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I was able to pick up a Factory Refurb. HK AVR7000 w/2 year factory warranty (very important!) off of ubid for $585 shipped in May........after ubid sent me a bunk unit (DSP fried, part on backorder for two months) I sent it back to HK and got a fresh refurb. from the HK warehouse, which has worked flawlessly thus far. HK was a pleasure to deal with on it, btw! Have KG2's now with Forte's on the way soon (hopefully!) I had considered the NAD T761, but had heard there were problems with them.... ironic, huh?.......Good luck on your search!

I have an opportunity to buy a pair of K-Horns for $800 for the pair. They are sequential serial #'s as follows..... 226393096/7 ....Problems are as follows.. 1. Supposedly the tweeters are blown on both, and an aftermarket dome-type tweeter has been rigged to the line input jacks where the speaker is powered from the reciever. Very wierd setup. The wire has been cut from the crossover to the original horn tweeters on one, is intact on the other. The tweeters sit on top of the speakers because they obviously won't fit. Question is......what would it take to blow the tweeters and could there be more damage that had been done? Is it the tweeter that is blown or actually the crossover? Is there a way to test the crossover? 2. The cabinets are in decent shape.....finished in Raw Birch. However, one has a gouge on the front face about 3 inches long and 1/4 inch deep.....looks like hell. Was wondering if that could be fixed/refinished somehow. Grilles are excellent. The crossovers are the AK-3 type. The Tweeters had #9426 stamped in large black print, with various other #s in smaller print that was tough to read. My question is whether or not the tweeters are actually blown, or is it the crossover? If it is one or the other, what would something like this cost to fix? Could the way he's had them rigged have screwed something else up? And can the gouge be fixed in the Raw Birch? I have been a Klipsch fan since the mid 80's and have always wanted a pair of K-Horns......are these a diamond in the rough or a problem waiting to happen? Any help would be much appreciated. Also, I live about 2 hours from the nearest Klipsch Retailer.....it would be tough, but not impossible, to get them there. Thanks in advance for the help.......