Poll: How long have you owned Klipsch?

[RT FAN]

Bought my Chorus II's new in 1990 for $1500, also bought Heresy II's, Icon bookshelf & 4 AW outdoor speakers new. Cornwall II's, Forte, KG 1.5 & Academy were bought used.

[HDBRbuilder]

Already a bit over 39 years with the "flame twins"!  Wood picked by me, cabinets built by me, and finished speakers bought by me (at 40% MSRP!).

[minermark]

Kenwood KL777D purchased new in the Px, Yokosuka, and to date, these ARE the only speakers iv EVER paid retail for.

First pair of Klipsch was from my dad, Herseys, did not care for them, next trip to the cabin in the Desert, shot them and burned them wile pumping a Sansui 8080 through them.

Everytime my buds and i went for a dirt biking weekend, someone brought speakers.

You name it, we blew it up.

 

Round about 1980, someone gave me a pair of Scalas, Desert days being long gone, i cranked them up.

I liked they could handle Hendrix, Cream, Santana no matter the Amp.   

 

[hsosdrummer]

Original Klipsch system purchased new in 1978:

2 x Klipsch Klipschorns (KB-WO), autographed by PWK and Bob Moers

1 Yamaha B2 amp

1 Yamaha C2 preamp

1 Yamaha CT-610 tuner

1 Thorens TD-165 turntable w/Grado Sig 1B cartridge

 

System modified in 1980:

1 x Klipsch Cornwall (C-WO) center channel added (center channel network built from plans in Dope From Hope)

3 x Luxman MB3045 amps added (Yamaha B2 sold)

1 x GAS Thalia II pre-amp added (Yamaha C2 sold)

1 x Linn Sondek turntable w/Basic arm & various cartridges added (Thorens sold)

1 x Nakamichi 680 cassette deck added

 

System modified in 1985:

2 x Klipschorns retired (sounded terrible in my new home's 16' x 16' x 8' living room; sold in 1992)

1 x Klipsch Cornwall (C-WO) added; Cornwalls become L/R speakers

1 x Electron Kinetics Eagle 2A amp added (Luxman MB-3045s sold)

1 x Nakamichi CA-7A preamp added (GAS Thalia II sold)

Various Nakamichi cassette decks, DAT machines and CD-Rs used between 1981 and 1994 (I worked for the company)

 

System modified in 1996:

3 x Klipsch KT-LCR front channels added

2 x Klipsch KT-DS surrounds added

2 x Klipsch Cornwalls (C-WO) re-purposed for use as subwoofers (crossovers bypassed)

1 x Kenwood KC-X1 processor added (I worked for the company)

1 x Kenwood KM-X1 amp added for center, surround & subwoofer channels (Eagle 2A on left & right)

1 x Kenwood laserdisc player added

1 x 35" RCA CRT TV added

 

Turntable and 2,000 vinyl LPs sold in 2001 (not one regret; we can discuss in another thread if anyone wants to)

 

Current main system:

3 x Klipsch KT-LCR front channels

2 x Klipsch KT-DS surrounds (re-wired for bipole operation)

1 x JBL 4641 subwoofer

1 x Lexicon DC-1 processor

1 x Kenwood KM-X1 6-channel amp (I hear you all smirking...)

1 x Panasonic Blu-ray player

1 x 50" Panasonic plasma TV

 

Current recording studio monitor system:

2 x Klipsch Cornwall (C-WO) studio monitors (crossovers engaged)

1 x Electron Kinetics Eagle 2A amp

2 x JBL 4312E studio monitors (used only rarely to check mixes)

2 x Sonance 622 6" 2-way speakers (used occasionally to check mixes)

Mixes are also checked on main system and stock 2009 Mercury Milan car audio system 

[oldred]

My first pair was a birthday gift from my wife....She sure didn't know what she was getting herself into. KG 5.5

 

 

George,

[oldred]

On 3/11/2016 at 6:29 AM, JJkizak said:

1965 new and no listening tests needed.

JJK

1965.......I was 7....can I ask this.....can you still hear them...at your age

Holy ....

 

George,

[minermark]

27 minutes ago, hsosdrummer said:

Original Klipsch system purchased new in 1978:

2 x Klipsch Klipschorns (KB-WO), autographed by PWK and Bob Moers

1 Yamaha B2 amp

1 Yamaha C2 preamp

1 Yamaha CT-610 tuner

1 Thorens TD-165 turntable w/Grado Sig 1B cartridge

 

System modified in 1980:

1 x Klipsch Cornwall (C-WO) center channel added (center channel network built from plans in Dope From Hope)

3 x Luxman MB3045 amps added (Yamaha B2 sold)

1 x GAS Thalia II pre-amp added (Yamaha C2 sold)

1 x Linn Sondek turntable w/Basic arm & various cartridges added (Thorens sold)

1 x Nakamichi 680 cassette deck added

 

System modified in 1985:

2 x Klipschorns retired (sounded terrible in my new home's 16' x 16' x 8' living room; sold in 1992)

1 x Klipsch Cornwall (C-WO) added; Cornwalls become L/R speakers

1 x Electron Kinetics Eagle 2A amp added (Luxman MB-3045s sold)

1 x Nakamichi CA-7A preamp added (GAS Thalia II sold)

Various Nakamichi cassette decks, DAT machines and CD-Rs used between 1981 and 1994 (I worked for the company)

 

System modified in 1996:

3 x Klipsch KT-LCR front channels added

2 x Klipsch KT-DS surrounds added

2 x Klipsch Cornwalls (C-WO) re-purposed for use as subwoofers (crossovers bypassed)

1 x Kenwood KC-X1 processor added (I worked for the company)

1 x Kenwood KM-X1 amp added for center, surround & subwoofer channels (Eagle 2A on left & right)

1 x Kenwood laserdisc player added

1 x 35" RCA CRT TV added

 

Turntable and 2,000 vinyl LPs sold in 2001 (not one regret; we can discuss in another thread if anyone wants to)

 

Current main system:

3 x Klipsch KT-LCR front channels

2 x Klipsch KT-DS surrounds (re-wired for bipole operation)

1 x JBL 4641 subwoofer

1 x Lexicon DC-1 processor

1 x Kenwood KM-X1 6-channel amp (I hear you all smirking...)

1 x Panasonic Blu-ray player

1 x 50" Panasonic plasma TV

 

Current recording studio monitor system:

2 x Klipsch Cornwall (C-WO) studio monitors (crossovers engaged)

1 x Electron Kinetics Eagle 2A amp

2 x JBL 4312E studio monitors (used only rarely to check mixes)

2 x Sonance 622 6" 2-way speakers (used occasionally to check mixes)

Mixes are also checked on main system and stock 2009 Mercury Milan car audio system 

My God Man, that is some kind of Detail

[hsosdrummer]

Well, I worked in the audio industry from 1977 thru 2013, so along with music, audio was (and still is) a big part of my life.

[Rivernuggets]

SW-8 II sub new in 1995, then RF-3s, RC-3, RS-3s, and RSW-12 in 2001.  Purchased used Klipsch ever since. 

[babadono]

Wow don't know how I missed this thread, or saw it and forgot about it(yea getting old is like that). But dang sometime this year it's gonna be 40 years since I bought my La Scalas. And yes they were brand spanking new and yes I still have them.

[JJkizak]

10 hours ago, oldred said:

1965.......I was 7....can I ask this.....can you still hear them...at your age

Holy ....

 

George,

 

My hearing at that time was 19HZ to 16.4KHZ. Today it's from 19HZ to 9.8KHZ.  So I upgraded to Crites CT125's which go to 21KHZ. Go figure that out when I can't hear a lick over 9.8KHZ. The 15% off price was $1150.00 for the unfinished decorators K-horns and Cornwall.

JJK

[JerolW]

I bought my Cornwalls new in 1976.

 

jerol

[jorjen]

Bought a brand new pair of La Scalas in 1975, I was 17 and a senior in high school.

 

My system at the time was the La Scalas, a Pioneer Spec 1 Preamp, a Pioneer Spec 2 Power Amp and a Sony PS-8750 Direct Drive TT(look this one up)with a Shure V-15 Type lll cartridge and a Stanton 681EEE cartridge.

 

Talk about one Azz kicker of a system, oh my God!!!

 

In case you were wondering how in the Hell does a high school kid afford that kind of gear? Easy, I kinda cheated. I had a GREAT job as a salesman in a TV & Stereo store 4 years before I opened my own store. Back then manufacturers had 50% off purchase incentive programs for salesman. That is how I bought the Pioneer, Sony and the carts. We did not carry Klipsch so I did pay full retail for those which at the time were exactly $1118.25 including Ca. State sales tax.

 

When I opened my own store in 1979, my first dealer agreement was with Klipsch & Associates BEFORE I opened the doors. You can take that to mean that without that franchise agreement there would have been no open doors.