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The seller has been contacted by a "buyer" who promises to send the asking price in a week, but whom he suspects to be an offshore scam artist. If he doesn't get his money, he'll contact me about an audition. If structurally complete and solid, theyre worth approximately a grand despite their bizarre cosmetics. If anyone is interested in these let me know. I have no room for them.

Yes I had four Speakerlab SKs in the mid '70s. My loss of high frequency hearing bears testimony to the volume of sound they produced. Some are growing weary of this tale, but here it is again. I put together a mobile DJ business to finance school using 4 SKs, a Dynaco ST-400, two Technics tables with Stanton cartridges, a mixer and a Sony cassette deck. The SKs were perfect for the task; too big to steal without a hand truck and plenty loud. During its brief life Speakerlab built many versions of the SK. Some were MDF, others were plywood; some had fiberglass squawker horns, others aluminum. Mine were factory built 8 Ohm versions in unfinished plywood with aluminum horns. Painted black they were quite imposing. Running two/channel in parallel produced a 4 Ohm load. The Dyna 400 made 300 watts/side into a 4 Ohm load. Even with all that power it could never be too loud for the crowd. I deafened adolescents all over greater Detroit. The sound was loud and clear with prodigious bass. False corners were permanently attached (made from the plywood shipping crates). While not a perfect solution, it worked well. One customer who called to schedule a repeat engagement kept asking if the price quoted included the drummer. It was all I could do to persuade her that there had not been a drummer at the earlier event. I do not recommend that much power into horn speakers. I bet I fried a dozen T-35 voice coils. In those days I would place a call to EV on Monday and a replacement diaphragm would arrive from Buchanan, Michigan in time for the weekend. EV let me run an open account. Theyd send the part and an invoice and Id send a check for something like $15.00. Take it from me, replacing those is easy. Now that I use less than 20 watts of tube power to drive Cornwalls, I have yet to replace a tweeter diaphragm. While not the equal of the real McKlipsch, they were about half the cost of decorator Khorns. I do wish I still hade them.

Some Speakerlab parts and speakers are available on eBay. Speakerlab K Horn like Klipschorn Speakers SPEAKERLAB SK CORNER HORNS SEATTLE CLASSICS NICE LOOK!! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I had four SKs in the mid '70's. I wish I still had them.

Amway is hugely successful, but do you know anyone who actually uses the products? The soap is actually not bad, but Amway and Amway distributors arent really selling soap, theyre selling the illusion that Amway distributors get rich by recruiting Amway distributors to recruit Amy distributors, to recruit Amway distributors, hence a pyramid is formed.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> It's based on a geometric progression on a factor of 5. "You know five people and they each know five people, etc." At that rate, in twelve steps a single Amway distributor would reap the profits from 61,035,206 Amway distributors below him/her in the pyramid. Obviously, there is no market to sustain 61,035,206 Amway distributors selling soap, in short order everyone in the world would be a distributor; there would be no one left to buy the products. Its like the bar bet based on a geometric progression on a factor of two. Give me a penny today, two pennies tomorrow, four pennies the next day, eight pennies the fourth day, etc., doubling each day. On day 28 you would be giving me $1,342,177.20. If doubling a penny generates $1, 342,177.20 in 28 steps, imagine what quintupling the number of Amway distributors at every layer of the pyramid would do. Amway would be ok if someone would get dirty and sell some soap; instead they sell an ephemeral dream based on a geometric progression.

The quality of the performance and the recording are more important than the genre. I ask the listener to identify a recording with which they are familiar. It's always fun to watch as they hear details for the first time in a recording that they've listened to many times. I use Take Five from Time Out to assess speaker reproduction quality. I'm familiar with how it can sound. The piano, bass, sax and percussion cover the whole gamut.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Emails are being exchanged with the seller to arrange an audition and viewing on some Sunday PM. Ill let everyone know if a time is scheduled. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Wes, I like the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Ark vs. Titanic comparison. It's clever and thought provoking. The following is not meant to nitpick, but to share some thoughts prompted by your interesting signature. By built I assume that youre including the design of the Titanic. According to the Bible, the Ark was designed by God, but built by Noah and family. The Titanic was designed by Thomas Andrews, but built by the workers at Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast. Its my understanding that the Titanics fatal design flaw was "individual" compartments that were open at the top, like a giant ice cube tray. When the glancing blow from the berg sliced open multiple compartments, they filled in series and spilled over sequentially into adjacent compartments that had not been breached, which caused the bow to go under. Its also likely that striking the berg straight on would have damaged the bow, but that the ship would have been able to limp to port safely. Unfortunately, the natural reaction to attempt to avoid the collision was probably the wrong one. Theres another metaphor; confront lifes obstacles head on rather than trying to avoid them. Enough Sunday AM philosophizing, time to crank up the Cornwalls. Wheres Kind Of Blue?

It's interesting to note that EV recommended, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Use No. 22 or larger wire to connect the T350 Lamp or zip cord is perfectly satisfactory for the application. http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=65865&sessionID={29CC66B4-DD8D-41CB-937A-C597DF3B8ACA}

As expected, no bidders on the reefers. I sent an email (before the end of the auction) asking about the possibility of seeing and hearing the speakers. He replied that he'd contact me if they didn't sell. He just sent another email. I have no space for them, but I'd be happy to check them out for others here who might be interested.

I agree with much of what has been said already. On my Comcast broadband connection it was SLOW to load. I like the look of the site and the navigability, once it loaded. It does not relate to the site, but I'm not interested in the product--even a little. The eye catching exaggerated (I hope) woofer excursions depicted would produce IM distortion that would have sent PWK into cardiac arrest.

I drove through Hope a couple of years ago and was surprised at no mention of PWK or Bill Clinton. Others who haunt the forum can give directions to the old phone company, the early factory, etc. The next time I leave the expressway to drive through Hope I'll know where to go. Missing the sights of Hope was only one of many disappointments on that trip from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Dallas to Detroit to collect a used van bought on eBay. I pulled into Corky's in Memphis during a downpour only to learn that it had just closed. The Waffle House was no substitute for ribs from Corky's.

Thanks for the reading material. One can never learn too much about horns.

If anyone is interested, I could try to arrange an audition. They're in the neighborhood. Perhaps Shape and Flynn and Craig and/or others and I in the area could check out these Frigidaire Horns and then disect them over a beer or coffee or bottled H2O. Shape, would you remind me how to paste photos directly into a post? I've forgotten how.

Now for something completely different. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5775234103&fromMakeTrack=true

Thanks. I attempted a search prior to the post, but it turned up nothing.

How does a thread earn the "Hot Topic" designation? Is it assigned by the moderator? Is it a functiion of the activity? Does it indicate a flame war? It seems that the "Hot Topic" designation comes and goes with no apparent explanation.

If you were given truth serum, you'd be speechless.

---------------- On <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />5/13/2005 9:07:45 AM jpm wrote: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Yo fellas, my g'pa died this spring and left all us kids some money in his last will and testesmoney..... Ive got about $700 left to spent. ---------------- Fantastic, great post Justin time. Now, which psychic hotline has the best fortune tellers?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5773793438 "Hackers" or "Mod Maniacs" Have we been insulted? Whatever, it looks sweet as it is. The seller has Zero feedback, but check out the other items for sale http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkeylum Tubes and other neat stuff.

---------------- On <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />5/11/2005 1:56:42 AM DrWho wrote: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> "The difference is night and day so I'm pretty sure it's not psychological. I suppose a blind AB test might be in order too (something I could totally upload for all y'all to hear for yourself too)." ---------------- I would like to hear the comparison.

This is exactly the kind of intelligent and spirited, but civil, dialogue that I was looking for to shed light on the subject.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Its obvious that the collective expertise on the topic is over my head, but, nevertheless, I feel that I understand more now, after reading the posts; and that scares me. As you know, A little knowledge is dangerous. Im reminded of a record I once had where Dr. Edward Teller was explaining the size and nature of the universe. In doing so, he commented regarding Einsteins theory of relativity (paraphrasing now), If you think that you dont understand it you might understand it. If you think that you do understand it, then you probably dont understand it. Understand?

---------------- On 5/10/2005 10:17:15 AM dragonfyr wrote: BAN THE PEANUT! ---------------- Have you flown latrely? They already have.

Menny hear shood of bin lerned gooder in skool lyke there suppose two bee befor their terned lose. This applies to spelling and manners.

---------------- On 5/9/2005 11:53:59 PM scriven wrote: When the computer reads a CD it will get an exact copy of what is on the CD......." ---------------- Thanks Mark. That's what I thought, but I wasn't certain. Tony- That's disturbing about a unauthorized post in your name.

---------------- On <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />5/9/2005 4:30:33 PM meuge wrote: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> There is NO DIFFERENCE whether it's images, music, text, or anything else for that matter. It's just binary. And current copies are BIT-PERFECT. ---------------- I understand the concept of binary and that the copy should be a bit-perfect duplication of the collection of 1s and 0s comprising the original. Nevertheless, when a music CD is copied using a computer is that a bit-perfect copy of the data from the original? Or, does the computers software perform some compression and/or processing of the data that result in a copy that might sound like the original but is not bit-perfect?

---------------- On 5/8/2005 1:34:32 PM DTLongo wrote: Pardon my blithering ignorance but please tell this AOLer what a PM is and how do I send one. ---------------- The good news is that sending a PM (Private Message) is easy. You click on the recipient's name above the avatar (in my case a red sports car) and then click on “Email User” or send PM which will send an email or a PM. Or you could send an email directly to nkdisney@comcast.net. Now for the bad news. It’s likely that AOL (Almost On Line) will prevent you from receiving and opening such a large file as an attachment. Send an email and I’ll reply with the file; we’ll see if it works.