John Warren

what does this mean? "TheEAR(s) Now theears"

their sitting in a garage. when it rains, my gargage floor gets wet. if I had Klipschorns in there, they'ed get wet. did you get pictures of the bottoms??

the E-300 was a infinite baffle, speaker-less enclosure sold by Bozak for the DIYer. it is 5 cubic ft in size and designed to accomodate the B-207A coax unit. It was sold with a pre-cut hole to accomodate the B-209 mid-range making an upgrade to a three-way system using the N-101 crossover. the B-207A coax has a very low power, limited excursion woofer (Fs around 45Hz). the B-209 mid is an absolute necessity for this speaker system to sound reasonable. the next system size-up was the B-305 which contained two B-207As and a B-209. After that was the B-310 (later called the Concert Grand) it had four B-199A woofers, a B-200XA tweeter array and a single B-209 mid. I heard a pair in 1978 at a shop called the Music Box in Wellesley, MA. I ended up buying the Klipschorns. These are the the first product offerings by the R. T. Bozak MFG. Co. of Darien, CT. They are something of collectors items. Bozak was heavy into cone material research and advocated multiple driver arrays.

b911, I'm a US citizen, I live in US. my comments relate to the obsession that "my" government has placed in recent years on wealth redistribution. also, take fh's advice, don't post when you're on something

boomer-don't feel bad, we've got 1.3M "vistors" with expired visas still in this country. US is obsessed with entitlement programs, doesn't give squat about real governing.

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I use two parts boiled linseed oil to one part terpentine. mix, set in sun, apply with brush, let stand and wipe clean, repeat. apply every year or so thereafter. your house will smell like an artist studio (nice oil smell)

maybe you could call then "Corndoms" Iacta Alea Est

Chris-the S/N or year of manufacture is the least of your worries!! Make sure that they are not water damaged. In the 30 yrs I've been involved in audio, I've seen ALOT of large systems that have had thier "feet wet" at one time or another. Klipschorns and most other large, floorstanders almost ALWAYS do a stint in a garage or basement.

m This message has been edited by John Warren on 09-21-2001 at 01:00 PM

strip 14 gauge "wire" back an inch an crimp on eyelets. what the hell else is there to do?

as a engineering career path, the consumer electronics industry is a clunker. challenging technical organizations have ~40%+ of the technical staff at the PhD level.

So...the take away is you can spend $1000/ft for audio "cable" OR $.07/ft for "wire". That's a hard one.

the hospital grade outlets I've seen are orange colored. They really grab a plug. I don't know what the certification is that makes them "Hospital Grade" or where you get them.

Ray--No offense taken! You misunderstood. I consider myself very unsophisticated in the ways of todays audio and the listening test you suggested is over my head (realize you are talking to a guy that is in the process of casting mid-ranges horns out of concrete). But again, I appreciate your response. TomB-Great website, we share the same taste in basement decor especially in "loose driver" displays. You should seriously consider making, stealing or buying a pair of Jensen Imperials. If you are good with power tools I've got plans that I will send to you if you want.

Ray-I appreciate that you took the time to try educate a "fool" but I no longer visit hifi stores. They make me ill. I buy used gear and, if I can't buy it, I make it. In all honesty-I have no patience for "subtlety (sp?)". I attend symphonies, I've listened to the biggest pipe organs in the world, both here in USA and abroad. I know EXACTLY what makes musical reproduction fun for me and it definetly IS NOT fancy cables or hot-rodded crossover networks. Like aircraft engines, it comes down to moving air and for me, the more the better.

"all CDs sound the same"...who said anything about that? They don't, any self-respecting Troll knows that. Amps-they sound different but I'll take a clunker amp driving a good set of speakers ANY day of the week rather than the "lab standard" hooked to some "cone and dome" shoebox.

you are about 30 years too late. EV is way, way, way out of the home audio market.

Rob-interesting site, thanks jw

What do some of you folks use for outdoor FM antenna, hook-up wire, rotors, etc. Suggestions appreciated.

I have a pal that lives in Hope. He hasn't heard anything.

Tightbond makes a liquid hide glue (animal glue from hoof, bone, cartlidge, etc) that is treated with anti-bacteria additives. Has a shelf life of six months. It has no odor. For wood, hide glue is superior to synthetics. Musical instruments like piano frames, violins, and alike, were, and still are, glued together with this stuff and those joints last 100's of years. When building Klipschorns, there is no better glue, it takes hours to set-up and gives the assembler plenty of time to get it right. It forms a chemical bond to the wood, unlike PVA.

Colin-High frequency perception is strongly correlated to age. A 25 yr old male has better mid/HF perception than a 40yr old female. The loss in mid/HF perception is very unfortunate. A 10-20db loss above 6000Hz is normal for males over the age of 60. Rudy Bozak once told me that the real reason he built loudspeakers with tweeter arrays was to allow grampa to "pump an extra 20W into the high end of the spectrum". I think he was just joking. This message has been edited by John Warren on 09-06-2001 at 05:28 AM