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Use an ice pick or similar to check, maybe the hole was never there to begin with. I've got a pair of Heresy that came with only THREE screws and holes for each woofer.
Analogman
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----------------On 1/30/2005 7:06:15 PM tonygeno wrote:Further investigation shows that whatever is in those holes is hard. At least I know they're not leaking air, so I guess I'll leave well enough along. BTW, based on my serial number, would I be safe to assume that they were manufactured in 1986?Thanks.----------------
You can use this for future reference:http://home.earthlink.net/~ivol/klipsch_cornwall/klipsch_date_codes.htm
Ninth week of 1986
Maybe a broken screw?
I have three sequential pairs, each minor flaw, whatever it was, (stripped hole etc.) was repeated in both speakers.
Analogman
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Hello again,
Yours are 1986 models by the numbers you gave. A small drop of carpenter's glue in the hole will "tighten" it up if it is too large (let it dry before putting in your screw). I've found a lot of the holes to be stripped in Heresy IIs (older ones) from over-torque and a thin mounting flange area on the motor board. On average one per driver.
Regards,
Analogman
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Hello again,
There is a rectangular piece of foam inside the Heresy II, don't know if that's what you are seeing.
Analogman
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----------------On 1/30/2005 6:31:31 PM tonygeno wrote:I just picked up a set of Heresy IIs in excellent shape. They look to be about 15 years old. Serial numbers are 869703 and 869704. Both speakers are missing one screw in each woofer. All the other screws a torqued down very tight. The missing screw hole seems to be filled with foam. Is this normal or should all the screws holes have screws in them? (One would think so but you never know).Thanks for any help.----------------
Hello,
I have two pair of 1985 Heresy IIs. There's a screw in every hole.
Regards,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/30/2005 5:11:36 PM yaffstone wrote:I just got my B&O beogram 1700 hooked back up after about 10 years on a side shelf. My records sound amazing and now I'm wondering other than convenience, why I switched to CD. There's even something fun about the 15 minute ritual. What are your thoughts about audio quality of CD versus vinyl?----------------
...and you guys call ME the Troll!?!
Analogman
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No, not at all!
I just felt moved to say:
Thanks Guys! for all your help over the past couple years!
Regards,
Analogman
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...how "helpful" this place can be!
Feeling the Love,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/29/2005 8:44:41 PM Parrot wrote:That is quite true, Russ, classical CDs and Telarcs for sure are not maximized like commercial pop.Thanks for the link, Analogman. If we go by Christine's terminology, what I have been referring to as the dynamic range would be called "relative dynamics." I would prefer calling it "relative dynamic range." I don't find it particularly useful for my purposes to be talking about the noise floor as the baseline.----------------
What could I possibly know, why I'm just "a total loser without a clue", "and I'm not what I appear to be".
No wonder life's so hard!
Thanks for lowering my "expectations floor" to a realistic level!
Cheerfully yours,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/29/2005 8:15:21 PM tkot wrote:so lets review....more power is good...better recordings are good...humor, is good, as long as people understand that it is humor...room noise is bad....equipment noise is worse!!...most off the shelf recordings have little DR...and i still want to know what the DR is of a vinal recording??in closeing...thanks to all who responded to my thread!!i dont feel like a virgin anymore!!!this was my first thread that actually had some good discussion!!jay----------------
This may be of some use, I take the liberty of posting it here for you, in my typical narrow minded fashion. It's from a thread I started entitled "Read This"
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/specsformats/LPsvsCDsDynamics.php
Analogman
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----------------On 1/29/2005 8:05:30 PM minn_male42 wrote:----------------On 1/29/2005 7:45:22 PM analogman wrote:You lecture me as if I were a child.....----------------only because you continually post as a child would post.... you mention your children, yet you post as if you were 14 years old (or younger)your "childish" attempts at what you call humor are pathetic at best and really detract from the discussions at hand.....your attempts at "humor" would be better presented in a different venue since no one is laughing here----------------
Now now now, we're whimpering again.
Your pal,
Analogman
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"tkot" wrote:
now you went and did it, a-man
artto SIGNED his reply
(hope you dont need any advise on room accoustics)
jay
Thank you for your concern, very thoughtful of you, but it's OK, I know how to read and use the public library.
Old Colony has an excellent selection of titles on the subject as well. I'm not sure if they carry artto's books though. Ah well...
As always,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/29/2005 7:03:07 PM artto wrote:----------------On 1/29/2005 6:20:01 PM analogman wrote:I am diappointed that my "take" on life offends.It was intended, A JOKE. Sorry it was lost on you.With regards,Analogman----------------Ah, the old "joke" alibi to try and get out of it (AGAIN). No sir, the "joke" is on you. Your name says it all, and your posts consistently support it. The bias is quite apparent.Humor. It is a difficult concept, no?
With no regards,artto----------------
You lecture me as if I were a child
I make my position clear
You feel silly 'cause you don't get it(or don't LIKE it)
You come back with THIS
You've got to be kidding, right?!
God I hope so.
Or, is that just the best rationalization you can come up with to defend your own intolerance, you pompous windbag
Others may crave your approval and seek your validation, but not I
Honest, innocent people don't NEED alibis ( a better choice of words in this instance would have been "to justify")their positions
Humour, "a difficult concept"? well it would seem so
Maybe I should include a header at the top of all my posts, something to the effect:
Caution! Analogman Posting! May Contain Sardonic and Irreverent Wit! May Be Harmful or Fatal to Sacred Cows!
Then, instead of being tied down and forced to read my posts, with which you say you are familiar, you could just "change the channel"!
With regards,
Analogman
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artto wrote:
Analogman, Im going to go out on a limb and intentionally say something that hopefully will piss you off in a productive, constructive way.
Well, you did not succeed, but I will still try and return the favor, and do the same for you.
My post, and many others, are an attempt to illuminate a facet of this "hobby" which I find terribly amusing and frustrating at times, self-absorption. The point of this particular post in question, of which seems to have been lost on you, is a contiuum on that theme. This condition permeates every fibre of this forum's being.
If am wrong on this, then why is it that people so quicken to proclaim their righteous indignation at a simple post on a website, usually taken out of context, with little or no consideration given to the author's personality, or intent?
I KNOW from reading your posts that you are certainly NOT a stupid man.
I also know that you and too many others are literal minded "stuffed shirts", who can't or won't acknowledge PARODY and SATIRE when it's staring them in the face.
Is there some approved, universally accepted brand of humour here at the Klipsch Forums of which I am unaware?
Is it a requisite that I adopt it, foregoing my own?
Or is the injection of levity forbidden when we are engaged in such SERIOUS rhetoric?
I am well aware of Tim deParavicini's contributions and talents with regards to audio, I think I indicated that in another SATIRICAL post in the thread "2/3 of my CDs sound like crap"
With all the CRAP in this world today, it's hard for me to take ANYTHING too seriously anymore, the exception being the welfare and happiness of those close to me. (Bet I opened the door with that one!)
I am diappointed that my "take" on life offends.
It was intended, A JOKE. Sorry it was lost on you.
With regards,
Analogman
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Hello,
Crappy, Crappier, Crappiest
Although ALL CeeDees are crappy to some extent, some offend less than others (Crappy). A good example is EMI Classics' re-issue of Andre Previn conducting Shostakovich's Symphonies #s 4&5 combined with Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" Four Sea Interludes/Passacaglia(from Peter Grimes)7243 5 72659 2 8 EMI. This music and recording are SO BEAUTIFUL that even the hacks at Abby Road can't mutilate them beyond recognition with "digital remastering". It also helps that they were working from an obviously SUPERIOR ANALOG MASTER TAPE to begin with. Yes, even the worlds most sophisticated and advanced audio technologies can not ALWAYS succeed in suffocating the BEAUTY of that which is ANALOG and MUSICAL! Try as some might.
Using this release or a few others,("yes Virginia, there are a few),
as a baseline, we work our way up the ladder of progressivly expanding "states of crappiness" (CRAPPIER) until we reach the pinnacle "Spectacularlycraptacular", or as we say in Analogland "Crappiest". A good (should read accurate) example of this level of achievement is Bruckner's 5th on RCA's "Red Seal" catalog #09026-68503-2. Gunter Wand leads the gang on this one (Berliner Philharmoniker). The powerful and majestic piece was captured for this CeeDee DIGITALLY, so you digital devotees are in for a real treat with this one. With the RIGHT SYSTEM your ears can bleed copiously for 76 minutes and 51 seconds, give or take a "quiet" passage or two.
Another poster mentioned the truth that recordings and discs of all stripe are inconsistent at best. Then there's the somewhat cynical view "better the performance, worse the recording" take on things.
The one thing I do know (besides CeeDees sound like crap) is that there is a "silver lining" behind every cloud.
So,in their DEFENSE, CeeDees are the most NON-DISCRIMINATORY medium to ever be devised by the minds of Man. They know no race, creed nor socio-economic status. They have no gender preference nor do they make distinction with regards to country of origin. They're oblivious to sexual orientation and political loyalties. They're unaffected by the system you "play" them on, whether it's a "boombox" or the most elegant that money can buy. NO technical or mechanical ability is required, at all, of the "end user". Everything that can be imagined has or will be put on them.
The "birth" of the CeeDee has to be ranked right up there with The American Revolution, as one of the most truely Democratic and Universally Unifying events in the history of Modern Man.
The Promise "Perfect Sound Forever" holds forth the guarrantee with NO compromise or condition,
"ALL CRAP FOR ALL PEOPLES ALL THE TIME"
With regards,
Analogman
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Parrot,
I thought you KNEW that I reside in the rarefied atmosphere of Analogland, with surprises around every corner and every day an adventure!
Firein' up the JJs,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/29/2005 1:40:39 PM Parrot wrote:Come on Analogman, spill the beans on these tubes. Are they badly made?Anyway, such a scenario would be discouraging to anyone. But a good amp with good tubes should rarely have problems.----------------
Not really, just a little mold 'n' dirt!
Where're we goin'?
Analogman
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----------------On 1/29/2005 7:59:13 AM Coytee wrote:Is this the world I've walked into?bought a new Jolida and within 3 weeks one of the tubes blew on me. No problem, Jolida replaced the tube. On installing the new tube, I noticed & remembered that I could NOT bias one of them up to 50 even with the knob turned full bias. Jolida said tube was bad & said they'd send another.they DID send another tube, but got mixed signals and ALSO sent an entire new AMP.I swapped out the amp, kept the new tubes.In the meantime, I'd ordered a full compliment from tube supply (I forget name) anyways, and bought KT90's.So far on the "old" amp, I had 1 tube cherry out and another (according to Jolida) as a matter of time.Now I have an entirely NEW amp by happenstance, install the KT90's and what happens last night but one of the tubes flares up, blows the fuse.I replaced the fuse and it "seems" to work just fine but I'm a bit nervous about the tube that flared up.In total fairness, the tube DID flare up during some loud music, but my gut feeling says it wasn't clipping (to be brutally honest here, I don't know if I even know what clipping sounds like, so if it's OBVIOUS as to it's sound, then I've NEVER heard it)Anyway, I COULD have concluded that maybe I had a buggy amp to have 3 tubes die on me, but again, 2 were on old amp, and this is on new amp.Are tubes just this finickey?Is it just my wonderful luck?Would I be better off getting a BIGGER amp for cranking? (idea is, it stresses the tubes less perhaps)I'm perplexed----------------
Hello,
Sorry to hear about your problem. I may have a similar story to share. The tubes which are giving you the problems aren't by chance JJ KT88s? If so, I may have some insight.
I KNOW how you feel,
Analogman
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Is it just my imagination, or are all the 2-channel "regulars" going to bed early. What did you do, start a private afterhours "HE MAN ANALOGMAN HATERS CLUB"?
Ah well, I still miss you.
Regards,
Analogman
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Special all right,
I think that's the 2nd or 3rd pair of "Todd's" Heresys on eBay this month! "Todd" must have really liked Heresys!
Beware,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/27/2005 8:14:44 PM John Warren wrote:Any suggestions on techniques to achieve "spray gun" finish using a brush?(paint types, brushes, primers, sanding, etc.).I have a nice old desk that was chemically "dip stripped" years ago. It's residing in a room onthe second floor, too heavy to move. I do not want to spray it in the room either, I'll end up getting more paint on the walls and floor than the desk.I'm not looking for a quick way either, I'm patient.----------------
What's it made of. I'm sure if I make a suggestion you'll get plenty of advice!
Regards,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/28/2005 10:20:42 PM DeanG wrote:Most crappy sounding CD's these days sound pretty good to me. Gimme that old time compression baby.----------------
I agree!?
It's just the hearing loss and headaches I can't stand!
Regards,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/28/2005 9:21:42 PM minn_male42 wrote:----------------On 1/28/2005 9:18:36 PM analogman wrote:----------------On 1/28/2005 8:49:38 PM Olorin wrote:All generalizations are false, too.----------------How's this:A great deal of people here take themselves far too seriously.Generally speaking,Analogman----------------and others here post juvenile comments----------------
Hey hey now, stop whimpering, you'll ruin your makeup.
Everything's going to be all right, I promise,
Analogman
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----------------On 1/28/2005 9:40:05 PM cjgeraci wrote:Finally, this is getting good. The 'ole vinyl vs. digital debate is almost as fun as SET vs. PP or Heritage v. Reference or for some of the HT people: Klipsch subs v. SVS. Expecting Smilin' to chime in any second on this. As for me, I like the mellow approach of vinyl but also love the detail and soundstage of good CDs. Of course, there are bad CDs just like there are bad LPs. Yes, CD can be done well with horns - but a nice preamp and tubes (and a pocketbook) helps. Oh, and yeah, do not forget the crossovers.Just ask Mark how many of us have bought his Peach. No phono stage there, but juicy just the same.Carl.----------------
What Debate?
Regards,
Analogman
records versus CD
in 2-Channel Home Audio
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LP=Making Love
CeeDee=Aural Pornography
Crap=Crap
Yours truly,
Analogman