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  1. 1 hour ago, Dave1291 said:

    Where ya from in NY?   Guys in here are from all over the planet.  Some beautiful rigs and great guys spinnin and sharin.  Swing in anytime!   :)

    An unhip part of brooklyn and in nyc since ‘94. Thank you!!!

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  2. 15 hours ago, Dave1291 said:

    Picked this one up just for @MicroMara since he spied it with his wittle eye last week when I posted my "Aura" photo, which included a pile on the coffee table.  Yup, he did.  I can tell you one thing though.  That youtube video is garbage.  This is one KILLER album to "hear" on your rigs.  Clean, moves and just silently draws you into it.  Amazing!  1989 remaster and wowzer it's dialed in!  

     

     

    Fully agree. I've had the CD version since it was released.

    I fired it up this morning cause i was "in the mood..."

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  3. Update-

     

    The Ti diaphragms arrived 3 hrs ago. I put one replacement in an hour ago. When I removed the old phenolic, the ferrofluid all remained in the voice coil gap so I used that. I cleaned a minimal amount off of the old vc but that was it. I put the new Ti diaphragm in after reading 8.5 ohms and put it all back together. Sounds great so far. Will do a lot more listening. 

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  4. My K-79k's had it. I cleaned it out and put in new when I checked my diaphragms. I only did this because I'd read on this forum that it can dry out and be gummy. Mine was not but I'd ordered the fluid so replaced it. I don't know about "recovering" I don't think there's an audible difference. IIRC, it's to keep the voice coils cool and operating within their wattage ratings. 

     

    Parts Express has the amount for 1" voice coils is about $7 per. They have measured amounts for the size of the VC. The kits are complete.

     

    I may have killed one of my original diaphragms and had to order Ti replacements from Klipsch. I checked to see if they would be compatible w/ the ferrofluid and they are per Trey and CBH. The replacements arrive today. Will install one tonight and compare with the working phenolic before changing that one. I will re-do the fluid again.

     

    Please, no admonishments necessary as I'm beating myself up about it. 

     

    Best advice-   if it works, don't fix it! 

  5. 1 hour ago, DirtyErnie said:

    Yes, Eurotubes.com. I've always done well with their stuff. 

     

    What's the board's opinion on them?

    I forgot to mention them. I got a few 12AU7 /ECC82 from them.

    Not currently using those but they were fine and helpful to deal with (describing characteristics of their offerings). I also like their story.

  6. Saw this today-

     

    https://trackingangle.com/features/trackingangle-visits-dartzeel-audio-geneva-switzerland

     

    Dartzeel (I don't really know of them) are setting up a new factory/ workshop and their listening rooms will have Klipsch Heritage and 2 sets of Jubilee to show their stuff off. (approximately 7:00 min). They test their amps out before shipping but say their really efficient speakers are sensitive enough to show any problems beyond scopes, etc (29:00 minutes). 

    Not a klipsch centric video but they did get a couple of mentions.

     

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  7. On 12/28/2022 at 6:09 AM, MeloManiac said:

    I did a bit more research on the wonderful recording quality of Bill Evans Trio's 'Waltz for Debby'. Together with 'Bill Evans Trio live at the Village Vanguard' and 'Explorations', it forms a trilogy. Like most, if not all Riverside albums, the recording is of the highest quality. The set became legendary because of its sound quality, and also because the bassist, Scott LaFarro, died 11 days later, in a car crash.  You can buy a box with The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 also, if you like. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Village_Vanguard_Recordings,_1961 

     

    Just a heads up- I ordered this 3x CD box from Amazon last August.

     

    https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Village-Vanguard-Recordings-1961/dp/B000AMJEKA/ref=sr_1_2?content-id=amzn1.sym.f03eb388-6553-42c1-88e5-7e00d0e3d16b&keywords=bill+evans+vanguard&pd_rd_r=f78e45ad-6e39-4559-81d5-c2bd0be17909&pd_rd_w=QMzPG&pd_rd_wg=BWtgF&pf_rd_p=f03eb388-6553-42c1-88e5-7e00d0e3d16b&pf_rd_r=GCYQ3PEHZHRH6K9H1KSS&qid=1672443528&sr=8-2

     

    It had a 1 second glitch on one disc, I returned it but so did the replacement. They said keep it. I don't recall where the dropout is but it's really not a dealbreaker. It's possible current ones don't have it either. If you like Bill Evans, it's very good.  I also couldn't beat the final price.

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  8. Thoughts- 

     

    As Tecate/GEM are the only approved/ authorized Klipsch capacitor manufacturer/ supplier, would there be sufficient quantities needed to make these caps in form factors that would directly fit the original XO boards? Do Chief Bonehead, Dean, and the powers that be, have any sway here? 

     

    I think more restorers would go with the GEM replacements if there were a direct replacement. I thought some caps were getting smaller as manufacturing processes have advanced.

     

    Right now it's kind of a mess to get things right.

     

    Again, just me thinking out loud...

     

     

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