finallygotmyheresies Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Hello all, I have watched your site for almost a year now, spending waaaay too much time going through the great threads here. I was first introduced to Klipsch speakers in 1996 when I was stationed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. The Base Exchange had a nice selection of Klipsch speakers and that is when I fell in love with the Heresy. Purchasing them wasn't an option at the time and I am glad i didn't anyway. I never would have taken care of them the way I will now. The version I liked had what I've seen referred to as Cane grilles. Well I now live in Phoenix and I have kept a close eye on Craig's List and Ebay and the 1st set of Heresy speakers I chose to buy were from Ebay. This is after missing out on numerous pairs that popped up on CL. Man do they ever go FAST! My Ebay pair are HII's in BR and were made in 84'. This pair is in poor physical shape. They are unfinished and appear to have spent there days in a garage. Cabinets are dirty and the grilles were a little smelly and not perfect. Fortunately the speakers perform awesome! I scored these for $206/shipped! At the time I found these I had been reading the the in depth refinishing projects that are posted here so I figured I would redo these down the road. I am currently in college so I'm not concerned about doing it now. Two weekends ago I was preparing to post an ad on Craigs List for some electronics. While on the main electronics page I spied a posting for some Heresy II's. They appeared to be in very nice condition based on the pictures so I called the seller. 30 minutes later I was picking up my 2nd pair of HII's. Like my 1st pair these are sequentially #'d HII BR's but the condition of this set is by far superior and they have been stained a nice brown. The grilles are impecable and the cabinets are very nice(very minor marks. Their tops are lightly faded. These were build in 87' and i got them for $200. I feel very lucky to have found these pairs for merely $200/pr. With the quickness that ads for Heresies are removed from Craig's List I'm sure I could move them quickly if I decided to. And that leads me to my question. I sit here with $400 invested in 2 pairs of speakers, both fully functional but with one requiring a facelift. I also have a 6pc set of Totem DreamCatchers that I would sell. I figure if I sold all of these speakers I could easily afford to buy a new pair of HIII's and maybe have some change to put down on a tube amp(which I have never owned but have always coveted). Should I even consider trading in 2 pair of functional HII's for 1 pair of new HIII's? I figure this would lighten my load as well as get me a pair of speakers that should last 20yrs+ without any issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Welcome to the group. I've been on for about a year and what a wealth of information and some really great people. I hit the CL in my area and wish that I could find some scores but NE Ohio seems to be a little lean on the Heritage equipment. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Since your in College, just enjoy what you have. Clean up that one pair, when time permits, (Studies come first !). I say this because a pair of New Heresy III are 1,500.00 . Thus you would have to dig up 1,100.00 cash.............:>). Plus the current ones you have, with care will also last you another 20 years....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finallygotmyheresies Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 There is a seller on Ebay that is selling them for $1,000/shipped. I emailed him and he told me that he is a Klipsch distributer so I would feel comfortable in buying from him. This seems like a great deal and I can get whichever finish I choose. I figure that if I were to have either pair refinished and updated to HIII standards it would cost more than just selling these and buying brand new HIII's. I'm figuring 300~400 to have a pair re-veneered and another 500+ to get the HII to HIII upgrade kit if it is even still available. Do I my figures seem to be close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finallygotmyheresies Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 These are what I've got. I would never place anything on the tops of a new pair of speakers. This little setup was cheap($3 for fabric from Walmart, $6 for 1x12 pine from Lowe's) and is effective for this apartment. If I got new speakers I'd just use some milk crates as the supports for the entertainment center Lol Yamaha DSP-A1 cheap Pioneer multi-region DVD player, PS3, Xbox 360 My Craig's List beauties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Very nice set up and welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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