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Hey Carl, Bump... PM sent.

I can meet you in Detroit next Saturday or Sunday, that is more than halfway. Can you go through Ontario without a hassle? I think you can if you let the powers that be know ahead of time you are passing thru with a USA speaker. 1st, unbolt the front passenger seat and take it out. 2nd, squeeze the sub into that spot. Lastly, put a lamp shade over it and drive on through like nobody's bussiness.

$425 for the pair BUMP.

Congrats on the sale tlarwa, nice looking FHs. Over the last few weeks I have been building a scratch pair, mine will be driven with a pair of Mark Audio Alpair 7.3s that Dave at Planet10 enabled. It will be interesting to compare them with my Cornscalas. What Klipsch are you running and how did the FHs compare?

Bump up for some more looks. The UD384 can also be used as a USB to Coax SPDIF interface to send digital to your uber high end DAC to get the most out of your hi res files! As well, with the help of a few software programs play DFF SACD files from your computer. Also, soon via a driver update, 32bit/352.8kHz will be available on the KingRex UD384. All this for $425, with the U-Power!

Shakey, Go back up and have a look at the #4 post for all that I used to do my build. I went with the B&C based on Al's recommendation while we were talking about putting his "new, then" Cornscala-wall xovers into my build.

I believe it is a JBL 2380 clone... I guess I must be "anyone" All I can say is that my Cornscalas sound good to my ears, better than any of my previous Heritage which were all basically in stock form. 2 winters ago when I built the CSs, I think Bob felt this horn was a reasonably price upgrade over the K400 horn as per the original Cornwall / La Scala recipe. Yes, with a "cost, no object" build, a pair of Dave's Fastrac mid horns or Greg Roberts Fc260 korns would have been a fantastic option. No, I have only had Al's Cornscala-wall xover... and dispite that JUNK BUT LOAD clone mid horn, things are sounding pretty darn nice. The 4Pi are going to have to be pretty great to compete with the CSs.

Bump back to the top with a new price... $425 shipped for the DAC and U-Power combo. This really is a great USB package!

Well, I had a bit of a set back with the used woofers that I took the chance on with the FleaBay purchase. They showed up last week and it was quite obvious that the one was reconned with a non JBL kit. I decided to take them into my local JBL service center to get checked out and discovered that the recone was not with authentic JBL parts. Then the tech said that the other woofer (the not re-coned one) has a sagging, partially collapsed cone. He said he sees this in woofers that have been around the block and felt it should be re-coned to getting it playing properly again. The Toronto service center quoted me $300 plus tax (13% up here) per woofer and the best price by a USA JBL service center (in Rochester) was $165 per woofer. I guess this is why they say JBL stands for "Junk But Loud" Fortunately my FleaBay seller offered to take them back, with me just loosing the return shipping. I then decided to roll the dice again and paid a bit more on eBay and ordered a NOS pair of JBL 2226HPLs... we will see when they arrive next week.

For Sale is my 8 month old KingRex UD384 USB Dac. This DAC lists for $499USD... I am asking $375. It is in as new condition and will give any computer based music system outstanding sound performance with bit rates up to 24bit and sample rates up to 192kHz. This will let you hear what all this Hires talk is all about! I also have the matching KingRex U Power (also 8 months old) which ups the performance on the already fantastic UD384. The Kingrex U Power offers the end user a way to isolate the Kingrex UD384 USB Dac from noisy & dirty AC power sources. It is a battery power supply used to power the UD384 with pure DC power. The U Power retails for $199USD... I am asking $150. For those wanting the DAC and U Power supply... Package deal I am asking $475.... SOLD Thanks for looking.

Opps, Claude, you are absolitely right ... "Don't take this the wrong way, but if all you want is DE-250's, why don't you just buy them new?" I just went over to PE and I must have been looking at the wrong B&C model... the DE-250s sell for $110 each. Tom Bump this up for a good guy and a great system :emotion-21:

Hey Claude, I know of this journey, as I was there right at the start when I was down at your place to buy your KHorns and you were just starting to build up the "stack" Even back then in it's infancy, I remember it sounding pretty darn nice! I was just figuring that most members would be interested primarily in the K-402/1133 combo and that the DE-250 might be left behind on their own. A new pair are about $400 (I think) at PE, so your used pair might let me get to my 4Pi build at a bit more affordable cost. I am not a cardiac surgeon (although, I do play one on TV ), it was just a though. Tom

Quartets for sale over on AudioCircle. Looks like a good asking price.

Hey Claude, Any thoughts on parting out just the DE-250s to me? Thx, Tom

Hey Claude... PM Sent.

I think Chris is right in comparing the Cornscala to a real Cornwall, it certainly leans more to the CW side of thing vs. the LS side of things. For me, my Cornscalas are a fairly significant step up in performance over the 2 pairs of Cornwalls that I have previously owned! Those are 2 good indorcements from seti and Chris for the 4Pi, especially coming from the Klipsch point of refference. Chris, I will be taking delivery of a pair of used JBL (sorry for the swear word guys) 2226Hs on Monday, so it looks like I am about to take your suggestion... "Why don't you give them a try and let us know how it goes?" I probably won't get to the build until later in the new year, which will give me time to save and source the balance of the peices needed to fill Wayne's recipe. Not to mention that I am still elbows deep in my current project, a pair of Frugal Horns. Quite the contradiction to the Cornscalas, in size and configuration...

Shakey, I can wholeheartedly recommend Al's Xovers, I doubt you would be disappointed. Here are a couple shots of the inside of my CS...

Well Shakey, After reading a ton of Cornscala build threads I sort of had an idea of what I was after but things evolve as you go along. 2 winters ago I decided to start my Cornscala build, which would follow Bob's "C Style" recipe. Tweaked a bit from Bob's plan, I changed or added: 1" Baltic Birch, instead of 3/4', with the front baffle, bottom, and back getting an additional 3/4". Horizontal brace centered between the woofer and midrange that also supports the midrange driver. "T" brace across the inside of the tops. I adjusted the cabinet size slightly to ensure that I maintained the proper internal volume. I had planned on using Bob's Xover, but Al was just about to release his CornScala-Wall economy Universal and after speaking with AL I was lucky enough to get one of his very first pair. Al also suggested the B&C DE85TN instead of the Selenium D405. Since Al was not that familiar with Bob's M2380 midrange horns and how they would react with the DE85TN and the CornScala-Wall Xover, I sent one of my M2380s to Al for testing. End result was that Al thought this combo tested very well. The following components are used: Pair of Selenium D220TI Drivers Pair of Selenium HM 11-25 Horns Pair of Selenium B&C DE85TN midrange drivers Pair of M2380 horns Pair of midrange horn/driver support brackets and pair of 2 inch gaskets Pair of CW1526CF woofers Pair of ALK Engineering CornScala-Wall Economy Universal Crossovers Couple yards of Grill Cloth I am very happy with the way they turned out and feel that they are as good, if not better sounding than any of the "real Klipsch" that I have had in the house. I am maybe a little biased because I built them, but a few of my HiFi buddies also think these Cornscalas play music nicer than even my previous KHorns. Now… Back to my thread … how about those Four Pi speakers ?

Has anybody heard or tried Wayne Parham's Four Pi speaker? With the Klipsch Forum being down the last couple weeks, I found myself surfing a little more on some of the other boards (Audio Round Table, DIY, AudioKarma, etc) and came across a bunch of posts on Wayne's designs and builds. The Four Pi looks like it might be a nice speaker, it seems to get lots of love from those who have heard it. I would be curious to how the 4Pi would compare to my beefed up Cornscalas, has anybody compared the 2? http://www.pispeakers.com/contents.html

Korneff_45 This could be great opportunity for someone in the NY City area to pick p a great amplifier. If this was in the Toronto area at this price, I would be all over it.

Just noticed a nice pair of Oak KHorns on AGon: http://app.audiogon.com/listings/full-range-klipsch-klipschorn-estate-liquidation-sequential-s-no-disappointments-2013-08-02-speakers-99205Spokan, WA

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