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Hello Michael, As usual you give sound (pun intended) advice. Happy Thanksgiving! Remember, you can call before you buy any more Klipsch (or worse), I'll talk you down. Life happens a day at a time.

Win, You've got friends here.

Never mind.

In the mid-70s I too had an Olds 442 (tin top) and used it to pull an 8x10 U-Haul stuffed with four Speakerlab SKhorns, a Dynaco ST-400, two Technics tables, a Sony TC-161SD cassette deck, a mixer and many records and tapes. I charged $30/hour from arrival to departure and was always asked to return and return. I agree with the recommendation of La Scalas.

May all have a fowl day, unless, of course, youre a Chevy Vegan, in which case enjoy some PETA bread.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> After stuffing myself, Ill loosen my belt to watch the Lions get Vick-timized by the Falcons and then promptly fall asleep. The sleep will be induced by: My brother-in-laws incessant praise of his Bose HT system; The Lions soporific offense directed by the Mooch; and/or Tryptophan. However you celebrate the day; whatever your philosophical or political leanings, please take time to express gratitude for all that you have, especially family and friends. Remember, if all your problems could be solved by money, then you have no real problems, be grateful for that.

I don't recall, but It's not Paul Simon's fault. The recording quality is poor, not the quality of the music.

That thought crossed my mind also. In fact, the percussive sound is of such poor quality on the recording that snares could be at least part of the problem. Whatever it is, it sounds bad at low volume and horrible at high volume.

I always knew that no good deed goes unpunished (For the entire background, see Music playback in band room , Four abused Lascalas need a good home - sold , WWPWKD? First music across generations? ). After repeated gushing praise for the sound of the La Scalas from the band director, I got an email stating that something is rattling in the left speaker. Naturally, he isn't available to demonstrate the problem, so I arranged to get the band room unlocked by a night custodian. My 15-year-old son and I took every possible tool to address every possible problem.<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /> We fired em up . . . . . and they sounded . . . well . . . fantastic. The Doobie Brothers at 100+db, and no rattles. The drum solo from Diana Kralls, Live in Paris, track 7, Devil May Care, also at 100+db; nothing but tight solid percussion. Neither my son nor I could hear a problem. The aluminum trim was the first suspect. It was all still tightly secured by the silicone and screws; no rattles there. I opened the bass bin; everything tight as expected. Nothing was loose. Nothing was rattling. Today I went back while the director was there. He put in this Paul Simon CD that looked like it came in a cereal box, cranked it way up and said, Hear that? Yeah, I hear that. The drum on that CD sounded like crap at low volume and now it sounds like REALLY LOUD CRAP. Garbage in and garbage out. He didnt seem to be buying it. The fact that everything sounded perfect on good recordings, irrespective of the volume level, hadnt persuaded him that the problem was the CD, not the speakers. In an attempt to demonstrate what I was explaining, I pulled out Paul Simon and put in the Live In Paris CD, without touching the volume. With the volume at 12:00 Oclock, Paul Simon was loud and bad. At the same setting Diana Krall was extremely loud and still good. Im temped to take my single driver rear horn project speakers over there to demonstrate that the crappy CD will sound bad on them too. I tried to explain that he will hear a lot of things that hes never heard before. Some good and some bad. Hes still loves the way they sound, except when they rattle when he plays that Paul Simon CD. Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this (raising his arm). Doctor: Dont do that.

Did these "organ' speakers have amplifiers built-in at some time? The plate is probably related to the organ history.

I always knew that no good deed goes unpunished. After repeated gushing praise for the sound of the La Scalas from the band director, I got an email stating that something is rattling in the left speaker. Naturally, he isn't available to demonstrate the problem, so I arranged to get the band room unlocked by a night custodian. My 15-year-old son and I took every possible tool to address every possible problem.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> We fired em up . . . . . and they sounded fantastic. The Doobie Brothers at 100+db and no rattles. The drum solo from Diana Kralls, Live in Paris, track 7, Devil May Care also at 100+db; nothing but tight solid percussion. Neither my son nor I could hear a problem. The aluminum trim was the first suspect. It was all still tightly secured by the silicone and screws; no rattles there. I opened the bass bin; everything tight as expected. Nothing was loose. Nothing was rattling. Today I went back while the director was there. He put in this Paul Simon CD that looked like it came in a cereal box, cranked it way up and said, Hear that? Yeah, I hear that. The drum on that CD sounded like crap at low volume and now it sounds like REALLY LOUD CRAP. Garbage in and garbage out. He didnt seem to be buying it. The fact that everything sounded perfect on good recordings, irrespective of the volume level, hadnt persuaded him that the problem was the CD, not the speakers. In an attempt to demonstrate what I was explaining, I pulled out Paul Simon and put in the Live In Paris CD, without touching the volume. With the volume at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />12:00 Oclock, Paul Simon was loud and bad. At the same setting Diana Krall was extremely loud and still good. Im temped to take my single driver rear horn project speakers over there to demonstrate that the crappy CD will sound bad on them too. I tried to explain that he will hear a lot of things that hes never heard before. Some good and some bad. Hes still loves the way they sound, except when they rattle when he plays that Paul Simon CD. Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this (raising his arm). Doctor: Dont do that.

Yes, it can be done. No, it's not an improvement. It only confuses the poor electrons, by making them choose between two paths to get from the same place to the same place. The life of an electron is hard enough without bi-wiring.

Are two wires attached to it? If so, it connects the woofer to the network. As to refreshing the networks, I suggest new caps at a minumm. See Best type of capacitors for recapping Type A Xovers? The parts supplied to me by Bob Crites made the La Scalas I just did (Four abused Lascalas need a good home - sold ) sound great. Enjoy the process and the result.

These are funny. But, for the sake of accuracy, the helmet is on backward, not upside down. She probably just made a rapid U-Turn and there was not enough brain in the brain bucket to keep it from spinning . . . or she's just clueless. IMHO, the worst drivers in the U.S. are in Boston, and the worst in the rest of the developed world are in Rome (worse than Boston). Places in China, where the congestion of pedestrians, bicycles, scooters, motorcycles and cars is combined with lots of inexperienced auto drivers, are probably worse than Rome.

This one's both scratched and it doesn't work. I love how he says, " . . . it is in great condition but i cannot get it to work." It's in great condition if you're looking for a vintage doorstop.

Harmon Kardon 930 Twin powered Receiver If this in "great condition," I'd hate to see something that's beat. It looks like someone polished it with a chain saw.

You and Gulfstream should be justifiably proud. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Not to steal your thunder, or boom, but that impressive accomplishment reminds me of aircraft related work my father (mechanical engineer) did for General Electric in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Evandale, Ohio in the late 50s. He worked for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Division (ANPD) of GE. Strangely enough, someone in the government decided that, while the country might need a good 5 watt amplifier, it didnt need nuclear powered aircraft. All funding for the project was terminated. My father was disappointed by the inability to see the project to fruition. He decided that defense related work was too uncertain, so he went to work for Brunswick. His name is included on the patent for the automatic scorekeeper. My father told me that a nuclear powered aircraft was feasible. Most people were intuitively concerned that it would be a flying A-bomb; it would not. The real design hurdle was the hot exhaust; hot as in radioactive, not just thermally hotwhich it was also. Its hard to believe that a nuclear powered aircraft was ever considered. My unusually eccentric younger sister was conceived during the GE ANPD days. We always suspected the deleterious effects that radiation might have on gametes might be part of the explanation.

Michael, I didn't know that " . . .channel stiffens the side walls of the bass bin pretty effectively? Helps keep some of that famous LS low end from vibrating the sides of the horn and keeps it as sound energy!" Makes sense though and sure beats this.

I thought about doing the back edges, but the budget and time were exhausted. If they weren't going to spend the rest of their lives up and out of sight, I'd have done the backs and sides too.

I used a manual miter saw that bought at Home Depot for $1.00. It was supposed to sell for $60.00+/-, but the box had been opened and it rang up for $1.00. When I questioned it, the cashier pointed to the tape, which read, "compound miter saw-$1.00." I argued no further. The bottoms and sides of the bass horns are trimmed with 3/4 channel that fits all of the way around the bottoms and sides. The rest is trimmed in 3/4 angle. I'd have to do the math to figure out the total footage. Home Depot sells it in 4' lengths; I found a place that sells it in 8' lengths, so the cost/foot was more reasonable. For both speakers it cost about $35 for the aluminum.

The bass was what you'd expect. Not as low as when in a corner on the floor, but what was there was tight and fast. We'll experiment with placement, but it's a band room not a home. It'll never be as good as a proper home environment, but it's way better than the Sony boombox they were using.

The kids will not get their first exposure until band class on Friday. The first thing I played was Take Five from Brubeck's Time Out. The band director was blown away. By accident, the new Thelonius Monk & John Coltrane Carnegie Hall concert CD was in the player. The band director wanted to hear that next. To test the sound level heard in the room above, we played the Beatles' Back In the U.S.S.R at 100+ db. You could hear it all over the school, not just the room above. Thanks for the kind compliments. They had quite a metamorphosis in only a week. The pseudo-industrial look was a time saver. The corners and edges would have taken forever to square up and make solid. I mitered the aluminum channel and angle and attached it with screws and black silicone sealer to prevent any rattles. They also protect the edges and corners from further damage. The kids who helped hoist them into position really like them.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> One kid asked How many watts are they? I explained that speakers dont have watts, but La Scalas play at 106b with 1 watt, and that they could tolerate hundreds of watts. He was impressed by the SPL.

It's not the same to describe it, but I had planned to take a picture of the two LS on the rear deck of my black Miata with the top down. The weather and time conspired against what would have made a great picture. EDIT: 021415 Photo added.

New K33Es. One's already in the dog house.

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