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That does look sleek. I think I would be dying to try the Bob Latino VTA/ST-120 with those Chorus II's though. Do you still have it?

I've never tried a SET amp with my Khorns, but I originally tried a couple of not worthy solid state amps and then tried tubes via a Scott 222D. The speakers sounded great with that amp, but it seemed to run out of gas at about 12 o'clock and I sometimes like things a little louder. I'm currently running mine with a Pioneer SA-9100 amp that is fairly tubey sounding, and it sounds good ... but it's just not as good as tubes. I think something like an ST-70 would be perfect for them. I've been lookiing at the kits from Bob Latino with much lust, and am hoping I get a decent tax return this year and maybe I could swing it. The Scott 222D is now powering my Chorus I's, and they sound beautiful - even better than the Khorns really - and that's not right. I'm curious if anyone is using an ST-70 with their Klipshorns and what kind of results they might be getting.

I'll second USNRET's recommendation for the FM-6 outdoor antenna. The FM-6 has the proper element length and is designed for the FM band. I build and maintain radio stations for a living and have tried quite a few options. I live near the Utah / Idaho border and am about the same distance from the Salt Lake stations. I'm surrounded by mountains and had to point the FM-6 at the one spot where I could get reception - but it worked. I've since replaced the FM-6 with an APS-13 antenna, but that was $200 and is 17 feet long and is no longer available. It's probably the best FM antenna you could buy for home use and while better than the FM-6, it's not a huge difference. The FM-6 is cheap, relatively small, easy to install, and the best bang-for-your-buck antenna that I know of. 50 miles is still a ways away, but if you don't have too many mountains in the way (I'm pretty sure you may have, though), then you should get great results from it.

I decided to try this trick about a month ago, even though I was satisfied with the Chorus I's bass already. I picked up a couple of 4" tubes from the UPS store (they don't have them laying about, but if you ask they should have them in the back somewhere). They were too big and sturdy to shove in as is, so I cut them to 7 inches then used a ruler and a sharpie to make a line from end-to-end and cut them lengthwise with a jigsaw. This allowed me to fold them in to get them in place and then spread them back out to make a tight fit. The tubes do lower the bass noticeably. My initial impression was that the bass sounded lower but not quite as natural sounding. I guess it depends on what kind of music and voicing you like. For now I'm leaving them in as I've gotten used to them. I'd like to do more experimenting with lengths when I get more time. But this is a cheap and easy mod to try, so I would recommend it for anyone with Chorus I's. I spent maybe $10 on the tubes. I saw a photo of someones speakers where they only had one tube in one of the two ports in each speaker and am curious if that was how they are running them. I guess I could pull one out of each speaker but they are in there nice and tight now, so I figured I'd ask first.

I have the AA crossovers in my Klipschorns. A few years ago I was on a budget and decided to go a little cheaper on caps to see if it made a difference. I used Jantzen Crosscaps for the 2.2's and a Dayton 5% on the 13 (I used a 12, because it was within 10%). Well, live and learn. I really believe in the Crosscaps because I recapped a set of Chorus I's with them, and they sound great. The big cap was bigger than the original circuit board of the entire crossover ... like maybe the size of a small coke can, so I mounted that cap seperately. They sound great and I don't plan to change anything. But the Klipschorns never sounded quite right. I started preferring the sound of the Chorus' over the Klipshcorn. So I bit the bullet and ordered Bob's kit and installed it yesterday. Well, I wish I had just done that from the start. They sound great and the difference isn't subtle. I've heard mixing caps can be a bad idea, so who knows why they sounded "off". Your La Scalas are great speakers and deserve nice caps. Bob's caps are really great sounding and worth the money - you could spend more I guess, but just don't try to cheap it like I did. I learned my lesson the hard way.

If I had it to do again, I would take my time. I couldn't wait to get 'em in there, so I rushed the process and made assumptions, rather than asked questions.

Thanks for the response Bob, it would have been simple enough to ask, I just didn't see the plastic in the pictures on the website instructions. But I do have good dexterity, at least I thought. I should have made sure first!

I got a set of these today and was ready to treat them like a surgery after reading this. I managed to make a couple of mistake so hopefully I can share some insight on how not to make the same mistakes that I did. When you pull the tweeter horns out after removing the screws, there is a rectangular rubber gasket that hides the circular cutout in the wood. Carefully tilt the horns out, and have a pair of needlenose sitting on top of the speaker to remove the connectors in a side-to-side motion. I marked the magnet on the back for the wire coloring. Getting the old diaphrams out is easy, then when you re-install the new titaniums remember this ... the domes are not just paper-thin, but like an eyeball. There is a white plastic on the diaphrams that I assumed you take off, they have a bit of a sticky substance underneath. When I took the plastic off, I realized that I had dented the dome, and couldn't understand how I did that after being so careful. I had to cup my hand around it and use my central vac to pull it out, but ... so if you're anal enough to replace the tweeter than you know it's been compromised. Being extra careful on the second one, I still managed to put a very small dent in it, but at least I figured out where I screwed up. If you pull the white plastic off, I think you would be better off pulling a corner up and cutting it, and then pulling it away from the dome. It's extremely fragile. I'm going to buy another set, they are very reasonable. But even my tweaked ones sound better in my opinion, even after my Homer Simpson ... Doh! ... moment(s).