[Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails]

Having some cold cuts from the smoked pork I made Thursday.

Check out that smoke ring!

it was wet and rainy all day but we managed to get out and pick up a Christmas tree.

[Ever try moving away from Klipsch speakers?]

1 hour ago, Marvel said:

I like it, too. 🙄

And to think H wanted me to paint over that wallpaper.

[Show us your great photography thread!]

Sunset off the Blue Ridge Parkway.

 

[Ever try moving away from Klipsch speakers?]

21 minutes ago, the real Duke Spinner said:

Did you find the Bracing made a difference, Josh ?

Absolutely.

but perhaps not as much of a difference as Roy’s PEQ settings for the Jubescala.

The LS bass bin has a massive bump around 148Hz and some EQ to flatten it out really helps the low end definition.

 

Put the EQ together with the braced sidewalls and it’s much better.

[Dampening Klipsch horns for better sound - worth a try?]

5 hours ago, John Warren said:

It's Damping, not Dampening.

If you get them wet they don’t really sound any better.

[Heresy ii's cutting out]

Have you swapped the Heresy’s left and right?

It’s possible the other speaker you tried isn’t presenting the same load on the amp.

 

It’s not completely unheard of for there to be an issue with the solder joints at the input jacks or elsewhere on the crossover.

 

[Cornwall I restoration]

Nice prep work for the veneer.

 

The oil cans in my Type E Heresy 1 networks looked like that when I replaced them with some modern caps.

The difference was noticeable and commented on by my wife who had no idea that I had done anything to the speakers.

[Ever try moving away from Klipsch speakers?]

Not exactly.

 

 

[Deja Vu]

Craig,

 

it’s good to see you posting again.

Im glad to hear you are doing okay, all things considered.

[Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails]

Checked out a local 60’s cover band at the brewery/theater over in Mars Hill Friday evening.

 

 

The first thing I said when I walked in was “not enough PA”.

As soon as the band started playing it was confirmed, the vocals and guitar were getting buried in most of the mix.

 

Yesterday we went caroling downtown with folks from our parish and the rain held off until we were done.

That was nice.

 

[Klipsch La Scala review]

[Problem with KP 201 Speafer]

On 7/28/2023 at 5:56 PM, OO1 said:

you may have a problem with the crossover 's capacitors being defective    or simply a  cold  solder joint on the PCB  

No PCB on the KP2.0A crossover.

 

Maybe later versions used a PCB?

[What treatment for my 1990 Heresy cabinets?]

Do not get steel wool anywhere near your horns/compression drivers.

Small pieces can get pulled in via the magnet and lodge against the diaphragm.

 

Various scotch brite finishing pads work great for application and buffing.

[Troubles with the sound of my new La Scalas]

17 hours ago, the real Duke Spinner said:

Low E on a 4 string electric bass is 41 hz

With a 50 hz cutoff on LS Where does that lead ??

 

17 hours ago, Shakeydeal said:

 

You come across as someone who’s never even heard this speaker.

Corner placement and room size can help with the low end response but if you are used to listening to a speaker that actually goes lower then you will notice a difference.

 

My living room speakers are reasonably flat to around 35Hz and they sound much more full on the low end compared to the stock original style LS.

 

that being said, what others have stated with regards to giving the new LS some time to break in is also a good idea.

[Have I Done Stupid]

I would have gotten some passive speakers to use with that amp.

[Klipsch ported Heresy]

On 11/26/2023 at 10:13 AM, OO1 said:

you have 2 options  ,  

-the T500 is a sealed. cab + 5 inches  taller  , down to 35 Hz  with 2 KD-13 passive woofers.

-the T-400 is shorter by 5 inches  , you have to get the ports right , and it only goes down to 38 Hz

There are way more than two options out there.

 

Ports would work for the additional volume in the larger box size as well.

A piece of 3” schedule 40 PCV is cheap and one could chop ports at different lengths until they found the sound/measurements they wanted.

 

[Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails]

Last night was good.

Country music isn’t normally my preferred genre but Andy Buckner put on a great show.

However, my buddy and I both forgot that last night was the town Christmas parade.

I looped back around and parked in the park and took the foot bridge across the river and then hiked through town to where the show was happening.

It was just over .5 miles and the weather was nice and brisk.

It would have taken over an hour to wait for the parade and traffic to clear out.

 

For lunch I just took some more of the smoked pork loin and sliced it thick and then fried it with some breading.

It makes a fantastic sandwich that way.

 

 

Oh yeah, there is a new music(guitar) store in the next town over.

My youngest and I went to check it out yesterday afternoon.

Nice stuff, but nothing that compels money to leave my pocket.

[Klipsch ported Heresy]

16 hours ago, Marvel said:

I thought Ben told me his were just the depth of the front baffle, but in this pic off the net they definitely have a longer port.

 

And... just use your existing baffle for the pattern of  what to cut out. If you don't have Heresy IIs, it won't work

 

 

It's possible that the port tubes were removed on Ben's T-400.

 

I think that a port the depth of the baffle on those would cause a really large peak in the response around 75Hz.

[Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails]

Leftover pork loin sandwiches.

 

Some country singer guy from The Voice is playing in town tonight.

I think my buddy and I are going to go check out his show.

[Klipsch ported Heresy]

4 hours ago, DLStryker said:

That is exactly why I was asking.  My HII's need the cabinets rebuilt.  I thought the logical answer would be to build Tangent 400 cabinets.  Does anyone have the dimension/port specs of the Tangent 400?  Was the mid/tweeter inside the same air-space of the cabinet as the woofer?

The cabs themselves are 35" tall on a 1/2" base, 15" wide, and 13-5/8" deep without the grill.

I believe the spacing on the tweeter/squawker/woofer is the same distance from the top of the cab as on the HII.

 

The center of the ports should be 9-1/2" from the bottom of the cab and 3-1/2" from the sides.

I've seen the ports listed as 3" diameter with 5" length which should tune the enclosure close to 40Hz with the K-24-K driver.

 

IIRC the stock cabs are only 5/8" thick particle board so if you wanted to keep the same internal volume then you would need to expand each dimension appropriately if using  3/4" ply.

 

The cabs are a single internal volume with no separate chamber for the tweeter/mids.

 

[Turkey]

17 hours ago, dtel said:

Looks good, one of my favorite things  to smoke, I do one every other week. We get some every time in goes on sale, on sale it's cheaper then even ground beef of chicken and much better to me. 

 

I like the way you cooked it, some people overcook it and it gets dry and tough, yours looks good.

I had the BGE sitting right around 225°f.

The pork loin was on there for a few hours until it hit about 135° internal temp. 
At that point I pulled it off and wrapped it in parchment and foil and the heat internally rose to about 150°f.

 

Ive definitely overcooked it before and was really worried about it drying out but it turned out perfect.

[Turkey]

1 hour ago, Marvel said:

 

You would think you were born in the South and not Wisconsin.

 

🙄

After dinner, to celebrate the Packers win over the Lions, we went outside and threw the pigskin around until it got dark.

 

[Turkey]

I smoked some pork loin on the Big Green Egg.

 

 

 

I also made some mashed potatoes, collard greens, and fresh cranberry sauce.

[Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails]

2 hours ago, MicroMara said:

Have a new online supplyer since today , that´s why I wasn´t here in the last few days. Weather is sunny dry and cold around 32 F max. but that´s better than the warmer rainy misty cloudy grey days we had last week. Well ,I´m still busy with some design works in my apartment , re-structured my Vinyl and CD Collection , that was a lot of work as well, haven´t counted them , makes no sense , not quantity matters,  it´s the music that matters. See you ! 

The only time it matters is when you are buying new storage/shelving for your music and you need to make sure you have enough.

[Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails]

1 hour ago, tommiek said:

To be honest, at first I was not a big fan of coffee, but then I read that it stimulates the metabolism and helps burn fat, so I try to drink coffee from expensive beans first thing in the morning and second thing on the way to training

Sounds like something a spammer would post.