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I like Fini's model railroad setup so much, I'm getting rid of the Jonathan Swift sky-hooks that I have been using to elevate my cables and will go with the railroad motif.

This might have been noted on this board before, but did you know that the Indy Car simulators in the Anaheim/Disneyland ESPN Zone each have 4 Heresys to create the surrround sound effects.

During my misspent youth, I regularly loaded 4 Speakerlab K-horns and a bunch of other stuff into a U-Haul trailer (5 x 10). The speakers were fully assembled. You could easily put 2 Khorns into a 5 X 8 U-Haul trailer with plenty of room for padding. Good luck and enjoy!

To test a voice coil for continuiuty, you could use a digital multimeter or ...... you could take a penny, a nickle and some newsprint. Soak the newsprint in saliva and then sandwich the damp paper between the coins. The micro battery that you have created will produce a scratching sound from a tweeter (or woofer or squawker) when one lead is touched to penny and the other lead is touched to the nickle. This trick (taught to me by my grandfather)comes in handy when you want to verfiy that used speakers at garage sales, etc. do not have open voice coils.

I repeat. It is a simple repair. In the old days, a call to EV in Buchanan, Michigan would cause fresh diaphragms (and voice coils) to arrive within days. Ev would then send a bill for about $11.00 each, if memory serves. Too bad those days are gone forever. I bet that I repaired a dozen with no failures. Lest you think that the T-35s or the repairs were unduly fragile, understand that the same tweeters ('81 Heresys)that are at this minute playing jazz from a tube amp with ~11 watts/channel were never meant to withstand Disco, Boston, Foghat, Stones, etc. fed by 600 watts (300/channel into 4 ohms) of solid state power.

HDBR Thanks for the directions. Sorry it took so long to read your reply. Neil

HDBR, I look forward to a comparison of your Heritage Heresys to the well deserved Heresy IIs, especially coming from someone whose opinions and observations I have come to value. Neil

Chris- I sent an email asking to to be put on the list. Craig- I asked Chris to put us on the list consecutively. It would give me an excuse to make the trip to Burton to either deliver or collect the book. Lynnm- You've got your assignment. Flesh out a real PWK biography. What else is there to do in the winter in Canada? HDBR- I drove through Hope, Arkansas a few weeks ago and was disappointed to see not a sign of anything Klipsch. I should have doped (pun intended) out the location of the old telephone company building, etc. It was a sudden and unusual drive from Dallas to Michigan (through an ice storm) and I naively assumed that there would be some signs to facilitate my spontaeous pilgrimage. Where are the Klipsch facilities relative to I-30? While thinking about it, I was ecstatic to run across a black plastic three ring binder labeled, "KLIPSCH AUDIO PAPERS." Unfortunately, I was equally saddened to discover that its original contents had been replaced by one of my sons with instructions for the Microsoft Flight Simulator (at least PWK would have appreciated the flying connection). The original contents collected by me in the late sixties and early seventies were undoubtedly tossed by me during a cleaning purge. It's sad that I then valued the binder more than its contents. Chris- The book circulation is a great idea. I suggest that you try to locate a sturdy reusable mailer that can have the forwarding address easily changed, but that always has your return address. The lucky recipients should recall that the USPS charges a special lower "book rate." Best Reagrds to all for the New Year, Neil

Recently I was in a good friend's home to watch a basketball game on his big screen TV. On either side of the TV he had Bose 901s stuffed into a bookcase. There was less than 2" of clearance on both sides and the top of each speaker. Each speaker had 8 drivers facing the back of the bookcase and 1 lonely driver firing into the room. To top it off, the Bose equalizer was not connected. They sounded awful. I briefly tried to persuade him to remove the speakers from the bookcase and to follow the owner's manual regarding placement. I suggested that he at least turn them around so that the majority of the sound was not trapped behind the speakers in the bookcase. He was happy with the pitiful sound the way they were. If he's happy, then I'm happy. It's his house and his music system. I have given up trying to persuade anyone to adopt my audio preferences--or any others for that matter.

John- Did you get any of the emails? I got a message that your mailbox is full. Please let me know how many photos you received. Neil

Audioreality I'll make arrangements to check out the K-horns. I'll try to get some more photos and report back.

These are within ten minutes of my house. If anyone would like me to check them out and report back to the forum, let me know. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1941516496

I've driven Khorns with a Dynaco 200 watt/channel SS amp and Khorns and Heresys with 11 watts of tube power. I prefer the latter. IMHO a few good watts are better than lots of mediocre and unnecessary watts. Neil

Yes Invidiosulus, you are wrong. A Khorn is not five times louder than a Heresy when both are driven by 1 watt. Louder? Yes. Five times louder? No.

FIXJ, Please note that every bad amplifier was designed by professional audio engineers, just as "professional automotive engineers" designed the AMC Gremlin. That does not preclude "amateurs" from expressing honest--and correct--opinions about the products of profesional engineers.

Thanks! I sucessfully replaced many T-35 diaphragms in the 4 Speakerlab SK-horns that I used in a mobile DJ biz in the 70s, it's not as hard as some on this BB suggest. Now that I use low-watt tube power instead of 600 watts of SS power, I don't expect to need to replace the diaphragms in my Heresys, but I appreciate having the pictures. Neil

The entry I submitted to the contest has finally appeared, but it is not the story that I submitted. The original paragraphing has been abandoned and replaced by paragraphs that appear to have been created randomly. Typos have been introduced. One sentence now makes no sense. I am surprised that the entry was edited. The entry was originally submitted online, so there was no need to copy it and introduce typos. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Does anyone know if the editing was intentional? Is there any way to override the editing and return the entry to its original form?

Doug, You should have mail. Neil

I'll give you $800 Canadian, but you'd be foolish to take it. You got an excellent deal. From what you describe, the La Scalas might not be the best for your purposes. These efficeint speakers are at their best when driven by good tube equipment. Lots of power is not necessary and megawatts of solid state power will not let the speakers perform at their best. You would get more responses to this post in the 2 channel section. Not necessarily consistent opinions, but plenty of them.

You probably don't need a whole new unit, just the diaphragm that includes the voice coil. It's a relatively easy soldering job. I did it many times decades ago when I fried the T-35s in 4 SK-horns (not to mention my hearing) with 600 watts of SS power in a mobile disco. Go to the web address below and order a pair so that your speakers will match. Save the old good one for a spare. http://www.simplyspeakers.com/12diaphragms.htm ELECTRO VOICE 89486A DIAPHRAGM-ST-350, T-35, T-350 8 OHM BEST SELLER! $29.00 $24.00 If you want to replace the whole unit, go to eBay and be prepared to pay more than $100. Good luck

Heat from a hair dryer or heat gun would be a possibility to remove the labels, but you'd risk warping the record. Alcohol might also work. It is difficult to imagine any method (Bondo, epoxy, etc.) of filling that small hole that would then be strong enough to survive a new hole being drilled into the repair, That is why I considered sandwhiching the record between two thin pieces of plastic. While glue might adhere to the labels, it would adhere better to the plastic. Alternatively, if you drilled an over-sized hole (say the size of a small poker chip or tiddly wink), you could then insert the chip/wink into the hole and then drill a hole in the center. Something akin to the days of inserts to 45's to play on a regular record player. The problem is that the large hole and the hole in the insert would have to be precisely centered or the insert could turn in the larger hole and the problem would be back. The lazy way would be to make the exisitng hole large enough so that the record could be centered on the turntable without using the center post as the locating point. You could use your paper template to place the record on the turntable so that it is centered and the tone arm does not move "to and fro." Or.... you could get another record.

I Assume you don't care what the end result looks like. I aslo assume that the hole is not far enough off true center to allow a hole to be drilled adjacent to the off center hole. Rather than trying to fill the original hole, you might consider removing the label and gluing a thin piece of plastic to each side of the center of the record. Then locate true center by carefully placing a record with a centered hole directly on top of the defective record and use the hole to locate the center of the defective record and scribe a circle on the plastic. Then drill a new hole. Or.....exchange the defective record for a good one.

Craig, I've been to Burton, been to Crossroads Village, ridden the Huckleberry Railroad. Yes I live in Michigan, in Birmingham not far from Southfield. When it's confirmed that Shapeshifter is alive and well, we should try to get together. My only concern is the problem I'd have enjoying the modest sound of my SCA 35 powered Heresies after listening to what the two of you own. Neil

Shapeshifter lives not too far from where I am. If drive through Southfield on a warm night, I should be able to hear his K-horns through the open windows.

The next best thing to having a stock unit as a model is to take plenty of photos (digital cameras are great for this) of the unit before beginning the modifications. Whether electronics, cars or garbage disposers, what I thought I'd rememeber as it was coming apart, and what I actually remember after six trips out for necessary stuff, is never the same.