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I have owned over 50 speakers, mostly JBL and Klipsch. I use fillers only when absolutely necessary. Dry sand when using filler, and wet sand with oil when not. Lucky for us Klipsch uses a very high quality veneer and this allows for my technique or any of the other methods recommended here as well. Like @pzannucci said, if you use the technique I suggested, just make sure you clean up around the repair area with a tshirt type cloth, very lightly water dampened, to remove the excess filler from the undamaged areas. The nylon scraper really aids in the application and controls the spread. The filler will have a very short working time, so make as small of a batch as you can and work quickly. Another method not mentioned is using Briwax. It is colored and fills minor scratches well. This product can easily be removed if unsatisfied with the results. Carnauba wax is the main ingredient, and offers slightly better protection than oil finish alone, but again requires annual maintenance.

Soft color match wax fill is a possibility, but requires a lot of experience, special tools, and is best saved for a professional. The most common method used is sanding. As you light sand you will create sawdust. Save the sawdust, no matter how little there is. Make a perfect color match wood putty by adding a very small amount of Titebond II wood glue to the sawdust you saved. Push this into the scratches with a nylon scraper. Save any extra remaining sawdust. Wait one hour and gently clean off the excess filler with the scraper. Allow a day to dry and sand again. Repeat if necessary. 120 grit, 180 grit, finish with 240 grit. Use a block, not your hand, don't dig in one area, evenly sand across the entire surface always with the grain. Use the weight of you hand to hold down the block and paper, but do not push down while you sand. Stay off the edges and corners except the last strokes of each stage. Complete your repair by using your favorite oil, you should be oiling annually anyway. If you have a lacquer finish apply a new lacquer coat to complete, omitting the oil of course.

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I found this to be true when I doubled my amplifier power. Beforehand I never expected to notice the response to be so highly impacted in such a sensitive speaker which typically draws very few watts over long time frames, but in shorter bursts, OH YEAH! The beast comes out with large power amps.

The Mother Ship has landed! Epson 5040ub 92" elite screen 30 something foot beast of and hdmi cable ceiling mount The previous owner was great to work with on the sale. Happy Birthday America

I just saw a local craigslist listing where he is selling 6 XPA-1 amps in the boxes for $200 each. Too bad I already have my new Monoprice Monolith 7X firmly in place now. Yeah, I paid the $112 shipping. Guess I will never know Emo. I don't care what anyone else says about it, the differences between my Outlaw 5000 and the Monolith 7x are clearly audible to me. My neighbors told me they have noticed too.

I finally finished fabricating my new custom built DIY audio/video racks to hold my new gear, and here everything is in place. I custom color matched the shelves to match the oiled walnut Chorus II's. It was a pain waiting each day for another layer to dry, but the 4 stage color was really worth it. It looks 30 years old already. I knew it would be a little glossy, but I would have to wait a month before I could buff it out, so it will stay this way. Now the Monolith 7x amplifier has a proper home, the center channel is standing upright as it should have been all along. Next will be covering all 5 speakers and both audio racks with black granite slabs for protection, added mass, and just plain cool factor.