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To answer your question, both.[] They shouldn't be harsh. A tube amp could only help, but you should be fine with what you have. And yes, the room is hard. I'm wondering of the crossover needs refreshed.

Okay, there's more to these than met my ears. Still and all, I can't imagine them being more listenable than the RB5.

Oh, and no wonder so many pop recordings from the early 70's, when these boxes ruled in recording studios everywhere, sound so awful.

I scored the JBLs recently at a garage sale for $10. I probably heard some way back when but really don't know how they sound. After some searching I was surprised to find people pay big money for these, typically well over used Heresy prices with which it is comparably sized. I thought I'd flip them but figured I ought to give them a listen first. I mean, you never know, right? I cobbled together a system to run them in my shop and pulled out a pair of RB5s I've had for 3 years or so. I'll sheepishly admit I've never hooked them up. So basically, I'm comparing two unknowns. First, the RB5s: Surprisingly smooth and warm, with fantastic imaging and a nice full-range sound well beyond what I expected for their small size. Then I hooked up the much larger 4311Bs. Nasal, pinched, congested, flat, cold and, wait for this...an adjective I've never used personally but have heard applied so many times to Klipsch, SHOUTY. Yes, it literally sounds like somebody with a clothespin on their nose, who has been breathing helium and is singing through cupped hands! How that descriptor ever got applied to Klipsch is beyond me. Like I said, I'm flipping them... to some deleriously happy JBL 'bot.

My jaw is on the floor! That will certainly get the Spirit moving in the house of God. Eh.

To reiterate: The pump is everything, the engine is of little consequence. CAT or General are the quality pumps. My pressure washer cost $2000+ but it is a large model with all the good parts.

WOW! And look at those manuals! I picked up a pair of JBL 4311B in great shape at a garage sale for $10 yesterday. Heavy little buggers.

She lives just down the road...modest house, mows her own grass, nice lady.

Great thread. I'm listening to a live feed of New Orleans' JazzFest on the greatest station anywhere, WWOZ. Klipschorns, Luxman, one of those lil' bitty new Sony HD tuners.

Offhand, it sounds like a very "hard" room, meaning reflective. As far as bass output, it's tough to get higher low-distortion bass output than the Klipschorn. But, as you know, bass is tricky stuff and room & mode dependant.

The label will tell you. If it's a II it will say "Cornwall II" on the label.

jacksonbart, that is, um, well, that just is. Honestly folks, this needs to go off the board. M'kay?

I think we've been doing quite well.[] Incidentally, my biggest inspiration for local, village thinking and living came from my 11 trips to East Africa. Most of my work there has been in one fairly remote Maasai village. Other than heavy-handed and worrisome meddling from the outside by the government, politics has little meaning there. In fact, global economics has little meaning there. They govern themselves and their "economics" is almost completely local. They live well.

I was just cruising the Front Porch Republic blog site and one of the contributors is one Patrick J. Deneen. Any kin, Mark? My daughter knows him. The Front Porch guys are very into Wendell Berry. My daughter had me read his novel Hannah Coulter, a superb read that illumines his localist philosophy brilliantly without preaching. I need to look for more from him.

Yes! Moving on to a more meaningful life I will predict. Working people have been stuffed into a tight box. On the left and right sides are pointless political parties. On the top is your employer capping you off, underneath are the minimum standards of consumption lifestyle making you continue to tread the wheel. Behind you are voracious debt collectors, and in front is a dream - an illusion of freedom. Don't just think out of the box, jump right out of it all together and free your self. That box was built for you intentionally. It is like a "juicer" - designed to extract from you every ounce of valuable life. Valuable for the people controlling the box. You are only in it by your choice. Unionism and respect for labor was destroyed by a 50 year public relations campaign to discredit the concept of "solidarity" in the USA. This concept is still alive in Europe, but died here. So, we pit worker A against Worker B, and create false points of antagonism. It is called divide and conquer. But all that is not meaningful now. The labor force has lost. You can either continue to weep and gnash your teeth and tread the mill for the winner, or you can say, "Ah Ha! I'll just jump right out of your phony box!" Wage Labor + Consumption does NOT = Happiness. There is another way. Hey Mark, ever read EF Schumacher? I'm specifically thinking of his Guide for the Perplexed and Small is Beautiful. Increasingly, I'm drawn to the concepts of localism.."villagism", if you will. There is a group of writers & philosophers on a similar track who call themselves the "Front Porch Republic" that my daughter follows.

What is their condition? They are an oiled walnut finish. The SN indicates around 1980 or so (I don't have the chart in front of me. If the cabinets are flawness and as new with all drivers working, $400. Normal wear and tear-$300. If there are any driver issues, somewhat less depending on the issues.

Wait...Baton Rouge, a 928, home-built Klipschorns. I'm betting we know each other. That you, Stan?

Amazing-looking horn! Keep us updated. Can I see & hear them when you finish? Did you build the Universals yourself? Nice to see another Red-Sticker here.

I'm actively protesting...

Okay, I'll bite...what old guitar?

Forte does bass wonderfully. Bass response is very room and placement dependant. Fortes will be a definite step up. Do it.

Louisiana. What can you say...

Total jaw-dropper

Oops. I'm off to update my profile. Then I'll email you. Meanwhile, I am evanpyle AT att DOT net

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