mustang guy

Road trips for speakers are always fun!

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That says "Klipsch, 260 °F Speaker Stands" So it's not even an advertisement for speakers. Buyer beware!!!!

Don't put the sub volume pot at max. Find something in mid-volume and leave it there. Now use the AVR or whatever processor to balance that setting to the system you are tuning to.

No specific plastic. ABS pellets and Delrin, for instance, are not too expensive at about $1.89 per lb plus freight. If your bass box weight 50#, then the raw material costs would be $95. The injection extrusion of sheets wouldn't be too expensive once you paid for the die and tooled up for it. A raw 3/4" sheet of one of these polymers would be idea for making outdoor and marine enclosures.

When I made my first tuba, I had fun running the resonant frequency of my garage. All 3 doors would vibrate and the room would feel like I was sitting inside a giant air compressor tank. I think that may be why some of my florescent light fixtures are kinda coming down.

The surround rears are simply the rears and as far as I know always monaural, even in theaters (unless Atmos is not?). Surround sides are stereo in all of them. You should be using sides connection in a 5.x system anyway even though they are behind the LP.

I have strongly considered building BB and SW enclosures using thick polymer sheeting. Although wood may be the perfect material from nature, it is also susceptible to nature taking it back. The right plastic could be bomb resistant, waterproof, high tensile strength, high compressive strength, as thick as you want, any color you want including clear, fire resistant, and UV resistant. I live in a region along the Ohio River where chemical plants who manufacture plastics are ubiquitous. In fact, as a 3PL, I actually store and handle 1,000 lb gaylord's full of it. I wonder why this isn't used more in loudspeaker production. Do you suppose it is more costly, fastening is not durable enough, or what?

There is a new sub called Vintage Speakers https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagespeakers/ and am currently the moderator. It is a place where people with interest in vintage speakers of any brand can discuss of show their speakers. It is hard to say if this will go far, but in 2 days, there are already 80 subscribers and the conversations and posts seem lively and friendly. If you reddit, then stop by!

Does Bob still hang out now and then? As for timbre, the 86 and 85 re not really very well matched. The tweeter material is even different. I agree on the sensitivity. That might need tweaked which would be easy enough. I would just buy the tweeter from PE probably. They also have small horn loaded titaniums which might be a good match to the little horn loaded K-86.

I have a pair in black. Excellent speakers! Have you got any pictures you would like to share?

I have KG 4.2 towers I am thinking about putting Crites titanium diagrams in to replace the ones in the K-85 tweeters. My center channel has a K-86 which I cannot find titanium for. What are the thoughts on putting a surface mount dome titanium tweeter in place of the existing K-86 in the 2.5 to try to brighten it up and timbre match as well as possible?

I built one. It's a great sub. I did a review: https://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=16134&p=166407&hilit=mustang#p166407 It ended up in the trunk of a 68 Camaro. Sold the car with the sub. If you are near Minneapolis, there is one for sale https://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=24784 for $100

I've stayed in Sollihul and Birmingham. Toured the Land Rover facility there and was very happy. I would be bidding heavily on this if I were you: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-Klipsch-Cornwall-II-Speakers-15-Woofers-100dB-Watt-Efficient-Hampshire/323160982674?hash=item4b3de54492:g:XMMAAOSwbDZarour A nice holiday to the south beach would be a bonus. These are absolutely ROCKIN speakers and would destroy Heresy's. edit: The Cornwall III's are $2,200 or £1,570 each retail. Here are some misc heritage specs: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_-5nvuxy-j7MEFDVXdnS0FtWXM

Great work Claude! I have been away for a while and I am just now seeing this. I have a couple pairs of H1's I hardly ever use. Looks like it's project time!