Woofers and Tweeters

Pricey has nothing to do with inflation and everything to do with how much X costs relative to how much people value X or their dollars. A 1964 dime is 90% silver and worth a few dollars, whereas today's dime is mostly copper with nickel plating, but I get what you're trying to say. Inflation, the hidden tax.

Like most brands, some are great, some not so great. What are you hoping to do?

A few days or years ago, I went through djk's postings. To me, he was someone who could swim through circuits and see pretty clearly what was needed. I loved his humor, which can be seen in my sig. More Dennis "If you have a D60/75, adding a 0.1µF film bypass cap (total of 4 needed) to the electrolytic input coupling caps and feedback caps will make it sound vastly better." RIP djk, and thanks

For humor only, I have to share what Dennis (djk) had to say about most Crown amps: "By 1977 PWK was using the BGW 100, see DFH on 'TIM distortion'. Makes a Crown sound like broken glass." RIP Dennis

I use the XLS too for its Xover features to choke the highs to my KPT684

So I can help try to help, I am trying to keep things straight in my head. What Sony equipment do you have? Do you have anything else? And to answer your question: No, the tape out will not be suitable for powering the sub.

I don't believe anyone is born with a critical ear, it's something that is developed. Everyone's ears are liars to the ear's owner and the only way to hear the difference is to AB them. Too many times I have let listeners hear on system A their favorite tunes, and hear them say that they have never heard it sound so good. Then let them hear the same tunes on system B and let them hear what was missing on system A. Similar to your speakers and your whole system: You won't know what sounds better or worse without listening to what you have, then make a change. It's like adding salt to a plate of food without tasting the food first. A first-time buyer who buys the ultimate sounding system will not know how good it sounds. This hobby is not a destination, it's a journey. I had a pair of HII with round cups, which made capacitor replacement more difficult. Although I have recommended you pump the brakes on any changes, if you're going to keep them, refreshing the capacitors is a move in the right direction. To make a better sound now, as I see it, you have an ABC or more options. In descending prices: A - refresh your amp with new caps and such (an amp that old really needs it) B - replace your amp but be selective about what you buy C - refresh your caps in the Heresy.

You're missing out on some really good music.

Now, I am too. I just now started 'The Time-travelling Caveman' which are some of his early short stories. Also, the book A Stroke of the Pen is some of his work using a pseudonym.

You have always treated other forum members very poorly, I don't know why I was surprised to see what you typed. What are you waiting on, someone else to do the work?

That would not be a benefit. There is already a thread with conversation along the lines that this one turned into. There are countless threads about tube rolling, new to the forum, FS, WTB, and advice asked and given.. you know that, you have been here for 10 years longer than I. The cost of running this forum is not even an amount that would be considered, especially since it is very beneficial.

Welcome to the forum. I agree that the best thing you can do is buy a sub to fill in the bottom. Nothing can be done to the cabinets or components that do what you, and everyone else, want to make bass. Also, I would leave them alone... for now. Listen to them, and enjoy them so when you make any change, you can hear if you like what you did. There are at least two versions of Heresy II: One has round terminal cups, and the other has square terminal cups. Which do you have?

Why are you all posting such bs? Think it is helpful?

The person on the left wearing a shirt and ball cap that can't be seen is Captain Kirk, a friend of mine since HS. The shady one in the middle is Woofers and Tweeters. He's the troublemaker who instigated the day. The good-looking one on the right is Hero Mike... MookieStl. This was the day I picked up the Heresy 1.5 that Mookie snagged for me. We turned it into a little jam session with his and my SH.

Very unusual for you.

I don't have any video. I can share how stupid I looked after pushing ~ 200+ WPC RMS into two pairs of Supers H. I have no idea of the peak watts, but my hand was on the knobs and @MookieStl had to have been wondering who was going to buy the replacement drivers when I went too far.

We all hear things differently. The Heresy was designed to be a single speaker used as a center for the Khorn. The problem, IMHO, is that many flocked to buying them as a pair to be used as full-range speakers. I do not want to get into what others might or might not use. It has been a consensus for, well, since the Heresy was used for full range use that they 'needed' something. I can't blame the many thousands who have tried, for decades. Totally agree. I really liked my H2. Again, totally agree. So many listeners try to AB the Heresy to X without adjusting for sensitivity and Hz and ...

I want a new Bugatti, but they cost too much. Breaking that ^^ sentence down: there is one fact and one opinion. It's a fact that I want one, it's my opinion that the car costs too much. Many times on this forum, people say (x) is "priced too high, costs too much, is not worth it, OR it's worth more, is priced too low, etc." Worth is between the one selling and the buyer(s). Not that it's any of my business, but why are you letting the price bother you? I hope they sell the he!! out of them and expand into OjaScala. Not my money, not my monkey, not my business.

Those look great, bet they sound great too. GLWYS

I hope everyone stays safe, and healthy and has a great year.

You might be able to use a rotary file or a hand file to make your cuts, then sanding and such. You can use a VARIAC to slow your tool's speed if you need. For high-speed tool steel (HSS) cutting mild steel needs to stay ~ 72 FPM. Bronze can be cut at a much higher speed: ~ 200 FPM and brass higher than that. (from the Machinery's Handbook many years ago) N= 12 x FPM / Pi x D N = RPM D = Diameter of tool (drill, cutter etc) or workpiece (lathe work etc) Now, put in the numbers for a 1/2" drill bit: N= 12 x 72 / Pi x 0.5 N = 550 RPM One easy rule to put in your pocket, in your head or tell someone who will remind you: A 1/2" (0.500") HSS drill bit can turned at 500 RPM into mild steel. Double the drill size, cut the speed in half; cut the drill size in half, double your speed. It all comes back to ~ 72 FPM. Just remember 500 = 500 and do any fraction or multiple of that...3/8" = 750 RPM etc.

This ^^^ If your brother is not chasing the what ifs, then he can rest assured that he has all that he needs. With the new, bigger and better everything, Roy and his team got the CW4 right. I'd still have to listen to them.

Totally different woofers and everything else. The CF4 has much larger horns and drivers. The KLF30 is a 3 way TMW vs the CF4 is a two-way WTW arrangement. The KLF30 has been known more as a party speaker and the CF3 and CF4 are known to be in the HiFidelity arena. I have owned pairs of both and have ABed them. I still have a pair of each and I should AB them again.

Maybe someone could design a horn speaker that has less footprint.

Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. On Monday, most people bought the brand that won. I want a new Ducati Panigale V4 Tricolor (Tricolore), but I only have two Ducati Monsters. History shows that the Monster saved Ducati. While the Ducati 916 was winning races, Ducati sold a lot of Monsters.