JackDalton

I'm fairly impressed with his response. Sounds like he has a lot of experience and is quite thorough. What he's specified mostly goes beyond what I'd consider preventative maintenance, it seems more like upgrading and/or modification. I'm interested in how much he'd charge for those services. I'm sure he's out of my league!

I doubt there is any meaningful preventative maintenance that can be performed on a KSW-15 to keep the amp from failing. I'd be curious to hear exactly what kind if PM he'd do. My opinion is that you should not trust your tech any farther than you can throw him.

Yes - Isn't Dweezil's rendition of "Black Napkins" on Zappa Plays Zappa wonderful?

Thanks JMON, that info will come in handy sometime. I'm sure my buddy VideoGuy will have to buy a pair of KHorns one of these days (he'll say I made him do it). We once fit 4 Chorus IIs, 6 KG 1s, a KLF-C7 (boxed), and a small 5.1 non-Klipsch set in the back of my Trooper. It was tight, but we had measured before the roadtrip and had a pretty good idea it would all fit. My Trooper is also known as the KRV (Klipsch Recovery Vehicle). Regards, Art

Seems like it may be a chronic problem with these: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-PureAV-Theater-Power-Console/product-reviews/B000637RPC/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R1UE5M26TTGOJZ Sorry.

Or this: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/morse/4477.html

"Let the Right One In" was quite good. Different, not your typical horror film.

It's often the flyback transformer (that's used to generate the high voltage for the CRT). If you're lucky it has a clamp that can be tightened to reduce the noise. Sometimes a bit of shimming with a nonconductive material can help. But if you're not used to working inside a TV you might want to seek expert help - there's potentially lethal voltages present. It's also a great way to get thrown across the room. Regards

And I assumed you were Harvey Keitel.

I used to work not far from the Capital Records building in Hollywood. Another forum member, VideoGuy, was telling me about those echo chambers a while back - they are so good that their clients pipe audio in/out from around the world. Larry (VideoGuy), with a background in audio production, has also worked on those plate reverbs mentioned, changing transducers, etc.. Now he just collects Klipsch speakers. Lots of them. He's an eBay Power Buyer. I worked at what was originally Metromedia Square, a large television production facility. It had a small echo chamber in the basement. There was an unmarked door in a hallway that led to a small room. The room was completely detached from the rest of the building, sitting on huge springs and all on a separate little foundation. Inside the room was a speaker and a microphone. The audio control rooms had trunks down to the mic and speaker in the echo chamber on their patchbays. The facility eventually became Fox Television Center, the birthplace of the network. After Fox moved the whole facility was torn down.

Unfortunately, the lightning strike exceeded the MOV's ability to protect your sub. Have you plugged it into anything besides the original surge protector? It's a longshot, but perhaps you're not getting power through the surge protector. But more likely, because the fuse is intact I'd bet something besides the MOV has failed in the sub. Sorry about that. Thankfully the rest of your gear survived. You may want to open up your surge protector and inspect the MOV's in there. Good luck, Art

My Chorus II's have wires going from the binding posts to the crossover circuit board. You will have to solder a wire onto the binding post. Just make a good mechanical connection first (wrap the wire around the post) and hit it with the iron. Feed in some solder and take the iron off when it flows. On bigger stuff like this it sometimes helps to have a good size iron so you can heat it quickly enough that the heat doesn't have time to migrate elsewhere and melt things. A Forte I purchased recently had a binding post broken off. Klipsch wanted too much for a replacement (about 6 times what I ended up paying) and it wasn't certain that it would be exactly the same as the originals. I replaced all four with some decent gold ones from Parts Express: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=091-1150 However, I had to modify things a bit to get them to fit. On my Fortes the end of the binding post goes up though the crossover PC board and a piece of bus wire is soldered on on the top of the PC board. The replacement posts did not protrude though the plate as the originals so I had to sand the outside oval plastic plate to thin it enough that the post would go though the PC board so that I could solder the wire on the top to it. In hindsight I realize I could have just run a wires from the posts up through the hole the original or to the holes the bus wire goes in) to the PC board like the Chorus. Would have been a lot easier, those plastic plates are made of some incredibly hard plastic. But they would have stuck out the back of the speaker a little bit more. That's the only thing I don't like about the new ones - they are not flush with the rear of the speaker. They stick out just a bit and would be subject to damage during transport. I may have to go back and fix that at some point. Parts Express has dimensioned drawings of some of their binding posts that you can download, kind of nice. I'm putting some of their speaker grills over the passives on both the Fortes and Chorus II's: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=260-375 I'm worried that one of our cats will use one as a scratching post and I've seen quite a few damaged ones for sale with the explanation "One of the dust caps is pushed in but it doesn't affect the sound". But those grills don't fit well with the supplied hardware. Especially on the Fortes which have the passives recessed a bit. On the Chorus they are pretty much flush but the clamps still don't hold them tight enough. Monoprice.com is worth a look for the binding posts, they seem to have very good prices. Regards

OB - Yes, Robert Cray is quite good! I played the heck out of Strong Persuader years ago. Kinda took a break from music for a number of years and missed a lot. Back in now and catching up. I've heard to some of his newer stuff and really like it, too. Back Door Slam and Phone Booth are both very good tunes. Getting into JLH, too. Gotta get The Healer soon. I've been recording a few hours of the Sirius blues channel on my DVR every night. I've been finding all kinds of great stuff I never new existed!

Thank you, sir. Great bunch of characters on the forum, and a wealth of knowlege. Decent taste in speakers, too. Regards, Art (JackDalton is just a username I tend to use. When I was young any time I traveled my father always made me make a person to person to Jack Dalton (Jack was never there) to let him know I got to my destination safely)

Mudkicker - I'm not sure how much they were new but I would imagine quite a bit more than $158.00. I'm pretty sure I've seen a few go on eBay for $125.00 not too long ago. At least you'd have nice new woofs in yours. Despite what my pal srobak (the ambassador, gracious welcomer of new members) says, damage in shipping should not be completely ruled out, though it is very possbile they are blown. A search on the forum seems to indicate that shifted magnets would also be a possibilty, Probably worth opening them up for a look. If you don't mind me asking, what did the auction say regarding the working condition of the speaker? If it was clearly stated as-is you might be scewed. If that's not the case, what is the sellers reason for taking no responsibility? How was the speaker packed? By the way, I'm slowly building a surround system myself. Picked up a pair of Chorus II's a few months back (for only $300.00!). Got a pretty good deal on a KLF-C7 center and a KSW-15 sub more recently. Now waiting for the right deals on rears and a receiver. I having a hard time with having to cough up as much, or nearly as much, as I paid for the Chorus II's for a relatively small pair of rear speakers. But they are evidently in strong demand. Currently running a Yamaha RX-V592 that I got for $30.00. The Chorus II's blow me away. Every time I fire them up I can't believe how great they sound (I haven't had a decent system in a long time). The sub is a fun addition but haven't been able to utilize the center yet. The reciever only does Dolby Pro Logic and it sounds way better in regular stereo mode.

"Sorry, but that's not likely at all, JackDalton. Better chance of hitting the Mega Millions." Well, it apparently happens. See http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/85312/858482.aspx#858482

Or the speaker could have taken a hit during shipping and the frames on the woofs bent.