billybob Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 23 minutes ago, Defacto said: Back on topic, I finally found a pair last week! ($1200 in SE Wisconsin) Yes, congrats... looking nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 14 hours ago, Defacto said: Back on topic, I finally found a pair last week! ($1200 in SE Wisconsin) Fantastic You will love them longtime. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealMarkDeneen Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 I bought a new pair of KLF30 in 1999. I really liked them for rock music. They had real balls. I had them about 2 years when the cabinets developed buzzes and rattles. Long story short--there were some production issues with "glue." The Company offered me a full retail refund - $1798.00, which for 2 year old speakers seemed very generous, so I took them up on it. (Good lord, they even shipped me two brand new cartons to send them home in. My dog (at that time - since passed - chased the truck driver all the way down the block before I could coral him (the dog, not the driver). Man, was he pissed. I liked the way they easily fit into the two different rooms I had them in. Easy to place and easy to get good sound out of them. I had a big Phase Linear amp, and those speakers could swallow that amp. Of course, that would have been awfully loud. More loud than I can stand. But at the time I played mostly (non-metal) rock and jazz, and the dang things just sounded great, looked great. If I saw a pair today in a thrift shop for a couple hundo, I'd probably take them home! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 6/19/2023 at 12:42 AM, Iteachstem said: I had a set a few years back. Several of the woofers had loose dust caps when I received them, so while I had the drivers out to do the repairs, I decided to try something else in the mean time. I wanted to try the popular Ciare 321 woofers( link at the bottom) everyone was using, but they were out of stock at the time. (Plus these are a somewhat expensive investment at around $750 T To my knowledge, they are produced by Eminence for Klipsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 I think it was Atlas at that time ? Eminence produce the chassis for todays models , as far as i know ...could be different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 20 hours ago, RealMarkDeneen said: I bought a new pair of KLF30 in 1999. I really liked them for rock music. They had real balls. I had them about 2 years when the cabinets developed buzzes and rattles. Long story short--there were some production issues with "glue." The Company offered me a full retail refund - $1798.00, which for 2 year old speakers seemed very generous, so I took them up on it. (Good lord, they even shipped me two brand new cartons Had to be Crutchfield. Spectacular customer service. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealMarkDeneen Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 2 hours ago, the real Duke Spinner said: Had to be Crutchfield. Spectacular customer service. 🙂 Not quite. I bought them at Circuit City (bankrupt now) - remember them? And as far as the full refund and the new shipping cartons, that came directly from Klipsch HQ, courtesy of one Mr. Bob Gasser(sp). He was a real gem, as was the rest of the company. Now, as for Crutchfield. In 2021, I bought a pair of Klipsch towers (model numbers escape me). About $1500 if I recall. I got them quickly and tried my damndest to get them to sound good in my odd-shaped room, but alas, after a month of trying, I called Crutchfield, and they took them back for a full refund. So YES! They are absolutely wonderful on cust service. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 4:22 PM, MicroMara said: I think it was Atlas at that time ? Eminence produce the chassis for todays models , as far as i know ...could be different Atlas made the Horn Driver for the midrange at one time Tweets were EV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 the KLF -30 was a 100% klipsch manufactured speaker , including the woofer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 Klipsch does not make Drivers to the best of my knowledge... They have been Atlas, EV , Eminence And these days prolly Chinka made stuff As far as I am aware at my previous visit , there is no Metal Stamping facility in Hope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 On 6/20/2023 at 6:03 AM, jjptkd said: I do like the KLF-30's my first impression was they landed right in the middle of the forte - Chorus performance wise in a nice slender tower speaker sized cabinet and every time I'd visit my brother I was always impressed when he'd crank up the tunes those 4-12's can sure provide some excellent bass slam. I'm pretty sure my next project is going to be based on the same dual 12 design probably with the Ciare woofers. I haven't regretted one bit putting the Ciare woofers in mine. I pump 500 old school Crown watts into mine and beat the hell out of them and they haven't let me down yet. The original woofers.....that's a different story. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 Score. !!! Can not be replicated without much more $$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 2 hours ago, SWL said: I haven't regretted one bit putting the Ciare woofers in mine. I pump 500 old school Crown watts into mine and beat the hell out of them and they haven't let me down yet. The original woofers.....that's a different story. Crown, baby.. Sed with an Austin Powers accent. 😀😀😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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