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DizRotus

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  1. As my late mother was wont to say, "that was a working out." Budman aka Russ was the first to express interest in the fabric. It's now on its way to him. I even get to repay him for the free badges by sending the fabric at no charge.
  2. Mike offered: " . . . Corporate deathburger, Ronald McDonald . . ." . . . but your avatar appears so cheerful.
  3. EDIT: 05/07/12 The fabric is on its way to Russ. The pair of Crites sourced H2 grill frames is still available for the cost of shipping from Birmingham, MI. For the cost of shipping from Birmingham, MI, you can have enough black fabric and grill frames, both from Bob Crites, to make 2 new grills for Heresy II (with plastic squawker horn). There's enough fabric for 2 pairs, if you're careful, but there's only a single pair of frames. The frames could be modified to be used on Heresy I, if you're ambitious. Budman aka Russ was kind enough to donate brass Klipsch badges to the project described at http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/160982/1709002.aspx#1709002. So, I want to pay it forward.
  4. Oscarsear asked, "Remember $0.19 hamburgers? Long ago." I remember 15 cent burgers at McDonalds, Henry's and Burger Chef If memory serves, White Castle burgers were 12 cents.
  5. Joe, Shape Shifter hasn't posted since 2005, and I last spoke with him about that time. Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply.
  6. Aint this forum populated by the best people? A member who will, for now, remain anonymous made my old H/K 430 look almost new and perform better than new. He was recommended to me by forum member Rivernuggets. He'd done excellent work on R'nuggets' H/K 730. I'm leaving it to the repair wizard to reveal his identity because I'm not certain he wants to be in the H/K x30 rehab business. Believe me, he's not going to retire on what he charged me. His main avocational interest appears to be tube gear. Like many on this forum, I've discovered the virtues of the Harman Kardon x30 series of receivers. I believe Andy aka HDBRbuilder was one of the first, if not the first, to sing the praises of the vintage H/K receivers. I've enjoyed a 730 and two 430s (one of which I sold to Marvel). My remaining 430 dropped a channel and fell into disuse. As mentioned in another thread (http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/160982/1709002.aspx#1709002), I'm refurbishing a pair of Heresy speakers as a graduation gift for our son and to thank him for serving in Afghanistan. I decided to see about getting the 430 brought back to life to be part of the gift. Through an exchange of emails I shipped the receiver to the member. He immediately diagnosed a small problem and was willing to send it back without a charge. I declined that offer and asked him to replace the antique capacitors. He rebuilt the power supply, replaced the bulbs, and performed sundry other services and sent it back. It's fantastic; my son will be extremely pleased with his H/K 430, Klipsch Heresy system. I'll post some photos of the speakers and the receiver before they head to DC for the GWU graduation It's worth mentioning that Russ aka Budman was kind enough to provide brass Klipsch badges for the refurbished speakers. The grill fabric and crossover parts were sourced from Bob Crites and the "some .assembly required" Heresy pair was acquired from ClaudeJ1. The forum was instrumental in putting together a system for my son. Thank You.
  7. $430/month is not horrrible, but it depends on many factors, such as age, health history, co-pays, deductibles, etc. Find poeple in your area who are pleased with the service and prices from their independent agents. Contact those agents and consider co-pays, deductibles, health savings account, etc. If you deal with the right agent you will get value. Price alone is not a value. As previously indicated, make certain the doctors and hospitals you prefer accept the coverages you're considering. Health Insurance is sort of like cable; you need to switch (or threaten to switch) providers occasionally to get the best rates. We just switched, lowered our rate and now get yearly physicals, mammograms, colonoscopies, so-called well visits, at no cost. If we'd stayed with the old carrier we'd not have benefitted from some of the recent changes in health insurance.
  8. In Motown the Dominoes aren't falling but the Little Caesar's hockey team is done for the year.
  9. Thanks Claude. But you know my dirty secret.
  10. Slightly OT, but it might be news to many. The US developed a nuclear powered aircraft in the 60s. My late father was an engineer in the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department of General Electric (see attachded pdf). The program was shelved as part of a general cutback in military spending, not because it couldn't be done. My father was frustrated at not being able to see projects to conclusion. That frustration drove him away from any defense funded projects. He left GE to work for Brunswick. His name is one of several on the patents for the automatic scorekeeper. Perhaps that career shift is a metaphor for this whole discussion.
  11. Yesterday I made a Pony Express run to shuttle Klipsch gear to another forum member via ClaudeJ1. I went with every intention of making the delivery and returning home quickly. Claude twisted my arm to listen to his system with new horn lenses on the tweeters. I'll leave it to Claude to fill in the technical details, but suffice it to say they were extremely impressive. The first thing that hit me was the imaging. Information was clearly coming from left, right and center. I assumed the Cornwall under the TV was the source of the centered material; it was not active. The spooky imaging was the result of strictly 2-channel. The center channel is used for HT only. I especially like the fact that the new lenses are relatively inexpensive parts from Parts Express. I've never been one to seek out boutique parts. An inexpensive part that outperforms a more expensive and/or fashionable part is always preferred. In fact, PWK's philosophy was similar. Unlike my first visit when a condo neighbor pounded on the wall, I was able to experience the full effect of Claude's Danley style tapped horn. During sections of the Tron remake, the low bass energy would flutter the legs of my jeans. The best part is the absence of exaggerated bass where none should be present, with the full impact when actually needed. If I have the time and money, a Danley style tapped horn is definitely in my DIY future. Instead of 15 minutes and a hasty exit, after 2 hours and 2 Bell's Two Hearted Ales, I returned home. Thank you Claude for your hospitality.
  12. Fowl weather can be amazing. Thanks!
  13. I have a pair of 30+ year-old transmission line sub-woofers that have the lines stuffed with genuine UK wool. It's my understanding that real wool was/is used in such situations as a low pass filter. The wool filters out the high frequencies, while allowing the low frequencies to exit the line. It wasn't used as damping material, in the way polyfill (pillow stuffing material) is used as damping material these days. I believe polyfill (available from Parts Express) would be better at damping a Cornwall than real wool. In fact, that paper padding that Klipsch used is probably better still. When I purchased the wool from Falcon Acoustics in the UK, they recommended moth-proofing the wool before building it into the speakers. Moths don't like polyfill. There was some thinking that the natural lanolin in sheep wool enhanced the acoustic properties. Where's Sputnik when you have a sheep question? If I were ewe, I'd forget the wool.
  14. How do you choke a Weber . . . carburetor?
  15. Ttry sticking a rag in the squawker horn, then place your ear right in front of the tweeter. If you can't hear anything, the diagnosis is complete.
  16. One person's "sweet spot" is another person's ball and chain. Some would argue that properly set up Klipschorns have too narrow a sweet spot, if that's defined as the point where straight lines drawn from the centers of the speakers intersect out in the room. On the other hand, the "sweet spot" of properly set up omni-directional speakers, e.g., Bose 901 or Ohm/Walsh, is huge. IMO, the sweet spot of such speakers, although large, is not as sweet. To me, the great dynamics and low distortion of excellent horn loaded speakers can't be beaten. The sensation of live music, even when coming from the next room, is uncanny. As to recordings to test a system, anything from Sheffield Labs, especially Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker, I've Got The Music . . . is good vinyl. The CD I use is Dave Brubeck's Take Five fromTime Out.
  17. In my opinion, Maggies are excellent speakers, but woud not replace Klipsch Heritage. The limits of Maggies, as with all planar speakers, are the small sweet spot, due to beamy highs, and weak bass.
  18. It looks great. Is the bass bin sealed or ported?
  19. The push-pull configuration is interesting. If it can get the most out of a minimum footprint. It's worthy of consideration. After listening to ClaudeJ1's Danley style tapped horn subwoofer coffee table, that's the way I'll be going.
  20. What does she have against subwoofer designing? She likes pictures of puppies.
  21. What bike? For some reason, SWMBO failed to see the humor in this thread. Go figure. Some people just can't appreciate sophisticated subtle humor.
  22. Oh . . . now I see what you're referring to. I was looking at the pair of cylinders in the V-twin.[]
  23. Brac asked, " . . . so, the space between each pair is sealed?" To which "pair" are you referring?
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