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Thanks. He gave tham to me in the late '70s. He passed in 1997. I thank him every day. He was a man of incredible taste, vision, and generosity. A good example of this is my Klipschorns. A true heirloom.

They are the right and left channel in my four channel home theater surround systen (center channel-Bose, rear channel-JBL). I've got walnut Heresys in the bedroom. Love them! Dad was always amused by the name, Heresy. He said that Paul Klipsch said he would not build a conventional box speaker because he believed so strongly in the superior sound of the folded corner horn. He finally did build them. Hense the name, Heresy.

I am new to this site, so bear with me. I own a pair of 1959 Klipsch corner horns. I know they are rosewood, and I believe they are solid rosewood throughout. My father bought them in '59 for $1,500.00 each. Looking at this website, it appears that rosewood Klipschorns made in the '80s were made with veneer. There is no label on the back like you see on newer speakers, just a number stamped in the wood in the back. One speaker has 1445. The other is hard to get to the back. I had the large Electrovoice bass speakers re-coned in the '80s. There used to be a strip of paper on the back of one speaker with scotch tape over it that said "made in 1959 by Paul Klipsch, Hope, Arkansas". My father loved classical music. I don't have to tell you these speakers sound unbelievable. Can anyone tell me about older speakers like these? I'm not going to sell them, but are they rare or valuable?