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Best Wishes Bob! As I type I'm enjoying my son's Heresies renewed by caps from you and your CT125s. You're a credit to the hobby and the forum. When was the real day?

DrBill, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> First, please understand that I respect the privileged nature of communications between you and Paul Klipsch. That being said, Ive always enjoyed the personal anecdotes regarding PWK that you occasionally bring to the forum, for example your reply in the PWK and Fitness thread at http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/97049.aspx. Have you read the 1975 article in Rolling Stone Magazine thats referred to in, and attached to, the PWK Rolling Stone article thread at http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/717536.aspx? The article raises my curiosity about your experiences in Hope and your first exposure to Klipsch products and Klipsch the man. Im guessing that your interest in audio preceded your arrival in Hope. Is that correct? Were you aware of and interested in Klipsch speakers prior to your arrival in Hope? Feel free to ignore this entirely or to respond via PM or email.

Aren't you glad you didn't pay $1,500 for those La Scalas? What about putting the Heresies into service in your guitar business? People into guitars with tube amps are likely to be impressed by seeing Klipsch speakers playing music (not as guitar speakrs) in your store. Then the speakers could be a tax write-off as a business expense. Of course, they'd have been even more impressed had you sprung for the La Scalas. =)

DeanG wrote: "Maybe what we really need is an air core autoformer:)" That's a great idea, made from #14 Litz wire it would be about the size and cost of a Buick:)

Chops said: "Since I have been running Bob's CT125's now, the thing I noticed most about them is that they sound exactly like my alinco K77's up to 12-13kHz. The only time I really notice the CT125's is when the program material has information up to 20kHz. Obviously, this information was never heard with the old K77's." My impressions could be consistent with those of Chops. I say "could be" for the reason that my high frequency hearing is pretty much shot from the mobile DJ days with 4 Speakerlab SKhorns powered by a Dynaco ST-400 in the mid 70s.

You bet it does. In approximately 1990 I towed a small trailer that held the bare frame and components that went into making the car in my avatar behind a Chevy Cavalier from Hagerstown, MD to Birmingham, MI. While climbing the hills on the PA Turnpike we would watch the temperature gauge climb, whereupon we would turn off the AC, roll down the windows (It was July) and crank the heater to full. With the vents aimed to blow the hot air out the windows, we watched the temp gauge drop immediately. Without that trick I would have cooked that tiny 4 banger.

Try right clicking on the attachment link and saving it to your hard drive.

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Thank you to Rick Tate for copying the Rolling Stone article about PWK and sending a copy to me. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Ive scanned the three pages of text and have attached them to this and subsequent posts. I apologize for the large file size, but any attempt to resize the scans destroyed the resolution, which is not great to start with, since the 11 x 17 page format of Rolling Stone had to first be reduced to 8.5 x 11 prior to scanning. Now that Ive seen the article, I recall reading it many years ago. Nonetheless, its an enjoyable read for anyone who appreciates Klipsch speakers.

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The K-77 Alnicos sound marginally better than the original K-77Ms, but not better than the Crites. I followed the same one at a time, mono and left right comparison and then both in stereo before I swapped in both K-77s. Now Ive re-installed the Crites. The K-77Ms and K-77 Alnicos are both for sale. $130/pair with free shipping to the continental U.S. to Forum members. If you're interested, shoot me an email or PM.

I used the stock value 2uF GE caps supplied by BEC, i.e., the crossover point from squawker to tweeter was not altered.

Whats best for you is what sounds the best to you and is affordable to you, period! This holds true whether comparing capacitors, cables, amps or speakers. Often what sounds the best is more expensive than what is perceived as sounding inferior, but not always.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Klipsch fanciers should know better than to fall into the trap that more costly equates with higher quality. That is the very argument used by the high end audio salons to relegate horns in general, Klipsch in particular, to secondor worseclass status. Many here have experienced the attributes of planar speakers, electrostatics, etc. (high end versions of which can be very expensive and require expensive amplification) only to choose horn loaded speakers. If youre objective and sensible enough to ignore the snobs when expressing a preference for Klipsch, why fall victim to blind snob appeal when it comes to capacitors, etc.? That being said, the beauty of tweaking and DIY is that it makes sense for an individual to spend more on items like capacitors, if it produces a noticeableor even perceivedimprovement. Buying a boutique cap that is five times the cost of a more plebian variety makes sense for the individual, but it would be commercial suicide for a manufacturer, unless the improvement justified the cost difference. Thus the origin of PWKs often repeated comment about, .a dimes worth of difference.

Since our older son has decided to join the USAF rather than start his third senior year in college, he brought home the H/K 430 and Heresy system he's been using. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> In anticipation of the return of the Heresies, Id ordered new caps from BEC to refresh the 1982 Type E networks. I'd also purchased a pair of Crites tweeters from Allan Songer. Before changing anything I hooked them up and listened to familiar music. I then swapped the caps in one speaker only. With the preamp set to mono I used the balance control to switch between the stock Heresy and the one with new caps. The difference was obvious. The new caps beat the 24-year-old caps easily. Then I replaced the caps in the second speaker and listened to them in stereo for awhile. They sounded very good, Next, I swapped the K-77M for the Crites tweeter in one speaker and compared the two in mono as described above. The difference was noticeable, but not as noticeable as the difference between the caps. The other Crites tweeter was then put into the other Heresy. There is an improvement in sound. So far, I notice it most with percussion, especially brushes on cymbals and drum heads. Tomorrow Ill try Alnico K-77s to see how they compare to the Crites tweeters.

Looks more like Altec VOT, but we'll have to wait for the DNA results.

Hi Bruno, I just replied to your PM with instructions on how to attach files to posts. Good luck.

It's my understanding that the demand for Ford GTs still exceeds the supply and that the announcement of the end of production has only exacerbated that. Many dealers can't even get one. Any dealer who has one but can't sell it locally would have no difficulty selling it to another dealer. They are still selling at a premium over MSRP, i.e., if a dealer chooses to carry one on its floor-plan, it's because of the halo effect it brings by having it in the showroom or some other reason unrelated to the market. The market for Ford GTs is, and always has been, that consumers are waiting to pay more than the approximate $150,000 MSRP.

Vector has always been "financially strapped." The Saleen is actually made, sold and driven in the United States. BTW, the S7, the Ford GT and Saleen Mustangs are assembled in SSV's new facility at 1225 East Maple Rd., Troy, MI. If you spent way too much of your hard earned paper route money on plastic model cars, like I did, that street address might have a familiar ring to it. AMT was located in the same building at 1225 East Maple Rd., Troy, Michigan.

Martin- Thanks for the information. I'll check the local libraries.

Rick- I sent you an email. If I had a copy I could scan it to make it available over the Internet. I don't know how to create a PDF. Perhaps I'll post a request for a PDF creation tutorial. Undoubtedly copyright issues would arise if someone posted a PDF of the article on the forum. Thanks,

This inquiry was prompted by references to the article in a 2-Channel thread (http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/715016.aspx ). My curiosity prompted me to ask here also. The following then took place in the other thread:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> boom3 wrote, "I have seen it posted here before, so a search may turn it up It was not an equipment review per se. It was more about Paul, the culture of K&A, the history of hi-fi, etc. The reviewer owned LaScalas." Prior to posting the inquiry, I used the search function and found several threads that referred to the article, including one that, apparently, included the article as an attachment. Unfortunately, archived posts often no longer contain attachments; this one did not. The interview of PWK and the Rolling Stones article were done by Tim Cahill. One of the related archived threads included an email from Cahill to a forum member confirming the fact that he still owned and enjoyed La Scalas that hed purchased from Steve Living In The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />USA Miller, an old friend of his. My curiosity is only heightened by the unsuccessful search for the actual article. Surely someone has a copy or can identify the issue by date. I suppose I could always go the public library and find it the old fashioned way, but that seems so primitive when its probably only a few key strokes away.

boom3 wrote, "I have seen it posted here before, so a search may turn it up It was not an equipment review per se. It was more about Paul, the culture of K&A, the history of hi-fi, etc. The reviewer owned LaScalas."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Prior to posting the inquiry, I used the search function and found several threads that referred to the article, including one that, apparently, included the article as an attachment. Unfortunately, archived posts often no longer contain attachments; this one did not. The interview of PWK and the Rolling Stones article were done by Tim Cahill. One of the related archived threads included an email from Cahill to a forum member confirming the fact that he stilled owned and enjoyed La Scalas that hed purchased from Steve Living In The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />USA Miller, an old friend of his. My curiosity is only heightened by the unsuccessful search for the actual article. Surely someone has a copy or can identify the issue by date. I suppose I could always go to the public library and find it the old fashioned way, but that seems so primitive when its probably only a few key strokes away.