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cant decide, need advice

thaddeussmith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:49:37 GMT

I'm working on a photo gig that might give me some extra speaker money and am considering an upgrade to my home made rears (which will become my garage speakers).

I'm one of those poor saps that has the couch against the rear wall and does not have side walls which are feasible for mounting.. I'm looking at either RB-81's on stands pointed at the LP or RS-62's mounted along the back wall with the combined 180 deg. coverage for the LP. Option C would be holding out for another pair of RF-5's (to appease those that feel matching speakers all the way around)

either option will be useable in future houses, so I'm mostly concerned for the best option to use now with the widest versatility in the future. my current surrounds do the job, but since I've been looking for garage speakers, I might as well use the funds toward my main setup. or maybe i should look for a new sub ..hell, i dunno. i'll snap a few pics of my current setup and post for reference

CDs, when will they be obsolete?

russ69 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:28:27 GMT

I'm not changing formats again. It took me 30 years to replace most of my old vinyl with CDs. I don't think music downloading is something that I'll want to do unless that is the only way left to buy music. The experts keep saying the CD is dead but I just can't see that happening quite yet. How long will it be before I walk in WalMart and find the CD racks empty?

Thanx, Russ

iGroove SXT vs MFi

beardy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:25:48 GMT

Here in the UK, Amazon sells both a "Klipsch iGroove SXT" and a "Klipsch iGroove SXT MFi". Can anyone tell me what the difference is?

OT: crocodile has a really bad day.

Daddy Dee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:38 GMT

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1228242/Oops-werent-logs-The-moment-crocodile-killed-taking-foolish-shortcut-herd-hippos.html

This story sounds fishy

dtel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:19:14 GMT

Distracted by a pelican and runs off the road in a 1 Million dollar car, I think I would have hit the Pelican !

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_lagoon_bugatti

If you think you might attend Pilgrimage 2010...

Amy Unger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:41:01 GMT

Please vote for your date preference, if you have one, here

Thanks!

Juicy Music Blueberry Preamp Impression

neo33 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:30:26 GMT

As many of you might have guess from the picture of my home theatre, there is something that resemble the Juicy Music Blueberry Preamp on the right rack. It is in fact the Blueberry itself. It took me a long time (due to the nature of my job being away from home for the most part) to finally have a chance to rebuild my home theatre and 2-channel systems and listen to the Blueberry that I borrowed from a friend.

I did not like the wood cabinet and would have prefer the metallic case. However, it was love at first sight with the faceplate. I really like the blue and purple color blending. Due to input/output labelings that were line up incorrectly, it was a bit difficult at first to hook up the cables.

I was in total shock when I first powered up the Blueberry and switched it from "Standby" to "Play" and nothing would come out of my speakers. It was just silent except for the slight hum and audible static noise which is quite annoying to say the least. About 40 seconds later as I was checking the connections of the equipments and speakers, the music come on unexpectedly and loudly which scared the living daylight out of me. I just realized that I did not adjust the volume properly. Now, I could not understand why there is such a long delay between switching from "Standby" to "Play" and this happended consistently (when I switched from "Standby" to "Play" on my AES AE-1 Pre, it played immediately).

What worse is that as I lowered the volume knob of the right channel and my left speaker gone softer. So I thought...the left and right channels are wired reverse. This is really confusing as I did not understand the concept of reverse wiring. So far thing did not go well for the Blueberry: labeling misaligned, annoying static noise, too long of a delay between "Standby" and "Play" and reverse wiring of left and right channels. What else could go wrong with the Blueberry since there were much high praises.

However, once I got the Blueberry into music listening mode, it was a different story. I popped in my favorite Jazz CD. The soundstate was quite wide and imaging was excellent considering the distance between the La Scalas was only 5.5 feet apart. At normal volume, unless you stick your ears right next to speakers which you can still hear the static noise, it was fairly quiet. The vocal was almost haunting with a natural fullness that had no hard edge. The Blueberry was tonally well balanced as there was a sense of clarity and no harshness in the vocal with smoothness in the upper mid. As the night was entering its twilight, I found myself submerged into the subliminal.

Right This Minute

thebes — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:20:26 GMT

Although, I don't like repeating myself, this has been a lot of fun in the past.

What are you listening to right this minute?

YES YOU!

Me? I'm downstairs. Got Bob Marley's "Babylon by Bus" on the player. Song is:

Stir It Up

Strobe light on turntable

Coytee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:22:20 GMT

Should the adjustment for the strobe allow the image to walk both forwards and backwards?

If the image is 'walking' SLOWLY to the right (counter clockwise) does that mean the platter is turning too fast or too slow?

Does the image ever really "lock" into an imovable image and not drift at all?

If it matters, I'm looking at a Thorens TD-124

Frequency Response Over Different Models

Rivernuggets — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:23:11 GMT

Hi all, I've been a Klipsch fan for about 10 years now, but have just hopped onto this Klipsch Community. Have a question that's been in my mind for a while now. Looking at the specs for some expensive models (P-37F for example ) the frequency response seems to be starved in the low end. My technical knowledge will show here, but does the 'low frequency extension' make up for that? And how so? How does LFE in the P series differ from the RF-7's response going down to 32 hz? Thanks in advance for your knowledge.

Like a child in a playground

DU73 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:34:34 GMT

So.. we are looking to buy a house, we inspected a home yesterday which had a living room and another room which can be used for home theatre, this possible HT room was approx 5x9meters long.. I was so excited, I was like a child in a playground..

I hope we get it.. auction next Saturday..

My tuner is louder than other components

pattyr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:08:16 GMT

I have Klipsch Synergy 3 floor speakers and a Yamaha HTR5740 receiver. If I've been playing any other component (CD player, Ipod, TV) and then change to the tuner, the tuner sound just blasts me out of my chair. Is there anything I can do to equalize the volume? (It doesn't help that the dog likes to sleep next to the speaker.)

Patty

wanting to trade stereo tube amp for turntable

adamcreedmiller — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:31 GMT

Hello all,

I'm new to the forum having recently aquired a pair of 82 Cornwalls that I absolutely love. Anyway, my turntable bit the dust and I am wanting to trade a tube amp that I currently do not use for a nice working turntable. First choice would be a technics sl 1200, but will consider others as long as they are in good working condition. Now for the tube amp, I don't know a great deal about it. It is a push pull 2 channel with 2 6l6 sylvania output tubes per channel. 2 GE 12ax7 tubes and 1 Emerson 5u4gb. Was told all parts, including power supply and tranformers are vintage with all new wiring and output of approximately 15-20 watts, by previous owner. The amp has volume/gain control and 1 pair of RCA inputs. I have used this amp with a cd player ran directly in with great results. Amp sounds very clean with no operational problems. I am located in central Arkansas and prefer not to ship amp.

Adam

AVR Suggestions

Magong — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:09:08 GMT

Hi everyone, I'm new here and i need some help on deciding what AVR to buy. I'll be buying the Klipsch RF-62 series and i have no ideal which AVR is best suited for these set of speakers. i just want the best quality of audio an AVR can provide these speakers. I'll be using it more on movies. A 7.1 or 7.2 AVR is what im looking for and price range is between $400 - $800. I'd appreciate any suggestions..... Thanks in advance!!!

Vintage Scott tube amp and tuner - Portland, OR. Craigslist - $40

mungkiman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:18 GMT

No affiliation. I don't even know if this is genuine... http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ele/1473163717.html

VINTAGE SCOTT TUBE AMPLIFIER AND TUNER - $40 (PORTLAND)

Date: 2009-11-19, 9:25AM PST
Reply to: sale-wckj6-1473163717@craigslist.org ^{[Errors when replying to ads?]}

Old Scott hifi tube amp and separate tuner. Big, heavy, dirty, rusty, two tubes look bad, as-is $40. looks similar to photo.

Location: PORTLAND
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 1473163717

Capacitor Value Matching

papashawn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:36 GMT

Is it possible to use capacitors of a slightly higher value than that used in the original capacitor? I would like to swap out the caps in my new-to-me Forte II's, and I would like to use ClarityCaps based on the positive reviews and modest pricing. There are 3 caps per crossover, one 1.5uf and two 2.0uf's. I'm able to find the 1.5's, but the closest I can find for the 2.0's is 2.2uf. Would it be detrimental to use these in place of the 2.0's? I could technically put two 1.0's in parallel, but the cost effectively doubles as the price difference between the 1.0 and 2.0 is negligible. I dug through old threads but wasn't able to find a definitive answer to this particular scenario.

I have an older Denon 4800 runing my HT......

Dylanl — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:30 GMT

Acting as a preamp to my 5 channel and 2 channel amps. What would a newer unit like a Rotel 1098 pre HT processor http://www.rotel.com/NA/products/ProductDetails.htm?Id=20 do for me that I currently do not have?

I am looking to see when I need to upgrade and why. I like the sound I have but wondering if things are better now than in the past etc.

Thanks

"WIne and Cheese" Open House - Duluth, GA - Featuring Klipsch Palladium!

Amy Unger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:10 GMT

Location:	Sight and Sound
Street:	2730 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
City/Town:	Duluth, GA

Date:	Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time:	5:00pm - 8:00pm

Door prizes and additional discounts!

**Manufacturers will be on-site for demonstrations and will be offereing deals that Sight and Sound is unable to offer!

510/K69 Belle Project Finished

fyrpwr — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:56:45 GMT

Here is the first picture of the finished Belle center

It was topped off with 11/4" Black Absolute granite

Sounds great thanks to DrWho

I will have better pics soon

Steve

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 650A or HARMAN KARDON HK3490

sunnyraid — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:15 GMT

Hi,

For the same price i can upgrade my amplifier (now: a CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 340A) to a CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 650A or a HARMAN KARDON HK3490.

I listen to stereo music (all genre) mostly on a pair of Synergy F3 and use a Cambridge DAC (DacMagic).

Which one should i choose ? and why ?

What size screen?

Coytee — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:02:08 GMT

OK... so I didn't write down any legit numers last night so I might be foggy on them.

If you have a 16' wide room and will be sitting roughly 12 to 14 feet from the screen.... what size screen would be the right proportion?

Also... how do you decide where the screen goes vertically? How many inches from the floor (up), or how many inches from the ceiling (down) should the center of the screen be?

Wife & I were in the downstairs room last night trying to figure out some of these issues so we (she) can decide how she wants to place some things.

Klipsch/SVS/Pioneer Elite For Sale

Earle Decker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:40 GMT

Need to sell.
I have a KG series HT for sale, Asking $500 for set.

I have:
4- KG 5.2s
1-KG 4.2

All speakers in great condition. one pair of 5.2s in walnut finish other 3 speakers in oak finish.

Not willing to ship now as is would most likely cost as much as the speakers.

I also have:
2 SVS 20-39 CS with upgraded driver-$150 each
1 SVS 25-31 PC-$200
2 Parts Express sub amps 200 watts, no bass boost-$75 each+shipping
Pioneer Elite VSX-56TXi receiver-$400+shipping

Shipping available on amps or receiver. All equipment is in great shape, never abused. Going through a tough time now and need to sell some stuff. Thanks everyone.

KLF_20 Cabinets

rick_m — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:50:29 GMT

I have a set of KLF-20's and noticed the the rear baffle is loosening up. Overall the speakers are in great shape aside for a little scratch and bruise here and there. I am considering making new cabinets instead of repairing the original ones. Is there any advice or specs that could be very helpful with my project? Thank you!

Dynaco ST-70 amp and Klipsch KLF-20 - buzzing sound

Klipsher20 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:13 GMT

Hi all,

I recently acquired the Dynaco ST-70 set, which was serviced,
power plugs replaced to new, capacitors renewed in preamp.
Amp showed suberb graph on spectrum analizer.
There are original Western Germany made tubes.
(Didn't looks at what exact model number yet).

When I connected it to old speakers Sansui x6700 it worked perfectly
(Sensitivity about 94-96).

After connecting amp with Klipsch KLF-20 with sensitivity 100,
there started constant 'zzzzzzzzzzz' sound.
Like ground sound or I felt it was like sound from tubes buzzing.
Overal sounds amazing, but hum sound is pretty big.

Wondering what it might be and how to fix it.
Do you have any ideas or advices?
Thanks,
K

Eico HF-87 and HF-85 - NOS Valved

dkalsi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:55 GMT

Any interest in Eico HF-87 and HF-85? Both reworked by Craig, and both were his personal equipment at one point.

The HF-87 is 8/10 cosmetically and 10/10 functionally, the HF-85 is 9.5/10 Cosmetically and 10/10 functionally.

The HF-87 goes for anywhere between $600 in poor condition - $900 in good shape (but before any rework).

The HF-85 goes for anywhere between $350 (good shape) - $550 (reworked) - I have not changed the tubes as I have not put many hours on them since I bought it from Criag. At the time I bought it, Craig had mentioned it had all vintage tubes in excellent condition and hence the reason why I had to pay a pretty penny & beg him to sell it to me.

I am offering both items here for $1,250.

I personally find this setup more musical than my NOS Valved Scott 296 - but I just have way too much money in my 296 to take a hit right now.