emdeebee Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) I'm somewhat reluctantly offering my Belle Klipsch for sale. Here's the history on these. In 2005 I went to the most local brick and mortar outlet for Klipsch Heritage, Bry's in Marysville. I wanted Klipschorns, but didn't and still don't, have proper corners. So I went there in search of Belles. This was shortly after it had been announced that they were stopping production of Belles. They only had a single Belle they used as a center for a pair of Klipschorns. In order to save some money off the full price of a new pair of Belles, they ordered a new (2005) in the same oak with cane grill as the floor model. When it arrived, it had a black grill, and cane was no longer available. So I went to black grills. The owner of the store, the father, was the "Klipsch guy", not the sons who then and now run the store. So the father took this one on himself, and he upgraded the floor model with a new mid driver to match the 2005 speaker, as well as new (2005) crossovers, and new HF and LF five way binding posts. I'm not sure of the actual year/age of the floor model, it may be late 90's to very early 2,000's. They are not a perfect match, but they don't sit side by side (except now when I have them in a spare bedroom) so to my eye it's a reasonable, liveable match. The lighting for the pictures I'm posting here make it look like two completely different finishes almost. When seen together, in any kind of decent light, they are a pretty good match. In taking these poor pictures of them, I noticed for the first time that there is a ding in the edge of one of them. It looks to have been touched up (not by me), so I presume that was the floor model. It's small, but it's there so I want anyone interested to be aware of it going in. I have zero interest in shipping these, so I'm looking for pick-up buyers. I'm asking $2,100.00 OBO. I apologize for the quality of the photography! Marty Edited October 9, 2015 by emdeebee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pondzilla Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 How far are you from West Olympia? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emdeebee Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 How far are you from West Olympia? Thanks About 60 - 65 miles, I'm in suburban Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pondzilla Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 What is the best way to get in contact with you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emdeebee Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 I will bump these with an asking price drop to $2,100.00 OBO. Still pick up only I'm afraid. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Worth it, love my Belle. GLWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon string Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 good story and from where I'm sitting looks like a good deal. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 GLWS.... I loved Seattle when I lived out there in the late 80's....just saying.... MKP :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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