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Another road trip starting tomorrow. Located a pair of Klipsch that I have wanted for a long time. Will post pics along the way!

Drool....

Agree I'm also a H3 owner and love em better than all previous versions of the heresy line. An easy tip for getting toe in dialed in is to buy one of those cheap laser pointers. Lay it dead center on the top of the cabinet and look at where the dot hits and adjust accordingly. I have mine towed in to cross just in front of me.....perfect imaging this way.

Rick is a great dude one of the first members I meet. Do not hesitate to buy from him he takes care of his gear. Bump!

Back to road trips..............

Cool story Dave A I cant wait to hear your impressions of the 456's and the 1900's.

I would think matched with a good sub they would sound great!

Thanks Carl it was a fun trip even if we didn't get to explore. One pair will remain in my garage. The other pair I'm going to refinish and give to my son when he graduates next year. He will need these in the future for sound reinforcement projects in school (field work).

I had considered that also like large furniture bags at uhaul. I wonder if moisture would be an issue? I live in a very humid area and the speakers would be covered for at least 2 weeks at a time so I would think they would need to breathe?

Thanks dtel!

I searched and could not find a "road trip" thread so here is my latest. I thought I would share my experience with Tim in St Louie (Rescue Audio) for those wondering. Friday March 23rd I traveled from Murfreesboro AR over to St Louis MO roughly 450miles one way. My wife and son were on spring break so they joined me in the road trip. I picked up a 6x12 uhaul trailer that morning (beautiful morning a nice 70d out) in Nashville. I had arranged with Tim to unhook it at his house so the family and I could spend the day in St Louis Saturday, more on that later. We hooked it up and headed out. I have to say that the North East side of Arkansas is absolutely terrible for traveling, nothing to look at but farmland. I live in a beautiful state but this has to be my least favorite area. I guess if I was farming that would be a different story. Anyway back on track, we made great time and got to the Hotel about 2:30 on the 23rd. I called up Tim who was waiting for my son and I at his shop. I asked him if he had any landmarks that would make finding his place easy he said yep just look for the BRIGHT YELLOW BMW "there is no missing that car", he was right. I should have snapped a pic of his shop and how he had the 456's displayed. He had them lined up on the loading dock, wiped down and ready to roll. Side story my son is heading off to CRAS in Gilbert AZ next year to pursue a career in the audio industry. So being that Tim used to work (still does from time to time) live audio I thought it would be great for my son to meet a well seasoned engr. Only problem is my son is very introverted, takes him some time to get used to someone before he opens up. Unfortunatly we didn't have a lot of time. Anyway Tim offered him some great advice, on what to do, what not to do and most of all what it takes to be successful. He simply told my son "Hard work produces positive results" I thought that summed it up pretty good. Back on track......so Tim showed me his shop which to say was a candy store for me. He had tall stacks here, drivers there some older vintage Altec stuff lots of JBL empty cabs, EAW fly boxes and SUBS, SUBS and more SUBS just to name a few items! Once we had taken the tour it was time to load up the 4/456 boxes and the 2/EV TL770 subs. Let me say the loading dock is elevated roughly head high from the ground so you will need an additional hand to help if you buy speakers of the size I bought. Anyway got everything loaded up and tied down. Tim and I talked about dropping the trailer at his house, then I noticed something the damn U-Haul trailer did not have a jack to lower and raise the tongue. No way could we "man handle" it with all that Klipsch woofage on the tongue. So I told Tim I would go find a harbor freight and get a small jack and a stand this afternoon and drop the trailer at his house early on Saturday, Tim said that would be great as he had date night with his wife tonight. So my son and I headed out went to harbor freight picked up a small floor jack and jack stand for 35 bucks...gotta love harbor freight and the coupons! We then headed out to eat at a TEX-MEX place called Chevy's next to the hotel. Had a great meal and headed back to the hotel (Residence Inn). I parked way out away from everyone since I needed the space with my truck and the U-Haul trailer. Saturday the 24th. Woke up to cold temps and rain, not the best weather conditions to be walking around sight seeing but we were determined UNTIL I went downstairs to pull my truck around. Some a-hole parked right in front of me and another a-hole parked right behind me in the damn parking lot boxing me in. Hotels don't take the license plate numbers anymore so there was no way to know who the a-hole was. I went back to my room HOT to say the least, who the heck does that? Sooooo it wasn't until about 1pm that the a-hole behind me finally left so I could get the truck out by this time the day was shot so we checked out of the room and headed south. I can say that it was a good thing I wasn't in my younger years or the wife would have been paying bail money to get me out. Got home about 8pm that night. Sunday the 25th After church service my son and I unloaded the goodies, I was like a 5yr old at Christmas time! Couldn't wait to get these fired up. Son and I ran the U-Haul trailer back to Nashville. The experience with Tim was awesome he is a great dude with a wealth of knowledge and is willing to go out of his way to make sure your experience is the best it can be, do not hesitate to buy from him. I ordered a pair of networks from Bob for one set. Man I have to say these are wonderful speakers, far better than what I was expecting and the EV sub is no slouch very clean sub, I like this combo A LOT!

I'll be there Saturday LOL.

Ray, get to work already.

Bump for price drop, come on guys I know someone needs some nice outdoor patio or garage speakers. Yes they are not Klipsch but they are fine indeed.

FYI for those that may be sending MAC equipment to Terry that needs glass you might want to hold off. I sent Terry my 2105 last May and as luck would have it McIntosh is having problems getting glass for these units. I just talked with him and he has no idea how much longer it will be......been almost a year! Not his fault just my luck! Wanted to pass this on incase any of you are thinking of sending your unit in. I would definatly call him before hand.

Not bad at all is what I thought. Worth it for me to have peace of mind while I'm gone. I'm in Houston now but didn't want to risk traveling with your amp.

Yes sir Mr. Carl they are 80.00 a side.

Yes they are far exceeded my expectations. I think I'm going to go with cloudnine covers. Pat is easy to work with and the product is made in the good ole USA which I prefer.

AWESOME!!!!

I recently aquired a couple pairs of kpt-=456's. One pair will be in the garage I would like to cover them when not in use. Can anyone recommend bags for these? I have blankets over them now which works but would like something a little better looking.

Sold thanks Ken!

Thanks Tim they really are sleepers for the price.

Sale Pending.....

They are wonderful speakers for sure.

Also if you are coming to Hope in May I have no issues with holding these for you until then for pickup.