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  1. Hello Grizzog, I also have a nice pair of upgraded Quartets with glass tops and linen grills. I have a good bit invested in them but I know that I could not regroup much more than I originally paid for them because it would put the asking price well up into the Forte range. I can live with that. I am very happy with my Quartets and they aren't going anyplace. They work well for me in my situation. If you have to have top dollar for yours, perhaps Ebay would get you closer to it but you will have a hard time getting a Forte price for Quartets on this forum. I am just being honest here since you asked a question. Good luck... Mark
  2. I was looking at this sub for quite a while but funds were tight so I held off. This will be a sweet deal for someone.
  3. I've always wanted to hear the KLF30's. That is a very clean pair and the seller presented them well in his listing which is always nice to see.
  4. I know you may be looking for oem woofers but the replacements that Midwest Speaker Repair has were designed for the KG series and seem well made. https://www.midwestspeakerrepair.com/mw-audio-mw-5010-10-inch-woofer
  5. That would be a great looking setup! I shared my Quartet project hoping it may provide a little inspiration towards getting creative and putting your own touch and taste into your grills should you decide to at some point. Once the original cloth is gone anyway, it really opens up a lot of possibilities that allow you to better match your listening environment and personal tastes. It is rewarding and a lot of fun. Bill's help keeps your cost at minimum which is always a plus...especially with first time projects that have a little learning curve. You don't have to be as concerned about a goof. Just go for it and have fun.
  6. +1 I can only work from memory but having owned both Forte I's and Quartets (my current speakers and little brother to Forte II's), I don't think you could go wrong with either series. This is a particularly nice pair cosmetically though and I'd sure love to own them. Markets seem to be a lot more active in some areas than others. I wish that I was closer. Mark
  7. Thank you, I appreciate the compliment. The lady that I bought the fabric from on ebay said that almost all of this fabric that she sold went to folks who were restoring their vintage speakers. The linen does remind me of the Dynaco A25's that I had. I tried to buy more of it but she sold out of it pretty quick. It was originally a drapery fabric. They don't show except for the edge but I added bronze glass tops as well. I enjoyed adding some personal touches to these that made them a bit different. Mark
  8. Thanks for pitching in to help out, Bill. Jim, I don't have a lot of experience with speaker grill covering but I have enjoyed working on a couple of projects and learned a few things from my mistakes along the way. If I can be of any help, shoot me a pm. This pic doesn't do my Quartet grills justice but I had a lot of fun with this project and I wish you well with yours. I need a better camera (or maybe better camera skills) but this open weave linen looks a lot nicer in my living room than it does here. I like the irregular texture and I also find the linen to be more acoustically transparent than the heavy Klipsch cloth. The natural color is more appealing to me than black but I still have the original black grills as well. I was hesitant to buy an extra set of frames when they came up on ebay but I am glad that I did now. I can get creative and have fun experimenting.
  9. Simply Speakers has a nice video on replacing grill cloth. There are others on youtube as well. I did an extra pair of grill frames for my Quartets in an open weave linen that I really like. The fabric is probably not as heavy Bob's grill cloth but I just used a good (3M/Scotch in this case) double-sided mounting tape. It made for a very clean job and has held very well. The nice thing about the Klipsch frames is the large contact area and that channel that gives you a good line as a guide for alignment and trimming the cloth. Where the corners lapped just a little, I used this latex based fabric glue that worked well. As for glues, a lot of folks swear by Aleene's Tacky Glue that you get at Jo Ann fabrics but there are many choices that have been used successfully. Another tutorial... http://www.humanspeakers.com/cgi-bin/page.pl?page=howto/grill-cloth.txt One note.....The glue Klipsch used was pretty heavy duty stuff and I had to do some light sanding to smooth the contact surface a bit. I also cleaned it with some alcohol before applying my tape. I was really surprised how well the mounting tape method worked for me. It is very thin and you cannot tell it from a glued frame other than I did not make a mess. The only thing that I would have done differently on mine is used a 3/4 inch wide tape instead of 1/2 inch for more surface contact. One thread over at AK caused a bit a confusion for me. There were a lot of opinions on the best glue subject but one poster also used the mounting tape method and he liked it as well. Good luck! Mark
  10. Those remind me of the walnut Fortes that I sold about 4 yrs ago. I've regretted it ever since. If you weren't 6 hrs away, I'd be giving this one some serious thought. GLWTS Mark
  11. http://www.critesspeakers.com/speaker_fabric.html I don't think it is quite the same as what is on your Fortes now but if you did both grills, I think it would work well.
  12. The cabs need a little TLC but this looks like a decent deal. http://annarbor.craigslist.org/ele/5210870213.html
  13. I wish that someone would buy these. I've read a couple of Justin's Cornscala threads where he used this woofer and the temptation is starting to get to me.
  14. Those have been listed for a while now but it does look like he has came down in price some. I'm just north of Marion where these are listed.
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