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Maximus89

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  1. I like the grey riser better but I think you should have and still can do the method that finebokeh used. “I used Minwax wood finish penetrating stain, a coat of Weathered Oak 270 followed by a coat of Classic Gray 271. Given a second chance I would experiment by mixing the two stains together in different proportions rather than using two separate applications. It is finished with Polycrylic clear satin.” https://community.klipsch.com/uploads/monthly_2017_10/klipsch1.jpg.7f3c6cf1b18c4627f5f30cb4a9df3698.jpg Should be cheap and easy to do right over what you’ve currently done and it looks spot on to the distressed oak forte III Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. My Khorns aim directly at me with zero fatigue(Dean dialed the mid's back on the xover), my past La Scalas made my ears feel like they were bleeding when facing directly at me so i faced them straight with no toe in and i liked them. My Chorus II were always toed in slightly to the back of me. I never stopped tinkering with the Chorus and i continue to tinker with them in the open floor plan living room for HT(and some times music). Very slight toe in right now. Still nothing sounds good because the room just doesn't work for audio. I can only get it acceptable when i bring out the speakers far into the room like the cardas rule and face forward with no toe in and use 2 subs with it.
  3. Wish I pulled the trigger on one when I had the chance. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. Is that raw oak? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. All connected and put back together! Gonna try a little mono session with some stones and Beatles. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. Thanks dude! I’m happy. For $268.05 + profit from selling the KLF-C7 I don’t need anymore. It’s a hell of a deal. It’ll be mostly out of sight aesthetically anyway, but very happy. I was hyping myself for a Chorus III project but nah. I just don’t have it in me to do mods especially involving wood working to make the Chorus II mid horn cut out smaller to fit the Forte III horn. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. It’ll need to be veneered all over again in the future along with the Chorus II to match but I’m just going to enjoy for now. All that matters is it’s structurally sound for now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. Everything sealed up. Gaps filled. The major damage was just to difficult for a noob like me to fix. The worst front right corner and the front left corner. Just couldn’t be fixed well enough but it’s fine for now. Up close you can see the timber mate walnut wood filler I used, but it’s whatever. That worst right corner, I had no choice but to cut out the broken veneer and flatten out the warped mdf and apply a piece of veneer but the damn thing chipped up. I tried to match the streak of the grain as best I could. I don’t know how to get the dark lines from the oil filled in. More wood filler? Overall it’s fine. It’s going up high on an entertainment center horizontally. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. Getting a $75 refund so in total the Forte III center will cost $268.05. I've left the speaker clamped. I adjusted the clamps last night to help with the corner gaps, mostly decent enough, but the right corner which was the worst, still has a very noticeable gap. I'll have to use bondo. I'll look into veneer repair first with a small sheet of natural cut walnut veneer or edgebanding. I've seen a process where you cut out the damaged veneer-and cut out a new piece of veneer the same size and glue it into the area. With this process, i might need to apply a stain to to help cover up fixes. I love Danish Oil, so i could use a Dark Walnut Danish Oil to give it just a touch of darker varnish to make the repairs more difficult to see. I'll try a few pieces first. If the results aren't up to my standard, i'll just have to fill in all external damage with bondo, sand, and re-veneer. Would love to use a highly figured walnut if i can find some locally at a decent price.
  10. Glued up with White Titebond III and clamped. Hope that’s strong enough. The outer splits unfortunately didn’t close up enough, still a bit of a gap. Didn’t want to use bondo but might have to. I’ll put more glue in an hour and tighten on the exact spot to see if that works and then I’ll just leave it clamped until tomorrow. When it clumped up I realized I forgot to tape off the inside black part. Got as much clumps off with a damp towel but some of the black will surely have glue on it. Hopefully a black paint marker will take care of it. I just want it to be structurally sound. If I end up having to use bondo to fill in the small corner gaps, I’ll go ahead fill in all the dings and that major damage in the right corner and probably re-veneer it. Maybe a nicer highly figured walnut that way I have an opportunity to do the same veneer for my Chorus II. That’ll be much later though. Tomorrow I’ll silicone all the inside edges and the magnets which are just screwed in and sticking out on the inside. Hopefully all that will ensure a tight seal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. For anyone’s future reference. Fairly straight and same process as other klipsch such as forte/Chorus/quarter/KLF/heresy and Cornwall. Everything marker positive/negative. The connectors were really hard to remove so I used needle nose pliers. The woofer and mid driver use different hardware so you’ll need an attachment for your screwdriver/drill. I believe it’s just called a torx screw? I’m no Tim the toolman Taylor. You can differentiate the mid and woofer but thickness- remember the woofer torx are the thicker ones. The terminal cup also uses them and they’re the smallest. The rest of the hardware is straight forward. Here’s some photos of the drivers. The crossover is screw down at the bottom of the cabinet at the 4 corners and 2 in the middle. drivers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. Starting the process now. Mid horn okay. No cracks. Didn’t expect to see such a large driver! So far so good. Only thing is these parts are really in there tight. Some of the motorboard was peeled off with the mid horn. All backs of drivers are really dusty too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. That room/house is incredible but going to be difficult to work with for audio while maintaining a clean aesthetic if that’s important. Maybe you can get large panels and diffusers attached to stands that you can store away when you’re not doing any critical listening and bring them out in their places when you do? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. Like you I sit against the wall for my KHorns and I have 2 bass traps at the reflection points and one large panel in the middle. I have 2 panels I need to hang at the front, but you got me wondering about diffusers there in your thread. They seem too expensive for me right now though Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. That’s why I have the Klipschorns in a smaller back bedroom on the long wall - bc I can freely use all my acoustic treatment which is an eye sore and I can listen comfortably levels that I’ve found aren’t that loud outside when I walk in the backyard - compared to the louder levels I have to use in the living room- I walk outside in the driveway and front and you can hear too much. Don’t want to disturb neighbors Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. Do you have room and ability to do the cardas rule when you really want to listen to music and then tuck them back toed in the corners when you’re watching tv/movies? I didn’t do the cardas measurements-just experimented with pulling them up front and it was better than in the corners but low end wasn’t all that great Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. Large open floor plan is really hard to get a good sound. I’ve found bringing the Chorus II out and forward really helps but still just using a mid level onkyo and don’t really like the Onkyo sound with Klipsch compared to higher end Marantz warm signature sound I’m using with the KHorns. Afraid to move the Klipschorns in this room because the left corner has a windowsill and I’d have to upgrade to a higher end receiver and not have a center to match either. The subs need upgrading as well and need to be small enough for aesthetic purposes to fit inside the entertainment center cabinet where you see the black grills behind the Chorus II. Once the Forte III is repaired- it’s going up top horizontally where the KLF-C7 is with the Chorus II. The Chorus II have all Ti diaphragms which I actually really like in this open room but need to update the crossovers still. If the KHorns were to go in this room-can a heresy I or II do well enough as a center up top where the C7 is? I’ve read KHorns do well without much room treatment and high ceilings. I can always just strategically place pillows as I’ve done in the photo. The large vase to the left would also be a problem. Any tips for large open floor plan living room listening? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. Thanks for the help! I'm pretty upbeat about this and you got me even more excited. I'll do just that. I'll also check the throat of the horn when i'm ready. First, like @USNRET said, i'm going to try and get a partial refund tomorrow to at minimum cover the cost of the materials i need(PVA glue and 4 large clamps). I've also been researching about repairing veneer. Seems easy enough, the bigger issue is the raised/warped mdf mainly on the right front corner as shown in photo #1 above
  19. I’ve found most that I demo for that are into the same music as me but never got into the audio world just don’t know how to critically listen. I think most of those people in general just like a lot of bass. The one friend I have that’s really into klipsch hasn’t really experienced anything other than KG4s and Heresy IIs(that I sold him) with cheap AVRs and he just likes to blast in large open floor plan untreated(with huge windows everywhere) living rooms to the point of distortion. It’s just super loud and I hate how everyone comments on how horrible it sounds. Another I had over said it just sounds like regular music but louder but he liked how he felt some the sounds were coming from behind him like surround sound. The one friend that knows a lot about music but is into headphones doesn’t know how to stay still. I tell him over and over to stay still in the sweet spot and really listen and he just wants to change songs and stand up and move around and gets into the excitement of choosing the songs he likes but doesn’t sit and actually listen. But, that’s just him. He can’t ever stay still no matter what we’re doing. I think for me the biggest factor was getting a chance to move up in the audio world. Starting with little bookshelves to KG3.2s to KLF-10s to Heresy IIs to Forte Is to to Chorus I and Chorus IIs to La Scalas to now Klipschorns including demoing others at other people’s homes. I’ve had the experience of the differences in quality to judge and truly know the improvements and what to listen for. When someone who doesn’t listen just goes in and gets a small demo of something they don’t know to expect or to compare with, it’s just an experience of hearing music but louder as if you’ve got a night club in your house. ThTs all they get out of it- it seems. Most comments always seems to be “that’s bad ***” when the bass really goes low. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. @moray james Can the motorboard be glued and clamped fairly easily? I know you have experience with bracing your cabinets so maybe you can give a suggestion? For someone who doesn't care too much about pretty veneer and isn't afraid to veneer-can the cabinet splits be clamped and glued for some labor and i'd have myself a fully functional Forte III center channel for $343.05 + whatever cost of glue and clamps?
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  22. They pulled a fast one on me. Not only did the box arrive torn open with mud all over the box where it was torn open but a streak of mud across my whole yard from them just dragging it. Not only that, but instead of carefully putting it inside the roof covered front porch against the wall, they laid it down after dragging it and left it laying there half way sticking out from the porch roof....on a rainy day/week. Luckily it only sprinkled in that time span. That's on shipping-fine. Whatever. As long as the cabinet is fine so i can start troubleshooting the sound issues. Open it up. First thing i see-a completely shattered and ruined riser. Rage with shipping is going through my head. Then i take the speaker out and it's cosmetically wrecked. The sides, the motorboard on several sides have all come up and split open. The original box and packaging came with it and as i went through the black folder, the original return shipping order was there. Turns out it wasn't destroyed in shipping. The previous returner had also thought he was getting an excellent condition cabinet with no sound being produced-he returned it saying it was misrepresented-he was advised it that it was supposed to be in excellent condition with no damage other than scratches and a few scuffs and dings. The speaker i purchased was in good cosmetic condition with no sound. The speaker i received was severely damaged cosmetically but sounds just fine. All drivers are working. Either i was completely fleeced and lied to about the condition or they sent me the damaged one of the pair and the one that produces no sound in excellent condition cabinet stayed over there. Purposely or accidentally i don't know? This was a final sale. I spoke to the agent and she said if it arrives not the way it was described, i could return it. Do i want to deal with the hassle? I don't really know. Some wood glue and clamps to seal the cabinet again might be my best option. I don't really care to get my hands dirty and to be honest, my Chorus II veneer is pretty poor condition as well. Might be a good opportunity to repair this forte III cabinet by resealing it and then re-veneering it and my chorus ii cabinets the same veneer.
  23. The original had to be revised because it was too expensive and not selling very well as far as what I’ve read. I’d wonder what kind of budget he’d have to work with. The Forte III made sense since the Forte line was one of their best selling. I think the timing is right this time around and the CF line has a cult following and sales would be improved. CF-5 with mumps horn and maybe prices for the cd’s he’d like to use are cheaper now-a-days? Still if the price was in the Cornwall III range you’d have to wonder how many non audiophiles in that market would choose dual 12s 2 way over a classic klipsch 3 way with a 15. Maybe price would have to be between forte III/RF-7 III and Cornwall III? Another thing is with more accurate testing you’d wonder if the specs-especially efficiency would be up to Klipsch standard? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  24. My room is smaller and I went from Chorus II to KHorns. Some people sit just as close for jubilees. Just do it and enjoy! Bigger is always better! You just adjust your listening levels Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  25. I wonder if that applies to larger heritage namely KHorns and la scalas. Would be interesting to see a distressed oak khorn with lambswool grills. I assume custom options are limited to the actual wood veneers available and choice of stain? So instead of black, the ash or oak would have the distressed oak stain. Instead of the stained cherry, you can ask for natural cherry etc? I do recall seeing a photo of corys natural cherry la scalas. Those were beautiful! But figured he has a special connection to be able to do that. Didn’t know regular customers can order custom as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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