Restoring Klipsch Heresy's

rcarlton · « **on:** 5 Mar 2007, 03:41 am »

Took some plain Jane black Klipsch Heresy II's and refinished them.

Sanded them down and to my surprise one had a beautiful walnut veneer. Sanded and finished with 6 coats of Tung oil.

The second speaker I re-veneered it with Bubinga.

Liked veneering so much I bought two Heresy I beaters. These would look great in Bubinga. So I will have 3 Bubinga Heresy's which should work for an all Heresy home theater.

Might use the Walnut Heresy for my center channel. Will have a shootout with my KLF-C7.

My home theater consists of K-horns with a KLF-C7 in the front with Klipsch LaScala's in the rear. I am also using an SVS PB12-plus/2 sub. Second system consists of Cornwall's. Don't need the Heresy's. Just took the project on to pass these speakers on to friends with money.

srb · « **Reply #1 on:** 5 Mar 2007, 05:33 am »

Heresey's in Bubinga! Stellar! Maybe the only ones on the planet. aa

Steve

rcarlton · « **Reply #2 on:** 17 Mar 2007, 01:23 pm »

Finished. Sound terrific. Used the Chesky demo CD to test them. A-B comparison with Cornwall's...they hold their own well. Man, they sound good aa .

rcarlton · « **Reply #3 on:** 17 Mar 2007, 01:25 pm »

Next project: McIntosh MAC-1700 cabinet.

rcarlton · « **Reply #4 on:** 18 Mar 2007, 01:03 pm »

Finished the cabinet in record time.

Levi · « **Reply #5 on:** 18 Mar 2007, 02:35 pm »

Wow those looks really good!

I have a pair of vintage Dahlquist M905 that I want to restore. I don't know how to veneer so I would probably sand it down and re-coat.

Thanks for sharing.

Levi

Bemopti123 · « **Reply #6 on:** 18 Mar 2007, 04:25 pm »

Those Bubinga Heresies look SEXY. Nice job.

There seems to be another person who does Klipsch rebuilt and re veneering professionally selling some K-Horns out of Maine. His link in Audiogon shows some fine, very fine craftsmanship.

Paul K.

rcarlton · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Mar 2007, 12:15 am »

Finished the MAC-1700 cabinet.

alotaklipsch · « **Reply #8 on:** 21 Mar 2007, 03:33 am »

Ron,

Great job, now they look, and SOUND great too

You are talented, my friend, I am lacking there, so I had these done, by Tom, from the Klipsch forum

http://picasaweb.google.com/tmoble/Stevewalls307

These are cherry, but, WOW, bubinga would be neat

Gotta love dem horns

rcarlton · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 12:11 am »

More Heresy I pictures:

Levi · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 01:03 pm »

Klipsch crossover stock vs upgraded.

Bemopti123 · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 03:00 pm »

Hi Levi:

Do you have an upgraded Klipsch? I am curious. Those components look nifty.

Levi · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 04:29 pm »

Thanks Paul. I decided to upgrade the crossover network awhile back. It refined the highs which is a little forward with those Traktix horns.

rcarlton · « **Reply #13 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 12:35 am »

The Bubinga Heresy I's have an updated crossover. The top crossover is stock.

rcarlton · « **Reply #14 on:** 7 May 2007, 01:57 am »

Here are some more pictures. Noticed I neglected the backs.

Faux label.

jt1stcav · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 May 2007, 04:09 pm »

Sweet...you did one heckuva job!

JimJ · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 May 2007, 04:42 pm »

Wow.

I'm impressed.

rcarlton · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 Feb 2008, 11:48 pm »

More pictures of the MAC-1700.

Photon46 · « **Reply #18 on:** 1 Mar 2008, 12:25 am »

Very fine job of refinishing, nice skills on display! That's some of the nicest bubinga veneer I've seen. Was it a paper backed veneer?

Wind Chaser · « **Reply #19 on:** 1 Mar 2008, 12:31 am »

Very impressed with your work. I don't see any gaps in the seams. You must be pro at this sort of thing. Got any tips?