USNRET Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 With the KHorns coming it's time to move a pair of Belles. These are Santos Rosewood (veneer applied by forum member Cake about 5 years ago). The wood mid horns are Volti 2" with BMS drivers. Beyma tweeters (I have the unused adapters for CP-125 tweeters) and stock woofers. Crossovers by DeanG about 1-2 years old. Unfortunately I scratched the left side of the left top hat this summer. This is fresh and raw with no attempt to oil or cover so it probably will be less f'ing ugly with a coat of something. I do not have the stock parts. They are located in Corpus Christi, TX and would only ship if the buyer arranged the packing and shipping as I will not be responsible for any shipping issues. I will be traveling to near Texarkana, TX Jan 6-12 and could deliver en-route. With about $3500 in mods/crossovers, price of the matched veneer, labor and purchase price of the speakers themselves I know that I have way too much money in these and will never re-coup but I do have a place to store them if I can't get a reasonable price. With that said, I am asking $4000 for the pair. Yep that is a bunch for us cheapskates on the forum. I MIGHT be open to trade for a nice, modern McIntosh integrated amp. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Dead flat gorgeous. Man, those are special. GLWYS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFKlipsch Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Those are nothing short of spectacular...... GLWYS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 There is Heritage and then there is "Collectors" worthy, only to be enhanced by the finest upgrade(s). In a Word: "Plug & Play Class" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Damn nice work on the Belles, USN. Someone will have splendid, rare examples of one of Paul's finest. But to trade for a run-of-the-mill McIntosh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 22 hours ago, richieb said: Damn nice work on the Belles, USN. Someone will have splendid, rare examples of one of Paul's finest. But to trade for a run-of-the-mill McIntosh?? I think better to have a simple, nice looking Mc to play two channel to the Khorns (rather than the Marantz pre-pro/Emo) than have the Belles used in the kids game room for karaoke and Netflix. I kinda miss my past Mc stuff and getting past the tube stuff. Integrated would take up less space as I won't have room to spare. edit: Or convince me on an integrated tube amp or pre / amp in this $4k trade price range, no need for phono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 I can also part with a single PSA Cordovan Cherry PSA XS30se sub to help the bottom end of the Belles. I will only be using one of my pair with the KHorns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronB123 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Ya, those are incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ave Bona Cornwall Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 There must be room for your new oak Khorns and those belles. Those are too beautiful to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 They look even better in person. Sound fantastic as well as you'd imagine. Top it off with the fact that Mike is an awesome guy and you come up with "What are you waiting for???!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieStl Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I have a pair of Belle's with the Volti upgrades, they wont disappoint! GLWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 WoW..... Those ARE awesome... I don't think I would be able to part with em GLWS.... MKP :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Sweet....the best looking heritage speaker out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 My god... those are still gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogwylde09 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Just simply put, those are gorgeous. GLWS.Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkin Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I have the belle's with the Volti upgrades and they sound fantastic. I believe Mike contacted me when he was going to up grade his. Mine aren't quite as pretty as the rosewood on those, I just went with the light oak look. They are definitely great sounding speakers you will NOT be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 So I went digging around to find out just how much I have in this pair (not counting the center which is equipped the same). The Volti horns, BMS drivers, Beyma tweeters and Dean's Gen3 Super AA (X) networks were $3922.00. I bought the Belles, bought the veneer ($350-400 IIRC) and traded a pair of LaScalas for the labor to finish this pair. You get the cabinets and woofers for $78.00!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornlover60 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 USNRET, The Belles are gorgeous. What veneer was used on them? GLWS, hornlover60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Santos Rosewood. I contracted thru a mill in Carolina to get two sheets of matched veneer from South America I think. It was shipped to Houston, TX and forum member Cake (TY) did the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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