Wrinkles

Metie, You pretty much got it? Here are links that you probably already have looked at, but just in case you have not. http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/38370/345616.aspx#345616 http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/65908.aspx?PageIndex=1 http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/53466.aspx?PageIndex=1 http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/65188/638314.aspx#638314

Dave, Not arguing at all with your opinion, only questioning in areas I am most ignorant in here. For my purposes of making a music server, it would seem that FLAC would be a great solution and a much better alternative to MP3. I have no intentions of making new CDs from my FLAC files. I'll FLAC the CDs and pack them away to give me more room on the shelves for more music []. I have a spare laptop that will run the WINAMP PRO program and with a connected harddrive full of FLACed music it will be easy to play the music. But for records, I am truly without any knowledge of how to make digital files of the records. So, do you digitize your records and then make a CD of the music to play at home and in your car? What program do you use that converts your vinyl to digital? I guess my real request is that would you / could you please describe your process of converting your vinyl to CD. I think we would all benefit from your experience and knowledge. And of course anyone else can chime in on their methods. Since I am just starting out in the vinyl conversion, any and all input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike

Diz..., I have to apologize to you. While cutting grass this afternoon (yes here in Texas our lawn maitenance season is a little long) I realized "what in the world am I going to do with a large driver like that." So, I am going to have to bow out. I apologize to anyone else who held back their comment of interest based on my thread reply. I suppose they are available again to anyone interested. Seems a shame to take them to the landfill. Wrinkles

email sent on Jenson. Can you test to be sure it is OK/works? Spider webs OK. Spiders not OK. [] Wrinkles

Amy, Does this huge sale mean that there will be new apparel available soon OR is Klipsch getting out of the apparel business?

I am in the same boat in needing to convert records. I did download the WinAmp PRO as a member recommended. It doesn't seem to get too much easier than that for converting CDs to FLAC. I looked at the Belari VP-530. Kinda pricy to me. Cost around $300. I ran a cross the Behringer UFO-202. Cost around $23 to $30. Has anyone used it? http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UFO202.aspx It comes with lots of software. What else are ya'll using?

So, if I download Winamp Pro and make FLAC files with it, can any other FLAC player play it? Like FOOBAR or the Apple player or ? Are there different versions of FLAC that are not compatible? I'm trying to pull myself out of this ignorance hole by listenening to the "voices of experience" instead of half believing the ads I read on internet. Thanks

Robert, Welcome. Thanks for sharing your story with us and venting. Venting is good. We get that here from time to time.

But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty A-Rod has a called strike out.

Beautiful. That is one sturdy looking LaScala. Love the woodgrain, especially down by the slot.

Cal, Cool story. I have purchased two pair over the last 3 years. A decent pair for $1100 (late 80s)and a beater pair for $500 (early 80s). They do not come up very often for sure. A sailor's whim? He is getting a steady paycheck. I'd offer less. Unless they are immaculate and fairly new, as far as new goes.

Something we do if no one is home is to leave a radio on loud enough that it can be heard from the front and back door and a light in a living room on where it can be seen from the front of the house. It certainly gives the appearance that someone is home. A seasoned thief may not be fooled, but it may make them think twice before attemtong a breakin or walkin of an unlocked house. You could also pick up a plastic sign that states what security system monitoring service you are using and place it in the front yard. Place a beware of dog placard at your front and back door. Becasue we live out in the boonies, we have a sensor next to our driveway that senses a vehicle coming up the driveway and beeps for a few seconds inside the house. There are lots of ideas out there. Many work. I want to add to what Trey said without violating "the no gun talk" policy here: Should you decide to purchase a weapon (whatever type) for your protection or your home's protection you MUST MUST MUST MUST know your state's laws. When you can use it, and when you are not justifiable in harming someone or taking their life. Be sure. Sometimes what should be obvious is not always within your state's definition of the law. The state's statues and laws on weapons can be found on the internet.

A speaker builder/audio hobbyist in the area gave me this response to my question to him about the LaScala bass cabinet dampening situation. He was very familiar with the bass cabinet design. I have not performed this mod, but would like to sometime in the future. As for the LaScallas modification I have what I think is a much better improvement to the side wall issue. Take 16# or 30# felt paper and cut and glue a full sheet to each outside of the original side panels. Contact cement applied to original side boards and to the felt works good. Next take a cut to fit sheet of 1/4" void free plywood (birch veneered looks and finishes great) and again use generous contact cement on both sides and glue into place. Be sure and weight or clamp them together well- no nails are really needed. Let set up well. You can band trim the exposed edge to finish. This modification makes a good, sturdy effectively thickened side wall that will not "breathe" with sympathetic vibration like the old panels once did! Bass response/ clarity is improved. Sounds like it would work and no need for the braces. I have a pair of beaters I want to do this to. I responded with some questions to the builder and his reponses are as follows... Thanks for the great instructions. My only questions to your instructions are: The 16# or 30# felt is the somewhat tar covered roofing felt that you get from a Home Depot or Lowes, right ? correct The instructions are for the left and right sides of the LaScalla cabinets only and not the back? you could do the back as well would not hurt! Can you recommend a specific contact cement? I am thinking it was TightBond? (Don't use the water base type!) When you say "use generous contact cement on both sides and glue into place" are you saying to use glue as well as the cement or only the contact cement? Contact cement is all you need and good clamping/ drying time- nails if you like for extra strength Wrinkles

video acceleration, thats the ticket, you know time bending stuff maybe we are not ready for that yet Madeleine L'Engle knew all about it. Tesseract stuff

Joe, This is the style of solder pot I was talking about. http://cgi.ebay.com/1-pc-Mini-Soldering-Pot-Solder-Melt-AC110-120V-150W-/140334688617?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ac996969 If you get one, I'd recommend putting something non-combustable under it. This would work too. http://cgi.ebay.com/1-pc-Mini-Soldering-Pot-Solder-Melt-AC110-120V-150W-/140334688617?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ac996969 Oh, if you try to remove the lacquer from the radio shack 26 or higher gauge magnet wire you will melt the wire as well !

Joe, I built 4 kits from Electronic Tonalities (otherwise known as Bottlehead). The kits were wired primarily with 18-20 gauge magnet wire. What was recommended by fellow kit builders at the time was a solder pot. Around the year 2000 you could find one from MCM electronics for around $30.00 a;ways on sale. What it did was removed the laquer coating on the wire and tinned it at the same time. I used this method alot. Kinda handy. Another method I used was a butane soldering iron. If you removed the soldering tip you would have a jet stream of really hot air being blown out the end of the hot air channel that would normally heat the iron tip. You could watch as the lacquer melted away from the end of the wire towards your fingers!!!!!. Both methods require alot of care as it would be easy to burn you as you could tip over the solder pot full of molten solder or put the jet stream of really hot air in a direction that you did not want to. In a quick search I could not find a solder pot that was cheap, but I know someone must still sell the version I have. It just worked too well not to keep producing it. If you grab a solder pot you will also need a bar of solder to melt into it, usually sold by the pound.. Wrinkles

Tom, According to the sales "Epic Series" Klipsch brochure, it is a lacquer finish. Is Vinegar the best way for a lacquer finish? Wrinkles

It is on an EPIC CF1, Medium Oak, SN 260494751 What is the best way to fix? Damage appears to be shallow with mainly discoloration. Thanks

I would say "whatever YOU are comfortable with." It is your item for sale. Is the buyer comfortable with you waiting for the check to clear or is he in a hurry to get the item? There are also Postal Money Orders, Walmart Money orders, etc. money orders.

Hey BOSNG, I bought the CF1 speakers yesterday. I am very impressed with their sound as they apply to TV vocals. I will be playing around with them to see just how good they are. Low volume works very well when listening to TV. Movies, I do not know yet. There seems to be few people on the forum that have the CF1 model or experience with it or maybe I should have posted in a different category. Does not matter now, as I own them. There are many more Forum members with the CF3 or CF4 models. You may want to start a new thread with this topic as there is little response or interest in the CF1. There are different versions of the CF3 and CF4 series which have different port tube setups. Some are better than others supposedly. I have no experience with the CF3 or 4. A new thread will garner more info. And more searching in this Forum for info. Also, get the serial numbers and call Klipsch and get replacement tweeter and woofer availabilty and cost. The tweeters I think may be difficult to find. Not a problem with hi-jacking as this thread is pretty much irrelevent for me now since the purchase. Have a great day. Wrinkles

I called Klipsch. The replacement tweeter about $60. 10 in stock The replacement 6.5 inch woofer about $160. greater than 10 in stock

There is a local seller that wants to sell his. There seems to be little information positive or negative on these in the forum. The owner states they have a 6 inch deep port. And of course I have read the specs in the retired speaker section. Are the diaphragms (phenolic) for the horn easy to come by? Looks like bass augmentation may be required. Was there more thatn one version? So, I'm looking for opinions. I appreciate and trust the knowledge base here. Thanks, Wrinkles

My Crown PSA-2 sounds so much better on the upper frequencies. I'll try the D60 amp on the LaScala bass cabinets once I get the XLR to RCA adapters in from Monoprice. I contemplated replacing the input caps, but it would be too much trouble. Thanks for the input.

I picked up a used D60 amplifier. I found it to be kinda bright and very solid state sounding. Are all the earlier D series amplifiers (D45, D60, D75) the same way? Is this due to the op amp or transistor technology at the time?

This one is not audio. But as I work in the power industry, this one gave industrial humor when there was not much around. Enter, the Turbo-encabulator http://turboencabulator.info/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator