moxie

Dean--- Maybe my Quartets circa'86 could be improved, updated or refreshed, what say you?

I agree with the others that said don't forget about "modern" or I guess in this case "semi-modern" big band stuff My neighbors all know my two CDs by Doc Severinson (sp?) and the Ex-Toight Show (Johnny Carson era) Band. They should have been kept together by government money as a national treasure! Doc can be a bit much wailing WAY up there, but they sound amazing through my old Quartets (I hope its not against the law here to mention them, all I ever see here is Forte-Chorus, like the little brother is the red haired stepchild), each supported by an SW10 sub. At 95db its like they're in the room! Your dad may have grown up with that original era but I'll bet he groaned each time they went to commercial as Doc and Tommie Newsom and the boys were cranking.

I also wanted my Klipsch stuff to match, in my case with a teak bookcase. Fearing the worst I rubbed a reddish "mahogany" on my "oak oil" cabinets and---woow, teak. Then I bought a black flat paint (or stain, don't know) sub and thought I could live with it, but noooooo........ So I sanded it first with a coarser grit then finished it with 150-200, mixed up some stain and wooow, Teak. If your stuff is veneered in a real wood finish why not put in some work, find a tan to kahki stain and make the whole room and system look killer custom. Just like the sound, only you have to like the way they look.