J M O N Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 On 3/1/2015 at 9:41 AM, Schu said: that is the weirdest looking rosewood I have ever seen... Lacquer finishes tend to look different than oiled finishes, which is probably what you are more used to seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Sometimes it depends on the lighting and exposure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCB1725 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Sometimes it depends on the lighting and exposure. Nice presentation Khornukopia. I likes both of em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Rosewood Klipschorn 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCB1725 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Its amazing what Mother Nature can do . Like a fine wine that mellows with age , wood cant help but develope a beautiful patina. Pine and Cherry and Rosewood age particularly well. Those Klipschorns are stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me Loves Khorns Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Some beautiful pics guys!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I am liking rose wood more and more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Click the thumbnail to enlarge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 70th Anniversary Klipschorn on display at CES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wvu80 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 On 1/9/2016 at 0:50 PM, Khornukopia said: 70th Anniversary Klipschorn on display at CES. Who does that belong to? I thought they were all sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 23 minutes ago, wvu80 said: Who does that belong to? I thought they were all sold. 23 minutes ago, wvu80 said: 70th Anniversary Klipschorn on display at CES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Tasdom said: 70th Anniversary Klipschorn on display at CES. If klipsch sold them all, how do they have one available for display? Klipsch sold them all. There are none available for display if they are all sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 On 1/9/2016 at 10:50 AM, Khornukopia said: 70th Anniversary Klipschorn on display at CES. That post was on 1/9/2016 and that speaker may have been #1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srinath Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 That symmetric veneer - well looks like - well - veneer. Wood is random. When I walk into a store with wood anything - I automatically reject all symmetric and equal patterns as fake. Needless to say - I walked into an IKEA in 1999 and have not ever repeated that painful experience. Thanks. Srinath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 California Black Walnut on the new Klipsch Forte III, as seen at CES 2017. The exhibit space partition was constructed of large thick slabs of solid hardwoods with the bark still intact. Nice how the Forte III was placed next to its matching tree slab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jruhnke Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 On 1/4/2017 at 3:21 PM, Srinath said: That symmetric veneer - well looks like - well - veneer. Wood is random. When I walk into a store with wood anything - I automatically reject all symmetric and equal patterns as fake. Needless to say - I walked into an IKEA in 1999 and have not ever repeated that painful experience. Veneer isn't fake, it's simply a very thin slice of wood. Take two adjacent slices of wood from the same tree, and the sides that faced each other are going to have essentially the same (but mirrored) grain pattern, though you will find small differences if you look closely enough. Khornukopia's photo above is a great way to illustrate that. The technique of using matched pieces of wood (whether boards or veneer) to create symmetrical patterns in woodworking has been around for a long, long time. Walk through any antique store and look at the old armoires and tables and you'll see plenty of examples. http://www.johnsonfurniture.co.uk/Materials_&_Techniques.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srinath Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Yea like your palms. Yes you're right, the true fake stuff really is that vinyl paper. Some veneers they use are very very thick - like those Yamaha NS1000. Which BTW I have and those suckers are notoriously hard to drive. I have a Nak PA7 that's about the only amp that can drive those to where I am happy. I have to try the Big Yamaha's though, MX1000 and up. The M80 was gutless on those and sounded like it was about to die on my friends B&W801. However, one time, we had the speaker wires touching each other (yea using jumper cable sized wires has its down sides, don't ask) and the M80 didn't even care, it was still working 10 mins later when we noticed the sound was cutting out a bit and fixed it. However I prefer proper wood, or plywood. Anyway bigger speakers out of wood is impractical, so plywood is the best bet there. Cool. Srinath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 "Symmetric wood" is actually called a book-match...it can be two or more boards as thick as possible down to two or more slices of thin applied veneers, but the terminology is still book-matched. you can have book-matched log benches by sawing a log in half...each bench-top is a book-match of the other...woodworking utilizing book-matches has been going on since way before the invention of "books", themselves. Even in ancient times serious woodworkers highly prized not only the sturdiness of what they crated, but also the aesthetics of what they created...as did those who could afford to purchase those creations which had both attributes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airgrady Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 What a great thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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