crunchman12001 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Edit... I purchased an Academy, it was damaged during shipping. It was missing a grill badge but the grill and fabric also were damaged from shipping. Does anyone have an Academy that has a messed up box but a good grill? Do you want to part it out or sell it whole? Thank you Hi guys, Does anyone have a badge for an Academy, KG or similar? If you have one, let me know. I can do cash or trade. Here is a link to the badge I am looking for. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS724US724&q=Klipsch+Academy+badge&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikyqLIor7nAhVXaM0KHc1sAh4QsAR6BAgKEAE&biw=1242&bih=575#imgrc=5ug_lzl1Ld7M1M Thanks for looking. crunchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I have one but the K is a little worn of the copper colorSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchman12001 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Randyh said: they show up on ebay quite often Thanks, first place I looked. There are none currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchman12001 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 3 hours ago, carlthess40 said: I have one but the K is a little worn of the copper color Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk PM sent. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchman12001 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Bump... anyone got an Academy badge laying around? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakedmb Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F174185452862 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchman12001 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 hour ago, lakedmb said: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F174185452862 Thanks for the heads up lakedmb. I spoke with this seller and showed him what an OEM Academy badge looked like. He made/named these for the Academy but they are not the same. I tried to post the pic from my original link above but the file was too large. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 The badges he made sure do look nice and like the originals. How big are the differences and why does it matter? This was an issue with muscle cars in the 1980 and 90s but nobody seems to care anymore. There are a lot of nice badges on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC2.A0.H0.Xklipsch+badge.TRS0&_nkw=klipsch+badge&_sacat=14969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchman12001 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 7 hours ago, tigerwoodKhorns said: The badges he made sure do look nice and like the originals. How big are the differences and why does it matter? This was an issue with muscle cars in the 1980 and 90s but nobody seems to care anymore. There are a lot of nice badges on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC2.A0.H0.Xklipsch+badge.TRS0&_nkw=klipsch+badge&_sacat=14969 I buy speakers that usually need refurbished. I refurbish the speakers back to OEM color and spec which includes stripping the wrong color off and refinishing back to the tag color. I also try to put the correct badge on them. This is what an OEM Academy badge looks like compared to the Ebay ones. So yes, they are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchman12001 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Ebay Academy badge. See how the registered trademark on the Ebay badge is smeared on the PWK logo and not next to the "h" on Klipsch? To most it would not matter but to me it does. The "K" of Klipsch is also lower case and not capitalized. The "V" on the PWK logo is open on the left side and not solid like OEM. The OEM has the "laser" look, Ebay does not. Some of the OEM badges had badge pins on the back so that the badge could be moved for a vertical presentation. Many differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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