AndreG.
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https://www.discogs.com/release/6156026-Various-Dominion-犯罪軍団犯罪戦争
One of the first dubbed Anime you could get on VHS in Europe at the beginning of the 90´ies. "Dominion Tank Police" by Masamune Shirow, better known as the Author of "Ghost in the Shell".
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With the new cables and hooked to the Kenwood. I have to say: That amp and the speakers were made for each other – sounding saweet!!
And a good one for a test-run, Devins latest live album. The only thing I gripe about is, that it´s too short. Two LPs, three songs per side max, run-outs are huge, I´m sure the concert was longer. Well, they picked the best there was.
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Another set of speakerwires done. These will hook-up the KGs to the Kenwood.
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2 hours ago, Full Range said:
When I was young and mildly rebellious- this album was on high rotation
Anyone sing - Career Of Evil
Artist - Blue Oyster Cult
Title - Secret Treaties
Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/release/2579012-Blue-Öyster-Cult-Secret-Treaties
"Career Of Evil " ... I can think of several characters in world politics this one will fit nicely... 😁🙃
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Thanks Wuzzer, that at least gives me some marker.
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Today an addition to my vintage-system arrived:
A KT-7550. I couldn´t test it, power-switch is stuck in the off-position. Apart from that it´s very clean, both from the outside and inside. I´ll send it to a technician tomorrow. He´ll refurbish it and he will also modify it
to make it compatible with DAB+ standard.
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https://www.discogs.com/master/36288-Steve-Hackett-Voyage-Of-The-Acolyte
Side B, "Star of Sirius" quite distorted on both my TTs. According to comments on Discogs I´m not the only one it seems...
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Hello fellow Community-Lifers,
I am going to have a K 1005-K woofer out of a KG 4.5 soon, just a single one. It is in perfect working order. Since I didn´t find any for sale on Ebay for reference, what would be a reasonable price to ask for it?
Thanks for Your input.
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19 hours ago, AndreG. said:
Some of the mids seemed to disappear from this speaker and be heard in the original one.
This is the Visaton W 250 S, it´s meant to be used in subs. Hence the missing frequencies, my guess. Specs here:
https://www.visaton.de/en/products/drivers/woofers/w-250-s-4-ohm
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Concerning the motor-boards, I remembered last night, I still have this structured paint left over from my Heresy project. I´ll putty-over the holes and use that on both cabinets.
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https://www.discogs.com/release/12267615-UK-UK
One of my favorite albums.
Got it on vinyl as well but need a better copy in the future...
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39 minutes ago, JohnJ said:
Hello @AndreG. Like the improvement you've made here! Make sure you let us know how they sound now. Know that you won't use the flowery language that some of the "professional" reviewers use!
Sounding better by the minute! First thing was I had forgotten that I had inverted the plugs of the speaker-cables when I first hooked them up, they sounded strange then. Now that I switched the new woofer for the old Visaton one I noticed that the stereo-image was wrong... As I said, I had forgotten about the cables. Back then I thought I had hooked that cable up the wrong way at my receiver, now I know that the previous owner wired the woofer wrong. That was part of the reason some of the acoustic information got lost... Now everything is as it should be, woofer wired correctly, cable wired correctly at the terminal-cup. Sound is much more coherent now. I will continue to use this combo K 1005-K and new woofer until the new unit has run in.
George: As for why he picked the Visaton? My guess is, he just chose the cheapest option with the right diameter. Also, he didn´t know which specs the K 1005-K has, like I didn´t. I was lucky enough to have had a lucky search on Ebay to find my source.
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Hi Randy. My question is not as obviously answered as You might think. For us here in Europe it´s much harder to get used spares for Kipsches than in the States or Canada. So, while not cheap, my source is a viable way to keep these speakers pumping, but it´s not OEM. Let´s hear Travis´ opinion about that.
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4 minutes ago, Peter P. said:
I would replace the Klipsch OEM woofer with another of the one you purchased, then they would match both
Ups, forgot to mention that – I did get a pair, precisely for the reason You stated Peter, thanks!
I´ll come back on Your idea with those rings, if I decide that the original veneer is good enough.
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Question @Travis In Austin : Can I post the source for the new woofers, or does it violate rules, since they´re not OEM Klipsch?
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Opened a new thread to cover my progress on the KG4.5s. Don´t know what the pace will be though.
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So I got a pair of KG 4.5s a while back. Turned out I got more than I bargained for... Since I didn´t ask the seller to give pictures of the speakers with the grilles off, I didn´t see that one of the woofers had been replaced. Since I´m from Germany this posed a little problem, finding matching replacements seemed hopeless to me, used spares as well. So in the end I decided to buy aftermarket woofers in the US.
The "good one", original K 1005-K woofer.
The "bad one", difference is obvious.
Apart from the different looks of the woofers, I also got the impression that they sound different, if just a little bit. My guess is the difference in the cross-over frequency. Some of the mids seemed to disappear from this speaker and be heard in the original one.
So, yesterday a big box from the States arrived with the new woofers. Time for a swap:
The new one on the left looks a lot more "Kipsch-like".
Look at those magnets, what a difference... The new woofer almost has double the weight.
The motor-board got butchered when the former owner put in the spare, the diameter being bigger than the original...
So, at least the motor-boards will have to be re-veneered.
I wonder if there are aftermarket "covers" available to make the rim of the new woofers look like the original seen here.
So I will try to post pictures of my progress from time to time. Still on my to-do list:
– Refurbish the cross-overs.
– Refurbish the cabinets. Will try to sand them down first and see how that works out. If I don´t like the results, I will re-veneer them.
Right now I´m running in the new woofer and see if I can hear a difference from the non-Klipsch one I replaced. I will keep the original woofer in place for some time.
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5 minutes ago, MicroMara said:
now I know why I saved all the €uronies ..
Sadly... But at least You found a nice place and put it up the way you like it. So in that little regard at least it´s money well spend.
As for me, I´m done now. If I want new stuff, I have to get rid of something first. Not that there wouldn´t be "new" gear I like... I never thought I would get this much into vintage though. 🙃
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Vinyl - Record Spinning
in Lounge
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https://www.discogs.com/release/371869-Boston-Boston