may be letting go of my Klipsch Belles

[Vince1966]

seeing if there is any interest in my 1980 Walnut Belles, one tiny chip in the veneer, JEM performance caps installed, all drivers original. Sequential SN. I built a pair of folded horn subs to extend the lows. great sound for a big room. Asking $3500.  Sorry for the bad images, will take some better ones 

 

[rebos]

Like your subs!!

[Vince1966]

Thanks, they are Exodus anarchy 25hz.

[OO1]

Vince ,  ,these are the most beautiful Belles  we've seen in a long time  on the Forum , and rarer given they have the  klipsch copper laser badges  which were only made for a very short time  , klipsch used the badges until they ran out of them in 79 

[Vince1966]

Thank you, My only reason for selling them is to afford a pair of 1976 Klipschorns in Lacquered Walnut that have come up locally, and needing the space to put them.

[MookieStl]

Did the same with my Belle's. Fits perfect and adds that little missing bottom end.

[MookieStl]

Great speakers, GLWYS

[Daveh]

Hi Vince…I might be passing by your way next week.  Any chance I could listen to them? Dave

[Vince1966]

Well, after much Nagging by my wife against the Klipschorns, I am keeping the Belle's. Women? (see my other listing for the Klipschorns, Helping him out)

[nola]

I have a single Belle being used as a center between Khorns. No under Belle sub as you have and mine is still on carpet runners with a 1/2 inch air gap to floor. For reasons utterly unknown to me the Belle sounds better and with deeper bass than the Khorns - and the Khorns are on wooden slats on top of the hardwood floor and in sealed off corner positions. Enjoy !!  From NOLA with love. I am in the French Quarter are you near Mobile? 

[Frzninvt]

All your doing with the cabinet below the Belle is turning into a bass reflex speaker which defeats the purpose of horn loading.  Better to just add a competent sub and leave the Belle engineering alone.

 

[rebos]

4 hours ago, Frzninvt said:

All your doing with the cabinet below the Belle is turning into a bass reflex speaker which defeats the purpose of horn loading.  Better to just add a competent sub and leave the Belle engineering alone.

 

FYI - if you look closer, those cabinets are actually tapped horns.  Good bass to 30HZ!

[OO1]

On 12/20/2023 at 5:27 AM, Frzninvt said:

All your doing with the cabinet below the Belle is turning into a bass reflex speaker which defeats the purpose of horn loading.  Better to just add a competent sub and leave the Belle engineering alone.

 

how can these subs become bass reflex speakers ?  the subs are horn loaded  with their own driver  , the enclosure is sealed   

[Coytee]

I'm guessing Charles missed the comment about the sub and presumed he did the "ported mod" that some have done with their laScalas.  I don't mean to speak for him but it's my gut feeling.