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Here's one you definitely should check out.
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On 6/1/2019 at 8:38 AM, jjptkd said:
They look like $300 speakers to me
They are possibly what has been referred to as the Heresy 1.5's. Some changes from the original model 1's driver and crossover wise, I think. They were still sold as model 2's with the original plywood, or they had changed the innards and were still in transition from the ply to MDF.
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On 5/26/2019 at 10:21 PM, wvu80 said:
That could be a good negotiating point if you walk in, tell the Seller you smell cat urine on them, then make your offer accordingly to what it might take to get the smell out and replace the grill cloth.
That's more than just a buying tactic, cat urine smell is pretty disgusting.
How would you be able to tell IF it is the Khorns that smell? It just might be the house itself...
But it's a great tool for the negotiations, just like wvu80 said.
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3 hours ago, KegmanKipp said:
No, I haven’t considered any others really besides the fancier copper Jensen versions.
About 12 years ago when designing and building an all tube phono stage, linestage, and monoblocks amps the copper Jensen’s sounded the best overall of many caps tried at that time. When playing original 50’s and 60’s Jazz Lps the Jensens sounded the most like the un-amplified small group jazz bands I recorded every Sunday. Especially with regards to textures, tonal colors and micro-dynamics.
I've been out of the game for a long time and figured I’d go with what I know for a LaScala rebuild.
I'd never run across these, so I did some googling. Dear lord above, they want $421 for each 12uf Jensen cap. Is there such a difference that it would be worth spending nearly a grand for two speakers' worth of capacitors?
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A lot of singers can sound really good, in a studio setting where you record the same thing over and over, and assemble a song from the best bits.
The real test is "Can you sing for an hour and half, and sound fantastic all the way through?".
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Candice Night. Great voice. Great... um... all around talent.
She fronts the band Blackmore's Night, and is married to Ritchie Blackmore. Yeah, that Ritchie. Deep Purple. Rainbow. Smoke on the Water. He is even more phenomenal on guitar now, than when he was playing for Purple. They mostly do modern takes on Medieval / Renaissance music, with some covers thrown in for fun. The kind of music you can put on in the background and enjoy while working.
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https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/69384338
Looks nice.
There are a ton of Klipsch subs and other items on the Goodwill auction site, for pickup all over the country.
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https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/69048332
Looks like a decent price on the pair.
There are a ton of Klipsch subs and other items on the Goodwill auction site, for pickup all over the country.
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https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/68968170
They need some work, might be worth it.
There are a ton of Klipsch subs and other items on the Goodwill auction site, for pickup all over the country.
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19 hours ago, garyrc said:
Hi Frank,
Welcome to the forum!
- Check all connections for tightness and the elimination of corrosion, etc.
- Does the rock speaker play by itself, or at the same time as the others? If at the same time, the other speakers may merely be more efficient, therefore louder. The rock speaker has a sensitivity of 94 dB@1watt@1 meter. If that measurement was taken the same way as with other Klipsch speakers, that would mean 94dB@2.83Volts@1M with the help of room walls, floor and ceiling, and 90 db@2.83V@1M without that help. Either 94 or 90 is not very efficient for a Klipsch speaker (e.g., in a typical room, the Cornwall III is 102 dB, and the Klipschorn 105 dB). If there is a flat surface in your outdoor area that is NEAR where the listeners will be, such as the outside of a garage wall or house wall, it might be helpful to back the rock up against that wall, to provide some boundary gain (providing all speakers in the rock face front).
- When you turn up the main volume knob, does the volume go up?
- Since your other speakers are in pairs, I assume you are feeding them in stereo, and that your speaker switch has "stereo in" and has several "stereo outs." Is that correct?
- Two speakers wired in parallel are reduced to half their impedance, in which case two nominally 8 ohm speakers, present a 4 ohm load to the amplifier, which some amplifiers don't like. If it is possible to play TWO OR MORE speakers at once from the SAME channel, your speaker switching box should take measures to present an 8 ohm load to your amplifier, either by using resistors or by some kind of parallel by series wiring, or other means, if there are any.
- Outdoors, every doubling of distance reduces volume by about 6 dB. Indoors, every doubling reduces volume by more like 3 dB.
- Good Luck!
Gary, good list! I bet that took a while to type up...
Take the offending speaker, and connect it directly to your receiver / amp. If the volume issue still exists, you know it is the speaker itself. If the problem moves along with the speaker, time to try fixing it or replacing if necessary.
If the speaker works normally when connected directly, you will know that the issue lies in the switch, or the wiring. Like Gary asked in his post, are you connecting more than one speaker to each channel? If so, like he said, if you place two 8 ohm speakers on the same channel, it does change the resistance by half. If you do 3 speakers, the receiver is most likely seeing a 2 ohm impedance . Most amps will NOT like that. They have to put out more power than normal to run the speakers.
(I realize that resistance and impedance are not quite the same thing, but for this conversation either will fit.)
If you are using a 5.1 / 7.1 home theater unit as your receiver / amplifier, normally they have a setting that allows you to take 2 channel stereo input, and put that out across all channels. This way each speaker can have it's own channel and all the needed power.
Good luck with it! Let us know how it shakes out, would ya?
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57 minutes ago, Emile said:
Yeah ... little "rough" for $600 ... maybe max $500 ... but what do I know; I buy "high" and sell "low."
Not just a little rough. It looks like he beat them up with a motorcycle chain...
There is a possible fix for the dents. You let some water soak into the dings, wipe it down, and then use an iron to make the absorbed water turn to steam. This technique is used constantly in the antique restoration field. The steam causes the wood to expand...
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I should have mentioned that you use a cloth between the iron and the wood to avoid scorching the veneer.
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3 minutes ago, 314carpenter said:
Excellent. I hope you get them.
Thanks. I would need to sell the Heresy pair for $500 or two KG4 pair for $250 each in perfect shape.
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22 minutes ago, Emile said:
$750 for the Chorus II AND Bose 301 ... he should be willing to come down a little more. Just tell him the Bose speakers are awesome (HAHA)
It sounds like the guy is asking $700 for the Chorus II, and $50 for the Bose. I will text him in a while and find out.
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23 minutes ago, 314carpenter said:
PM sent
That's a nice amp. I hope you can pick it up!
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3 minutes ago, geoff. said:
Do you use the Heresys now?
The Fortes will sound better without a doubt.
But if it’s upgrade time, go big or go... as big as you can...
I no longer own any of the Forte speakers I once did, but I kept a pair of Heresys for posterity.
We use the Heresy from 6 to 8 hours a day. I might have to check out the Chorus 2’s!
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7 minutes ago, Emile said:
Set in Casselbury (?) on CL ... https://orlando.craigslist.org/ele/d/casselberry-klipsch-chorus-ii-plus-bose/6880936072.html
That's a bedroom community for Orlando.
I saw those, and then I wondered why they haven't been sold in a month. Something wrong with them?
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35 minutes ago, Max2 said:
That's a tough call. Those H's you have sure are purty, but the F's look very clean other than the passive on one which may be stained or bleached from UV. Sound wise, the Forte's are the clear winner from the low end to the top, but the H's are more placement versatile like mentioned above. I don't know if I would turn loose of those H's without a more substantial upgrade to say a Chorus or Chorus II and not in black. And as good as your H's look, you're probably not but 300-400 dollars away from going to a Chorus or possible Chorus II money wise
Anyone in Florida want a nice pair of Heresy and $250 for your Chorus???
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21 minutes ago, dtel said:
I have both but never commented because I couldn't make up my mind.
That tells me the Forte and Heresy are not far off from each other, sound wise.
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3 minutes ago, jimjimbo said:
Keep the Heresys. They are not as room/placement dependent as the Forte, they will look nicer in what you have shown as your room decor, and the laser badges are probably worth more than the Fortes anyway.
6 minutes ago, rplace said:All that said, if I only could have one pair. I'd probably keep the Heresy because I hate the black speaker look and hunt around for F/F IIs in a wood finish. The Heresy look to be in pretty nice shape with tags in tact, laser badges and a decent shape....that probably only matters to people on this forum.
I think you both are right in this. In thinking about it, I realized that I wasn't digging the black, either. And it annoys me that they have removed the tags.
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1 minute ago, Tony Whitlow said:
Why does he want to downgrade?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI have no idea. I'm not going to ask, either. *<;o)
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I am chatting with a guy that wants to trade his Forte 1's in black for a Heresy set. Is this a good deal, or should I pass? Which would you rather keep?
Please let me know what you think!
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On 5/28/2019 at 9:16 PM, jackrcox said:
Well, I went ahead and picked them up. Cosmetically they are a solid 99% and are near perfect except for a few light marks on the medium oak oil finish. I was able to get them home and swap them for my other speakers before the wife got home. Somehow she hasn't noticed yet and she started watching her shows. I had set everything else up like they were on the other speakers but I dont know how she hasn't figured it out yet.
Good job.
My Mrs. can SMELL when I am thinking about buying new speakers. We now have a strict one in / one out policy in effect. *<;o)
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On 4/20/2019 at 9:04 AM, Nutty63 said:
Can only post 1 pict at a time
Please try the picture hosting method in my signature below. You can post as many as you like, as large as you like...
Klipsch KLF 20 woofer cracked
in General Klipsch Info
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It appears to me that you have another issue besides the crack. Literally beside, that is.
Take a look at the bottom ring, just to the left of the crack. That looks to me like the cone is trying to come off, when compared to the look of the right side.
If you attempt to glue it, I would lay a bead around that bottom ring. (Why not try? It's already toast anyway...)