The parts in the speakers, are they made by Klipsch?!

[Taylorbaby]

just being very curious since being a HUGE fan of Klipsch speakers, is it true that the speakers in all Klipsch models are made by themselfs? I mean is every part of the casing (wood) made by the company self or by some other?!

hope someone can answer it..

[lynnm]

The days in which manufacturer's manufactured all of the parts contained in their products has long past.

Typically a manufacturer will design a product around components available from a third party or will design a component and farm the making of that component out to a maker specialised in the building of that type of component.

Klipsch is therefore primarily involved in the design, engineering, assembly and marketing of its products. Construction of the actual speaker drivers is a specialty unto itself requiring equipment and skills that simply are more econmically provided by a specialised supplier.

Bear in mind that everything I have said applies equally to the manufacturing of virtually all complex products. It would be uneconomic for General Motors or any other company to attempt to manufacture every part they use in their products for example.

[Mighty Favog]

As a more simplistic example. I bought an air-ratchet from Sears (Craftsman) and it was $10 cheaper than the Ingersol Rand that sat right next to it. The similarity in design was too coincidental to not be the same re-badged unit. IR definitley made it, it just doesn't have IR's name on it.

[Guest BobG]

Klipsch does indeed source pieces and parts all over the world. It would not be possible for any company to have all the capabilities that are required to build such products in house. By going to best of class providers, we are able to engineer top quality and value into our products. We do final assembly, testing etc. on the vast majority of our products.

Take the Reference RF-3II for example. Titanium domes, Cerametallic woofer cones, fancy crossover components, injection molded horns, feet, input cups, CNC machined motorboards (which we do fabricate and paint in-house), Monster Cable internal wiring...on and on. Though some companies claim to do it all in-house, we make no such claims and are proud of our ability to take advantage of parts from around the world.

[WMcD]

It seems that you've asked a question about the various components in the speaker "box" as a whole.

One major component is the woodworking. For the most part, Klipsch has always done that in house. This requires buying sheets of plywood or particle board from the lumber companies and creating the "box".

On the other hand, we have the "drivers" and horns. In the K-Horn, Belle, and LaScalla the bass horn is the wooden part.

In that family, the tweeter was purchased from Electrovoice. The midrange drivers were obtained in most cases from EV or Atlas. The woofer driver was bought from Eminence. These are companies which made them for themselves or to sell to other manufacturers.

I understand that Klipsch, for a while, had a production line for some of the bass drivers and some of the treble horns, though now things of this nature have been subed out.

Of course, all of this makes sense in view of the nature of the components which make up a loud speaker. Some are wood products. Others are precision metal or plastic castings. Still others, like the cross over parts, are electrical components. No one "shop" can make all of them from scratch. That is true in just about any industry.

What you're getting with a Klipsch product is the engineer's design, and then the implementation with parts from suppliers, plus the factory's integration of the parts, and quality control. The same is true of any speaker manufacturer. I believe Klipsch does an excellent job in these roles to make a superior product.

Gil