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I enjoyed your post - very terse; short and to the point - but what do you want?

Are you looking for someone to offer replacements, or comment on where

you can get replacements? Or are you just wanting to vent your

frustration for not being able to locate exact replacements or the fact

that you (or someone) busted them off in the first place?

Personally, I think the binding posts on older Heritage are weak parts (busted one off myself),

and I would suggest you replace them with heavier duty all metal

binding posts that you could find on Parts Express (www.partsexpress.com). They are cheap-ish and a good upgrade that will not break very easily.

Just my 2c.

K

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You should call 1-800-KLIPSCH and ask for the parts department. If they don't have replacements they may have suggestions.

I'm not familiar with the Chorus. Are these on a cup type recess? It could be that the crossover board is attached behind it. That could cause problems.

You should let all here who can help know exactly what broke. Photos are a big help, of course.

Best,

Gil

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I beleive the Chorus did have a recessed cup, and I am relatively

certain that the crossover would have been on the cup, but replacement

of the binding posts that I have done on my speakers with the cup

crossover was pretty easy, either the positive and negative were held

on with washers and screws around an eyelet, or (minimally) soldered on

the post - which can be easily removed with a desoldering tool and

resoldered - I would clean or rough up the connection just to remove

any corrosion (which is just me being picky) and solder the joint

carefully - so as not to run solder into the crossover components and

or melt the cup (can you tell I accomplished each?) The new parts

express binding posts were of course larger and beefier than the stock,

so I had to enlarge the holes in the plastic washers at the cup, easily

accomplished with my trusty Dremel and a fine file - and a bottle of

Labatts during Star Trek reruns. Worked well, looks good and the

beer was a bonus.

Oh, and I have some broken replacements - if you need them exact (Coy you instigator).

K

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I think that I would go with Kriton's suggestion on this one. Given the opportunity, and the fact that you have already demonstrated how easy it is to break the stock jacks, going with the heavier duty all metal jacks from PartsExpress would be a good move.

But then again, I routinely lose debates with my cat...(hey, he's a smart cat!) So do whatever works best for you.[:P]

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I'm glad mas said something about the cat forum... I talk this stuff over with my cat too; he tries to steal my Sam Adams, but generally without success... Maybe these cats somehow communicate....

In any event, if you absolutely have to have the "original" jacks, I have a pair of old Heresy-II cups with the jacks (crossovers were removed and mounted on a board by Bob Crites) that I will probably never use. You are welcome to them. That being said, make sure you follow Kriton's advice and instructions re: solder vs the plastic.... Lemme' know by email if you want them.

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