Moderators dtel Posted November 1, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 1, 2014 ......it's just my toys that sound really good.....lol lol Good point and very true, it's all that counts, it really has nothing to do with being an "audiopile". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Could sound better Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Loud & Cheap is a compliment!! It's better than Quiet & Expensive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly McAloney Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I think both "loud" and "cheap" are kind of perspective, I am by no means poor and I don't consider klipsh cheap at all, as far as preference goes when I heard them the first time I really was in love, having said that I always think how much better could it actually be, and the forum rocks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I'd say my Klipsch was a bargain but not cheap! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 They make any, even the inefficient ones LOUD. and will create a great Intermodulation Distortion Tolerance Test. The less watts you use to get loud, the better the sound. Physics seem contrary to "audiophiles (with direct radiators only attitude) full of distortions and no dynamic crispness" type in those ad rags with prose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 How about Loud, Cheap, Efficient Pick any two, but only 1 and 3 are low IMD when you add an amplifier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I'll take "loud and cheap" over "crappy and expensive" any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 The less watts you use to get loud, the better the sound.****************** I always felt that was true, but never saw anyone type that before. & I'll take "loud and cheap" over "crappy and expensive" any day…Right on!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I'd say my Klipsch was a bargain but not cheap! Best perspective I've seen. PWK set out to build cheap speakers. The qualification was that they be as cheap as physics allowed to deliver high fidelity. Almost no one brings up the 8 Card here anymore, but it was the copy he handed me personally that I consider to be as handed to me by the representative of the Lord commissioned to bring relief to an ailing humankind in need of sonic TRVTH. PWK was given this commission because the Lord was very impressed that while He'd need 10 commandments, PWK managed to do it in 8 for loudspeakers. The Lord likes efficiency. By PWK's intent, the fact is that Klipsch are the biggest bargains in loudspeakers. You MAY find better, but at prices only within reach of the rich. Consider the VALUE of a Klipschorn over 50 years or so. Still best in class! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I'll take "loud and cheap" over "crappy and expensive" any day. Yes, agreed, and my trip to Axpona in Chicago last year, verified this. The best sound at the show was Sadurni...............an all horn setup. Norah Jones brought tears to my eyes, seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Klipsch, cheaper than some speakers and much more than others. I prefer Klipsch because it gives me a great forum to belong too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckAb3 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 My Klipsch speakers are only loud when I turn up the volume. They play soft musical passages very well even at low volumes. On the other hand, I've heard so-called "audiophile" speakers which mute the highs and generally dumb down the musical experience in order (I assume) for their audiophile listeners to avoid suffering the "fatigue" of hearing something akin to live music. Poor things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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