jjptkd Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 So, I live in the Seattle area and have been keeping an eye out locally for a pair of Chorus 1 speakers for about 18 months now with no luck at all. In that time I've seen one pair of Chorus II's that sold in less than 24 hours. I've also seen about a half dozen Belles, La Scala's and Cornwalls, at least a few Klipschorns and probably a couple dozen forte's and Heresy's. Are the Chorus I & II the rarest of all the Heritage / extended Heritage line? I've seen more vertical Cornwalls than Chorus models and I thought those were the rare ones? Also, if you happen to be within a reasonable distance from me and have a pair of preferably Chorus I's you'd like to sell I'm interested! I have cash and or a pair of very nice forte II's in medium oak I'd be willing to trade or work out some kind of deal, thanks. Jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Just a WAG here, but perhaps people just want to keep them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 1 hour ago, jimjimbo said: Just a WAG here, but perhaps people just want to keep them? I assume that's pretty much true straight across the board for the entire Heritage line. The original Chorus was only made for 3 or 4 years and were in direct competition with the forte and Cornwall II so I'm guessing not that many were made / sold? The majority of the Heritage line is still in production and have been for over 50 years, I think the Belle even had a longer run than 3 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktate Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The Belle was in production for 35 years ......not sure about the Chorus but they are around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Total unit sales is a better measure of rarity than years in production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Don't quote me but i think the Chorus and Chorus II when in production were replacements for the Cornwall. When i purchased my first set of Chorus II the Belle was still available for special order, its what i was told by the salesman anyways. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 32 minutes ago, oldtimer said: Total unit sales is a better measure of rarity than years in production. 32 minutes ago, jason str said: Don't quote me but i think the Chorus and Chorus II when in production were replacements for the Cornwall. Yes, understood. According to the Klipsch specs the Cornwall II and original Chorus were produced at the same time, they didn't quit making the Cornwall II until after the Chorus II went into production. Having all three; the forte, Cornwall II and the original Chorus for sale at the same time seems like it would have limited the sale and production of the Chorus model. Of course I imagine that the forte probably cut into Cornwall sales quite a bit when they were introduced as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 According to my data for the last two months, top sellers in terms of Heritage used sales which has come across my radar: La Scala (6 sales) Belle (5) Tie - Heresy, Heresy II, Chorus II (4 each) There was only a single sale of the Chorus I since October 2016. Missouri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 There's a pair in Las Vegas right now for $500, looks like walnut oil. Just a bit further than I'm willing to travel though.. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/ele/5865325237.html The Chorus 1's do come up for sale on a semi-regular basis, just never within 500 miles of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzog Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 2 pairs for sale near me right now. I see chorus I relatively regularly. The chorus II are the rare beast - even more rare to find them in good shape without busted woofers/radiators. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 15 minutes ago, Grizzog said: 2 pairs for sale near me right now. I see chorus I relatively regularly. The chorus II are the rare beast - even more rare to find them in good shape without busted woofers/radiators. There was a set of Chorus II's that came up for sale a week or two ago. They were 45 minutes from me. They looked to be in good shape. Price was $500... I should have got them just to get them.... The woofers and pass rads were in good shape....I was thinking what could I tell the wife to justify the purchase. Everyday I would go back to CL and look at em.... Then the day came I checked on them and they were gone.... man I was relieved.... MKP :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE said: Everyday I would go back to CL and look at em.... Then the day came I checked on them and they were gone.... man I was relieved.... MKP :-) This happens to me just about on a weekly basis with various equipment, no the feeling quite well! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 10 minutes ago, jjptkd said: This happens to me just about on a weekly basis with various equipment, no the feeling quite well! I knew I wasn't the only one that did this..... we are sick lol lol... MKP :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Jesse I thought you had Chorus I and or II's.... Ya just need some more MKP :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS121996 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I don't think they are that rare, people hold onto them because resale price is relatively low. What would you replace them with if you had a pair and got $600 for them? I don't see them selling for a lot more than that. Chorus 2s are 7-800. I wish I had kept my CF-4s version 1 that I sold for $800, I think. They were GREAT speakers and hard to find, IMO harder to find than most other Klipsch. Unfortunately, I ended up being all Heritage with a little PRO thrown in for the time being. Although the 1900 stacks in Minneapolis are on EBAY right now with an opening of $3250, BIN $4250. Ending Sunday at 5. Maybe snipe if no action or send him an offer for 3K. Ebay and PP fees will bring him down another $400 Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 11 hours ago, MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE said: Jesse I thought you had Chorus I and or II's.... Ya just need some more MKP :-) I've got a pair of Chorus I's and an RSW-15 parked at a close friends dads house. Thing is he's grown attached to them and he was one of the guys that got me into stereos when I was a teenager. He's semi retired and has that stereo playing almost 24 hours a day, I really don't have the heart to collect it all back so I think its pretty much on permanent loan. I sold my Chorus II's and Ultra 2 set shortly after I got married and moved in with the wife, just no room in the new place for such a big stereo. I bought a new pair of RB-81 II's for the move and they have slowly evolved into forte II's some how over time.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opusk2k9 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 This is from a spreadsheet I complied. I think the CF series is the rarest. Mahogany finish is one of the rarest of the standard finished. Walnut is my next favorite. Speaker Date Start Date Stop KLF-10 1997 2001 KLF-20 1996 2001 KLF-30 1996 2001 KLF-C7 1997 2001 KG .5 1994 1997 KG 1 1990 1992 KG 1.2 1992 1994 KG 1.2V 1992 1994 KG 1.5 1994 1997 KG 2 1982 1992 KG 2.2 1992 1994 KG 2.2V 1992 1994 KG 3 1990 1992 KG 3.2 1992 1994 KG 3.5 1994 1997 KG 4 1985 1992 KG 4.2 1992 1994 KG 4.5 1994 1997 KG 5.2 1992 1994 KG 5.5 1994 1997 KV-1 1993 1998 KV-2 1993 1997 KV-3 1993 1997 KV-4 1996 1997 CF-1 1994 1996 CF-2 1994 1996 CF-3 1994 1996 CF-4 1994 1996 RF 7 2001 2006 RF-7 II 2010 present RF-83 2006 2009 RF-63 2006 2009 RC-64 2006 2009 RC-64 II 2010 present academy 1992 1994 Quartet 1989 1996 Forte 1985 1989 Forte II 1989 1996 Chorus 1987 1990 Chorus II 1990 1996 Heresy 1957 1985 Heresy II 1985 2005 Heresy III 2006 present Cornwall 1959 1985 CornWall II 1986 1990 Cornwall III 2006 present La Scala 1963 2005 La Scala II 2006 present Belle 1971 2005 Klipschorn 1946 present KP-301 2001 2004 KP-201 2001 2004 KSW-200 1996 1998 F-1500 JBL L65 Shorthorn 1956 1965 KSP-C6 1997 1999 KSB-S1 1997 1999 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 1 hour ago, jjptkd said: I've got a pair of Chorus I's and an RSW-15 parked at a close friends dads house. Thing is he's grown attached to them and he was one of the guys that got me into stereos when I was a teenager. He's semi retired and has that stereo playing almost 24 hours a day, I really don't have the heart to collect it all back so I think its pretty much on permanent loan. I sold my Chorus II's and Ultra 2 set shortly after I got married and moved in with the wife, just no room in the new place for such a big stereo. I bought a new pair of RB-81 II's for the move and they have slowly evolved into forte II's some how over time.. I understand what your saying.... Your a good man for allowing your friend to keep the Chorus set-up. Couple years back I lent one of my buds (the used car guy next to my shop) a set of KP-362's two Carver amps and a Adcom Pre-amp for his outside pool area. He had my gear the whole summer ... I told him I'll find you a nice set-up for your pool area. So I tracked down a set of EVi's and a nice little Crown amp and all the accessories to have a nice little Pro-setup . I set everything up at my shop so he could check it out. Man they sounded great... I wanted $950 for the package... yea I was making a couple bones off the deal. Hey this guy has a bunch of coin..... Well he kept blowing me off about the deal.... So I'm like dude bring my gear back!! So he did. Now I use the EV's on my deck I had built....man I love em, so does my wife... Now this past summer he had a big party at his house/pool and he asked me to bring some gear over. So I brought over the EV's and Crown set-up. Man it was sounding good a few of his guests commented on the music. At the end of the night he asks me "how much do you want for this stuff?" My response was "ahhh your chitt-outta-luck cuz this is my deck system now!!" lol lol ...... yea he's a bud of mine but he's one of those guys you gotta kinda keep and eye on, ya know what I'm saying.... MKP :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 6 hours ago, jjptkd said: I bought a new pair of RB-81 II's for the move and they have slowly evolved into forte II's some how over time.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 17 hours ago, jjptkd said: This happens to me just about on a weekly basis with various equipment, no the feeling quite well! 17 hours ago, MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE said: I knew I wasn't the only one that did this..... we are sick lol lol... Me too. Wonder what % of us, who have 'almost' enough, search regularly/constantly? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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