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Hmmm... I offered asking price C.O.D. - CA$H delivered 10 miles - 48 hours ago - no joy. Just renewed my offer - we shall see...

You clowns need to get serious about ALTEC - look them up at LansingHeritage.org - before you embarrass yourselves again, please. The 16" ALTEC 421-8LF blows the K-33-xyz out of the water. 100W RMS "woofer" variant of the 421-8H II BASS/PA speaker. Rare bird, only offered in Stanley Screamers and a few select late ALTEC VOTT models. Same cone as the 604-HPLN [High Power Less Network] Duplex that Sound 80 Recording co-engineered with ALTEC in 1974 (when I was the midwest rep.) 100W - 35Hz - 97 dB/w @ 4 feet.

Look for a Bag-End Infra-Sub 18 - an astounding sub. My 1st one was sitting on a concrete slab floor - sounded like the floor was gone - immersed me in a 3D space! Get a pair for STEREO!

Prices please on the horns/adapters/908's? I PM'd my request on 8/17 - probably forgot to click on something... I prefer voice communications - ham radio guy since 1960 - as I talk much faster than I type! Cheers, NØCRE "Can't Remember Everything" Steve in Minneapolis

I have 4 ALTEC 9849A Studio Monitor 900-Hz networks with EQ + Zobel - listed on USAudioMart. Way better than N801-8A, drop-in replacements. Sorry, the 416-8B's I have aren't leaving my A7-500's, also listed on USAM. Cheers!

I have a single K-55-M here in Minneapolis, just removed from '88 LaScala. Make me an offer I can't refuse!

Please update with what you have - Horns, Drivers, Throat adapters, PRICES. I may be a buyer. Trade/Swap for mint ALTEC A7-500's or 1966 ALTEC Flamencos? Talk to me!

My understanding is the MR-594 fits Large-format 288/291 drivers with 1.4" throats requiring adaptors for 1" 800/900 drivers. The correct horn for 1" [MR-994] is rare, used in A15 VOTT, M-500, 9815 only. Molded GE NORYL - see the specs! With Room EQ & BiAmping - the Stacked A15's will absolutely keep up with JBL K2-M9500's!

My single La Scala was (mostly) sold today to another Klipsch fan in Edina, MN - almost my neighbor! I still have the K77 EV tweeter + horn (needs diaphragm), the K55 squawker driver (working) and the 2nd-order AL Balancing Network with 6 inductors & 6 capacitors. Offers welcome. Happy to send photos via email - since I've cancelled the local Minneapolis CL ad. The ALTEC A7-500's are still for sale on USAudioMart if you like big ALTECS. Cheers, Steve

Hey guys - these are all mine! Tucked away at an undisclosed location - in Edina MN 55424! I got lucky! Long story if you want to listen - send me your phone # - I talk much faster than I type! See my ads on USAudioMart & Minneapolis Craiglist - I didn't want to trouble you guys here... I'm a straight shooter - ALTEC-PRO rep 1974-75, built 36 DISCOS 1977-80, Calibrated Ears! Happy to accommodate offers from Forum Members! I'd much rather deal with the Klipsch Community audiophiles & professionals - than the ignorant idiot flippers!

WOW! I had a similar JBL 4648A briefly, installed into a Minneapolis church. Did the job! Here's a question for you BASS FREAKS: Why not discuss Gain Compression? The JBL specs reveal 3.2 dB Power Compression at rated Power! At least JBL admits their actual specs exist only in an ideal theoretical netherworld - not in the real acoustic world. See Notes #5 & 6 on the specs. https://www.jblpro.com/ProductAttachments/4638.pdf

How about a LUXMAN R-114? Very dynamic clean 50+50 WPC, awesome tuner. $125 + shipping at my cost (FedEx account discount) from Minneapolis.

Any suggestions? My stereo pair of SUB-12's will be located near the front channels and controlled by a dbx 120X-DS subharmonic synthesizer. The 3rd SUB-12 will be wired mono, and can be placed anywhere in the music room - the goal being to throw some bass 30' into the kitchen through a 5' x 7' archway - without "Pissing off the Neighbor" upstairs.

Long live KG4's! I have 4 pair [5.2 system] arranged as line arrays with 8" together and horns at ear level and near the ceiling. Sound field is everywhere - NO sweet spot. Hard to describe the presentation - but I can get the girls dancing in 30 seconds. Titanium 8 ohm diaphragms from Joe at Midwest Speaker or Bob Crites will relieve the 4kHz shriek and extend the HF-sizzle. Since KG4's are really 4 ohms you will need separate amplifier channels for each pair, but the best implementation is to parallel-wire them for mutual damping and drive them with a high damping-factor amplifier like the ADCOM GFA-555 that can handle 2 ohm loads, via #12 silver/copper cable. Stacking gain = 3dB. Power handling = 200W/Ch. Horizontal dispersion = 4X a single 8" midrange! Although I have Forte' II's, Quartet's, Tangent 5000's, and KP-201II's, guess what I listen to 80% of the time? Love those KG4's!

I couldn't help myself - I had to have them! Really missed my KP-201A's after I traded them for rent in 2012. Messed with ALTEC 9849's & JBL LE14C's for 3 years - no joy - proud to say I am now 100% Klipsch! These will be the 9th pair of Klipsch Loudspeakers in my music room - see my profile for system details. Thanks to kg4guy for his patience with the arrangements - very cordial & professional - great guy - we were on the same wavelength - from the first phone call!

Try searchtempest.com - it's fabulous if you are specific. I found a rare dbx-4BX (cheap!) 1100 miles from me in 10 minutes! Good luck! <8-)

I just refurbished a clean Technics SL-1600 w/minty dust cover - for a customer. I surgically shortened the two coaxial output cables to remedy an intermittent connection - seemed to be just beyond the strain-relief near the exit point - so I sacrificed a few inches of original cable and re-soldered both hots & shields back to their original terminations. Since I was billing $40/hr., I took photos of the procedure. After the doofus declined my $40 repair bill, I decided this would be MY new turntable. Went to Needle Doctor (one mile) inquiring about ADC XLM phono cartridges, my old favorite from the '70's. Installed the Gold ADC XLM cart w/new "Mk IV" stylus. Testing it soon. I can send photos tomorrow... Cheers from Minneapolis!

I'm curious about this too - I have 8 KG4's and all have paralleled woofers - the terminal plates state 6 ohms - the DCR is 3.9 ohms. An early-production pair was labelled 4 ohms, so what is the real scoop? That pair had 4-ohm phenolic diaphragms in the tweeters, and when I swapped them for 8-ohm the nasty 3-4 kHz peak disappeared.

Hello Tamino - I shipped 2 K-Horns to Tokyo, Japan 2 years ago, without a scratch! Freight Dynamics in Minneapolis picked them up, crated in plywood and insured them, shipped FedEx Air, for less than an air-only quote from several carriers. Two years before that, I shipped two JBL S1's to Khazakhstan - again, no issues. PM for details, glad to help. Cheers!

JBL L112 Century II's = home version of JBL 4411 Studio Monitors with 128 woofers, LE5 mids, & 044 amazing aluminum tweeters. Fun to listen to, but sonically incompatible with my stacked inverted Klipsch KG4's on Forte II's. The Klipsch work better in my room, the JBL monitors are much more analytical, "IN YOUR FACE" sound - ultra low distortion - extremely flat - rated for 300 Watts! Will swap for a nice pair of black Klipsch Forte II's - in Minneapolis - so I can complete my dream 5.1 Klipsch/Adcom system. May consider KP-201A Klipsch-PRO Heresy II's in road cabs with corners & handles + CA$H - I sold my pair to pay rent! This JBL L-112 photo is from the original owner - the exact same pair - I will send you fresh photos upon request. JBL 128 woofers were sucessfuly refoamed a few years ago at Midwest Speaker - they JUMP - no worries!

Hi guys - I had a verbal deal with Terry the seller - including delivery at his price, was on the phone with him, when he put the phone down, never came back! My guess is he saw all the emails streaming in, and dumped my call. When I called back, he had sold them to "his neighbor." Riiiiight! Steve in the MinneApple

LESS than helpful, Les! You're violating the spirit and the rules of the Klipsch forums! Your reply is OFF-TOPIC and UNGENTLEMANLY. I'm sorry you are having a bad day; hope things improve for you soon! Cheers!

In the OLD DAYS ('74) - we would quickly adjust the PREAMP-LEVEL attenuator on the LIE DETECTOR to a SUBJECTIVE EQUAL LOUDNESS on the music and the pair of speakers being compared. Want to change music? OK, reset levels. Change speakers? Reset levels. AGAIN! The human ear will ALWAYS prefer the louder of two sounds - maybe that's why PWK & JBL & ALTEC (RIP) sold so many speakers!

A/B comparisons MUST be done at the EXACT same SPL (volume) or they are INVALID! I helped ADVENT engineer their speaker comparator in '73 or so, and named it the LIE DETECTOR! As each speaker pair was selected, the preamp signal was routed through corresponding screwdriver trimpots that adjusted levels to the power amplifier to compensate for the widely different sensitivities of speakers. ONLY when A/B compared at the SAME VOLUME could any subjective decisions be made. My favorite A/B was JBL (Just Be Loud) L-100 vs. the Advent Loudspeaker. Guess who won! Half the price, an octave deeper bass, better top end too! Steve

The K-1005-K woofer is on the bench, driven directly by a power amp, same GRAINY sound. I have decided it's probably bad glue seams at the VC where it joins the cone. As I push - or pull - on the cone the distortion diminishes. Any woofer-repair guys want to chime in with some ideas? I'd like to find a working K-1005-K, or K-1001-K from the KG5.2 (What's the difference?) to replace this fuzzy-buzzy woofer. I'm selling the KG4.2's for a friend, and I can't justify $100 + shipping for a woofer on ePay! Thanks for any ideas. I have sine/sweep/pink noise generators, 61-band RTA w/mic, VOM's etc.... How to test further? What am I LOOKING FOR? Cheers and Happy Listening! Steve in the MinneApple