskey. If no "E" in the country name then it is Whisky. YMMV Jeremy

WLW is in my top 5 all time! I'm the same way, I don't like to open something if I don't have a back up. The 12's are getting crazy too; I also have a stash. I keep my bunker stocked with my favorites every time I can find them at retail. I have a good stash of Weller 12 and SR. I would like to add some antique 107 to not feel guilty about drinking it. I have a nice stash of Blanton's as well. I can't believe how hard that is to get now. I used to buy it at Walmart years ago! BTW nothing is for sale here either! I was just kidding about flipping...or was I? Would like Jubes though!

If you're really into Old Forester then Birthday Bourbon is the end all. Every release I have tried is amazing, but it is getting harder to acquire each year. Dean, you have a real winner with the Whistle Pig 12 year Old World. Great Rye for the price. Whistle Pig does rye right IMO! Unfortunately this is currently a terrible market for drinkers of premium whiskey. Current supply is way below demand. With the current expansion in the industry that should change in about 10 years. Waiting patiently. I should flip some Pappy's and Weller's to fund some Jube's while the market is still crazy! Jeremy

Have you tried bypassing the crossovers all together and just running from amp to woofer? You will do no harm by running full range to the woofer for testing. That should at least help narrow down where the issue lies.

This pair recently sold in the Chicago area. Pretty good reference point actually. https://offerup.com/item/detail/726519555/

https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/ele/d/east-dubuque-klipsch-klf-30-speakers/6943139956.html

This is an excellent point, and one I'm going to use with my wife!

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I'm curious how far apart they are and how far back do you sit? Sub is behind you, right?

Must...resist! (pun intended)

I am not in the market for these, but looking at the map on the CL listing, I am sitting about a mile away from these as I type this from my desk at work. If anyone needs assistance in facilitating a transaction for these speakers, I would be glad to help. Jeremy