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sorry, got my letters mixed up. But I'm real happy with my little KSW12. It's only got maybe 100 watt amp and regular fibre material cone, but it's got all the inputs and controls and works really well with the Cornwalls. Only paid maybe $225 for it since it was B-stock. If I really feel the need to shake the house (naaahhh) , I'll hook up the CROWN 1200 to my JBL 4645 (18" theatre) cabinets.

If ya like Jazz/Rock fusion that KICKS, go to tommybolin.com. It is a website promoting the music of Tommy Bolin, a deceased guitarist from the early 70's. He played with James Gang, Deep Purple, Billy Cobham and Alphonse Mouzon. The Archives has about 30 remixed rare/live CD's of his music and there a couple that have been remixed to SACD format. Sadly, I don't own a SACD player (yet) so I don't have the discs to give you a review. Suffice to say that these rare glimpses into the short, genius life of Tommy have all been given the utmost care in cleaning them up. Give it a try...

Great lil thread gang, if I could add my .02. Klipsch has always been known not only for outstanding efficiency and design, but beautiful cabinetry as well. Name one brand with the longevity of Klipsch that has offered as many beautifully 'bookmatched' wood veneers. I was very sad to see the Reference line become production oriented with the advent of the RS and RC lines using vinyl on MDF board. I bought a beautiful pair of RB3II in natural maple when they were on closeout. Didn't know where I'd put em, just thought they were beautiful. Remember Klipsch, we have the WAF (wife acceptance factor for the newbies) to contend with, especially in larger tower speakers and multiple placements with our home theatres. Little things like the grille pins should be addressed and a solution offered. How about a retrofit kit with 'new' Reference-style magnetic grills for those of us who like to show off our cones? Speaking of little things, those 5-way binding posts are great, but why is the distance between red and black greater than that of a standard dual banana plug?? My KSC-C1, RC7, and RB3's all do not match the INDUSTRY STANDARD of 3/4 center-to-center for the jacks. Why would Klipsch deliberately ignore a simple standard like this that makes hookup sooooo easy?? Thanks for listening...

uh PETE! WAKE UP, You have a very interested buyer here. I've PM'd and email you. Please respond if you are sincere about selling your Yamaha 3300. I'd give it a very good home powering my Cornwalls!

Hey Mandi, I've got Cornwalls and just a little KSW12 for subs. I think it depends a lot on your listening habits and room. My room is fairly large and 'live' and is on a wood-framed floor. That way the sub gives plenty of floor shock. I don't think I would want much more low end, it would sound unnatural. For massive theatre installations, maybe go with the RW15 with more power and output.

If you're 5.1 or better, definitely go for using the RB5 II's for surrounds. You want more full range, directional sounds these days. Plus, I echo the sentiment that they would be better for music if you're using one of the various 'surround' modes or just a 4-speaker send. If your room is deep enough, you might also wire the RS7's along the side walls as an experiment (that's where they were made to be mounted)

I don't have K-horns (yet!) but am fairly good woodworker/construction guy. Here's my take on the 'fake' corner horns and vibration. Those considering that the K-Horn bass bin itself is largely 1/2 plywood, please remember that these are fairly small sections of wood, heavily braced due their proximity to other panels, therefore they do not pick up the large vibrations that your large 'corner' panels will. THerefore, any fake corner walls MUST be braced or they stand a good chance of introducing sympathetic vibrations of their own. They will become like a drum and vibrate at a given frequency. I heartily agree with INDY in that if you add weird tonalities to your bass in endeavoring to gain more bass, you are doing your K-horns and your ears a disservice. The walls should be AT LEAST as tight and vibration free as a standard wall panel (slightly below Arto's stats) 3/4 plywood, braced either internally or externally with unequally spaced 2x2's should be a reasonable facsimile for most purposes (ie not played a constant KILLER volume) Of course we've all heard of users who build masonry corner units, etc. But I'm trying to keep the Wife Acceptance Factor in mind here. If the units get too big and ugly, perhaps you should consider selling me your k-horns and purchase LaScalas or Cornwalls instead!

Hey Charlie, My Corns were rescued from a HOUSE THAT BURNED DOWN AROUND THEM!!!!! They smelled a little smoky for a couple of years (kind of like my old PA speakers that resided in bars, only a different kind of smoke) Properly cared for, ie be sure to never drive with DISTORTED power, they should outlive you. I'm pretty certain that our beloved Klipsch will make replacement drivers for decades to come. Theres also lots of cool modifications available for the Cornwall cabinets, I plan on implementing a few of these as soon as my house moving is completed. ENJOY and welcome to the club!

Check out the following for a review on a variety of screens. http://www.projectorcentral.com/home_theater_screens.htm From what I gather in my own research is that there are two factors somewhat opposed, brightness level/reflectivity, versus optimum viewing angle. The 'brighter' you need the screen to appear (due to ambient light or less bright projector, the narrower your viewing area. My Canon projector is only 800 lumens, but it's only shooting about 15 feet onto a fairly bright Dana 100" screen. There is also the grey vs white debate. Many folks like a slightly grayer screen so their blacks look blacker and the overall picture is more contrasty. This also relates to the contrast figure for your projector. Many LCD's have only 400 contrast, while better projectors may be 100-200. I saved a bunch of money by just getting a pull-down style versus the electronic type. You can also make a do-it yourself permanently mounted screen with 3/8" Gator foam, which is a very dense foam with a 'skin' on both sides, commonly used for mounting photos. Good luck shopping!

I think they're beautiful in their own way, but then I live in a 1950's style art-deco home! Kind of like having a pipe organ in your home. If it's to scale who cares how dern big they are! Bet those 18" low ends kick! Shouldn't the tweeter be arranged horizontally, or is it similar dispersion in both directions?

What is this JUBILEE? Never heard of it. COuld someone please post photo and/or specs? I take it this is an old 'heritage' line no longer in production? "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" Frank Zappa ps for some really excellent Jazz Fusion, check out Billy Cobham Spectrum (especially the track Stratus) featuring Tommy Bolin (dec) and Jan Hammer- absolutely cooking, and recorded in 3 days!

Nice call on the actress, INdy! Would the unaltered photo be available for those of us over 18??? WHich film is that from? I bet that Victrola exhibits some rumble when that Khorn is on!

Nice find! ENjoy thoroughly and DON"T GIVE THEM AWAY! Myself, I like cranking up Grandpa's old Edison model 100 (like a cabinet victrola) and playing some of those BIG THICK 78's from the 'olden' days. Let me know if ya want to sell any. PS- GREAT ART WORK on covers. Please consider just going through and photographing those for the heck of it.

Hey Dave, nice town you've got there. I drove the 5 hours from Indy to St. L a few years back to photo a wedding. Would love to see St. L again. Seems like the downtown was very nice, especially liked your Union Station- still operating, unlike ours. Having missed the INdy gathering, I'd love to meet some of the Klipsch fans. My schedule is free July 24 or Aug 7. Thanks for the invite. Michael

DUDE! Make sure your receiver has PHONO inputs, many brands are discontinuing these on these lesser lines. I think with both Yamaha and Denon you must get about 1/2 way up the model listing before you get a phono preamp. This would be fairly expensive to buy as an add-on.

BTW, yes I have the COMPLETE catalogs of VH, Led Zep, Pink FLoyd, Yes, Deep PUrple, etc on VINYL!!

Welcome to the wonderful world of vinyl. It still works and if properly cared for, an album actually sounds BETTER than a CD. You see, in the vinyl groove, PURE music is stored, not music that has been chopped up into 44,000 bits/sec and reassembled. on good systems you can hear this particularly on sine waves, like long violin notes or synthesizer licks (pink floyd) I have several Technics SL1700 turntables, which were a direct-drive (no belts to stretch or wear out) industry workhorse back in 70's. There is also an industrial model 1200 with a +/- 10% speed control for DJ use. These things are everywhere since many people have grown tired of the storage for vinyl LP's. So far as speeds go, even dinosaurs like Van Halen still recorded at 33 1/3 RPM (the name of a favorite old George Harrison LP). At most you maybe need 45RPM for singles but unless you're a Classical or Jazz fan, you shouldn't need 78 or the even less favorable 16 RPM. I've always used Stanton cartridges vs the more popular Shure. Reasons, the cantilever is shorter, so less prone to damage, The Stantons seem to have better channel separation (a function of diamond shape and electronics) and some models have a little weighted brush that hangs out the front, which helps stabilize the cartridge against slightly warped LP's. Good shopping!

THEEEEEERRRREEE AARRRRREEEEE STTAAAAAARRRRRSSSS in the western sky... You mean that one Rog? I know, I know. 5.1 will give me discreet rear channels as well as a dedicated sub output. I'm just wondering whether I need to go to separates or just stay with receivers. You see, with KLIPSCH speakers, it takes so little power. In the old days, that was the main reason for going to separates, was to get more watts/channel. How much is really enough these days?

"Actually, theorically speaking, bi-amplification using two identical power amps for the bass and the mid-high section, having the same input sensitivity, shouldn't be too much of a problem to set up." In practice, your low pass amp and your mid/high amp need not be equal wattage, in fact you'd probably do well with, I dunno 100-400 watts for the lows with about 50-100 for the mid-highs. If I were to get an active crossover for such a system, I'd want not only controls for the crossover point and volume for each channel of bi-amp, but a slope control to control the rate of crossover ( ie 6 db/octave- 12 db/octave, etc. Have a BALL!

Gotta agree with ya on Denons. When I last compared them to Yammies, I couldn't believe that you could not punch in directly to a source (ie, there was an individual button for phono, tape, cd, tv, etc.) Instead you had to push a 'source' button multiple times to scroll through the menu of all available choices. Not only that, but there was a very audible 'CLACK' as some kind of internal relay or ??? did the switching. NO WAY would I buy that. I think the Yammie 850 was also the least expensive piece that had a separate 'record' loop, so (at the time) I could record CD to cassette for the car, while watching a movie in full theatre sound. Yamaha gets my vote, plus they have the best surround modes and best layout of remote. Thanks for the advice, maybe I'll just buy the 3300 and wait on separates.

Wouldn't running the mains off a tube amp (or vastly different ss amp) introduce a 'timbre' difference similar to having mismatched speakers?

Neo- CONGRATS! I love my Corns and would love to create an all-Cornwall HT system. Please email my dear friend IndyKlipschFan for info on his ALL CORNWALL system. I believe its three vertical units, laid on their sides (so cabinet and horn is now horizontal) for LCR, and two horizontal Corns for rear cabinets! THey're the BEST! Keep rockin and let me know how the center channel thing works out. I'm still using my RC7 and loving it!

Ok, cool advice so far. Yes my current Yammie has pre in-outs, I'm currently using them for 10 band eq for my Cornwalls. Can I assume that whenever I'm NOT using any 'surround' or effects mode that my signal is passing straight through, ie NOT entering the digital domain? THere is a 'tone bypass' button, but I think all it does is bypass the bass/treble controls on the receiver. If I do use the Yammie as my 'front end' and output the main LR pre-outs to a massive amp for an esoteric 2-channel system, can I use an A/B box so my Corns can serve as mains LR for 2 channel as well as LR for HT setup??? I DO love my Yamaha receivers for their number of inputs, layout, and remote. (even my 850 has a 'record-out' that can also be used as a 'second room' or 'house-feed'. I'm looking at the 2300 or 3300 for my 5.1 setup. Any comments? There seems to be a declining number of receivers with a phono pre-amp section. Is this a problem with separates?? ps. I don't have any problem mixing Corns with RC7. I think the only options that would keep my front channels all Heritage would be a single Corn or perhaps dual Heresies. For my $$, with HT, I prefer the modern technology of the RC7, it's tapered array and smooth dialog delivery. Efficiency-wise, it keeps up with the Corns pretty well and I don't notice the 'timbre' difference. Maybe my ears are shot!!

I'd be happy to purchase your Cornwalls if you decide to sell them. ;-) Michael

It's nice to have a big overlap between mains and sub, that way you can tweek the xover point frequency to fit your tastes and speaker placement. Remember that placement of the sub is critical. Same distance from each of two walls in a corner is most bass, along a single wall is medium, pushed out towards center of room is least. ALso the floor material and construction (conc. slab vs wood joists will affect the amount of 'floor shock' you get) Experiment- move all the furniture around and have a good time!