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Another photo of the Heresy on the stand.

(I hope this works) Here is a photo of my Heresy on the stand above my TV.

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I contacted colterphoto1 about my experience with the H-III upgrade kit and my impression of the Heresy's after the upgrade. He asked me to post my experience on the forum. Here goes... The H-III kit is GREAT! The H-II's came alive with the upgrade. The upper end is much more defined and clearer. The bass is also improved. Well worth the cost and effort. I am using the H-III's with four Cornwall 1.5 (1984 vintage) and an SVS 20-39 PC+ sub. One H-III is used as the center channel and the other is used as the center back surround. Soon I hope to get another H-II cabinet from groomlakearea51 so I can complete a full 7.1 system. One H-III will be the center and the other two will be the back surrounds. To my ears the H-III sounds very good with the Cornwalls. The H-II was a good center channel but the H-III kits makes it sound even better. The H-III is more efficient and I can tell it. The upgarde was fairly easy. The instuctions need to be updated as they state that you have to remove the midrange driver from the existing horn and mount the new driver. This is not the case as the H-III kit has the entire midrange/horn assembly. The kit also includes all new mounting screws. All you need to supply is the H-II cabinet and a roll of foam weatherstrip to seal around the cross-over/connection cup. The new cup is surface mounted and it is recommended that some weatherstripping be used to fully seal the cup to the cabinet. I only ran into two small problems that were easily overcame. First, the magnet on the new tweeter is HUGE compared to the H-II. I had to use a Dremel and a small barrell sanding wheel to grind away some of the opening to allow the magnet to fit through the special cut out. It didn't take much but it would not go without some work. Second, the wires for the tweeter are too short to be fed behind the foam sheet that is wrapped around the woofer and still reach from the cross-over to the tweeter. To work around this I cut a small slit in the foam sheet about half way between the front and back and fed the tweeter wires through the slit. The wires reached the tweeter fine after that. I took my time to do it right and I would guess the first kit took me about 1.25 - 1.5 hours and the second one about 45 minutes - 1 hr. As for the cost, I think the $272 per kit is very reasonable and well woth it. To offset the cost I was able to immediately sell my old drivers to a guy that was wanting to build some cabinets and have a "good set of drivers and cross-overs". Basically I upgraded two H-II's to H-III's for less than $300...not bad!

I had a similar problem with my old 52" Zenith projection TV. I wanted to use a Heresy II as a center channel but didn't want it sitting on top of the TV cabinet due to the weight and vibration. I thought about building a "cabinet" around the back of the TV and then use the top as a shelf for the H-II. After some consideration I decided that was going to be expensive and take me a lot of time to build and finish. I needed something that would have a base that fit under the TV but hold the H-II over the angled back of the TV. I finally came up with the idea to use 1 1/4" pipe and make a stand for the H-II. I went to Lowe's and bought all of the fittings to make the stand. I bolted it to a 3/4" thick plywood base that was 2' x 2' in size. The base slides in under the TV and the shelf that the H-II sits on cantilevers out over the angled back of the TV. The legs are adjustable up and down by about 6" - 8" so it will work with my next TV (that I hope to get soon). I also made a small wooden shelf with a lip on the front that keeps the H-II from sliding off. The shelf has stick-on felt circles to protect the finish of the H-II. The shelf is adjustable so that the H-II can be angled down toward the listening area. I painted the whole stand flat brown (wish I had painted it black now). My wife can still put her bird figurines on top of the TV cabinet and the H-II is not sitting directly on the cabinet where its weight and vibration might affect the TV. If someone will tell me how to post photos I will show the stand. I can't figure it out.

I missed the show the first time so I looked on the TLC web site and found that it is going to be aired again on March 20th at 8:00 PM Eastern and again on March 21st at 1:00 AM Eastern. Maybe all of us that missed it the first time can catch it this time!

Star Wars II - Attack of the Clones: The initial scenes where the large chrome ship flies into the screen from the rear and later explodes on the landing pad. The explosion will shake the house! If you could toss in a little heat it would feel like you were there. Four Corns, an Academy, and an SVS sub make this great but hide the wife's nick nacks (believe me...I have broken a few!). Jurassic Park III: Chapter 5 where the plane is turning and the camera passes through the props and the plane crashs through the trees in the jungle 21:23 to 25:39. Same chapter, the fight between the two dinosaurs 26:49 to 27:34. These are the two DVDs I pull out when I want to show off the system.

Thanks to all that have replied! I will watch e-bay and audiogon to determine what they are worth and if I decide to sell I will post them in the Garage Sale forum section.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this...but here goes. I have an SAE P102 preamp and an SAE A202 amplifier. They have been in storage in a closet for the past 11 - 12 years. They are in excellent condition and worked perfectly when I put them in storage and started using my Denon AVR3600 for home theater. I am pretty sure they were manufactured in Japan. They are in the original boxes with the owners manuals, wood side panels, and the little black plastic plugs that cover the holes. Is there any demand for these components? If so, where can I go to find out what they worth?

I just purchased another pair of Cornwalls. What a killer HT four Cornwalls make! My original set that I have was purchased in 1985 (oak with brown grills SN 8444258 & 8444259). The ones I just purchased are walnut with brown grills with SN 8452465 & 8452466. I was told that my original oak Cornwalls were built in 1984. Could someone please tell me when the ones I just purchased were built? Also, what would be the best Klipsch center channel speaker to go with these Cornwalls? Which one would be the best timbre match? Do I really even need a center channel as these things do a good job of imaging the sound without a center? Thanks for any input that anyone has. James

I have a set of Cornwalls that I purchased back in the early '80s. The serial numbers are 8444258 and 8444259. Could someone please give me information on the date of manufacture based on these serial numbers? Thanks, James

I have a set of vintage Cornwalls. I would like to have some recommendations of Klipsch speakers for a good surround system. What center channel speaker, rear surround speakers, and sub will be a good match for my Cornwalls? My receiver is a Denon AVR-3600. Thanks!