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The original literature I got with my HOO Heresies says to oil the wood. From the few things I've found on here, it seems that Watco gets mentioned, but I've been unable to find it locally. I found this stuff at my local hardware store. Is it OK? I tried it on my slanted risers, and it seems to work fine, no discoloration or anything. But I wanted to check before I did the speakers.

If you're like me, you'll reprocrastinate and not redo it at all.

They are definitely late model, but I think they may even be a mid-change step child of sorts. The mids are K-53, but, and one woofer the stamp is hardly there, and the other is kind of hard to read, I think they say K-22. From what I've read, the K-22 should go with the K-55, correct?

I think the goal of reproducing the sound of a live performance is futile. Sure, there are lots of reflections that affect the sound, when you are there, but the recording you are listening to is colored by so many things - the type and placement of microphones, the way the recording is mixed, etc. Plus, the attempt to mimic the reflected sounds, well, we all know where this leads, and I've heard about 901 reasons why this sounds terrible. Myself, I mostly listen to studio albums. And I think these are best reproduced by basic two channel systems. I found this board because I recently purchased a pair of really nice Heresy I's, and I love the sound. But I still do most of my listening on a system I have at my computer desk. The speakers are homemade single driver TQWPs (look it up if you are curious) and I really enjoy these. They are connected to a nice old NAD receiver, and sound very nice on a wide range of music. Single driver speakers don't go real low, or high, but for the midrange, where human voices and the majority of instruments are concentrated, they sound very natural and open.

OK, so the autoformer is used to pad down one of the drivers, kinda like a resistor would in a more standard circuit. Anyone on the crossover placement? Was this done to matched pairs?

Would it be worthwhile to replace the inductor with a good air core model? Autoformer eh? I remember seeing an article about the Zero autoformer some time back. Does this one change the impedance of the entire speaker, or just one of the drivers?

I'm thinking of replacing the caps in my '84 Heresies. Looking at the crossovers, I'm familiar with inductors, capacitors and resistors. What the heck are these transformer looking things, and what do they do? Also, it is a pair with consecutive serial numbers, and the crossovers are on different walls in each speaker, one on the left and one on the right. Is this normal?

Thanks. Yea, I was thinking about this, also. The nice thing is, the back comes off really easily, but not much in the way of sealing. I'll try your suggestions when I do the input cups.

Roger. That's what I was thinking. Don't get me wrong. I love the sound of the Heresies. I was so stoked to find a nice pair for a really reasonable price. But I've read a lot on this forum about their lack of bass, and I'm thinking of ways to improve it. Since the mid and tweet are self contained, that's all the box is for.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Yea, I understand about material increasing the virtual volume. Which, usually isn't a bad thing when you are considering bass drivers. I was more concerned with interior reflections, and it seems that the factory was too, in later models. I'm going to go ahead and do some experimenting with wall treatments. See what I think. It's always easily reversible. Years ago, when I first started playing with speakers, I added some fiberglass to the interior walls of some very basic three ways with an 8" woofer. They instantly were less boomy, and the bass tightened up a lot.

So you think they made no concessions to cost? No trade-offs? Just pure high end, the best of everything? You are an ad mans dream consumer.

I finally opened up the pair of beautiful HOO Heresies I bought a while back. I'm interested in putting some decent binding posts or terminal cups in them. There's lots of room behind the blocks that are there, so I think it's going to be cups. But... the walls are BARE! What's up with that? I've built a few speakers, and you ALWAYS line the walls with something. And pipes and TLs you stuff. And since these are CBs, I think they could really benefit from some wall treatment. At least an inch of fiberglass, maybe some of the sonic barrier stuff from PE. What does the Klipsch illuminati think? Has anyone done this? Help or not? There has to be some crazy reflections going on in that box, and the Heresy is well known for not being a bass powerhouse. Seems like it could only help.

Terry Cain speakers are well known among the single driver/full range crowd. I have a pair of homemade TQWPs with some really basic 5 1/4" drivers that sound amazing for their size. I use them in my home office, currently with a NAD 7125.

Thanks everyone. The placement will change. "Cane" grills, huh. So how many options were there for grills? It seems the only ones I've seen besides these are black. And a question about the S/N. It is 8420639 and 8420640. So is that the 2nd week of 1984 or the 20th? The page I've seen referenced for S/Ns always shows eight digits, not seven, like YYWWxxxx.

Yea, the dresser is temporary. Didn't have anyplace else to put them. They sure fill up the room, though! I'm fairly certain the slanted stands are original. They still have the little hardware bags attached to them. He even gave me the original brochure that came with the speakers.

Hey all! I just bought a pair of Heresy's, and absolutely love 'em. I'm hearing things in recordings I'd never noticed before. The bass isn't bad, but the mids and highs seem awesome to these old ears. One question. The guy I bought 'em from gave me the slanted stands that match, but also a pair of rectangular stands, he thought made by the original owner, that are about 8" tall and match the speakers. Did Klipsch ever make anything like these? Because if they aren't factory, the guy did a damn good job with the construction. Anyway, here's what they look like. Very nice shape for a twenty five year old, I think!