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Agree with the others that you did no damage to your gear and as far as the tube go, just a relatively small impact to their finite lifespans. However, I think the big concern here is with fire. I had a power tube fail on me upon power up of couple months ago. I'm just glad I was right there when it happened to quickly shut the amp down. Had I been out of the room or worse, away from the house (yes, I've also forgotten to turn my equipment off), I don't know how bad it could've been, Also correct on the thermal cycling not being good for electronics. I have a friend that used to work in the semiconductor industry and he told me they left the equipment running 24/7. Part of the reason was that they were always in use, but the other was to avoid thermal cycling. Materials expand and contract as temperatures rise and fall and not all at the same rates -- think about that happening to all those electrical connections (solder joints in many cases). Reliability is a big deal with large-scale manufacturing but also consider that this was mega-buck equipment that they want to last as long as possible.

It was "Sound Ideas." I saw and heard it as well. They had a theater room with Khorns in the front, a Belle center, and Khorns in the back flying upside down from the ceiling. I don't know how they mounted them as it was probably twenty years ago.

For corner placement, the very back panel is where I think I would prefer them. There would be no interference with the wall in that location, especially if one wanted to add 5-way binding posts (along with associated banana plugs on speaker wires). Take a look at the photo showing where HPower located them.

I'd try cleaning them with steam. If you have a clothes steamer for removing wrinkles in your clothes, give that a shot (just don't soak them). As far as moving Khorns up and down stairs, I found the easiest way is to remove the top section (and side grills). Then get a hand truck (preferably with pneumatic tires), wrap the Khorn bass bin with a nice blanket, and use ratchet straps to secure the bass bin to the hand truck. Once you get that bass bin secured to the hand truck and protected with a padded blanket, it's not too difficult to move it up and down stairs. I've done this by myself many times with Belles, Khorns, and La Scalas.

I like the move of the wire terminals too. The only problem I see is that if you are planning to tuck the speakers tightly into the corners, that panel is the panel that will be flush against the wall.

I'd also recommend the Acurus ACD-11. It's a good quality inexpensive CD player on the used market (no longer made). For used CD players, the key is to make sure you can find one that doesn't have a ton of use -- CD players have limited lifespans that are directly related to amount of play time.

Here are some more: https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/6035751487.html https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ele/6033859843.html These appear to be EV versions of the KPT-904: https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/6034998776.html

I guess to answer the question you were really asking, I'll offer this piece of advice someone once game me. Ironically, this came from someone I worked with in the first company I mentioned in my story above. This person had also left the company a month or so before me and also took a job at a startup. Well, as fate would have it, his startup also went belly up (notice the trend?). The advice he gave me was to enjoy the time off and don't get worked up about finding your next paycheck. He said you'll be working again soon enough and you'll no longer have all this free time to enjoy and just do whatever you please. He said he would go to the park almost every day to just enjoy the scenery, peacefulness, and just relax. For me, I wasn't able to enjoy the time off from a mental standpoint. My body may have been relaxing, but my mind wasn't at peace. The advice was true though -- I eventually started working again and haven't stopped since. That was about fifteen years ago or so and it's rare that I've had more than a consecutive week off at a time.

I'm a big fan of the Cornwall. For overall sound, I preferred them over the La Scala / Belle by a slight margin. I prefer them by much larger margin over the Chorus II. With nice tube amplification, it takes the Klipschorn to best them in my opinion. The Cornwall is a very musical speaker. YMMV As mentioned above, if you can snag both, decided for yourself and sell the set you want less.

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I too was confused...

Thought about it once -- the work environment wasn't good and the company wasn't well run. The job was also probably the least interesting I've had. I stuck it out as I didn't have anything else in place and I was working too many hours, weekends, and holidays to spend much time finding a new job. When I eventually did, the VP of HR requested to do my exit interview. He wanted to know what was going on and I was very honest with him. He flat out told me he wasn't going to try to convince me to stay and said I would be better off in the new job. A few months after I left, he also left the company. I heard that not long after big changes were made -- some people were let go and others were demoted. Unfortunately for me, the job I ended up taking was a start-up company that eventually went belly-up like most did during that time. I was out-of-work for the only time in my career. They employees from the now defunct company set-up a great network where everyone tried to help everyone else. What I found out was that it was much harder to find a job when you didn't have a job. Employers will question why you are not working. When it hasn't happened to you, some don't realize that it can happen to anyone and not just bad employees. I had an interview for a position that I was a great fit for -- it took two of my job experiences that were totally unrelated to meet the skills they were looking for. That alone made me a rare candidate. My interview went very well but they kept asking about my unemployment status. One of the references I gave them was from a former VP of that start-up. They did get in touch with him. He followed back up with me afterwards and let me know that he gave me a positive review but they kept asking him why I was out-of-work. He reminded them that he was also unemployed at the time for the very same reason as I, through no fault of own other than making a bad employment choice. I ended up not getting that job. The bottom line is that it is much easier to get a job if they know you have a job. It also makes negotiations more favorable for you. The other important thing to consider is health insurance. If you are the sole provider, then that should be a huge part of your decision to walk away from a job. If you have kids, that is even more critical -- kids get sick and if you're lucky it will only be minor things.

I can highly recommend the Juicy Music pCAT amplifiers. The trouble is they are no longer made and difficult to find for sale. They will play plenty loud with Cornwalls. Juicy music also has some nice matching preamps, but likewise would only be available used. Of the JM products, the pCATs are my favorite. If you don't need extreme volume levels, Single Ended Triodes (SETs) can also be very nice and should also be looked at if high volume isn't a requirement. I found that a 2A3 SET amp satisfied my volume levels for about 98% of my listening with Khorns. If you don't spend all your budget and have similar listening habits as me, you can allocate some of it for another amp to cover that additional 2%. I've also been happy with the Cary gear that I have owned.

I'd have to agree -- don't appear to be made by Klipsch based on construction and unmatched veneer.

Awesome job! Now how do they sound?

Nice! Congrats!

The 15' to 20' screen size is going to be the challenge. Brightness will be one of the capabilities needed. The other will be a projector capable of filling that size of screen. Yes, you can just pull the projector back until it fills the screen, but the projector will need to also be able to focus at that distance and I'm not sure you will be able to do that with any home projector. You will likely need to look at commercial projectors which means the $500 range will be unlikely. The Projector People should be able to give you a complete answer in about five minutes. Give them a call: 1-800-248-0675.

As mentioned by others, one option is to go with several large high efficiency direct radiators. This method gives you the lower distortion (via small excursion on each driver) that would be desired with your horn main speakers. Posted below are some topics regarding some pro bass-bins that were available for cheap a while back. They were not subs and don't go as low, but they may go low enough for your needs (they do mine!). Though still large, they may be easier to move around and position than a larger horn cabinet. Also, ran across this other old topic you might find interesting:

Well maybe someday, but probably not anytime soon. I do get there on occasion.

From the maps in each of the ads posted, it appears these are made in (or at least sold from) Taos, NM. It'd be interesting to hear them.

Sake is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Unlike wine, in which alcohol (ethanol) is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in grapes, sake is produced by a brewing process more like that of beer, where the starch is converted into sugars before being converted to alcohol.

This is a great sounding multi-channel amp configurable to 3, 4, 5, or 6 channels. There seems to be some cosmetic imperfections, but if the amp works as it should, this seems to be a very good value. I've not seen a price this low for this model. http://www.ebay.com/itm/132055615508

I really don't own any multi-channel music. I think I may have one or two SACDs but that's about it. It was good to hear the higher resolution with SACD but sadly that format never took off. That's interesting that you're finding better recordings from multi-channel.

Same thing I was thinking...

This is really neat news! Are the Forte's going to be on display in salesrooms around the country? These and all the other big (and expensive) speakers need to be heard in order to sell. The younger people need to hear them. Those that were around when Klipschorns and the like could be auditioned at the local audio store know what they sound like but most/many probably already own them. The next generations needs to experience these in person -- this is where most future purchases will come from. I like that they are being paired with a tube amp!