Old-Tube-Sound

Get yourself a Jolida JD-100 replace the stock 12AX7's with a pair of 5751 triple mica black plates and I guarantee you will be in audio bliss. The Ah! is just a reworked Marantz CD player from SS to a tube player and a new name slapped on it. I have heard just about all the high end players and the Jolida with the right tubes smokes them all.

I'm sure you both are right to a point, I really did not leave the horns tight in the corner long enough to give them a fair audition and unfortunately I don't have a 30' wall to try them on and with them being toed out away from the corner I could very well loosing some of the bass and not realize it, but boys let me tell ya, they sound better than anything I have ever had in the house just the way I have them setting right now. The bass has never sounded so good and my little 1.5 watt SET has no problem making those 15" folded horns move some air.

Absolutely no offence taken...I totally understand what you are trying to do for him and thats a good thing, all I was trying to convey is that the amp is in top notch condition and needs absolutely nothing done to it, maybe I just came across the wrong way and for that I'm sorry. If he posts photos of it that would be great, the HF-87 is a killer amp and John got a good one, and I took the money I got for the amp and bought a mint pair of K-Horns locally, so we both did good, I dreaded selling my HF-87 and thought I would be sorry selling it but now that I have the Klipsch horns and have heard them on my SET amp and my Marantz 8b I don't miss the HF-87 at all, the K-Horns were worth every penny I paid for them, absolutely the best speakers I have ever heard.

Hi All, Well I picked up my new K-Horns in Sevierville last Saturday and got them home without a scratch..Hooked them up to my SET amp and all I can say is WOW !!! what an incredible sounding speaker, I simply cannot beleave what I have been missing all this time. I have also discovered that the speakers are more flexable that what I have been told and read. My room is 12' wide by 30' long, so when I put the speakers directly in the 12' corners they were toed in to much and the imaging was way off so I toed them out about 12" from the corners and got the imaging dead on and did not loose any noticable bass, the speakers sound just wonderful in the position I now have them in. All you K-Horn owners who don't have a SET amp are really missing out, mine is DIY SET amp and uses VT-25/10 output tubes and produces 1.5 watts, that amp coupled with the efficiency of the K-Horns I end up having a hugh soundstage, life like music and tremendous bass. Its just amazing how well all the sounds just blend together perfectly with these speakers. And coupled with my Marantz 8b and Acrosound ULII's its just to die for. Fellow audiophiles my system is totally dialed-in and these speakers are worth every penny I paid for them. By the way, anyone interested in a nice used pair of Tannoy Berkeley's? Hee Hee.

I can assure you the amp I sold John is better built and has better quality parts in it than 99% of the HF-87's out there. Advising him to make changes to it will ruin it, its perfect just the way it is, I know this because I'm the one who built it. If John does post photos I have a feeling after you see the quality and the attention to detail in John's new HF-87 you all are going to wish you had one just like it. Eat your hearts out guys.

My room size is not that big 12' wide x 30' deep, its a finished room in my basement that I converted to my audio room and its totally sound proof, the former owner of this home was a musician and had this room built. I mostly listen to Female vocals, Jazz, contemporary and insturmental music on my tube gear. Thanks for the headsup on the traffic but my trip on Saturday will be an easy one, I will go through Newport from Hot Springs and on up 411 the owner lives alittle ways off 411 so I won't be anywhere near the tinsle town traffic.

Hi All, I'm new to this forum and Klipschorn speakers. Looks like I'm the new owner of the Klipschorns in Knoxville, actually they are in Servierville. I spoke to the owner this morning and he told me they were 82 year model and he has had them since day one. I will be driving from Asheville to pick them so its a real short trip thankfully. I do have a few questions I would like to ask current Klipschorn owners. Mainly what do I need to be on the lookout for when I check these speakers out? I have three amps I will be using with these speakers from time to time they are a Marantz 8b, Acrosound ULII's and a VT-25 set amp 1.5 watts, how well will the horns handle these amps? Currently I'm using Tannoy 15" Berkeley's with the Marantz and Acrosounds and Klipsch Heresy II's with the set amp. I guess the bottom line is, am I in for a real treat when I get these speakers or will my Tannoy's stay right with them? I had Cornwalls some years ago and loved them, but in researching the K-horns it sounds like they are the absolute daddy rabbit. Thanks for your replys.