I use Sonic II Hearing Protectors. They're designed to block loud noises but not muffle conversational level noise. You can get them most anyplace that sells guns. http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0016203220678a.shtml Steve

That's great. Looking for that newsletter offer that's been discussed. I'd really like to get a pair, but don't want to miss a great offer if one's coming... Steve

Agree 100% about Leeland Sklar. Nobody can make playing look so easy. And you're spot on about him not sticking out. Unless you love a good bass player, and then he stcks out like a sore thumb. He's one of the very few who has the chops to knock your socks off and the taste to only show off when appropriate. Steve

Tower of Power! Saw then in Dallas a few weeks ago, and they still rock! Great audio on their newer CDs too. Steve

I like bagpipes too. Even play in a competition pipe band (I'm a drummer, not a piper). However, I'll admit that the one style of music I don't like on my Klipschorns is pipe band music. When we practice or perform, I always wear earplugs. When I crank my Khorns up to where I'd like them for the drums, the pipes will just about take your head off. It sounds just like the pipers are there in the room with me. Steve

"Any suggestions on some really excellent sounding discs(audiophile quality like Nora) would be much appreciated, I'm getting really tired of buying discs that sound terrible." When I'm demoing my K'horns to someone for the first time, I either Nora, Diana Krall (can't remember the title) or Keb Mo (Keb Mo). I'm no audiophile, but these are all three excellent recordings available on CD in my opinion. I'm a big fan of how Keb Mo sounds on my setup... Steve

One more...

I think that I used 3/8" pipe insulation too. That's the size of pipe it's meant to go around, Outside diameter is close to 2 inches. I'll attach a couple of pictures. I didn't permanently attach the insulation. It held onto the backing board easily without making it permanent.

I sealed the K'horns to the floor using strips of the same furniture pads that I used for the 3 corners, and it was a noticable improvement. I expected better bass, but got even more. The bass is deeper and a bit punchier (of that's a word) and the upper end of the sound from the bass bin seemed to get a boost too. It's funny, but I wonder if the guys who sold me these would have let them go if they'd been installed correctly. He didn't even have proper corners, much less sealed into them. Steve

I used pipe insulation to seal the bass horn into my corners along the vertical backboard and the horizontal board that makes up the top of the bass horn. The change was noticable and a serious improvement. But I'm wondering if I'm done... In order to make them easy to slide in and out of the corners as I was rebuilding the crossovers and applying a few coats of Linseen Oil, I put some of those felt furniture sliders that you find at home depot or lowes under the corners , so there's about a 1/16