The first Klipsch I heard was at a coworkers house. We were working in a TV news department in Memphis, TN, and had a light schedule one afternoon, so we stopped by his house where he had a pair of decorator khorns. I don't remember what he played. They sounded great!
That was in the mid '70s. By the early '80s we moved to Madison, WI. I borrowed a pair of speakers for use while I ran sound for a small conference. They weren't Klipsch, but had home made LaScala bass cabs whit a big horn mid and tweeter on top. They made for a great sounding p.a. They were built by the late Dennis Kleitsch, aka djk on many audio forums, here included.
Fast forward to the 90s and my older son and I were looking up how to build some LS clones. That how we found this place in the 2001. Same older son goes off to school in Florida and comes home with a pair of Heresy IIs. He sets them up in the living room, moving the cables over from my JBL 4311s and powers them up. They were a gift to me. (I still have the 4311s, btw)BTW.
Still have them, and just finished a crossover refresh. I've sin e had two different pair lf 1st gen LS, some of the pro line and other horns.
I will keep the HIIs. There's other stuff around the house, though.
And... wow, that was long.