Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 13, 2023 Moderators Share Posted September 13, 2023 6 hours ago, telemike said: Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 We follow F1 closely - during the past two seasons the McLaren crew wore McLaren orange headphones with “Klipsch” across the ear cups. Same headphones this year minus the Klipsch on the cups. Possibly their association has ended - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 the klipsch / McLaren page is still up on the klipsch website , and in full swing it's not over yet https://www.klipsch.com/speed-of-sound#team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 15, 2023 Moderators Share Posted September 15, 2023 1 hour ago, richieb said: We follow F1 closely - during the past two seasons the McLaren crew wore McLaren orange headphones with “Klipsch” across the ear cups. Same headphones this year minus the Klipsch on the cups. Possibly their association has ended - Yes the Klipsch sponsorship of McLaren, officially ended, the McLaren branded products were launched in the last year of their association. The limited edition (Was it 905s) sold out quickly. What’s on the website is what’s left. Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 15, 2023 Moderators Share Posted September 15, 2023 1 hour ago, OO1 said: the klipsch / McLaren page is still up on the klipsch website , and in full swing it's not over yet https://www.klipsch.com/speed-of-sound#team I think @richieb he was referring to the sponsorship of McLaren by Klipsch, that ended last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 10 hours ago, Travis In Austin said: I think @richieb he was referring to the sponsorship of McLaren by Klipsch, that ended last season. Yes Sir - correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschtastic Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 I think they were a flop as they are now selling them off at a big discount. I thought about buying a pair of Forte IVs if I could refinish them. I agree they are hideous and racing whether you like it or not is irrelevant to home audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Folks in Europe ... like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 the klipsch McLaren edition speakers debuted in 2023 , regardless of Bower & Wilkins association with McLaren . https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-us/collaborations/mclaren#:~:text=Bowers %26 Wilkins engineers worked alongside,enhances the entire McLaren experience. https://www.ecoustics.com/products/klipsch-mclaren-edition-speakers-2023/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 16, 2023 Moderators Share Posted September 16, 2023 20 hours ago, Klipschtastic said: I think they were a flop as they are now selling them off at a big discount. I thought about buying a pair of Forte IVs if I could refinish them. I agree they are hideous and racing whether you like it or not is irrelevant to home audio. They sold out of the Limited Edition MCL 905 in two months, probably most to Europe, but who knows. They were $16,000 a pair. They have sold thousands of other co-branded products like Lou Reed ear buds, and they even had some of those left over at the end. It’s hard to measure success of a limited/signature series product by what excess inventory they discount at the end. I think Corey managed to get the last 3 pairs of Forte’s, but who knows how many they made and sold before that? McLaren is a car company that has a racing division (F1 and GT). Their cars sell for $250K up to near 1 million. They make about 4,000 cars a year, by hand. I think they announced their 20,000th car made about 2 years ago. Papaya Orange (did someone call that yellow?) is trademarked (yes you can trademark a color) and is well known to those that travel in those circles. The McLaren dealership I was in had all of the smaller products in stock and on display, I don’t know if that was true everywhere. It is for certain a very exclusive market, and an uber luxury brand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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