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I couldn't agree more. It would be easy for someone to look at my posts and say to themselves "of course they sound good to him; he is on the klipsch forum and payed big bucks for them". They sound great....still surprised at what I am hearing. The bass is better than my late 88' La scalas. Easily Noticeable. Very clean. Pushed now by all SS stuff....no tubes. Same setup as before. Yes...there needs to be a better way to demo these besides waiting for the Klipsch Pilgrimages. I don't even think the LS2's got much attention at the last Indy trip. If they were demoed there....not many spoke of them. jc After having heard your dual bass bin cabinets, these comments are saying a LOT. Those cabs have bass. Bruce

BigYank, What model JBLs are those in your avatar? I have a pair of L46s here and refinished some L56s for a friend. They sound better when the volume goes up! Bruce

You can get a replacement from Parts Express, or other electronics parts houses. http://www.partsexpress.com Search for fuse holders Bruce

Timing is everything. Someone in Chattanooga offered me a pair without crossovers for $450. Alas, at the time I didn't have the money. They were raw birch and fine except no crossovers in them... It would have been a 40 minute drive to get them. So I ended up paying a lot more when the time came. Bruce

Pay no attention to the naysayers! [] I have my LS matched up with a pair of Welborne Labs Moondog 2A3 amps. Volume is great and the sound is exquisite. I paid $1200-$1300 for mine and consider it worth every penny. Bruce

Point taken. What they did was awful, for sure, sucking money from folks with good intentions. For that part of her life, yes, I agree with you. Not sure how she was never charged in the thievery. I hadn't kept up with them at all, but saw her pic in the headlines. My apology for misunderstanding your post. Bruce

Wow, Gilbert, I can't wish anyone the death that Tammy Fay suffered. Cancer is an awful thing. Seeing the picture of her as she appeared on Larry King is just so sad. I never did like her or her first husband, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Trey, I'm kind of a stranger around here these days, but if you've got some of those old ports, I'd love to try them. Thanx! If you have any spare Jubs layin' around, I'll even pay for shipping.... [*-)] Bruce

Pauln, It is easy to demonstrate that lower levels also contribute to the resonance. Go into a larger public restroom, building stair well, and hum. Change the pitch, and you will start hitting frequencies that resonate. You aren't anywhere near 90db. I know a vocalist who would do a sweep with his voice while doing a sound check, and he knew close enough to be able to tell the sound tech what to change on the eq to get rid of the larger peaks, reducing the chances of feedback. It worked, too. The also reinforces what Mike said about sound engineers setting eq for each venue. It may not be the best idea, but it still helps. Bruce

Solid wood is not as dimensionally stable as plywood or mdf. You will also get more resonances which can tend to color the sound more. That padauk is beautiful ,though, and probably works due to the smaller cabinet size. Bruce

I have LaScalas and Heresies, so... the LS are big. approx. 2 foot square and 35 inches tall. They really take up more room than the Khorn, since the Khorn is tucked into the corner and looks a bit smaller. Bass on the LS is punchy, but rolls off early, depending on the amp you use. My low powered tube amps seem to give me plenty of low bass, whether from the amp/speaker combination (maybe), room (probably) or I am just lucky and it came out that way. Heresies rock. I have HIIs, which seem smoother to me than the originals. Also committing the Heresy sin of having them up on stands, but they are in the bedroom facing the bed. A little low in the bass dept. here too. I love them. Easy to move around to try different placement ideas. Bruce

You wouldn't have to cut a disk. It could be a square with the ports put in. As long as your can get the ports put in and get the screw holes to attach the board to the back of the cabinet. It' snot like people are going to be looking at it. Bruce

Trey may be correct, but there are still plenty of those networks in service in Klipsch products throughout the U.S. Bruce

Wow! Be careful there 'young grasshoppa', as you are overturning quite a few vested apple carts!. I continue to be amazed at the amount of money - especially those paying near $1000 for passive crossovers when an $150 Rane and an additional amp or two would offer MUCH more substantial improvements for less money! And of all the listed mods, I would rank the DACs lowest on the list. But I would also be amazed if folks started first by identifying a real defined PROBLEM to be remedied before they run amuck implementing solutions and then setting off in search of a problem! I don't know that simply being 'different' is really a solution! [][][][] Upgrading the caps is far cheaper than any biamp solution. and he already has separates, a nice low power 300B system. Ought to sound pretty nice with the Chorus II. Don't think he is in the group that will add lots of electronics in the signal chain. Bruce

Putting hole in some pieces on the back will cost you how much? Mostly time, and not much of that. So what if it is off, it will be far more correct than not having anything there. Then save up your pennies for the passives. This doesn't seem like too hard a project to understand. Bruce

That wouldn't be over your head at all. Cut a disk to mount where the passive radiators would go. Put in two 3" diameter holes (a few inches apart would be good). Screw in place, sealing with something that you can get back off (IOW, don't use glue). No need to buy the passives. You would at least have them up and running until you could get/afford the passives. Bruce

You can actually use Acrobat to create presentations, with some effects. Also makes a lot smaller files than PPT. But that could be a whole other thread.

Yup, I actually live just outside of LaFayette, but there are quite a few of them in the states. I think Bob Crites can help with the caps (can't remember what's in the Chorus II crossovers). He's on here all the time, or search for him. Super nice to deal with. He also has diaphragms for many of the drivers. There are others on here who can help too. Looks like some passives off ebay will have to do for you then. If anyone knew the specs, they could probably be replaced with something else, maybe at a lower price. Good luck. Bruce

The deal is they are every bit as good or better than the older versions. Cornwall III has some changes that lower cabinet resonances if I remember correctly. Newer crossover designs to better tune the drivers to the cabs. Stuff like that. The new LaScala II uses a thicker material for the cabinet, making it more solid and providing a perceived or real improvement in the bass. The Heresy II has improved tonal balance as well. There's more to them than the few things I have mentioned, but they "stack up" very well, if not surpass the originals. I have older stuff, but would buy the new if I could afford it. Having heard newer Klipschhorns and the Jubilees, I would get them in an instant if I had the money. Alas, I don't. Bruce

The Chorus IIs rock! Are the passive radiators damaged in any way? I am curious as to why you feel the need to replace them. The crossovers in your Chorus IIs probably could use what most here consider a "freshening", which would mostly mean replacing the aging capacitors in them. Would probably make a big difference. Get the dead diaphragms replaced, and THEN have a listen to the receiver. That is probably what is being noisy. The horn tweeter and midrange will reveal noisy equipment in a heartbeat. The passives are made with a certain compliance, or stiffness in them, which consists in the stiffness of the surround and the actual weight of the cone. Changing that will change the tuning of the cabinet. It is both an art and a science. If you can replace the caps in the crossovers yourself, you can save yourself some money, but there are folks on the forum here who can do them for you for a reasonable price as well. Bruce

I can't believe you keep getting this stuff when you were supposed to clean things up so you could show the house. [Y][Y][Y][Y][Y][Y][Y][Y] Bruce

My guess is that Paul doesn't play music nearly as loud as Lisa, so the lower order crossover will work better for him, whereas Lis likes the higher order. Most have agreed that the higher order crossovers need more power, need to be played louder, for them to sound better and open up. That's why the first order DHA2 crossovers sound so good to me with my 2A3 amps. I don't play music loudly. Bruce

Really Jay, explain it more []. The minidv is still a fine medium. It uses a 5:1 compression ratio if I am remembering correctly and 720 x 480 resolution (I think, off the top of my head). HD will, as Jay points out, use more bandwidth. A few simple searches on the net can give you more info than you want to know. Picky does video on a regular basis, so he could give you a LOT of info. You can shoot 24p if you are thinking of transferring to film, but I would guess not (24p is 24 frames of progressive video, and motion pictures are shot at 24 frames per second if shot on film. Video is normally 30 frames per sec., two fields each) tape is cheap, but you have to import in real time to do any editing. Hard drives allow the files to be copied and edited more quickly. The new, big bucks cameras use extremely high density memory cards.... you can imagine the cost. Low price cams don't have any provision for external microphones, and we are interested in the sound, right.. this being an audio forum and all. It is another disease...... Bruce

Those 60th Ann. models sounded sweet. I like the way they sound, but wouldn't really need a diamond in the front of each cab. Guess I could yank the diamonds, put them in settings and sell them for earrings. Bruce

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