Guest Steven1963 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I bought a pair of 1972 klipschorns off of eBay Monday drove down dog near to San Francisco to pick them up. I have them in the back of the pickup as I type this (wife is driving). Along with an rsw 15 sub and a center channel that he threw in while I was loading the khorns. The speakers are absolutely beautiful and the caps have already been upgraded and I will have to post photos of that tomorrow because it seems unusual but they sounded fantastic. Long drive but worth it to me! Very happy! Steve 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Drive carefully--you have valuable cargo onboard (wife & speakers). Congrats i'm sure you'll love the KHorns. From another Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I think I saw these. They really were nice. Great pick up! (speakers, not your truck LOL) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Washington to san fran? Nice... I wont even go from vegas to san fran cor a pair of speakers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 From another Steve,……….Good job!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) What a fun trip. Congrats, you passed the Klipsch initiation, lol. Pic's are the last step to complete the initiation. Edited June 21, 2014 by derrickdj1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted June 21, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 21, 2014 Congratulations, get home safe so we can see pics setup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I am home...Khorns are in the house and hooked up just to make sure they are working and no damage in the back of my pickup during transport. All is good. Still need to get them situated - that's tomorrow. I'm beat...27 hours and 1280 miles. Steve 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktate Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 The ones in St joseph MO were just marked down on craigs can not believe no one nabbed them. I had the money I would. Rick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 congratulations on a safe trip and the K-Horns, I have made several audio trips in the past myself...........they can be fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Awesome! Now, where is Budman, because you DO have them in your possession now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornmiester Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Good work! Now you have a great story to go with great speakers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Without photographs, no one REALLY believes you; they are only being polite. ;-) Great score!!! Congratulations!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 The best kind of road trip! Good for you. I took my entire family on 5 state road trip years ago to pickup my first set of Lascala's purchased right on this forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I am home...Khorns are in the house and hooked up just to make sure they are working and no damage in the back of my pickup during transport. All is good. Still need to get them situated - that's tomorrow. I'm beat...27 hours and 1280 miles. Steve Woo Hoo... very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Outstanding... Looking forward to seeing some photo's... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Awesome! Now, where is Budman, because you DO have them in your possession now! congrats on a safe trip Edited June 21, 2014 by Budman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Thank you to everyone! They are set up now and putting out some very blessed sound. My walls are not ideal, but close enough. I'm going to start a separate thread as I have questions about the modified crossovers and would like to draw in as many opinions about them as possible. But, here are the pics of them as promised. He threw in a KLF - C7 center channel after I got there, and a 12' monster cable for the sub. His name was Robert and he is a member here, I forget his handle. He, like all of us at one time or another, has come to a point where he needs to make some changes and those changes forced him to sell his Khorns. I want to thank him here for the great deal and his hospitality after my drive down. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Very very nice My drive to pick up my Khorns was not quite as long as yours, uh, about 14 miles from my door to the storage unit that the seller had them in. My pick up story is not near as interesting as yours but I know you are enjoying the sound every bit as much! Enjoy!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Thank you, Cal. My pickup is a tacoma long bed (which is still only 5 feet). At first I tried standing them up (lots of cardboard and blankets), but that proved a poor way to move them, as they stood taller than the cab and so moving at 35mph ripped away any exposed cardboard from the speaker closest to the cab. I had them tied in well, but because of their height they were giving me heart palpitations when I went (slowly) around a corner. So I pulled into a hardware store parking lot and completely un-packed them and went in and bought a screwdriver and took the top off of one speaker. This allowed me to lay them down (again, lots of cardboard and blankets around them) in the bed. From there, it was a short 11 hour ride back home! Crazy, I know. But a memory for sure. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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