All in the family.

Paul Klipsch had a fellow speaker-designer/manufacturer friend in Dallas, who shared his love for speakers with high efficiency. Jack Frazier was his name. Frazier made speakers for both home and professional use.

We've recently adopted these examples of Frazier professional sound system speakers (model F-12-4-H Ceiling). Notice the fluted ports along the back edges of the speakers. These are very nice sounding, and stunningly efficient.

The Mission's Sub-Set.

As a part of our Statement of Mission (see header), we also take in unloved and unwanted McIntosh Laboratories pieces. This is the MAC-4100 that came with the AR-2ax's attached. Restoration is beginning, and will be reported in a follow-up. It arrived clad in a tasteless vinyl-wrapped MDF panel "case". The offending cladding has been removed.

I will say this: It sounds like a McIntosh, and that's a good thing.

Expanding Our Mission.

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Last month we got a ratty pair of AR-2ax speakers "thrown in" with a receiver we adopted. The receiver is a McIntosh MAC-4100. The adoption of unwanted Mac gear falls under our mission statement, but the Acoustic Research speakers required a ruling by our Board. It was decided that speakers and equipment older than thirty years that can trace their heritage to Henry Kloss can be placed into one of our homes.

This ruling was partially justified by seeing a KLH Six in the basement of Paul W. Klipsch's old offices. HE had adopted one of Kloss' children, and who are we to question his charity?

We refurbished the pots (which were dead beyond just "cleaning"), replaced the caps with Daytons, replaced the good condition but inappropriate foam-surround woofer on one speaker with the correct cloth surround one, applied four coats of tung oil with 0000 steel-wool inbetween, and recovered the grills with some oyster jute burlap that isn't exactly "transparent" but looks damn good (and that's what counts, right?).

We will report on the MAC 4100 at a later date. Upon arrival, it required no immediate attention (unlike the poor AR-2ax's), but nonetheless we are endeavoring to improve the 4100's presentation.

Dessert

Trey rerouting seadog's Cornwalls' crossovers.


Serious listening. "Didn't your momma teach you boys to take your hats off indoors?"


Is this why the Jubilee sounded so good? The "source"?

Leftovers

Some B&W 601's sacrificed on the altar of Klipsch (Horned Altar?)


The basement under the Museum. It was wet.


A VERY vintage KLH Six (with water damage) in the basement.


LarryC standing between seadog's Cornwall and Roy's Jubilee (the winner of the "Low WAF" contest).


The motel room at the EconoLodge. Your room didn't have a stereo? Well, it probably had a tub that drained.

Instead of a Pilgrim's Shell...

...we got a Pilgrim's Button!

Saturday Night Fever II

The Pilgrims gather under the big top for food and festivities.


Trey's daughter pulls a winner out of the hat. Dtel gets some new Cornwall IIIs!


The Klipsch Community is indeeed a big tent kind of group.

Saturday Night Fever

Barbecue Chicken and Cow from David & Karen Joy (she's a 28 year Klipsch employee). The BBQ was indeed a Joy.


DrWho sweating the details on the soundboard.


Pilgrims at rest. That's Daddy Dee on the far right, who would later win a new pair of RB7s.

Saturday Day II

The "Listing Room", featuring Klipschorns, LaScala IIs, and Heresy IIIs.


Inside the Museum, in what used to be Paul Klipsch's live vs. tape demo room.


Seadog does emergency exploratory surgery in the Lab on his Cornwalls. Picky supervises (Union man).


The Chamber of Error (revealed).


The "step" father of the heresy III, LaScala II, and the newest K-Horn: Mark Kaufman.

Femaville: Your government showing its compassionate side.

Hundreds of acres of unused trailers rest (and rot) at the Hope "Femaville" Airport just down the road from the Klipsch plant.

Saturday day of the Pilgrimage.

DoubleJ leaving the bomb-proof Museum.


Me, showing my support for Klipsch.


"That sucks." Trey looking at a sucking hole in the graph of some modded Cornwalls.

Friday night fish fry.

Think there might be a correlation between cuisine and circumference? Just asking.


Drop your ring in there and say good-bye. "My Precious!!!"


"Got any Diet Coke to go with my fried catfish, fried hush-puppies, and freedom fries?"


"Is this the tryouts for the Hope Community Theater's production of 'Grease'?"

The Farm House: first encounter...live.

Center channel set-up with two K-Horns and a Cornwall. Being driven by Mac, Dyna, or VRD tubes.


Milling about to deflect standing waves at 130 dB.


The Bancorp South Farmhouse.


Scott Stereomaster preamp and a Philips CD/DVD player.


Getting set to glow.

The tunes are playing! Here we come!

i-Groove prototype: Heresy HIPs, a Sonic Impact battery powered T-amp, and a Panasonic CD/MP3 player.