rjones5296

Man your Cornscala project it killer. your work has inspired me to think about building something similar to your speakers. Thanks for the wonderfull work, they look truly stellar. bob

Thanks ! you mention cabinets, I have been thinking about building a set of Cornwall clones, I saw the post by Bob Crites about building a speaker test box. Then found the Cornscala project located under updates and modifications page 3 Man this looks like a sweet project, absolutley beautiful. bob

Beautiful work there ! WOW ! I just finnished my Herseys recently, I went with oak for the veneer, but the exotic wood looks absolutley killer. my project fotos are at.. http://www.pbase.com/rjones5296/klipsch&page=all bob

Thanks, good point that Klipsch used selected caps, I did change out for new electrolytics, I should have measured them. Yes Parts Express is only a short drive away.

Hello I checked the crossover, my crossover is type E2, so the layout is different from the E crossover. bob

Ill give that a try, the Herseys are a little to hot on top and I cant get them into corners, a 3db drop for the mis/high outta do the trick. I had the cost of the crossovers at about 300, making me rethink the idea, and possibly a Cornwall clone. Thanks guys !

The 33 uf cap, Iwas thinking of using a film cap in place of the electrolytic in my E2 crossovers. Thinking that the tighter tolerance might be benefical versus the wide tolerance of the original cap. bob

I'm working on getting the parts list together, I'm close to parts express so the caps are local, the large inductors are pretty pricey. I'd really like to get 2 new transformers, so i can keep my original xovers intact. But cost aside this looks like a pretty cool project. I bought the Herseys at a flea market with a receiver for $31 so Im still in pretty good shape, I did sink $200 into redoing the cabinets, so im still ahead. The only complaint about my Herseys is the mid/high is pretty forward sounding, and my room is about 14x14. So im hoping I can get the Herseys ballanced and smooth. I have an engineer friend that is basically a filter guru, he wants to have a look at what im working on also, he is more of an Edgar horn and JBL woofer guy. His comment is with the Hersey, tweek the xover and add a decent woofer/sub and they will really perform. I did chenge the xover caps with aerovox caps that I got from Bob Crites, definite improvment there, I liked the oil caps better than the Solens I tried. My Herseys are running K22 woofers, K53 mids and K77m tweeters.

Yeah makes sense, the cost of the parts im thinking will be pretty expensive compaired to the value of the speakers. Id like to build them just to see how the Hersey would sound, might be the best update going. You never know the Hersey might surprise all of us. bob

Hello Im reading up on the ALK page and was wondering if anyone has tried the ALK crossover under DIY for the Cornwall but adaptable to the Hersey ? Any comments out there on this ? I have rebuilt my E2 crossovers with oil caps from Bob Crites and non polars from Parts Express. After the cap change the speakers are much better the levels on the drivers are matched channel to channel. But, after looking at Al's crossovers I'm wondering if they might better the original crossovers. bob

HA forgot the link to my foto page... http://www.pbase.com/rjones5296/klipsch&page=all

Guys After a few days working I have the Herseys done,the cabinets are in light quarter sawn oak. I did a true Tung oil finnish. The first 4 were 50/50 tung oil and turpentine the final coats were straight tung oil and hand rubbed out, the finnish is satin with a soft gloss. I have the original risers, but can't decide whether to use them or not. Now the last thing to do is fresh grille cloth and Klipsch emblems. The old gals look like new, they were well worth it.... Im running Fairchild 412/Rega RB300/Shure M97 or Thorens TD124/SME 3009/Denon DL103 Music Reference RM5 Leak Stereo 50 or Perreaux PMF 1150b sweet sweet sweet

The Hersey, my opinion is leave them alone. Pair them up with a good tube amplifier like a Leak or Marantz, Dynaco. I use a Leak 50 myself you will be startled by the dynamics, the Klipsch dynamics can scare the hell outta you.

Thanks, I thought about the veneer choice for quite a while, looking at some of the exotics, then cherry,walnut and oak. The oak is very fine grain, quarter sawn lite oak. Im contemplating either a satin poly, or just going with an oil finish. I need to give that some thought, the finish sand will be 400 grit, so they will be very smooth. Hopefully, I will have them done in a week or so.

Guys Finally got a call from the cabinet maker! 2 months and 2 weeks later he finally has the veneer work done.... unreal. Well I pick up my cabs tonight, so finally I can finnish getting these guys together. I will post pics in a few days.

Hello I'm still in the market for cloth myself, I need enough to do my Herseys, the minimum buy is 5 sq yards at a bot $22 a yard I was hoping thet if there was enough interest we all might do a group buy. bob

hello The corners were fixed after the photos, so far the cabinets are all done, any damage or dents are fixed. I dropped the cabinets off at a cabinet maker buddys for veneer, they are going to be done in quarter sawn oak, with a light oil finish. I am planning on redoing the grills with new #17 cloth. The faces and backs are going to be satin black, new cinch terminals.

Klipsch Herseys, the start of the restoration. photos on my page. http://www.pbase.com/rjones5296/klipsch

I am doing the sanding and dent filling and man was there quite a few layers of paint and paint over dirt. I am taking photos as I go so there will be photos, I have one box speakers and crossover removed and sanded down to the plywood, and hopefully will get the second box done tonight. I have a cabinet maker that will be doing the veneer work, I want the Hersey's to look like new. I want to have a look at the veneer, he has cherry,oak,and walnut but can get just about anything I want. Then new grill cloth.

I could use enough cloth to redo a set of Herseys.

Hello I'm also in the process of restoring a pair of Herseys so i'm looking for enough grill cloth to do both speakers. If anyone out there has enough please let me know, the cloth is available but the minimum is 5 yds. Possibly a group purchase ? The Herseys I have had several coats of paint, grills and all so they are being sanded and any damage repaired, then will be veneered. Luckily the speakers are all fine, the last thing to do is to re cover the grills with new cloth and emblems, they should look like new.