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Great project if you got them for a good price. Let us know what you do with them.

Depending on the amplifier, the extra insulation in the box can be helpful. I have both added additional insulation and bracing. It will help slightly with some of the bloat that may be heard in certain areas of the frequency response. As far as the side panels on those speakers, it will help a little. It would have been better if you wrapped the whole speaker instead of just the bottoms. Also the four screws on the woofers is not really a good mounting scheme. All eight should be used on the woofers (drill out the other 4 holes as I have done on a set of KLF-20 woofers) and use better screws. rosey1968, the mods on those don't push it to the $1500 price range but if you have a set of KLF-30s, any tightening of the cabinet or components is worthwhile, even for your KLF-20s. If you modify a cabinet such as here, add some space. KLF-20 woofers are very happy in 5-5.5 cu ft.

Switching to a k55 will likely requires some mods to the crossover. If not for crossover points but impedance and level matching.

Since they are close to the corners, that will load the bass better. Firing straight down the room keeps the tweeters from being in your face and balances out the midrange (likely in your room). This doesn't fly in the face common belief other than you might want to put some padding on the first reflection in the room, especially since the speakers are facing forward. I would be the image and sound would gain appreciatively. You might be able to toe them in a touch to improve imaging.

501 in formica. Let's see if anyone bites. They should be parted out.

Since they are verticals and most of their value would be in the fact they are original, I don't think they are worth much other than parts unfortunately. $3200 is insane. With that said, not that much.

Finish them off nicely and put them in the house. You will never look back nor need a different set of speakers.

They could be modified La Scalas if that picture is the side of the speakers and the front is about 26" wide. If not they have nice Klipsch badges.

Use high quality wire between terminals for the jumpers. As far as the receiver, what you have will work fine but as you go up the food chain, you will find out how much better sound can be from a better quality front end and amplifiers. This will especially show with smoother highs and much better bass if you run your R-28f full range, which they are definitely capable of handling.

Probably with room treatment, it isn't flat either. The focus should be on in room response and not anechoic chamber response. The reason for chamber response is to give a base line for all rooms, but rarely translates to good response in normal rooms, particularly in the bass area.

Peter P., The Heresy II is a better balanced speaker. It really doesn't have low bass but put in the corner and close to the floor, they sound deeper than they really go. I had both of these types of Heresys at the same time (for years) and unless you like bright sound, the IIs won in the sound department.

John, Thanks for reposting the info I was pointing out.

Seems you have Heresy 1s. I had a pair and they will be lacking bass. The highs can be over powering. They have good upper bass but zero lower bass. The closer you can get them to the floor and corners the better. Heresy II was more balanced though don't expect low bass from them. By adding a good sub-woofer, you will be able to appreciate their punchy mid-bass and mid-high range though you may want to pad the mid-hghs down a little. Changing the taps on the autoformer has been discussed elsewhere in the forum. This will significantly help the balance and makes the Heresy 1 much more liveable. Another thing is they do much better with a high quality amp with a lot of control over the bottom end. Most AVRs lean toward brightness for movie intelligibility which is really bad when mated with Heresy speakers. My thoughts.

Order is going to depend on priorities. If you want more balanced sound, top to bottom, you may go with: KHorn Cornwall Belle/La Scala Heresy If you don't need lower bass, the LaScala/Belle moves up the ladder. Using subs, the Heresy (II) moves way up the ladder. Really depends on your overall system and priorities. As for lines, Heritage / Legend is on the top - toss up. Reference down a little from that.

The better caps will pass high frequencies better and have the least affect on the driver from a distortion perspective. That is why better caps are best used in the series section of the higher frequency section. This is also the reason many bypass mid/high frequency caps with film, to allow for lowest distortion and better high frequency response. Many times when crossing over woofers lower, the caps get very large. Large high quality caps get expensive and will have minimal if any noticeable audio impact. That is where you will be able to swap in larger electrolics to keep costs in line (12db, 24db, or zobel). Basic thought is anything not in the direct signal path, series, will have lesser impact on the sound if substituted for a lesser quality cap.

The Chorus II's current midrange is crossed lower than Klipsch crosses the Ti Midrange from what I understand. For that fact, for best performance tweaks probably should be made to the Chorus II crossover to raise the crossover point. For a Forte II it probably makes more sense as the woofer is more happily crossed higher but you will need to be the judge.

I guess I should call the # to see what info I can get. Registered to Doorway Ministries and does have a location but you are correct, always approach good deals with skepticism, even on these forums as I have pointed out in the past. I do know I have sold khorns due to different house moves (running out of corners) in the area, pristine, from $1k - $1800 for my last pair which were pristine oak 85's with Crite's tweeters. Guess I was to anxious.

All over the map. Pair of 93's in black for $1800 on Austin's craigslist and another in oak for $2750. Look like late 80's.

Yes, and of course, it matters what you are really willing to pay. Don't seem too anxious.

wvu80, Somewhat high. If you are looking for buyers prices, many times you can find much more reasonable deals Heresy and Forte are all over the place but close. I would think more like: Chorus/II: $650-750 Cornwall/II: $650-800 La Scala: $800-1000 Belles: $2,000-2200 (asking up to 3k) Klipschorn (Khorn): $1500-2200 (asking up to 3-4k) My opinion, at least in TX and across the south. Of course depends on condition also. A lot of real folks (not us crazy people on this forum) don't baby their speakers and audio systems so condition is all over the map also.

It can't hurt. The thicker the better and lower chance of resonance. While you are at it, extend the horn some to get a lower cut off.

Very hard to see in the original post: Repost for Bob: .I have a pair of speakers medium oak .Legend KLF 30 Towers ,they are 45.25" high and 14" wide and 16" in depth and weight 102 lbs. and asking $550.00 [203] 488-1023 BRANFORD, CT If there is no answer leave a message

I built a cross between a Belle and La Scala a long time ago using Frazier components. Due to the shorter path of the horn, I used all the available volume of the box to be able to include a large surface area port that was quite long. If you want any reasonable bass without supplementing with a sub, porting is a requirement to provide at least some low bass.

Very Nice Hopefully there will be enough water to plant a nice horny hedge to keep the rest secured.

Yes, and make sure it is made with high quality switches. You could always use the 12v trigger for a high quality relay taking one or the other out of the circuit.