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Hi everyone, I recently came in to a pair of beautiful Klipsch Klipschorns. Serial numbers note they were built in April 2000. They are oiled oak with black grilles. They have the AK-3 crossovers. They are almost perfect, with just two small (smaller than thumbnail) dings to the veneers on the back corners. It took me several days to notice them. Otherwise they are beautiful. The sound is terrific too - they are really bewitching. If they weren't so massive (far too big for anywhere in my small house) I would definitely keep them. In any case I've caught the bug for horns - is there any way to get even part of this beautiful sound in a smaller package? In any case, these must go. I'm going to play them every night until they do and as long as my very-patient wife lets me park them in the middle of the living room. I have a bunch of photos on my camera at home and I'll post a few here from my iPhone as well. I am located in the DC metro area in Silver Spring MD. I won't ship these as they are absolutely massive and require lots of care in transport. I'll help you carry them out but they will take a pretty large vehicle - they are about 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide and deep. I have these advertised on DC Craigslist for $3875. I may also put them on eBay but would love to work a sale with a fellow Klipsch aficionado (I'm a lurker here on the forum and have a pair of KG-4s that I love). Please contact me via PM if you are interested, know anyone who is interested, have questions, or would like to come out and take a look. Thanks!

I am putting together my first ever stereo system (turntable, speakers, receiver), and I recently purchased a pair of vintage 1980 Klipsch Heresy HWL speakers. My dad had a similar pair when I was younger, so I purchased them partly for nostalgia and sentimental reasons. My earliest musical listening experiences were through Klipsch. They had a tremendous impact on me and are a huge reason why I'm a musician today. My next step is getting a tubed receiver. All the research I've done on the vintage Heresy speakers suggest that the Heresys really sing through tubed instead of solid state, as that is what they were designed for. They also recommend getting a receiver or amp with a mid level controller. So far, I've been looking at Marantz (specifically the 2270 and 2275 model), Mcintosh, and Fischer. However, I'm also trying not to break the bank and am open to other suggestions. I will only be playing vinyl through this set-up. Let me know if you guys have any suggestions, recommendations, or advice. I'm brand new to this! Thanks!

I recently purchased these at an auction and don't know much about them. Someone we had look at them said the boxes looked homemade. Same guy tested all of the parts and the only non-functioning parts was one of the k77's. We opened one to see the sub. I figured I'd go to the source of Klipsch knowledge to find the real story on these.

Hello, I am new to the Klipsch community and I have been listening to Klipsch speakers my whole life, love them, and I have something I would like to share with everyone so here is my story. About two years ago I was online looking for a pair of Klipsch speakers. I wanted a pair of La scala or Cornwalls but I didn't have a lot of money at the time and just wanted see what was out there and what the going prices were. Then I found a listing for a pair of Cornwalls that were pretty rough looking and had blown speakers but they were only $500 and for some reason I had to have them, so I bought them. I live in Dayton Ohio and the seller lived in Chicago. He wouldn't ship them so I rented a SUV and headed to the windy city. When I got to the sellers house he greated me and we talked for a bit (really good guy, Klipsch nut) and then he said, well let me show you your speakers. When I turned the corner and saw them the first thing I thought was, I made a huge mistake and it's to late to turn back now. The cabinets looked like they had never been cleaned, covered with a dark film and dirt. The grills were both broken and there were some pretty deep scratches. This guys cat was sleeping inside one of the cabinets and had been using them as a cat scratcher too, they were in bad shape. He helped me load them up and I headed home thinking all the way, I screwed up big time. When I got to my home there were two of my buddies waiting on me to help me unload them and take them in the house. Man did they give me a hard time, laughing and ribbing me about how bad they looked and, You rented a SUV and drove all that way and paid $500 for these, and to make things worse we unscrewed the back panels and they had Radio Shack woofers in them. Everything else was there and all original but Radio Shack woofers, Really. After making the drive there and back and getting razzed about how bad they looked and the RS woofers it was time for a beer and let that day go. The next morning I started working on my diamonds in the rough, taking everything out of them (the RS woofers went right in the trash) and started to clean them up. They had the correct crossovers, tweeters, horns, drivers so things were starting to look up. I started wiping the cabinets down with some Murrphys oil soap in warm water but this stuff wasn't coming off. After getting them as clean as I could they still looked a little dark. I could start to see the gain and the real color of the wood starting to come out but I didn't know what kind of wood it was. It didn't look like any finish on a Klipsch speaker that I had ever seen. I got some very fine sand paper and started sanding them down very lightly, taking my time and being very careful not to go to deep. As I was sanding I suddenly realized these were something different, something very different, and I was right. After doing some research on Klipsch web site I knew I had found some diamonds in the rough and it was all well worth it. The cabinets have consecutive serial numbers and were made in 1973. They are made with Zebra wood and according to Klipsch they are very rare. Only a few pairs were ever made using this type of wood and Klipsch never used it again. In 1973 a lot of groups were protesting about the destruction of the rain forrest and all the trees being cut down. Zebra wood comes from the rain forrest and Klipsch wanted to avoid any bad publisity for importing this exotic type of wood so they stopped using it before they really even started to. I don't know how many they made but I have never seen a pair like it and probably never will. I was able to find a nice clean pair of the correct 15" K-33E woofers along with replacing all the diaphragms in the K-55 and K-77 drivers. I sent the crossovers to Bob Crites to replace the old capacitors and make sure everything was up to spec. I went to a local wood working/ cabinet shop and talked to them about what would be the best way to refinish the cabinets and make that zebra wood pop. They were very helpful and told me what to do and what not to do. It has taken some time and money but it was well worth it. In the sun light the zebra wood looks awesome, very detailed lines and color running through the grain, sometimes I just stand there and look at them. After I got them back together and started listening to them on my 10wpc set tube amp I was amazed. Nothing sounds like a Cornwall powered by a single ended tube amp and nothing looks this good either. So that's my little story about how my diamonds in the rough became to be the crown jewels. I have some pictures of the whole process they went though and I just wanted to share them with everyone. Let me know what you think and thanks for taking the time to read my post.

I just aquired these real nice Electro-voice aristocrat speaker cabinets loaded with even nicer Jensen ST875 H222 coaxial 2-way 12" speakers with tweeter control nicely installed on back angle panel, the cabinets are in very good condition but need refinishing they are a light walnut, grilles are good with a littlepatina on metal grid and small hole in one of the screens, these speakers are beautiful and its a shame you can't see them in the cabinet, gold colored dust covers these do not appear to have been tampered with and look all original and surround is in excellent condition on both speakers. The enclosures have what appear to be factory blank off plates for 2 more horns? I have not hooked these up yet to test but I'm confident based on condition they will sound awesome and once I do I may not want to sell them. I will update with test results. Asking $800 will deliver within 75 miles of westerly RI for free and possibly further for additional cost, plz pm me if interested I can send additional pictures, I may also entertain parting out but would prefer to sell as is, thanks for looking

I am looking for a pair of Vintage Heritage or 3 way Klipsch for a 2 Channel living room system. I'm looking at the older models to stay within my budget. I am willing to drive from Cincinnati, OH.