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Quoting the first two sentences of the article: "It’s not something most people in my life know about. My friends, acquaintances, the parents of kids on my son’s soccer team that I coach — none of them know. I have a whole spiel worked out when the question comes up. I say that I’m thinking of changing jobs, or I mention that I’ve been spending my time organizing our house since we moved, or that I’m a “consultant.” Anything to avoid talking about what’s really going on." In reading those first few sentences, reading later in the article that his primary search tool is indeed.com, and T2K's quotes above, it seems to me that he doesn't understand the first thing about looking for a job. I can also speak from experience since I've been caught in corporate downsizings a few times, and by necessity to move away from dead-ends, needed to reinvent myself each time. Essentially, it seems to me that by cutting out his "network of friends, well-paid tech workers and professional contacts" he has completely ignored what is probably the number one method of landing a new job. Most of the time, people are willing to help, but people can't help you until they know that you are actively looking for a job. This does NOT mean "cry" and "whine" during each interaction, but it does mean figure out what you want to do, update your skills, and actually learn how to use your network. It seems like his "social circle" of "well-paid tech workers and professionals" should be a great basis for a quality network to use in the job search; however, if not, there are a multitude of ways to expand it, including reconnecting through alumni events or professional events. Job boards are interesting and seem very popular; however, it seems to me that job boards are much better for determining what types of jobs are out there and determining which companies seem to be hiring. With so many job candidates responding to listed openings, I've got to think that the chances of even getting a call back for an interview are slim to none; making it very difficult to land a job primarily by hunting through these boards.

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I don't have any suggestions on where to start, but I have read several threads where people keep looking for Klipsch badges and I've noticed scores of badges that look like OEM badges that have been sold for up to a hundred bucks a pair on eBay over the years. It got me thinking and I’m wondering if there was some occasional salami slicing going on in the parts department a long time ago with all of these Klipsch copper badges always popping up on eBay where quantities seem to far exceed the number of disassembled, and parted-out speakers. In some respects, similar to many of the old meat cutters that I knew in the 70s that seemed to have large collections of supermarket butcher knives at home. Since not all look like reproductions, I was "inspired" to rework an old Wayne Kemp song recorded by Johnny Cash that was titled "One Piece at a Time." Of course, I already know, don't quit my day job as I'll never be able to write a parody like that weird Yankovic fellow. “An Ode to the Klipsch Copper Badge” Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 An' went to Klipsch, workin' on the 'sembly line That first year, they had me puttin' a BADGE on a speaker grill. Every day I'd watch them speakers roll by And sometimes I'd hang my head an' cry 'Cause I wanted them Horns, made of Rosewood Brazil. One day I devised my plan That should be the envy of most any man I'd sneak speakers out, in a lunchbox held by hand. Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired But I figured I'd have it all, by the time I retired I'd have my own Klipsch, worth at least a hundred grand. Well, I'd get my Klipsch one piece at a time These Horns wouldn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me, when the volume DON'T GO DOWN. I'm gonna blast my music, styled I'm gonna drive everybody, wild 'Cause I'll have my Klipsch, along the streets of town. So the very next day when I punched in With my big lunchbox, an' help of my friend I left that day, with a lunchbox full of tweets. Now, I never considered myself a thief Klipsch wouldn't miss just one little piece 'Specially if strung out, over a hundred weeks. That first day, I got some grill cloth The next day I got the woofs, for behind that swath Then I got a big speaker box, an' that fancy ol' veneer. The little things I could get in my big lunchbox Like wires, caps, an’ horns, an' caulks But the big stuff, we snuck out in my buddy's ol' Wagoneer. Up to now my plan went right 'Til we tried to put the Horns together one night That's when we noticed, somethin' was definitely wrong. The woofers were from ‘53 The crossovers, turned out to be ‘73 An' when we tried to put in the screws, all the holes were gone. So we drilled em’ out to make it all fit An' with a little help, from a RADIO SHACK A-DAPTOR KIT We had them Horns blasting out a song. Now the tweets were another sight We had two on the left, an' three on the right But we switched on the amp, an' all five come on. The Speaker Horns looked kinda' funny too But we put em' together, an' when we got thru Well, that's when we noticed, we only had ONE KLIPSCH NAME PLATE. About that time my wife walked out An' I could see in her eyes, she had some doubt Well, she just turned it up, an' said "Honey, let's dance for our date." So we turned the music up, as loud as it would go Then brought out the BEER 'n' brats, an' Sloppy Joe Now we could hear everybody, happy an' partyin' for blocks around. But up at Corporate, Chad an' the rest, they didn't laugh 'Cause they could hear music, jealous, the whole staff Feeling pride, full of Klipsch sound, we said "come now, just PARTY DOWN." Well, I got my Klipsch one piece at a time An' these Horns didn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me, when the volume DON'T GO DOWN I'm gonna blast my music, styled I'm gonna drive everybody, wild 'Cause I'll have all the Klipsch there is in town. Huh? Yow, Tarheel an' his Cables, Coffee, an' Cocktails club This is fjd Playin’ records through my PSYCHO-BILLY KLIPSCH, what? Huh, what them Horns cost? Negatory on the cost of my Klipsch there Tarheel You might say I went right up to the factory An' picked them up, it's cheaper that way Huh, what model are they? Well they’re '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59 Klipsch, They’re '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70 big ol' Klipsch Horns…..

I gave a girl a ride in my wagon She crawled in and took control She was tired as her mind was draggin' I said get some sleep and dream of rock and roll Did you know that the song was so popular in the 70s that they produced, an extremely low-budget film (long before the classic Porky's type movies were ever conceived), called "The Van" featuring the Sammy John song "Chevy Van" along with one of the "central characters" being a customized van with an 8-track tape player and a waterbed in the back? Yes, I know it is hard to believe, but it seems that the movie was actually inspired by the Sammy John song "Chevy Van" and is based on (you may have noticed I didn't call it a "plot") some kid blowing his college tuition money to buy a van in order to use it to pick up women. I guess it didn't occur to him that he could get an apartment off campus and pick up women in college too. Probably the only redeeming aspect of the movie was that the guy with the "Dodge van" with the waterbed in the back played two songs, and two songs only, on that old venerable 8-track tape player, that were a better representation of the 70s: "Slow Ride" and "Smoke on the Water." I purposely wanted to highlight "Dodge van" above since it turns out that one of the bloopers in the film is that they used a Dodge van instead of a Chevy van. On a side note, Danny DeVito was in the movie, although I suspect it was probably one of his more forgettable roles......

Peter Wolf (co-writer/producer): "Journey was recording in the studio next door, and every time I opened the door, their band members were standing outside with their mouths open. 'This is the Starship? It's unbelievable!'" Speaking of Journey and the band's music over the years, I have to think that in relation to Peter Wolf's quote above, he seems to have gotten it out of context and Journey couldn't possibly have thought it was a bad song, but probably wished they had done it.

Actually, since a Class A solid state amplifier can fry an egg, I've been wondering if it could also roast marshmallows afterward?

Interesting, as part of this room treatment, have you matched the baseboard wood by using a type of wood that has a synergistic resonance frequency in relation to your audio system and desired listening experience? For example, it would appear that some have moved to softer woods instead of the traditional hard woods in order to dampen seismic vibration and thus eliminate unwanted room resonances where the dampening effects of the soft woods appear to help contribute to providing an environment for mellower harmonic content and listening experience, which some now believe can be attributed to the choice of wood taming certain piercing high frequencies sometimes associated with horn loaded speakers..

I suspect that you are aware, but does anyone else remember the circumstances when Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates got hit number 3,000; and at that point in time, became only the 11th player in major league baseball history to reach the 3,000 hit threshold? After playing baseball for 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates injuries had limited Clemente to playing in only 102 games during the 1972 major league baseball season; however, he still managed to hit .312 in what we now know would turn out to be his final season playing baseball. On September 30, 1972, in front of his home-town crowd in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Clemente hit a solid double for his 3,000th hit, which would ultimately become his last at-bat, during a regular season game, of his distinguished major league baseball career. Sadly, only 13,000 fans were in attendance for that game. I say "solid double" because what I found interesting was that during the baseball game played the night before, the official scorer had changed one of Clemente's at-bats from an infield hit to an error. However, there was no doubt about hit number 3,000. The reason I started with "remember the circumstances" is because Clemente’s hit number 3,000 came in the last at-bat of his major league baseball career, not because he decided to retire, but because he died in a plane crash after the end of the season while trying to deliver aid to the earthquake victims in Nicaragua during December 1972. With different circumstances, Clemente may have never been on that flight; however, he had received disturbing information that the aid packages on the first three flights had been diverted by corrupt officials of the Somoza government and the aid never reached any of the victims of the quake. Therefore, Clemente chartered the fourth plane and decided that he would accompany this relief flight. Roberto Clemente (may he RIP) never made it to the destination…….

With all of the complaints about the limitations of the forum's old search function, it may not have been necessary.

My apologies if my “encyclopedia” offends you in my attempt to add a little clarification and more detailed information based on my experience, which I fully realize may not be important to you or Jason str. It may be hard for you to believe; however, some people actually have said that they appreciate the thought I put into my posts in relation to the specific questions asked in trying to get to the actual issue and that the posts are sometimes informative and useful. I realize that every person is different, but I personally try to corroborate and validate things I read on the internet before I run blindly and make changes, which tends to make information that is a little more specific, where I can research it, more useful to me. I'm not a mind reader so I try to lay out the facts as I know them and welcome when someone more knowledgeable provides constructive clarification rather than tell someone their post wasn't needed or necessary. Please note that the OP described a perceived issue with the sound, and in my posts about the horns, I was evaluating the section of the OP's post that I highlighted above and was trying to think about what he may have seen when he pulled the back off the speakers, but I concede that maybe you and Jason str have more specific knowledge in relation to what the OP knows and what he doesn’t know, or actually meant to post, over what I am aware, However, in most of my specific person-to-person interactions with someone unfamiliar with Klipsch heritage horn speakers from that time period, when they pull the back off and see the same midrange compression drivers or see that K55V is stamped on the back of the compression drivers, there again, in my experience, the tendency has been that the person that is unfamiliar thinks that driver reference is the horn reference. Same situation when they see the same K77 tweeter, which is a little more straight-forward given that driver and horn are one unit. There again, I did not anticipate sharing my experiences would cause such a back-lash since it was nothing more than a few simple clarifications on various other parameters of the horns that are the same, in order to provide an alternate perspective and insight to promote learning and provide potential topics for more research in trying to help the OP solve his issue; and for those that want to learn rather than be told. While you and jason str may not find my own personal experience relevant in relation to your experience, others on the forum might.

I've read enough of your posts to know that you are knowledgeable and experienced and you are not this naïve of all of the issues with sound reproduction; and often not this unwilling to be a helpful resource to someone new when it comes to clarifying information. Yes, in general, ONE PARAMETER of size the two horns in question are not the same. However, we were all new and inexperienced once (at least I was) and I've tried to show that on several other parameters there are reasons why the K-600 and K-700 are the same exponential flair profile and are most likely not responsible for the OP's issue. On a side note, I have a single Belle with a K-500 that is also slated for a K510 update and certainly do understand the general size difference with that horn too..

Since both the Cornwall speakers and Heresy speakers appear to be 1977 manufacturing vintage based on the R code, from my understanding both the K-600 (used in Cornwall) and K-700 (used in Heresy) both use the exponential horn flair profile and the midrange driver in 1977 was the same K55V midrange compression driver. The only difference that I'm aware of is the K-600 has a lower cutoff point to allow for a 600 Hz crossover point to the 15 inch woofer in the Cornwall where the K-700 has a 700 Hz crossover point to the 12 inch woofer in the Heresy. Both tweeters in 1977 would have been the K77 and the horn used on the K77 is the same for the Cornwall and the Heresy. Therefore, unless the OP does not have stock parts, I am not aware of any difference in the midrange horn or tweeter horn at the 6,000 Hz crossover point (which is the same crossover point from midrange to tweeter for both Cornwall and Heresy) between the midrange horn and tweeter horn that would impact the sound as he describes. The K77 tweeter should have essentially the same performance in the Cornwall as it would in the Heresy, which is why I suggested the colterphoto 1 test of drivers. Stand the K-600 and the K-700 horns next to each other and you will see the differences. Please note that the OP has described a specific issue in sound that I offered a few basic simple preliminary alternate tests; and an analysis of the horns in describing why I did not think the horns were responsible for the issue. To me, a general response that the "horns are not the same" does not seem very helpful and does not seem to be useful information for someone new to Klipsch. So the difference in sound that the OP describes is something you have directly experienced that you have attributed to the horn size? Please note that I currently have eight pairs of Heresy speakers ranging from the early 1960s through the 1970s. I have also had four pair of Cornwall speakers from the 1970s and currently have a pair of Cornwall IIs from 1986. In addition, I have a parts bin with spares of both K-600 horns and K-700 horns (and examples of the K-700 horns with the different mounting hole patterns used in certain years of manufacture) and two pair of K-400 horns from my La Scalas and 1976 Klipschorn speakers (I have the wood tractrix currently installed in Khorns and keeping the K-400 horns and K510 slated for La Scalas) and I do completely understand the general size differences between all of these horns. As referenced I also have K510 horns and K402 horns on my Jubilees and certainly do completely understand the size differences there too and differences in horn flair profiles. I have also had both Cornwall speakers and Heresy speakers set up in less than optimal settings, and have never experienced what the OP describes except when I bought a pair that had a blown tweeter.

Since both the Cornwall speakers and Heresy speakers appear to be 1977 manufacturing vintage based on the R code, from my understanding both the K-600 (used in Cornwall) and K-700 (used in Heresy) both use the exponential horn flair profile and the midrange driver in 1977 was the same K55V midrange compression driver. The only difference that I'm aware of is the K-600 has a lower cutoff point to allow for a 600 Hz crossover point to the 15 inch woofer in the Cornwall where the K-700 has a 700 Hz crossover point to the 12 inch woofer in the Heresy. Both tweeters in 1977 would have been the K77 and the horn used on the K77 is the same for the Cornwall and the Heresy. Therefore, unless the OP does not have stock parts, I am not aware of any difference in the midrange horn or tweeter horn at the 6,000 Hz crossover point (which is the same crossover point from midrange to tweeter for both Cornwall and Heresy) between the midrange horn and tweeter horn that would impact the sound as he describes. The K77 tweeter should have essentially the same, or very similar, performance in the Cornwall as it would in the Heresy, which is why I suggested the colterphoto1 test to determine if the high frequency tweeter drivers were working..

The excerpt for year of manufacture is from the link below and R = 1977. https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/161759-klipsch-heritage-codes-part-1-of-2-parts/ YEAR OF MANUFACTURE (1955 THROUGH 1983 ONLY) A = 1955-63* F = 1968 L = 1973 S = 1978 B = 1963-64* G = 1969 M = 1974 T = 1979 C = 1965 H = 1970 N = 1975 U = 1980 D = 1966 J = 1971 P = 1976 W = 1981 E = 1967 K = 1972 R = 1977 X = 1982 Y = 1983 * Cornwall's & La Scala's used "A" 1963 and "B" for 1964; the first Cornwall to use a letter code was 3A09, shipped in August of 1963. Before making a lot of assumptions on more complex situations, see colterphoto1's post on verifying that all drivers are working. In addition to the test above, I have a cardboard tube about the size of cardboard used on a toilet paper roll to put up to my ear and tweeters. Especially with high power amplifiers being very common, it seems to be very common to find a pair of Cornwall speakers with the tweeter diaphragms blown. When using high power amplifiers with the old Heritage Klipsch speakers, I would also read the following "Dope from Hope" articles regarding the potential perils of using too much power that can be found at the link below from the Klipsch education page: http://www.klipsch.c.../dope-from-hope Vol. 7, No. 5, June 1966, "Blown Tweeters" Vol. 8, No. 1, July 1967, "Guarantee Void!" Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1973, "Fuses for Loudspeakers" Vol. 13, No. 2, June 1973, "Speaker Destruction" Vol. 14, No. 2, May 1974, "Power Ratings" Vol. 16, No. 1, January 1977, "Amplifier Ratings to Drive Klipsch Systems "Heresys to not have any stuffing, is this normal?" I'm sure that PWK had a design goal in mind with the closed box Heresy speaker and the specifications of the woofer driver he used. In general, when designing a closed box, some designers will contemplate the use of stuffing and it is typically evenly dispersed throughout the cavity and the amount will depend upon the actual driver used. The theory being that a designer can achieve an effect of an increased cabinet volume by stuffing the cabinet. "stuffing in the Cornwalls looks like paper" The Cornwall is a vented cabinet and the goals are typically different than a closed box. The material is typically used to break standing waves inside the cabinet and I believe that with the Cornwall design the paper is only used to damp internal reflections and the main cavity of the cabinet is left open and the vent (e.g., port slot) then takes care of the overall driver / cabinet resonance. Similar to what colterphoto1 has outlined above, if you replace the paper inside your Cornwall, you basically only need it on one of the two parallel sides (e.g., one on the top or bottom; and one on the left or right), and you do not typically need anything at all on the back or the front because the mounted drivers should have the same effect on the cabinet.

One of the forum members from the forum's infancy days had a pair of Welborne labs 2A3 Moondogs with the MagneQuest output transformers and it seemed that in his view, the MagneQuest output transformers were a substantial, and very critical component to the overall sound. Also, I tend to agree about the significance of output transformers as I have used a few different types of the MagneQuest transformers for single-ended amplifier designs as upgrades myself and each time the improvements were fairly significant. For example, I picked up a pair of old stock Bottlehead Parmour amps using the parafeed circuit on the secondary market for a price too good to pass up and upgraded them with a pair of MagneQuest BH-5 full nickel output transformers and BH-6 plate chokes. One of my favorite upgrades of output transformers is the upgrade using MagneQuest FS-030 single-ended air-gapped transformers on my 300b DRD mono blocks. I've given some serious thought to upgrading my VRD mono blocks with MagneQuest but that upgrade needs to wait its turn behind a few pressing life situations that need to be fully worked through. From my understanding Craig may be out of chassis parts for building new NBS pre amplifiers; however, I am aware of one other pair of VRD mono blocks with the MagneQuest output transformer upgrade. Some on the forum should certainly recognize the name associated with the forum quotes excerpted below and some may have read the review on the Magnequest blog from our forum member, that solid state amplifier repair maestro extraordinaire, Paul79 of Many Moons Audio. http://magnequest.blogspot.com/2016/01/nos-valves-vrd-amplifier-with.html "The amps are like a religious experience man. Clear, clean, and flowing music. From top to bottom, sound is more even handed, more dimensional, and just plain sounds good. The stock transformers were somewhat rougher sounding and a bit tipped up or hot in the presence regions. I didn't really notice that until I heard these! Such important musical improvements these make. I am hearing the most realistic displays of depth I have ever heard out of 2 speakers. Absolutely fantastic. You done good, no doubt about it. Tell Mr. MagneQuest his transformers are f*in musical instruments."

It sure seems like many of the entertainment writers and bloggers are posting articles displaying their favorite BREXIT memes. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/06/25/brexit-memes_n_10672438.html .

In some instances they have been known to come bearing gifts. .

I suspect jimjimbo may be correct about the current offering; however, the concept of the Super AA /. ALK Jr. appears to have been around for about 11 or 12 years now. Since the forum search function is often persnickety and, at times, downright pedantic to use and actually pull meaningful results, I just did a couple of Google searches specific to the Klipsch site and Audiokarma site and found enough information to keep you occupied for several days reading opinions. Searching the terms "Super AA" OR "ALK Jr" specific to the Klipsch site returned over 1,100 hits. https://www.google.com/search?q=Super+AA+upgrade+&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-ContextMenu&ie=&oe=&gws_rd=ssl#q=%22Super+AA%22+OR+%22ALK+Jr%22+site:https:%2F%2Fcommunity.klipsch.com Not as much chatter over on Audiokarma, but searching the terms "Super AA" OR "ALK Jr" specific to the Audiokarma site did return about 25 hits. https://www.google.com/search?q=Klipsch+crossover+Super+AA+upgrade+site:audiokarma.org&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-ContextMenu&biw=1920&bih=836&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisvvCejr_NAhXC6SYKHVEaA3YQrQIISygEMAU#q=%22ALK+Jr%22+OR+%22Super+AA%22+site:audiokarma.org

The latest fashions for 2016 in protective hawk attack clothing. .

There appears to be a fairly large segment of the audiophile community that describe the impact on the audio signal of driving a solid state amplifier into clipping as a "square wave" and I suspect that the seller is trying to say that the Parasound Halo A-21 500 watt amplifier will not be driven into clipping resulting in blown drivers, especially a clipped signal causing blown tweeters, with the Klipschorns. I've attached the JBL Tech Note regarding the dangers of clipping that can be associated with the use of low power solid state amplifiers. However, when using a 500 watt amplifier with Klipschorns, I would also read the following "Dope from Hope" articles regarding the potential perils of using too much power that can be found at the link below from the Klipsch education page: http://www.klipsch.c.../dope-from-hope Vol. 7, No. 5, June 1966, "Blown Tweeters" Vol. 8, No. 1, July 1967, "Guarantee Void!" Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1973, "Fuses for Loudspeakers" Vol. 13, No. 2, June 1973, "Speaker Destruction" Vol. 14, No. 2, May 1974, "Power Ratings" Vol. 16, No. 1, January 1977, "Amplifier Ratings to Drive Klipsch Systems Regarding your 3.5 watt per channel tube amplifiers, one of the perceived benefits of the tube amplifiers is that vacuum tubes seem to clip more gradually than solid state transistor amplifiers and do not have the same impact on the audio signal when driven into clipping as a solid state amplifier driven into clipping. JBL Tech Note - low power.pdf