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JJ, sorry had a poker game last night. I bought the Dia. from a dealer on ebay. I pretty sure they were about 40. each.

Ok Guys I wanted to give the forum first shot. The JBLs are going on ebay. All the best, Guy

Hey Rick, the searching in coming slowly. Every time I listen to another speaker I like the K-horns better. I have resigned myself to keeping the K-horns as long as possible. When we switch the room around to the short wall I will make up my mind.

I purchased these from 3dzapper about 3 months ago. One of the diaphrames was blown. I purchased two new ones and installed one so one extra will be included. $275.00 Just let me know. All the best, Guy

Thanks for the report. Sounds like the horn world will be in for a treat. Guy

How do you think they would sound when compared to k-horns?

Hi, I am very sorry to hear about your loss. You know they sure don't mind, or tell you when you pay for extra Insurance that you have over insured. Thats a crime. I am interested and looking for one La Scala I live in Dallas if you are willing to sell let me know. All the best, Guy

Congrats, let us know what you think, Guy

Tim sorry for your loss, but very glad your ok. Guy

born2rock, Ben like me is runing dual monos not bridged. If you use one of the L or r channels for your right speaker and use the center channel for your left speaker you will effectively have a dual mono operation.

Vinnie, I have only used my Teac as a dual mono, I guess I should try it the regular way and see what diff. I might hear. Buy the way, my first thoughts on the Teac are. Its not perfect however the differences between the Teac and my 6k tube set amp. are not that much! I should have your modded Teac from Guy L. by the end of the week. I sure wish you would figure out a way to have tos link as well as Digital coax inputs on the DAC

I guess what I'm asking is....would dual monos or bridged sound better? Guy

Hey Vinnie, if you bridged the chips, would you still get the same sound just more of it or does that change the whole playing field? Thanks, Guy

1 Heresy, used for center 1 Transcendent Sound pre w/remote 2 JBL 2404s tweeters 1 KR Audio Antares SET 20 watts w/extra set of 842 VHDs 1 Bel Canto DAC2

Sal did you get a hold of Gary?

Easy now, guys I was only trying to let you know theirs some good deals on Dodd Audio now. PM me if you want his phone number. I will also see if he will post here. Guy

ebay, go figure, I guess I wan't thinking, Thanks got it!

Ben, which boards do you find them used on. I have looked on Audiogon with no luck. Dean likes this amps as well

Sal, let me see if I can get Gary to post in here and answer questions

I'm not sure but I think his top of the line pre goes for around $2,300.00 and yes it will double.

And to take that a step further Sal, its a red flag when you read stuff like "Without divulging the proprietary math and correlations,". Although I respect the fact that their R and D cost them a lot of time and money. It reminds me of the wizard of Oz " NEVER MIND THAT MAN BEHING THE CURTAIN"

I talked with Gary (Dodd Audio) tonight and he has just signed an exclusive contract with a large audio company to build their amplifiers, which will be his design at twice the currant price. He has two weeks where he can take orders on his own. He told me if I had any friends that wanted some of his equipment to let him know. I asked him if it was ok to post on the Klipsch forum and make the offer available to the Klipsch guys. PM me if anyone has interest he is selling all of his stuff at a discount to clear the shelves. All the best, Guy

Well, I hooked them up tonight and listened to them for about 4 more hours. I'm not very good at telling you where exactly 40hz, 60 or 80 hz begins or ends without any measuring equipment, but I would say the speakers are excellant on the top end. My guess would be somewhere between 60 and 40hz they die.

I have been listening to the k-horns this week. Just got my Teac 700 in. I will put the Zus back in tonight. You would be very suprised at the eff. I think 101 is right on I get 100db spl with a twenty watt set amp. no problem what so ever and my Transcendent pre amp does not have very much gain! The 10 inch driver does not move a lot. The Cabinet has some special design, it is vented at the bottom and was designed by an automotive guy. I forget what they call it but I think it is along the line of headers on an engine, or the reverse. Here is there quote "The Druid is not a bass reflex design and does not correlate to Helmholtz resonators. While the reactance and impedance plot may look similar to those of a ported design, such measures cannot be specifically correlated to enclosure acoustics. Without divulging the proprietary math and correlations, let me outline a few principles expressed in the Druid and contrast them with bass reflex (ported) designs. A bass reflex loudspeaker uses a simple Helmoltz resonator to augment lower frequencies and control cone motion. A Helmoltz resonator consists of a rigid-walled cavity (the volume) with a neck (port) with an area and length. The fluid (air) moves as a unit to provide the mass element and if the quarter wavelength is much greater than volume, the acoustic pressure within the loudspeaker box provides the stiffness element; the resistive element is provided by the opening that radiates the simple source sound. All Helmoltz resonators contain these basic elements. The Druid enclosure is expressed, on a fundamental level, like that of a waveguide with uniform cross section and terminated and driven at one end. Propagation within the Druid is mostly planer and standing waves are not stimulated. Power radiation from the open end is expressed similarly to that of a standard open-ended pipe, driven and terminated from the opposing end. Though similar, the Druid cannot be fully defined by waveguide, loudspeaker transmission line or driven pipe models. Development of an acoustical model accounting for driver introduced dynamic variables and resulting model changes revealed areas of non planer propagation. The resulting turbulence is wavelength relational and proportional to amplitude. Applied to loudspeaker design, the new Griewe model shows resulting noise distortions, in varying degrees, throughout the entire audible range. Modifications within and to an audio waveguide that improve loudspeaker are proprietary, the basic idea being to minimize or eliminate non-planer oscillatory propagation. The enclosure acoustic design principles used in the Druid are based on Ron Griewes research and resulting patents. Ron has granted Sean Casey permission to use his research and collaborated on the fundamental application to loudspeakers. Ron Griewe was the editor and chief of Cycle World magazine for fourteen years and has worked as an engineer for several motorcycle manufacturing companies."

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