greg928gts Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 What a beautiful speaker. Can anyone help me identify what type of wood veneer that is and if it's stained or not? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Looks close to my mahogany Klipsch Synergy's. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 You may be right, Keith! Mine, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 A couple of people have said it's sepale. Rick, 3dzapper, put a picture on a thread in the two-channel that really looked like the right thing, and Greg from Certainly Wood said he thought it was sepale. If that's so, that means that they've stained this Jubilee red. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 ---------------- On 1/7/2004 12:26:26 AM T2K wrote: Looks close to my mahogany Klipsch Synergy's. Keith ---------------- This is a pic, maybe too close-up, of 1962 K-horn mahogany laquer. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Rats!! I still can't figure out how to use Adobe PS Elements to prep and post pics here. I can e-mail if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 larry, What do you want to do with the image in Photoshop? Resize and color-correct? Do you want to post your picture in the body of the post, rather than in a link? I can probably help you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Fini, thanks, I would love your help!! The Klipsch server originally wouldn't complete uploading my pic, a big digital file (this has happened repeatedly in the past). So, I used PE to "save for the web" to reduce the file size and, while I was at it, crop down to show the grain better. The K. server finally uploaded the result, but then the posting came out a big magnification of what I thought I had. While I think I have the HTML codes to post in the message, I need to solve the basic things. I am in total digital kindergarten here. Perhaps you can give me elementary pointers about what the hell to do. I may need to be talked through it. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 While you're at it Larry, could you get a close up of the veneer? I'd like to examine the pores! Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 No problem, Keith, just takes a little focusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Thanks to Fini's outstanding help, here's a pic of my 1962 mahogany laquer K-horn grain. It seems less prominent and regular than the Jubilee's, but still similar. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 The pictures Larry just posted look to be exactly as his speakers do in person. Beautiful grain. I talked him into using Murphy's wood soap on them a while back which darkened them some. I'm not sure he was very happy with my recommendation although I thought they were beautiful both before and after. I assured him it would fade back to the original shade but I'm not sure it's quite there yet. I like what it did for my zebrawood, giving it a more golden color. Makes them look new also. For those of us with laquered finishes, wood soap is about the best we can do to preserve the finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted January 9, 2004 Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 9, 2004 It is sepale with clear laquer (about a 40 sheen) There are only 2 of these that I know of. That is the same speaker the first Klipsch Fan Clup got to hear in Hope in 2001 That is the same laquer we use on the Khorns and others. So, Larry it will last the same. There were 6 proto types built. 2 ended up as you see them in the pic. 4 ended up raw birch and 3 ot these found a home with friends 1 was destroyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Gary, On your recommendation, I just showered using Murphy's Oil Soap. I look like I just got back from San Tropez! I'm thinking of re-veneering my bald spot. Had a real enjoyable phone call from Larry this morning. He even helped me with my turntable project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Maybe "preserve" wasn't the right word. The wood soap really does make those laquered finishes shine like new! I don't know about bald spots though Fini. Do you really want it to shine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Thanks for the info, Trey. Did these prototypes actually work? I thought I read they were unfinished, and sort of cobbled together for the demo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted January 9, 2004 Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 9, 2004 Yea the pretty ones did work. We used the pro horns, as the wood horns did not have mounting for the driver. The networks were point to point prototypes, but that is all there has ever been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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