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I've enjoyed each of Erik Larson's books that I've read (I've not yet read Naked Consumer). If you liked Isaac's Storm, you'll probably enjoy The Devil in the White City (serial killer and Chicago World's Fair) and In the Garden of Beasts (inside Germany prior to WWII).

It's kind of like the parable about "stone soup." The only Heresy parts that are also in a Cornwall are the tweeter and the squawker driver. You'll need new squawker horns, new woofers, new balancing networks and new enclosures to end up with "Cornwalls." Enjoy the project.

A man of true class has left us. http://triblive.com/sports/1895921-85/twyman-stokes-nba-game-court-basketball-became-guardian-heart-jack

Thanks Doc, How are your speaker projects progressing? http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/211407-philips-ad-5061-back-loaded-horn.html

Definitely wild. http://www.oswaldsmillaudio.com/Products/loudspeaker.html

That was awesome. The perfect setting for a beautiful setter.

The speakers and receiver sounded great. I put the system together so my son would be exposed to music from something other than ear-buds. I was surprised at how good the sound of good recording from an I-pod could sound through this system. If interested, the following thread contains the follow-up: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/163062.aspx

While in DC for our son's graduation (mentioned in other threads) we went to the Smithsonian annex at Dulles airport. The Air and Space Museum on the mall has always been a favorite of mine. The newer museum space at Dulles airport is well worth the short travel from central DC. The admission is free. The parking is $15, so pack the car and visit the museum. The Discovery just arrived a few weeks earlier. To see it up close is amazing. In some ways it looks like a movie prop, but the reality of its appearance and history make it truly awsome. The huge hangar space also contains a Concorde, a Lockheed Constellation and other large exhibits.

The graduation weekend was a huge success. The system was a hit. We were too busy to spend much time listening, but a short and shaky video can be seen at: http://youtu.be/an_8yDIOKwM Scott started at the DC police academy on the day after graduation. He wants to be a homicide detective.

The graduation weekend was a huge success. The system was a hit. We were too busy to spend much time listening. Scott started at the DC police academy on the day after graduation. He plans to be a homicide detective.

Still looking for older FE103 speakers.

You must be reading my mind!!! I almost posted the same thing earlier.When I was younger, I worked at a TV station. One of the older technicians/cameraman was from Hungary, escaped during the '56 overthrow. He would flip breakers for the lighting grid in the studio we had, get on a ladder and touch the connection with his fingers. That way he could tell if he got the correct breaker turned on. Bruce My paternal grandfather (born 1896) worked for Pennsylvania RR in Baltimore. He seemed to have an immunity to electrical shock after working on and around the Pensy's electric (full size not toys) locomotives. He too put wet fingers in sockets to test for live current. Don't try at home.

Dale, Glad you posted. I hate keping a secret. I'm sending you some Dyna tube gear, but feel free to put a forum member's h/k x30 in line ahead of me. I'm still planning to send the high school's 730 in for a tune-up. I'm also looking for another 730 for myself. When I find one, it'll be headed your way. The attached photo doesn't do the receiver justice. All the lights work and it sounds great. When I get to DC, I'll take a video of the receiver playing the Heresy speakers and post a YouTube link. Thanks,

To get a non-OEM diaphragm over-nighted in time to make the repair and leave today would have cost more than the whole operating K77 I got from ClaudeJ1. A replacement diaphragm will eventually be ordered without the urgency and the failed K77 will be again operable. I can't tell you how many checks I sent to EV at 600 Cecil St., Buchanan, MI to get real EV diaphragms to repair T35s (same as K77) in the SKhorns used in my 70's DJ biz. If repairing would have been faster and less expensive, I'd have gotten a diaphragm from Bob Crites over-nighted to me and fixed it yesterday. Be careful buying knock-off diaphragms from sources other than Klipsch or Bob Crites. You could get lucky, but then again , . . .

Almost done. A little more work to be done on the black finish. Without replacing the veneer, there would have been too many spots with filler to stain well. In black like an H3, it's easier to hide the filler necessary to restore corners and fill chips, etc. The brass Klipsch badges from Russ/Budman provide the finishing touch.

I replaced the old caps with new caps from Bob Crites. It's difficult to perceive from the photos, but I sprayed the aluminum squawker horns with black rubberized leak-stop "as seen on TV" to reduce ringing. I know that attaching the mouth of the horn to the motorboad eliminates most, if not all, of the ringing, but a little more deadening couldn't hurt.

This photo shows the foam on the top, sides and bottom. The motorboard has 1/8" closed cell foam attached to it. It acts as a gasket for the horns and woofers.

They're not completely done, but they'll be ready by Wednesday. As will be seen in subsequent photos, I lined the cabinets with acoustic foam. You can see the inside of the back panel in this photo. The perimeter of the back panel has the same 1/8" closed cell foam that's on the motorboard to provide a better seal.

EDIT 05/13/12 @ 5:00pm EDT ClaudeJ1 had a working K77. My other son left Claude's 30 minutes earlier with the tweeter. Thank you Claude. Also, thanks go out to Bob Crites for an exchange of emails near midning last night. If Claude hadn't provided the available K77, Bob would have helped to get it done prior to Wednesday's departure. _________________________________________________ As described in another thread (http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/160982/1709002.aspx#1709002) I'm putting together as system as a graduation present for our son. At 28, after 4 years in the Army and a tour in Afghanistan, he's graduating Sunday from George Washington University. In the final moments of refurbishing the Heresy speakers to take to our son's graduation, I discovered the voice coil in one of the tweeters has failed. They both worked when previously tested, but when I buttoned everything up, one tweeter was out. It's an open circuit. It registers no resistance on a DVM. I opened it up. Even with the probes touching the leads as close as possible to the voice coil there's no current passing. I've lost count of the number of K77s/T35s I've repaired, so when I say the voice coil is shot, it's shot. We're leaving on Wednesday to drive to DC for the GWU graduation on Sunday. I really don't want to present him with a broken speaker. I know it's a long shot, but does any Southeast Michigan area forum member have any of the following that I could buy from you: another K77/T35; a voice coil for a K77/T35; a pair of CT125s; or another suggestion to get the speakers operational ASAP? Thanks,

Tape appears to be used as a synonym of recording. Don't get your deguasser in a magnetic field. People who actually played tapes aren't the target demographic.

Using the detailed thread posted by Marshall aka Groomlakearea51, I was able to get the fabric straight and tight.

As promised to Budman, here are the first photos of the refurbished Heresy speakers. Since Russ supplied the badges, it's appropriate to start with those. The frames and cloth are from Bob Crites. Michael Colter will scold me for allowing the flash to wash out the black grills. At 8:00pm EDT--even at the western edge of the Eastern Time Zone--the ambient light on a gloomy day in Southeast Michigan was fading. Better daylight photos will be posted when the speakers are completed--and the sun returns.

I'm looking for used Fostex FE103s. I built a pair of rear loaded horns (see http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/56563.aspx?PageIndex=1). I want to try them in the existing enclosures and I want to build bass reflex encclosures simiar to Tekton Design 4.1s. I know the Fostex FE103en is available from Madisound, and I have several RS 40-1197s. I'm looking for used older FE103s.

BigStewMan said, " . . . a rabid Red Wings fan." That borders on redundant. Also it's alliterative if you imagine Elmer Fudd saying it. Of course I'm a Wings fan, but I've had all my shots.

DD- I'll ask for details of the repairs and post the results of that inquiry. Karma has Russ/Budman receiving the left over grill fabric as repayment for the superb brass Klipsch badges.