Travis In Austin

I remember one was haunted. I heard it was even "official." I wonder what the process is for getting officially declared "haunted."

Klipsch sighting Cary Audio listening room, Raliegh, N.C.

UPDATE: October 11, 2018 McIntosh Laboratory, Binghamton, NY Skip to page ___ for photos of the McIntosh tour Great American Audio Factory Tours Many, many of you have taken tours of the premier American Audio factories across the USA, including the tour of the Klipsch factory in Hope Arkansas. I started this thread for people to share their American audio factory tour experiences with us, both narrative and especially with photographs. Richard Groves @guywithwine (Klipsch Museum of Audio History Founders Circle member and Fundraising Standing Committee Chairman) recently took a tour of the Cary Audio factory in Raliegh, North Carolina, so I thought we would start with Cary Audio because it is recent, and Cary Audio has been a great partner with Klipsch at shows such as CES when they both want to show off their great sounding stuff. Bruce @Marvel is going to try and set up a tour of the Western Electric tube making factory in his area and, if they let him, share his experiences and photographs here as well. Back to Cary Audio. When Richard was taken into their the listening room at Cary Audio he was pleasantly surprised to see that he would be listening to the highly regarded Cary amps and preamps through a set of of handmade in the USA speakers a few of you might be familiar with. American high-end audio and the factories they are made in. More to come . . . .

There was a guy in Texas, Sid Hall, who build/owned about 22 theaters and named some of the "Rialto." There is one in Beeville that they are restoring right now that has a very similar history as what your are describing in Searcy. The theater was taken over by the City and a non-profit group is trying to raise donations (about 1 million so far) to get it in condition to show movies again. I don't know if the Rialto theaters here in Texas have anything to do with the ones in AR. When was he one in Searcy built, do you know? I believe Beeville was 1922. Travis

Bruce, Can you try and contact Charles Whitener to see if he will give you a tour of the WE factory and take some photographs? We are going to be starting a thread called "Great American Audio Factory Tours." It will be photos, and descriptions of audio factories that still make great audio products, to tie in with Klipsch being a great American speaker. I am thinking of putting the thread under 2 Channel unless someone can suggest a better place to put it. We are finding that these factories are more than happy to give a tour, allow photographs, and give information when they find out it is going on an online Klipsch speaker forum. Since it is right down the street from you, and I know you would love to see it, AND you are a great photographer, I thought I would see if you could try and set that up. You can PM me for more details on the factories that we have lined up, etc. I am going to start with Cary. Travis

I thought the one in the process of being restored was in Searcy? Someone told me the "Rialto in AR" was "officially" haunted. There are several Rialto theaters in Texas, all owned and built by Sid Hall. They are trying to save many of those in many different places. They were built in the 1920s and then ownership changed many times. The typical scenario was that when a nearby multiscreen theater opened up nearby people stopped going to these beautiful theaters and they closed down.

For a 2 way system? So the bass bins they have this horn matched with are large DR I guess?

QSC speakers? In a cinema in Arkansas? Thats Heresy!! 😀 j/k. Glad they are restoring it. Is that the one that's haunted?

What bass bins would you put it with?

Here is the information on the Sale; I am also updating the price list in the original post in this thread. KLIPSCH® SPEAKER SALE (Opens May 4, 2018, 7:30 P.M. Central Time) Featuring Klipsch® Heresy’s® (Chief Bonehead Editions), Klipsch® Professional Theater Speakers (“KPT”) and Klipsch® Permanent Installation Speakers (“KI series”) MEMBERSHIP DRIVE AND FUNDRAISER for the Klipsch Museum of Audio History As you may have already read on the Klipsch® Forum (https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/175943-its-here-khma-membership-drive-sale-kpt-ki-speakers-and-chief-bonehead-h3s/) the Klipsch Heritage Museum Association, Inc. (KHMA) which operates the Klipsch Museum of Audio History recently received a generous donation of Klipsch® speakers they had in excess inventory. These speakers were used as “demo” speakers from trade shows, speaker demonstrations and tested in installations. When they were returned to Klipsch® in Hope, Arkansas they were all tested at the factory by the head of Quality Assurance and determined to be in excellent working order. The KHMA has decided to use these speakers to encourage people to join KHMA by initially offering them only to MEMBERS of the KHMA, and . . . As a special “thank you” to our more substantial contributors, they are being offered to YOU, our Charter, LaScalla, Cornwall, Hersey Members starting Friday, May 4th at 7:30 up until Monday, May 7th at 7:30 p.m. and then whatever is remaining will be offered to all of our members for purchase. The sale will culminate at our Annual Member’s Meeting on Saturday, May 19th. The Officers wanted this be an additional benefit to show our thanks to all of YOU for stepping up first and in a substantial way. A very big thank you to our largest contributor and sponsor Klipsch Group, Inc. for this colossal donation of speakers. Friends, there are no pink headphones or “crap audio®” this list. Now for the speakers. The Thanks “UP-FRONT” Kevin Harmon, KHMA Trustee and Khorn Corps member, personally inspected all of these speakers and they were photographed by Khorn Corps Member Elden Luquet, husband of KHMA Trustee and Secretary, Christy Luquet. Kevin, as many of you know, has bought and sold a lot of Klipsch Professional®, KPT and KI speakers over the years. Bill Hendrix supplied a wealth of information on these speakers. He has owned practically every KPT and KI product we are offering for sale, as well as used them to set up sound for his church and other settings. A tremendous shout of thanks to Jim Hunter for picking up these speakers from KGI and taking them to our new annex building out near the airport. Finally, thanks to Chief Bonehead, Trustee Roy Delgado, Jr., for suggesting to KGI they donate these speakers in the first place, filling in some technical information here and there, AND, agreeing to sign the Chief Bonehead Heresy’s. Physical Condition of these speakers varies from “good” up to “excellent”. They have been photographed and you can view all photos and judge the condition of these speakers for yourself by going to one of the following links: Speaker Photos Dropbox link with “hi-res” photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4lx0uurp15zbsxs/AABr3we9ERoj0ASDYBGJYV4ha?dl=0 The Dropbox folder includes a Subfolder with the photos of the Chief Bonehead Edition Heresy IIIs. Or They are up in the Klipsch Forums Photo Gallery here: https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/gallery/album/394-klipsch-museum-pro-speaker-sale/ Part II https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/gallery/album/395-klipsch-museum-pro-speaker-sale-part-2/ The Hersey Photos can be seen in the Klipsch Forum here: https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/175943-almost-here-museum-selling-kpt-and-ki-speakers-and-chief-bonehead-h3s/&page=4 LIST of Speakers and PRICES See the attached pdf file for the list of speakers and prices. If you are unable to open please contact me immediately! HOW TO PURCHASE Keep in mind these speakers are local pick-up only in Hope, Arkansas. (see below under “Terms”). We will accept offers to purchase by email to travis@klipschmuseum.org submitted at or after (BUT NOT BEFORE) 7:30 p.m. Central Time Friday, May 4th. It will be first come, first served, based upon date-timestamp of the email. Feel free to send an email to travis@klipschmuseum.org advising us you will be sending a purchase offer at 7:30 p.m. Central Time this Friday, May 4th, but you still have to send me an email May 4th at 7:30 p.m. Central Time, or any time AFTER, to be considered first in line. The attached list has “item” numbers. Simply send me a reply email that says something like: “I will take Item(s) H1 and H2, the pair of Chief Bonehead Heresy IIIs.” That’s it, I will send you a reply email advising you if you were first, and if so, where and how to pay. NOTE: In some cases, we have multiple pairs of speakers. For example, 1 pairs of 396s, plus a set of three (3) 396s, about five (5) 684 subs. If you wish to put in your email something like “if Items H1 and H2 are already sold, then I will take Items H3 and H4” and it will help ensure that you are “first in line” on your second choice backup pair. Payment will be due within five (5) days of the date of your purchase, either by credit card/PayPal payment to the KHMA PayPal account or by check received to the Klipsch Museum (if you are overnighting a check, it has to be by a Post Office overnight/expedited delivery process since it will be going to a P.O. Box in Hope, Arkansas). I will be sending the PayPal Account information and P.O. Box address with the invoices by email. Delivery: We CANNOT SHIP, local (Hope, Arkansas) pickup only. The speakers have been priced accordingly. If you are coming to the Pilgrimage you can pick them up then. If you know someone coming to the Pilgrimage we will assist you with putting you together with them to see if they might be able to transport the speakers back to you. If you are doing a pickup during Pilgrimage we will have people there to assist you with loading in the back of your pick up or trailer or SUV. If you don’t have a pickup, full-size SUV or trailer, you need to check the dimensions of these products and their weight to determine if what you are driving is going to work. If you pick up before or after Pilgrimage you will also need to bring along your own manpower to load them in your vehicle of choice. Technical and Condition Questions: If you have technical questions about the speakers for sale, Bill Hendrix and Kevin Harmon have volunteered to answer questions about the specific products, how they sound, what they match with, what components they have, what goes well with what, etc. For the fastest response, I would send both of them an email and they can get back to you as their schedules allow. Also, include a text and/or phone number so if that is the quickest way for them to respond they can use that option. Bill Hendrix has owned, bought and sold nearly every product on this list and is very knowledgeable regarding the KPT and KI product lines. He can probably even tell you if a particular speaker will fit in a Suburban or not. Kevin Harmon has also owned some of the speakers on the list and has personally viewed each and every speaker listed. Their email addresses are: bhendrix51@me.com for Bill Hendrix and kharmondds@aol.com for Kevin Harmon. Additional information: If you have any other questions please let us know. Terms of Sale (The fine print) 1. Items for sale are “local pick up” only, as in FOB Klipsch Museum of Audio History Steam Generating Plant, Annex. We are currently not in a position to assist with shipping any of these items. We will allow up to forty-five (45) days for you to pick up your items. We request that you advise us of your intended arrangements for pickup within fourteen (14) days of your purchase. 2. Payment must be received within five (5) days of your purchase being acknowledged by us. Payment will be through either PayPal or check at our P.O. Box in Hope, Arkansas. 3. Items for sale are sold “as is, where is” with no warranty, express or implied, no exchanges, returns or refunds. 4. If you direct us to give any items you purchase to a third-person to deliver them to you, we are not responsible for any loss or damage caused by the third-person. THANKS AGAIN! On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Klipsch Heritage Museum Association, Inc. and its Executive Committee, thank you for being a Member. A note of very special thanks to Klipsch Group, Inc. for their continuing support of the Museum by their generous donation of these speakers. Travis Travis Williamson, Esq. Klipsch Heritage Museum Association, Inc. • PO Box 280, Hope, AR 71802 •

If you want the highest quality in professional sound, at an unbeatable price, we have just the thing for you. Twin 684s with 396's stacked on top.

I sent an email out tonight to the remainder of our members with the updated price list and terms of sale. If you didn't receive it please send me a pm immediately. Travis

You ever notice you never see @Chief bonehead and ? @CECAA850 at the same time? Hmmmmm, coincidence? Meanwhile, back at the lab . . . .