Mark Z Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Hi all! Long time Klipsch fan, first time poster....lol. I caught the "bug" working at a local CT based HI FI store in High school in the 80's. From then on, my Realistic System just didn't cut it....We carried Klipsch, B&O, Polk, Luxman, Carver, Nakamichi, Yamaha etc., and a few others. Of course running the K-horns off a Carver amp playing the then "new" CD's and rattling pizza trays off the walls of the business next door was a weekly event. I learned some great Greek swears when they all came running into the store to find us in the "big room" with it cranked up. I've owned quite a few Klipsch speakers, including some of the newer stuff for surround, and oldies like Corwall 1's in birch (which I veneered in oak), and currently own a pair of 1985 Heresy's in oiled oak, and a newly acquired set of Chorus 2's my buddy owned and had stored in abasement for the last 12/13 years. I'm come a long way on the resto of those, including Ti tweeters, a lot of cabinet work, rebuilding and veneering the stands, and rebuilding the crossovers. They sound great. I have to re-cone one of the drones, so I ordered kits to do both so they match. One of them had significant holes and some surround tearing. I glued it up for now and they seem good to go. I just finished the cabinets with Tung oil, they look great. Currently driving them with Luxman M-02/C-02 and they sound fantastic. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom05 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Welcome, sounds like you had a dream job at the audio store . I miss that time, it was a great time for the home audio enthusiast , I loved going in and actually being able to listen and compare dozens of speakers , amps and brands . I bought lots of stuff back then , nowadays we have to pretty much take someone’s word for everything , no fun in that . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtr20 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Welcome to the forum! Are you still in the CT area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWelsh Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 2:52 PM, Mark Z said: Hi looking real good , Welcome to the PWK Klipsch Forum . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeydeal Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Z Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Hi all, yes still in CT, although HI Fi Stereo house is long gone. I do still have a bunch of equipment from them - we were able to buy trade ins on the cheap! I did the passive cone replacement (from Simply Speakers) this weekend, pretty easy job and looks exactly as the original did. Sounds as it should also. I weighed the weights in there as I had read some people were asking what they were, for anybody who finds this post, with the cone end, and wax/weights intact, they weighed 45.27 grams. I figured the cone and wax to weigh about a gram or so, safe to say the weights were ~ 44 grams. Edited February 22, 2022 by Mark Z added "before" pic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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