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NO WAYYYY!!! You got those Klipsch for $300?!! Each, right? Wait, are we talking about the big Klipsch Cornwalls that can be driven with as little as 10 watts? The ones with a 300 watt capability, (not including headroom)? Frankly, back around 1980/83, I think Klipsch only made that one size Cornwall in three different finishes.. I think the newer Klipsch versions may come in several sizes but the ones that I only could dream about back in 1980, were big. I can't recall the exact dimensions but they were maybe 4 to 4.5 feet tall and in the 80's I think a pair went for around $3200. Again, I'm sketchy on those details because it's been a while but I know that a pair was outside my budget back then. Then when I could eventually afford them, I didn't buy them because my livingroom (the only place in my house where I could fit my component system at the time), didn't have two walls that met at 90 degrees, in two locations consistent with stereo speaker placement. The Klipsch Cornwalls required that for them to properly phase the sound of the low frequencies generated by those huge woofers. If they really are Klipsch and not one of the look-alike speakers that several no-name manufacturers were trying to confuse the consumers with back when Klipsch released them, then getting a pair for anything less than $1500/$2000 would be considered a great deal. If you got them for $300 each, you should consider yourself extremely lucky. If you got the PAIR for $300... well then, you won the lottery! Rich

I'm a new forum member but I've been a hardcore Klipsch believer, buyer, & owner, since I heard their Cornwall’s for the first time back in 1980! I’ve recently starting building a modest version of a stereo component system, (very modest), similar to what I used to have when I was an audiophile, (1979 to 1990). In the past year or so, I've been buying and cleaning up some vintage components and the integrated amp I am now using is a Sansui A1200. It's not one of Sansui's best of course, but it's pretty good and was under-rated 'back in the day'. It'll be a long while, I'm afraid, before I can convince my wife to let me buy a McIntosh so for now, I'm holding at that position. Anyway, that's my very condensed ‘self-introduction’ to the forum. I’m sure this forum will prove to be very beneficial in refreshing my memory and bringing me up to date on ‘stereo-physics’, (in fact, it already has). I presently have a pair of Klipsch RB3 (Maple), and another pair of Onkyos. In addition, I recently, (like, last week), added a new Polk Audio PSW-10 Subwoofer. I just received an OSD-SSVC6D Stereo Speaker Selector and I was working out the way I wanted to wire the speakers in addition to working in the sub while I was at it. I'm considering a Parallel wiring method so I pulled out the DVMM and was surprised to find the 8 Ohm Klipsch were reading 3.8 Ohms! Like the thread starter, I thought I broke something because my 8 Ohm Onkyos read 7.6 Ohms, ergo... However, after reading this thread, (which I found very quickly when I ran a search), I’m relieved to find that I’ve been making the mistake of considering impedance and resistance to be one in the same. “Relieved” because the other explanations included the possibility that I did break something. I have several hobbies and among them is microelectronics. I’m surprised that I didn’t realize that fact, (impedance and resistance differences), before now! However, it’s in my learning curve and that’s always better than ‘flat-lining’! Thanks to all for clearing that up! Rich