finallygotmyheresies
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HIIs and HIIIs are MDF. The originals were plywood.
Not all HII's are MDF. I have had a pair of round cup and rectangle cup HII's both made from plywood. I regret selling both of them now.
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I live 60 miles east of saginaw, in the "thumb".
The desision has been made to build a pair of speakers. I have a couple of designs in mind, I will post which ones I am considering to get feedback as to pro or cons to each.
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I am glad you were able to get potential problem cells out of your body.
Last year I had to spend a night in the hospital to get 6 bags of IV fluids put back in me following 3 days of food poisoning. In the morning My roommate got a visit from his doctor. The results from his tests/procedure were in. I got to hear a 70+ year old, very frail sounding man be told that he had advanced stage cancer in his colon. The doctor told him that it had already moved into other organs. The doctor was there for probably 2 minutes tops. After the patient was told it wasn't operable he asked the doctor what he should do. Doc kinda stuttered and said to stay in good spirits and left. At that moment I was pretty horrified for that guy. Then I got listen to the old man call his wife. He told her that he wanted her to come in to see him that day, he had his phone up so loud that I could hear his wife on the other end. She made it pretty obvious to him that she was being interrupted by having to go down to the hospital to see him. This too made me feel pretty horrible. I was released before his wife made it to see him.
That was one of the saddest moments in my life and I had no idea who that guy was, I never talked to him before or after he got the bad news.
Congradulations on actually going through with your 100,000 mile maintenance.
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I'll try to attach a pic of the CW III's I had.
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Not sure if everyone caught the fact he already has spare fastracks, k55's, and k77s. Really he is looking at $300ish bucks for a new woofer or less for used, $200 for crossovers, then plywood and time, sure veneer can get pricey but he could just as easily finish the speakers in black. I mean given the fact you could sell those parts and have dang near a free cornwall thats soemthing to consider, but I really think you'll love a cornscala, plus it's a nice thing to sit and listen to speaker you built yourself.
You pretty much nailed where my head is in this. I could have Corns free and clear tomorrow and within a couple of weeks have sold my parts to bring my total out-of-pocket to around $300 if all sales went well. Or I could spend an additional $600~700(just a guess) to have cornscalas.
Jhoak, your build is inspiring. I have also admired builds by JWC(wacorns and dbb's, Robi, Rudi(dbb's), hlinker, Dave Harris and the list goes on.... These guys are the real reason I think about building my own.
I do know this though, if I build something I will critique the living hell out of every single detail. With that said I think it will be easier for me to live with a pair of used speakers as I will have less of an expectation for them to look pristine. My old Cornwal I's were a $300 craigslist, meth-head, special. They got delivered to me in the back of a 20 yr old toyota pickup and they were all sorts of gouged up. Man did I enjoy the hell out of them.
This is truly a dilema for me. I want to make something that looks great and sounds great as well but I am concerned about not living up to my expectations. [*-)]
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I am trying to decide to what to do. I have an opportunity to purchase a pair of Cornwall 2's locally for $700 but I have also considered building a pair of Cornscalas.
I have never built speakers before but with all of the information available here as well as having access to the necessary tools I am not afraid of tackling that project.
What I am weary of is would my DIY speakers really sound better than a professionally built and designed speaker. Cost is also a concern, for the cornscalas I would only need to purchase wood, woofers and crossovers as I have K-55's, K-77's and a pair of GotHover's Fastrac Horns. If I went with the C2's I could sell the parts I have to help offset the cost.
Any suggestions?
Should I tackle the DIY Cornscala or just buy the used Cornwall 2's?
BTW I have owned both Cornwall 1's and 3's and I loved them both. I never wanted to sell the CW1's but the 3's were sold out of necessity.
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I was looking into some Cornscala projects and found this one that has a great writeup making it a nice read.
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I got confirmation from Amy that Ronco is an authorized seller and these are warranteed by Klipsch before I bought a pair of H3's from Ronco in 2009. They came double boxed and quickly by Fedex. His communication was pretty much non-existant but I got what I paid for and quickly.
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RF-3 or RF-5, there should be a tag on the upper portion of the back of them telling you exactly.
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Haven't tried Sewell but GLS makes nice products.
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OK. What's the deal with the cat-5 stuff? How does it impedance match? What is the characteristic impedance of the cat-5 stuff?
JJK
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/cables/diy-speaker-cable-faceoff
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I've got a box of cat-5 and I thought about doing that just for giggles. Right now I am using some nice 12 ga extension cord. Speaker wire can be DIY'd sooooooo cheap.
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I've received CWIII's and Heresy III's with no issues. Maybe it is just a Reference problem.
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Sounds like it could look pretty awesome to me!
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Thanks Chris, Rolling Stones should be easier to find than audio magazines.
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any recommendations as far as setup or where i can find a set of rs-3's for a good price?
Welcome, I have been monitoring RS-3 prices and you can expect to pay around $200 on ebay for a decent pair. I have seen them sell for $150 locally but have been too late to the party.
Good luck
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Old audio mags aren't as easy to find as I had hoped.
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I have been spending some time recently in used book stores and they generally have a lot of old magazines stacked up. Does anyone know which ones would give me the best chance at finding Klipsch ads? I have gone through a lot of National Geographic from the 70's~90's with no luck. I'm also hoping to find the "blown away" ad for Maxell.
Searching for these ads reminds me of searching through packs of Topps baseball cards for a Don Mattingly card.
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Thanks for the information everyone, it was appreciated.
I thought I had posted a reply using my phone but I guess it didn't go through.
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I started with these
http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/123245/1247520.aspx#1247520
I enjoyed them very much for about a year. Once I knew that I wanted to stay with tubes I got a Mac MC240 then a MC275 and now I have settled in with a VRD ST45.
These little guys got the ball rolling.
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If you want to get picture from the Apple TV onto your television screen you can just run the HDMI cable from the Apple TV to the television set.
You will still need to keep the optical cable hooked up to the Klipsch for sound through the stereo
1. Connect optical cable from Apple TV to Klipsch unit *CHECK*
2. Connect HDMI from Apple TV to TV
3. On your Klipsch unit select input mode recieving audio signal through optical cable
4. On TV select input mode for HDMI cable from Apple TV
now you should be able to hear your apple tv through your stereo and also see your apple tv on your tv.
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