AndreG.
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This is one BIG supporter of going to Mars, Robert Zubrin:
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Hello Alain,
Welcome to this forum.
While i don´t have a direct answer for Your question, did You see this post?
Maybe You´ll get some answers here or can still contact the original poster.
Good luck!!
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I still got one as well, should turn it on more often. We might run into a problem here in old Europe, as production of classic lightbulbs has been stopped by EU law a feww years back. Every no and then i think to myself, i should put away some spares, before they run out of stock in Germany.
What´s the situation in the States/ Canada?
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I feel with You, these might be good speakers, but then they are quite a drive away. Had the same thing with a receiver i was interested in lately.
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Flowerpots on speakers... I bet those cabinets will have some stains for shure. I´d be weary of a seller who treats their speakers as just another piece of furniture.
On the other hand, if they are all good inside and sound right, the cabinets can always be fixed. Do You have a chance to listen to them before you buy?
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So, it finally turned out to be a Marantz SR6008, five years old and in almost pristine condition.
The 4310 was too far away and someone else got to the 4308 first.
Set up the Marantz yesterday, and, after some starting trouble, got it to run. So far sound is great already, wonder how much better it will get once i´m done. As Wuzzer pointed out, i don´t need all the high resolution stuff now, but this way i´m set for LED in the future.
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New sub-project. This is some of the wood for the risers i will make. They´ll be only around 10cm high, but it´s enough to raise the 1.5s to roughly ear-level on my computer desk. Parts on the left already received some oil.
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I´m in a pinch right now. I found two offers on Ebay. One is a Denon AVR 4310, missing the Audyssey mike and i´m also doubtful about all over it´s condition (haven´t seen it live yet, pictures online look rather shabby.). This one´s quite far for me to get to. It´s 300€ plus the mike for 40€ and about 11 years old.
Then there is a AVR 4308. It seems to be in much better condition, although 13 years old, comes with everything and has all the firmware updates aviable from Denon. It´s closer to home and 210 bucks.
Now, i´ve read that the 4310 is supposed to sound that much better then the 4308, really? Anyone with experience? I value this forums input, not shure how to proceed.
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Thanks for Your input Wuzzer and excuse my late reply.
I did some hunting, but it´s quite difficult to find decent gear. You´d think there should be tons of stuff here in Berlin, but no. Either i won´t fit my needs or it´s overpriced. I almost got my hands on a Yamaha RX A2030, but then it turned out the guy was selling it for his friend and there was no way to listen to it and check, and hell yeah, for 500€ i want to test...
I now found an offer for a Denon AVR-4306 wich seems decent. Any thoughts about that particular Denon?
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Got interested in them when i read about them in the vinyl-thread, arrived yesterday:
And this came in yesterday as well:
Great records.
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Hello Guys,
I thought for a while if i should start another thread asking about speaker/ receiver combinations - here we go again.
I´ve been pondering about getting a new av-receiver for quite a while now and it was always the new stuff i thought about. Recently i had a chat with a local dealer and i told him i needed a receiver for a 5.1 set-up and it should be a universal model ( for there is a chance i might be moving from Germany to Japan in a few years.). He told me, why buy new? I still have a CRT-TV (last one made by Panasonic), so i won´t need the very latest UHD ect.. And once i move, i just keep my speakers and buy used again in Japan. As one of the possible choices he recommended the Marantz SR6010 which fits nicely with my budget.
I want to drive RF3s, a RC3 and RS3s for HT and my Heresy Es for stereo. Power for stereo should be enough at about 180 Watts per chanel. I´m a little worried about HT, the 6010 will supply about 95 Watts with 8 Ohm speakers per chanel. Do You think the 6010 will be enough to feed the RF3s?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Are there real, ernest people out there that buy "accessories" like this. Isn´t it obvious that this is Voodoo?
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52 minutes ago, jdmccall said:
I'm not against streaming, but I prefer to own, not rent my favorites, plus I already have 2500-3000 CD's. I love the CD/SACD formats. I pretty much dig all optical disc formats but CD and SACD are my preferred ones ,due simply to their audio-centric designs.
My sentiments exactly. I like to have my stuff in my shelves and not online, i can still export my music to more mobile formats if i want.
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@MicroMara, ok now i get it, get rid of the plasic assembly also. Thinking about it, this might also be the better asthetic solution. Never thought about that, thanks!
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1 minute ago, dtel said:
mmmmm
Not saying i don't like spikes.
You like'em where they make the most impression.
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29 minutes ago, MicroMara said:
I would mount 50 mm diameter / 21 mm hight solid aluminium feet with solid rubber attachments on both sides in the existing threaded sleeves. You can use Klipsch's existing non-metric screws for this. Because you have a laminate floor on concrete, you need to decouple the MK III from the room, you do this with spikes, this is only done in rooms with stone or tile floors. This is called room docking, which is the exact opposite of what is necessary.
Those look fine, exept i will have to use thread adapters, because my original feet/spikes look like this:
But i think, i saw those adapters on the Viablue site in the link You provided me with the other day.
André
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Since we talk about spikes and other solutions; my RF3s came with the choice of spiked feet, or rubbered ones. I always wondered wich are "the better ones"? Personal preference? Or is one better than the other at decoupling the speakers from the floor? I have laminate boards on concrete as a floor in my living room.
André
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Per chance i took a look on Amazon and found all the parts i need for my stands/ risers:
Speaker-base panels, birch verneer plywood 20x20cm, 2,4cm thickness:
Baseplates, birch verneer plywood 30x30cm, 2,4cm thickness:
Pillars, beech 4,8x4,8cm, 10cm long:
Never imagined i would be able to get my hands at wooden parts this easily!
Are we allowed to post links to Amazon here? If not, i´ll remove them, please notice me.
André
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17 minutes ago, MicroMara said:
Y E A H MIAMI VICE CHROKETT is back
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Yes, i still thank the guy who took me to that HiFi-Dealer in Bremen. These were the first speakers i got from my own money, so they are kind of special to me. They seem to be rated good by a great many people, even now a days.
I think i´ll mail Bob Crites these days and ask for his recommendations.
André
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Compared to the black factory-paintjob it´s 100% better. Yes, they sound great, used to use a sub before but don´t have the space now. I wish i knew if there was a way to upgrade, for example with titanium tweeters. Probably could get some improvement through recapping...
Next will be some small risers to lift them up about ten centimeters from my desk. I already found all the wooden parts ineed on amazon.
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They are done! The finish is not perfect, of course there would be spots where the black paint got too deep into the verneer to remove. There also blemishes on each speaker i couldn´t remove completely, one has a "hot coffee-cup"-stain still faintly visible and the other what looks like two dark scratches, although the surface is smooth. there are fine gapps between verneer panels, where two were used. Maybe i´ll fill those later with a repair-wax.
After finall sanding i used a wood regenerator fluid, which brought vibrance back to the colors and grain. Finaly i did two coats of wax and after drying, polished with a brush.
All in all i´m pleased with the way the KGs turned out. I´ve learned a thing or two, which i will put to good use when i start working on my Heresy E´s.
André
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Usually i´m not much of a beer drinker. But when it´s hot enough, like recently (above 92°F every day for the last two weeks in Germany now), i can savor a cool beer too.
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On 8/9/2020 at 5:09 PM, JohnJ said:
Man... you've done it again!
Like Genesis but not like them. A good listen so far 👍
Speaking of sounding like Genesis, or in in my post, sounding like Phil Collins:
Seeing most of the other Albums here, this is pretty recent. The singer is Simon Collins and he just has his fathers voice.
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KLIPSCH KLF-30 Tower Speakers and KSF-C5 Center Speaker
in General Klipsch Info
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Welcome to the Forum Chris. Those are great speakers, thought about keeping them for yourself?
There is a section called "Garage Sale" for stuff like this, maybe the Moderators can move Your post? Also, it would be great if You posted some pictures of the speakers and of the Klipsch label on the back of each speaker. That way folks more knowledgeable than me can advise You on prices.
Good luck!