Shaun K

My basement AVR is only 80wpc, but I hope to move up to something better in the next few months. As much as I'd like to stick try out 2-channel, or tubes, or an old school reciever...I just don't know how I'd make that work in a room where the primary inputs will be HDMI. Hah, I showed a pic of the 'vette to my son when I bought these speakers, and he was excited to see it. Too bad he won't be here when I head down to pick them up! Thanks! (I know it's belated, I've been working 60 hour weeks lately and just haven't had time to get on here). I'm really excited to see/hear these soon! I'm torn on whether to give them serious power via something like an Outlaw 975/5000 combo, or find some way to make tubes work with home theater and video. Or just stick with my Onkyo AVR I guess.

Ugh, I saw these a couple days ago and I'd love to pick them up, but I need to sell something else first. Reading up on their sales brochures and recent owners reviews makes me even more interested. Someone buy my CF-2's or KLF-10's!

I appreciate that, and I do love some patina (mostly on older cars though, but I can dig it on speakers too). Take a look at the chips/cracks in the latest pics though, and tell me if you think it's worth trying to repair. This post made my day, on a day when I'm feeling pretty crappy. Thank you! I was wondering about that "A". It's great to know that the person who built these cabs is here on this forum. I love history lessons like this, and that's part of what attracts me to this site and these speakers. Certainly agree that there's nothing wrong with them. I swapped my KM-4's for these all day in my office, and while there wasn't as much bass response, I definitely heard more of the music, and it was easier on the ears after 6+ hours. I was thinking of putting these in my wife's office but I might need to find a way to make them work in my own office! I'm not certain whether to sand/stain/seal these yet, hopefully the more detailed pics can help?

OK, well I'm up late questioning life and my career, so here are a few more closeup pics

ugh, got the backs glued nicely but the motorboard is loose on one of these too. gonna be a while before I get pics.

Would you sand down the patina first?

Yeah, plan to get those tonight. Right now I'm gluing my KLF-10's so I can take pics and list them for sale :).

As far as the color, I'd like to preserve the raw birch look since they don't seem to be as common as other finishes (I could be wrong here though, that's just my observation).

Last week I picked up a pair of Heresy speakers from the original owner. He traveled around the midwest with them in the 80's and 90's, using them for live acoustic music. They sound very good but have a decent amount of wear from being lugged around. I'm looking for recommendations on repairing the chips and sanding/refinishing. Should I even bother trying to fill in the chips and splinters, or should I just sand everything with 80/220 and then put on some clear/poly? Initial pics are here; I'll put up some more when I take the backs off and remove the drivers later on today.

Yup, will be posting plenty of photos soon. Other than a refinish I'm not sure what they need yet...crossover upgrade might be a good idea but I should just spend some time with them first.

Awesome, thanks. I also need to see about refinishing these, especially the chips on the edges (he was a musician who traveled around the midwest in the 80's, so the cabinets have some wear). Which is the better place to post questions, General Klipsch Info or Technical/Modifications?

Well those ended up selling, but I did pick up a pair of Heresy in raw birch from the original owner tonight. Can anyone help me decode the serial numbers?

Funny, when I worked in Seattle I had a coworker who lived in Yelm, Joe Ellwood. The guy never got back to me, but I'm going to look at another Heresy pair in raw birch tonight.

It does seem like a nice place so far, although I haven't been able to get out much to see it yet. We're very excited to do some camping here, once we get our travel trailer back. We're also only 9 hours from my inlaws cabin on a lake up in Manitoba (the main reason we moved out here). Seems like a long drive but it's much better than the 3-4 day trip it used to be from Oregon. I do miss the PNW but I still work for a Portland-based company, so I get to travel back there now and then. Looking forward to being in Seattle and Portland next month! Where did you live in Seattle?

I just moved here after living in Portland & Seattle the last 12 years, so there are plenty of places I wish I could go to out there too

Against my better judgement I did email the guy a few days ago. He says there's someone in front of me, but if that falls through I'll get my chance.

I'd be all over this too, but I just bought some Chorus as well

You're not helping me here

Wish I could pick these up but I just bought a car yesterday, so I'm kinda broke http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/ele/5799190174.html

One of my top three bands of all time. I'd love to find something like this for either the Remain In Light or Stop Making Sense albums.

I will be heading down to Columbia MO fairly soon, coming from the Minneapolis metro area. I will be hauling back a couple fairly large speakers but I'll be in my F150, so there would be room in the bed as well (which is covered).

Well good to hear (hah). This would be in a fairly small room though, so I wonder if the noise might be an issue.

Well I'm using my smaller Onkyo AVR down in the basement to drive the CF2's now (80wpc I believe). Was thinking that it might be time to upgrade to something bigger/newer like the Outlaw 975/5000 combo. Maybe that's overkill for such a small room though

To meeee. Thanks Matt for the deal, and for holding on to them for me until I can make a road trip down from Minneapolis. Can't want to put these downstairs, but now I might need more power

I'd love to have these (or any other Heritage speaker) in my basement, but I just can't justify the cost yet