Roc Rinaldi

The cabinet maker also suggested this "sun" idea. I am not fond of placing my speakers in the sun at all. Roc-if you don't want to put them out in the sun, you could always get them a 2 week membership to your local tanning salon. If you go that route, I'd certainly like to read about your experience!![] -David Can't. Tanning salons are too dangerous. Can cause wood cancer if exposed too long.

what does the 00 mean in relation to fortes or forte IIs? I've seed it before but I don't know what it means.

You had me worried there until I got to your last sentence.

This is also what I thought when I started the journey.

I'm sure that woods all vary to some extent. I think it is very hard to match woods after 17 years or so. The problem I have is that this cabinet maker told me that he could exactly match the woods, which he failed to do. I don't like surprises like this.

The cabinet maker also suggested this "sun" idea. I am not fond of placing my speakers in the sun at all. The Klipsch wood has a definite reddish tint to it. The refinished speaker is more brown and darker. Not to worry. All I have to do is wait about 10 years, if I live that long, and my speakers will match. I hope that, by then, my eyesight is still good enough to notice the matching speakers.

Thanks. See my previous post.

You had to suggest this. This is exactly what the cabinet maker said to me upon discovering that the refinished speaker did not match. He also said that in about 8 or 9 years the refinished speaker would begin to color match to the other ones. You know, like waiting for Godot. Right.

Amen, EAR.

.......after all, what are you saving your money for anyway? It is better that you spend it rather than your heirs, who did not earn it.

I am now in the "Hinky" camp.

Hinky?

[] Right on,NOBODY will outo me,nobody. With all my commercial subs and now the TC Sounds ,Sound Splinter and RE Audio I will get...NOBODY competes. [6] And my 306lbs sub...it is a start....my next one will be over 500lbs. You kids watch out,and after...bigger. All this in 800cu ft of space ! I am aproaching car like SPL ....and concentration of audio gear. [] This long weekend I will be building two subs....TC Sounds moving the air.Next weekend...abox for a 18" Sound Splinter...and go from there. In ONE year I will end up with at least 10-12 DIY subs added to my 29 commercial. Beat that...HA. [8-|] Acting like a spoiled brat...it is fun. It's good to hear that you're enjoying your money and keeping the economy moving at the same time. Seriously! Some people with money just sit on it and it does nobody any good, including themselves. Money was made to be spent.

Thanks for the article. I don't want to live in China.

Here is my story. I am trying to achieve seven forte IIs in oiled walnut for a 7.1 system. I found a pair of black forte IIs for sale. I then checked with a cabinet maker who said that he could re-veneer the speakers into oiled walnut and could match my other oiled walnut speakers. So I bought the black speakers. I guess you know what's coming next. I had the speakers refinished and I supplied the cabinet maker with one of my oiled walnut speakers for a good color and wood grain match. It took him five weeks to refinish the speakers. The result: The speakers do not match in color. The grain isn't too bad but the color is definitely off. Luckily I only needed one speaker refinished and I have placed it in the least prominent location in the room. Moral of the story: Don't expect to match 17 year old speakers with new refinishing. It doesn't work all that well. I still need two more forte II speakers. I will try to find oiled walnut speakers rather than buying some other finish and trying to refinish them. I've learned my lesson.

I will take them for free.

I just love Austrailian talk.

How many times you been married? That's cute. One time. Coming up on 40 years in Novemebr. The only thing in life that I got right the first time.

Yes I want to know too. ....And what is in Scrapple and Baloney? Main Entry: frank·furt·er Variant(s): or frank·furt f?rt Function: noun Etymology: German Frankfurter of Frankfurt, from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Frankfurt am Main, Germany Date: 1887 a cured cooked sausage (as of beef or beef and pork) that may be skinless or stuffed in a casing Scrapple Main Entry: scrap·ple Function: noun Etymology: diminutive of scrap Date: 1852 a seasoned mixture of ground meat (as pork) and cornmeal set in a mold and served sliced and fried bo·lo·gna Variant(s): also ba·lo·ney Function: noun Etymology: short for Bologna sausage, from Bologna, Italy Date: 1596 a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork; also : a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna

I love you too Steve.

Unfortunately as I have traveled through life, most everything that I do, I wind up doing twice or sometimes three or more times before I get it right. And this occurs eventhough I try to always measure twice and cut once. That plan could wind up with a lot of pictures covering a lot of holes. Lots of holes are good for Swiss Cheese but not for listening rooms.

Good analogy. But I really don't like BMW people and cars at all. (this ought to cause a stir)

I will give you $1001 for the pair.

I started with a down firing sub. Didn't feel it projected very much bass. Didn't like it. I have a carpeted concrete floor. This might be a factor in my experience. Now have two front firing subs and I like them a lot. Won't consider down firing again. Others and other applications might be OK with it. Just my opinion.

Selling a JL Audio sub. tisk, tisk What will they think of next?