Stusha Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Hello and thank you for your time! After many years of searching for a nice clean pair of Belle’s.... I found them! These appear to be a newer edition, can anybody confirm the year? Consecutive serial numbers 0001 and 0002 is this rare thing or not so much? The tweeter’s seem to have little to no identification on them? Normal for that particular model year or are they some sort of aftermarket replacement? Please see the pictures below. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 30, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 30, 2020 Welcome to the Forum. You will get a lot of response on your questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Your Belles were made in 1989. The serial numbers just mean they were there first ones made that year. Pretty cool but nothing out of the ordinary. The tweeters look good. Congrats! Very jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 4 hours ago, wuzzzer said: Your Belles were made in 1989. The serial numbers just mean they were there first ones made that year. Pretty cool but nothing out of the ordinary. The tweeters look good. Congrats! Very jealous! Actually , these Belle Speakers were manufactured by Klipsch in 1998 based on the serial nos and this styled serial no tag itself was not used in 1989 - Here is what a 1989 Belle serial number sticker would look like , an all white larger computer printed tag - as for the tweeters , these are the K77M , with the Z-brackets which were discontinued by EV in 2000, along with the K55M and they are the original tweeters for 1998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 3 hours ago, RandyH000 said: Actually , these Belle Speakers were manufactured by Klipsch in 2000 based on the serial nos and this styled serial no tag itself was not used in What part of the serial number indicates that? Just trying to learn. Sometimes the tags are hard to figure out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 12 hours ago, wuzzzer said: Sometimes the tags are hard to figure out. I revised these to 1998 manufacturing - these are the 1st consecutive pair of Klipsch Belle Oak oil veneer speakers made at the Hope Factory between the 07-06-1998 and the 07-12-1998 - so these speakers are 22 years old ---------and the Belle was discontinued in 2005-2006 as the sales were very , very low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/1/2020 at 12:12 AM, RandyH000 said: I revised these to 1998 manufacturing - these are the 1st consecutive pair of Klipsch Belle Oak oil veneer speakers made at the Hope Factory between the 07-06-1998 and the 07-12-1998 - so these speakers are 22 years old ---------and the Belle was discontinued in 2005-2006 as the sales were very , very low That has always confused me. A good friend bought his Belle’s in Corpus Christi after demoing La Scala’s and K-horns. Bought the top Yamaha separates to drive them. He liked the sound of the Belle’s better the La Scala’s and his apartment did not have two corners for the K-Horns. The size difference between Belle’s and La Scala’s should have helped sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, Panelhead said: That has always confused me. A good friend bought his Belle’s in Corpus Christi after demoing La Scala’s and K-horns. Bought the top Yamaha separates to drive them. He liked the sound of the Belle’s better the La Scala’s and his apartment did not have two corners for the K-Horns. The size difference between Belle’s and La Scala’s should have helped sales. the Belle was more money that a La Scala , and less Money than a Khorn ,Peter Hunter had said that in the last year of production which is 2001 they only had a couple of sales for the speakers , and that was the reason they pulled it from the catalogue- I had thought that it was due to PWK's passing , but no ,it was the lack of interest in the speaker - and we all agree the Belle is a Beautiful speaker - now don't forget that the Cornwall 2 was pulled in 1990 , and it did not come back till 2006 with the CW3 because the Consumer wanted it -----that's 16 years , the Belle has been gone for 19 years , but the Jubilee came in , and it's the best ever - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip2 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 hello, can you tell me anything about Belle speakers, one of which has the following tags on the speaker and photos of the horns. they also have green speaker cloth for the bottom portion of the speakers. Sorry, I don't see a way to attach my photos... Thank you Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 there is a whole host of historical data on the forum... if you search by 'belle'/belles' you will be inundated by great information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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