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  1. Price seems fair and its the right cable for behind the wall installs. Maybe make a offer & save a few more dollars.
  2. RAID 10 would be another great option.
  3. two twelve inch woofers will push the equivalent of close to 1.5 times a fifteen inch woofer. The Chorus and the KLF both use the same mid driver. The horn on the KLF is a very wide band horn but it is very thin walled. The KLF mid horn responds well to some structural reinforcement and damping as it can be made to vibrate when the woofers play loud. The KLF do play lower than either Chorus do. The real baffle of the Chorus is nor braced in any way and can vibrate enough to actually slap the mid driver. The KLF cabinet panels are smaller and will vibrate at higher frequencies that those of the Chorus. Since the OP has a pair of Chorus ll and is looking for some additional I would like to offer a suggestion that might just provide the added bass and cost a few dollars at most. All that needs to be done is to glue 2.5 ounces of steel washers (two large ones) on to the centre of the passive. If you don't like it simply remove the washers. I came up with this mod originally on a pair of Quartet then on a pair of Forte ll. A small amount of five minute epoxy works well to bond the washers together and to fix the combined washers to the passive. Four or five small dots works very well and makes them easy to remove if desired. Best regards Moray James. The Chorus II & KLF 30 do not share the same midrange driver, the Chorus II uses the K- 61 with a phenolic diaphragm & the KLF 30 uses the K-52 with a Polymer diaphragm. Even with a 3/4" bucking magnet on the back of the the K-61 the driver never vibrates near to slapping the back of the cabinet. Adding weight to your passives is a risky move if you like your music loud, i tore a passive from the frame once, adding weight to the passive will increase the risk of damage.
  4. 4-8 Gb of memory is plenty for almost any application using Windows Vista or newer.
  5. 3 hard drive RAID 5 would be my choice.
  6. Keep the Chorus II's. Experiment with moving the speakers to and from your back wall or corners to adjust your bass. Update your crossovers if they are still factory units. Add a proper sub if you are still not satisfied, KLF 30's would be a downgrade in my opinion.
  7. The SSD will be your best upgrade by a longshot. Video card if you play the latest graphic intensive games. 8 Gb of memory is plenty, 8 more will make no difference in normal usage. Waiting for your hard drive to find something sucks. Here is a chart to determine best babg for your buck. Passmark link
  8. Either crimp or solder connections are great options as long as its done right. I avoid the crimp style with the plastic sleeves myself as you crimp more of the plastic sleeve than the connection itself, if it must be insulated i would go with heat shrink tubing over the crimped joint.
  9. jason str

    Got Lucky

    What works for me is to look for something else, that seems to be when other lost items show up.
  10. Last few photo's with my Jippo Fuji Finepix A400 before it sold. My new Samsung is nice but no flash.
  11. Dad at the park. Best i could get out of my Fuji Finepix 400 My first experience with Klipsch was shopping for a new pair of speakers, i spent a good 6 months looking for a pair i could love for years to come. I ended up buying a pair of Chorus II's from a long gone stereo store in Niles Illinois and have been very happy with them ever since. Powering them at the time was Kenwood's flagship KVR 9020 but soon replaced with Adcom GFA 5500 amp & GTP 350 preamp purchased from Simply Stereo to get more sound out of the Klipsch set, big improvement. My father heard my Chorus II's and quickly retired his Altec Lansing Valencia's he purchased new in the late 60's. Since i have owned many sets of Klipsch speakers and have no future plans to replace my current Chorus II's & La Scala's.
  12. Here is a link on your video card compared to other models. PassMark #1 question is impossible to answer without testing. #2 Answered in post #3 #3 You can make the resolution whatever you want up to the monitors maximum rating and resize it however needed when viewing anything on screen. Lots of better cards out there for the money, check out that link and look around theres lots of good information on there.
  13. Long time no see, glad to hear things are looking up. Hope you're staying around a bit longer.
  14. These would be great for the shop. Nice find.
  15. Raw driver attached to the motorboard for break in, i talc the wood to be sure it clears the surround before install. Hooked up right in the room where i sleep through the night, can't hear a thing.
  16. Put a filter on the intake to keep dust down to a minimum.
  17. A widescreen monitor will have more pixels than a standard version but if you're not doing anything graphic intensive theres really nothing to worry about either way.
  18. For document reading & the like you can go with a bigger screen with no worries.
  19. Maybe i should be more clear with my answer, you should be able to run 2 monitors at that resolution with one card but it will slow things up considerately. 16 Cuda cores is not much power to work with.
  20. Its rated for the card and not multiple screens. As long as you wont be gaming or doing anything graphic intensive you will be ok. What size monitors were you looking at ?
  21. They all use the same parts, one manufacturer makes the mainboards for just about all the brands and the rest is nearly the same stuff. Dell is OK but not worth paying extra for the name. If you plan on getting a Windows 8 machine be sure to get a touchscreen, its worth the extra $.
  22. Most of these laptop brands are the same, get one that suits your needs and your budget. Even the most basic laptop will have enough power to get you through your searches. Frys offers good prices & many options, buy something new if you can, refurbished products can be iffy.
  23. Had plans to go myself but the flu bug got ahold of me and don't feel good enough unfortunately, kinda bummed out.
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