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18 minutes ago, DizRotus said:
Where did OP identify the seller as John Prine?
Take a look at his profile picture.
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My introduction to Klipsch in the early seventies was via a three channel setup. I heard two Cornwalls and a Heresy at a friends house and was gob-smacked. My budget was constrained at the time but I did manage to buy 2 new Heresys in 1977, while shopping at the klipsch dealer I got to hear two K-horns and a Cornwall that really sounded amazing. If only I had the room...c'est la vie.
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29 minutes ago, billybob said:
Thanks @wetowne for posting it.
Reread it again just to refresh. On second thought, may have undue influence of biasing his choice.
Enjoy...
I have Fortes myself so I read the review with some interest. I had seen it before but it's been a long time.
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8 hours ago, cristphoto said:
I'm also confused. If the poster bought them from the original owner and doesn't plan to sell them what is he purpose? He knows who he bought from, but he wants to confirm who he bought from?
I imagine he just wants corroborating evidence to enhance the historical value. He bought them from John Prine who was quite famous and the only thing he has as proof is a handwritten bill of sale, something easily forged.
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Was Prine living in Nashville in the late seventies? Was/is there a Klipsch dealer in the Nashville area? Somebody still living surely might remember that sale.
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6 hours ago, hanksjim1 said:
39" high?
The top enclosure was optional.
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2 hours ago, DizRotus said:
Electro-Voice, Brociner, and Radio Shack, and possibly others, sold speakers under license from Klipsch. The only time I met PWK (never met PAK) I asked about licensing deals. He said they had been discontinued due to his reluctance to associate his name with products, the quality of which, he could not control.
Yes Brociner.
From Audio Engineering magazine. ...bass reproduction without hangover.
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Cool story so far. Looking forward to the rest. Wow what a find!
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If you are looking to kill some time here's a great link.
look under "Technical & Engineering" then "Audio & Sound" for old audiophile magazines.
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These would be great for playing "Stereophonic Musical Listenings That Have Been Origin in Moving Film"
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Wonder if any of these survive?
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The biggest improvements I've made to my old Heresys was to tilt them back, toe them in, move my seat, move the rug and close the drapes. Total cost zero.
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There seems to be two camps when it comes to old heritage Klipsch. The "preservationists" and the "hot-rodders", much the same in the world of antique cars too. I am all for restoring a speaker back to original specs if it needs it and it preserves the original sound. Some people like to push the limits of the speaker and "improve" it if they can or even alter it so it becomes something different than what it was. That's all well and good for some, get your fun anyway you can but a lot of what is done is totally unnecessary.
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Really enjoy following this build. So refreshing to see work of this caliber being done by someone who obviously knows what he's doing. Thanks for sharing this.
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I'm the original owner of Heresys bought new in 1977, Fortes bought new in 1986 and Heresy IIIs bought new this year. Plan on keeping all three pairs until I die.
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First week of May 2000.
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4 minutes ago, Joe Carter said:
Wow, thank you.
You're welcome. As far as the part number goes I can't decipher that. I can tell you I have Heresy IIIs and the part number also begins 106. Conclude what you may.
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Welcome,
I'm pretty sure the first seven digits is the part number 1068152 then 20370017 indicates the year 2020 37th week (Sep. 7-13) speaker 17 of the series. Those are very new.
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Hello and welcome.
As others have noted the size of your room may indicate the use of smaller speakers such as Heresys or Fortes. I live in a cape style house with small rooms so I can't use large speakers.
I listen every night to a pair of Heresy III's driven by a low watt tube amplifier and I don't listen casually, I focus. I listen mainly to small "straight ahead jazz" combos and a fair amount of baroque chamber music and some symphonic stuff as well and it all sounds wonderful with Heresys and tubes. I'm not as much of an audiophile as I am a musicophile so gear is not really as important to me as is the sound of the music.I'm retired now but I played drums in a cocktail jazz piano trio for years and presently I go to Boston Ballet performances frequently and to a lot of musical theatre as well, so I know what real live music sounds like. I own two sets of Heresys and a pair of Fortes that I've been listening to now for over forty years and they always deliver the music that I crave.
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15 hours ago, RandyH000 said:
Marrettes , is that a french word -?
Named after William Marr. He was an electrician who worked for Ontario Hydro. He burned himself with solder one day and figured out a safer way.
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On 10/26/2020 at 9:06 PM, CECAA850 said:
I dont think the Bifrost will do mqa
Definitely not.
https://www.schiit.com/news/news/why-we-wont-be-supporting-mqa
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Playstream is not your only option. You can use any app that is UPnP such as HiFi-Cast or BubbleUPnP. I'm using BubbleUPnP. I like the look and feel better just a preference, Playstream app works fine.
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From Audio Engineering magazine. ...bass reproduction without hangover.
Vintage Klipschorn provenance
in Ask the Historian
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I'm thinking 1000 dollars for 7 year old Klipschorns in 1984 was a very good price. 2500 in todays dollars.