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  1. On 10/3/2021 at 7:14 PM, jorjen said:

    Back in the day, Klipsch offered the kits already installed as a special order or you could by the kits after the fact and finish and install them yourself. The kit consisted of two grills with one of the three available(brown, black, cane)materials. The cloth came attached to the grilles from the factory. Also included was eight pieces of like quarter round Solid Birch molding, cut to proper length and mitered. If memory serves, they even included like twenty small brad nails to attach the frame pieces to the front of the cabinet.

    Do you know if they offered such an option for decorator Heresys? Asking because I've got a pair with grills and quarter-round. I've seen a few identical ones around the country and wondered how that came to be.

  2. On 9/27/2021 at 10:34 PM, Westcoastdrums said:

    Check this out, my KP250s are 2 serial numbers apart and one is ported, one isn't.  One was a pain in the *** to install Dave A's LMAHL tweeters on, the other easy.   I feel I should get a few pair of heresy IV B stock for the slip up.   It's only fair... 

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    Wow. Hard to believe no one's noticed previously...

     

  3. On 9/2/2021 at 5:00 PM, texasnavy05 said:

    Not looking for any frills or a streaming device.  Just good sound.  

     

    Budget $600 but could be convinced to spend more if justified.

     

     

    I was in the same situation and managed to find a Marantz CD-6007 and am loving it. Hard to find though, due to chip shortage.

  4. On 9/9/2021 at 7:39 PM, Area 51 said:

    This is interesting. I'm not yet familiar with the pair I just bought -  I haven't yet been able to even connect my new HIPs - so I wonder if you would expand on your impressions a little bit. Your HIPs have Dave's tweeters in otherwise original equipment Klipsch boxes, right? What is it  about these speakers you like? How do they compare to other speakers you have / had? What system are yours used in? I hope you'll forgive me if I'm being overly inquisitive. I'm just curious about these sorta rare (at least not common) new (to me) little beauties I have stumbled into. I really don't know the first thing about them.  

    The K-42EV woofers are amazing.  Not that they have huge bass, but their clarity in vocals is quite awesome.  It's my understanding that the autoformer is "hot" in the HIPs compared to standared Heresy's and they deliver a huge midrange punch.  I have not heard them with standard tweeters, so I can't compare that, but I know I'm hearing high notes that I've not heard before.  My system is by no means audiophile.  It's in my garage shop.  I've got my HIPs sitting on top of a pair of LaScala Industrials coming off a Denon dra800h 2.1 receiver and the combo sounds mighty fine to my uncultured ears.

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  5. On 9/7/2021 at 9:20 PM, Dave A said:

    IF the fuses were already bypassed and I don't catch it they may leave my hands that way by benign neglect on my part. I don't always give input cups serious examination unless they look poorly done.

       Those HIP's are great little speakers and fairly hard to find.

     

    I looked and the fuse circuits are intact in the ones I got from you.  I love those speakers.

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  6. 4 hours ago, Area 51 said:

    That recommendation seems to be almost universal! Do you modify crossovers at the same time?

    I'm pretty certain my x-overs are standard HIE, but I think Dave bypassed the fuse. Maybe DaveA will chime in.

  7. 10 hours ago, Area 51 said:

    I hoped one of our members might benefit.

    Your praise of DaveA's upgrades echoes what I've picked up on in my brief time here on the forum. I wonder if his products might have a future in my recently acquired Heresy Industrial Ported pair. 

    I got a pair of HIPs from DaveA that had SMAHLs installed.  All I can say is do it!

  8. I saw a post on Craigslist today for a vintage turntable I was interested in. Went to see it and it was this guy with the Heresy's. We played the TT on them and both sounded really, really good. He's in the music business and had all sorts of equipment around and was a pleasure to deal with. I ended up buying his Technics SL-QD2 for $135.

  9. Just now, Ave Bona Cornwall said:

    These are available here in the Garage sale section, listed by Brac...doesn't hurt to list it in alerts, though!

    Ah gotcha. Yeah, the more exposure the better, I guess! 

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