justin_tx_16 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Been chatting with HornED today. He told me to tell you guys "Hi" for him. Trust me, where he is, you should be jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornEd Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Hello, Justin... just a note to say that I have yet to pop a kernel since I have not been back to pick up my favorite popper... but I have redesigned my 8 Legend Twin Ultra Home Theater to play in a 30' Mongolian-style Yurt. Trying to corner a 7' sub-woofer tower in a yurt is a challenge. So, taking a clue from Mr. Paul's false corners, I build an 8' false corner with a sloped ceiling to reflect those big base waves. As you may recall, I modified a KLF-30 to be horizontal as the front center with the two woofers as close to the center as possible. To accommodate more folks in the stand alone movie yurt, I modified the KLF-30 right and left surrounds and rear center to be horizontal tool... but put the woofers as far as part as the enclosure would allow. The result is an idealized monopole surround sound with timbre matching and appropriate directionality. The rear array speakers are mounted on special shelves six feet from the floor. The six KLF-30's (6.1 comfit.) are cut off at 85Hz which allows them to do an incredible mid-range. The twin SVS Ultras pump out all the directionless subwoofer fare... but the sounds appear to come from whichever main speaker that is playing the associated sounds above 85Hz. It is an unusual layout and has attracted standing room only crowds. =HornED PS: I took a break to thank all who have cheered me on this past year... and to let you know that today, May 3, 2003 I made it to 65 years of age... which also means it is about 50 years since I bought my first previously owned Klipschorn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Good to hear from you Ed! Happy 65th, and many more in the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Happy Happy joy joy! Let me raise a pint in your honor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Good to see your back HED, I hope all is well Take care and a Happy 65th, you should be out getting lap dances... *cheers* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Happy 65th ED, and here's wishing you many more You are missed around here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Happy Birthday, HornEd!! I hope you are doing well. And remember, yurt as young as you feel. fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Happy 65th Ed Don't be a stranger!! We miss ya. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Cool !! Made it through another one ! When I was a kid we had a quiet old fellow who lived on our street.Nobody saw him with any regulatity except at the New Year. Every New Year at the stroke of 12:00 that old fart would step out on to his porch raise a glass of what was presumably slough water and shout - I made it through another one you B*ggers ! Here's hoping that you continue making your neighbours scratch their heads for many years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Congrats on the birthday. I wish I had a yurt. Those things are awesome. Are you using felt and whatnot to cover it or some modern equivalent? Peace, Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Happy Birthday there Horn! Nice to see you pop in and say hi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted May 4, 2003 Author Share Posted May 4, 2003 Happy Birthday! Would have sent you a message but I did not have my contacts fully synced with my Axim. Happy 65th! My trip to Missouri could not have been better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY, with many more to come; You're a GIANT amongst Klipschans, which in my book makes you NUMBER ONE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornEd Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Wow, now that's an incentive to live another year. As many of you know, I have been doing mostly philanthropic things for the past dozen or so years. I have recently taken over as general manager of a project I deem worthwhile. The 30' "home movie yurt" has become a temporary home for my #2 home theater... but it is the one that has the most audio innovation to it. Josh, a modern version of the traditional Mongolian yurt is sold by a company called Pacific Yurts (yurt.com) and the one that has been "Klipsched" is their largest model. So, the yurt particulars are there for all to see. In the near future, I expect to design and build an acoustically correct free-standing building to be a multi-media center. And, frankly friends, part of the reason I took on this charitable enterprise is to see if I can live through some harness time. As a certifiable workaholic that would fail a 12-step process... the joys of doing even a little worthwhile helps relieve the anxiety between the rock of an alert mind and the hard place of a dying body. Cheers like I see here have helped me make the prognostications of my cardiologists a decade out of date... so far... and I am up for getting as much Klipsch time out of another decade as I can. It's been a cold winter... but an afghan, white birch popcorn, Garden State Almond Roca, countless emails, and the welcoming posts warm even the most peripatetic of hearts. Thanks for being there... and I will try to be there too. =HornED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornEd Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Oops, another incident of post traumatic posting syndrome. May this carbon unit excuse itself? =HornED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avman Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 HAPPY BIRTHDAY HORNED!!! POST AGAIN SOON! AVMAN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Ed- I'm sending you a pet yurt to keep you company! Not too sure what it eats though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Groff Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Hey HornEd! It's GREAT to hear you're still pushing the dB's! I don't hang around here as much as I did since going a different direction for my HT sound, but I like to stop by and say "Hi" once and a while. So, "Hi" back at you! Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornEd Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Ye Garrards and little Fischers... now the "cluless yurt beast" has me not so hip hopping with triple-postitis! Now this carbon unit seems to be afflicgted by greenhouse gaseous attacks... perhaps there is a "methane" to my madness... =HornED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 HornEd,YOU are a legend ary,we know you'll never go till you figure out a way to take your Klipsch!Well we're glad to have you here,hopefully for many more birthdays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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