onemoretime Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Too weird for me, certainly at that price: https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/ele/6050749934.html No affiliation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Klipsch Speakers - $1500 (Escondido) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 The handoff from the bass guitar speaker to the Heresy squawker must be seamless. Who's this "Dailey" guy he's talking to? From the CL listing: "I've enjoyed them almost dailey." So, he almost enjoyed them? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ave Bona Cornwall Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I was thinking the walnut stained birch cabinets had a cool pattern to them. Then I looked at the price he was asking and fell out of my chair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Stretch Cornwalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconTi Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Yeah....ummm...pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 The ad says good for conference rooms. Maybe they only play at soft background levels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 It's just a home-build that somebody is trying to pass off as a Klipsch speaker because it has some Klipsch components within the cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 That looks like an unsophisticated design with unrelated components thrown together in a box. A port should be more than a cutout with some chicken wire over it. Anytime you are selling a DIY home speaker project you have to sell the sound, which is hard to do. I think that speaker is worth whatever those components would sell for on the used market and that's it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twk123 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 23 minutes ago, wvu80 said: That looks like an unsophisticated design with unrelated components thrown together in a box. A port should be more than a cutout with some chicken wire over it. Anytime you are selling a DIY home speaker project you have to sell the sound, which is hard to do. I think that speaker is worth whatever those components would sell for on the used market and that's it. I think that is one of the big drawbacks to DIY speakers. With Klipsch speakers you know you have decades of engineering and brand behind you when you sell a set. With DIY the ad often comes off as, "Hey I have a Parts Express catalog and stayed at a Holiday Inn last night... They sound great!". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 9 minutes ago, twk123 said: With DIY the ad often comes off as, "Hey I have a Parts Express catalog and stayed at a Holiday Inn last night... They sound great!". Truer words were never spoken. "I just got a pre-built 3-way crossover from PE. If I add four woofers instead of two will I get better bass?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'm only 30 miles from there, I better go get'em. No wait I'm late for my lobotomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srinath Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 If he had labelled them as Cornwall components He could only charge 1000. Hence the Khorn. Cool. Srinath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 18 minutes ago, babadono said: I'm only 30 miles from there, I better go get'em. No wait I'm late for my lobotomy. That should help you enjoy those speakers more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opusk2k9 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Stretch cornwalls? Tall Cornwall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiFi Heaven Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 You clowns need to get serious about ALTEC - look them up at LansingHeritage.org - before you embarrass yourselves again, please. The 16" ALTEC 421-8LF blows the K-33-xyz out of the water. 100W RMS "woofer" variant of the 421-8H II BASS/PA speaker. Rare bird, only offered in Stanley Screamers and a few select late ALTEC VOTT models. Same cone as the 604-HPLN [High Power Less Network] Duplex that Sound 80 Recording co-engineered with ALTEC in 1974 (when I was the midwest rep.) 100W - 35Hz - 97 dB/w @ 4 feet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 ^^^^^ Big feet Red nose. To be one is to call one out - Bozo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Take a deep breath @HiFi Heaven. No one criticized ALTEC in general, or that specific driver. The concern is the haphazard combination. If you put a Ferrari V-12 into a Pinto, it would still be an abomination. BTW, Dale Carnegie Training called, they want you to return the diploma. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On 3/23/2017 at 0:52 PM, wvu80 said: That looks like an unsophisticated design with unrelated components thrown together in a box. A port should be more than a cutout with some chicken wire over it. Oh, not necessarily, though commonly a tube is used. many, if not most of the Altec ported systems used only an opening in the cabinet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 2 hours ago, John Albright said: Oh, not necessarily, though commonly a tube is used. many, if not most of the Altec ported systems used only an opening in the cabinet. Point well taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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