Coytee Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I Was listening to my Promedia 2.1s last night & just sitting there thinking "darn", they sound good! (I really was saying darn ) Then it hit me again so Im going to repeat something I said once here but fear was misunderstood a bit (by the masses). I think it would be fabulous if Klipsch would take the Promedia speakers, keep drivers same if necessary but change the box. Find some way to make the box part look like a (insert favorite Heritage) so that it will look like youve got a pair of baby Khorns, LaScalas, Belles... sitting on your desk. Think about it, I mean for the lovers of Heritage, how cool would that be. For the (young) crowd unaware of the Heritage line, how cool would it be for them to see that & wonder what those are... perhaps it might kindle some intrigue in the Heritage line. It would be another way for Klipsch to individualize themselves from the competition & not have just another set of black boxes like everyone else, nor have the high tech gizmo looking boxes like others. Irregardless, Id LOVE to have a pair of Khorn wannabes or LaScalas sitting in the corner of my pc desk blaring the music at me instead of those plastic boxes. Obviously for the Khorns, the corner logic might not work but you could perforate the front & let the bass come straight through just like on the plastic boxes. I realize they might not be able to make an exact visual reproduction but Id venture to guess that they could get it close enough to make us happy (me anyway) ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I bought a set of the 2.0s for the GF and feel they would have been even better had they looked like mini K'Horns...I think you may be on to something but we might be the only ones who would buy them (Klipsch-O-Philes that is) Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 I brought this up a while back (when I was newer than I am now lol), I think I was misunderstood by the crowd by the "mini Khorns" as being something to compete with the Khorns on a small scale. I was really looking at the small spectrum of the speakers and thought it'd be cool to have mini Khorns or LaScalas/Belles in lieu of the plastic boxes. I don't think my first comment on it came across very well. I'd buy some in spite of having a nice pair of PM's already. They could (try) to make them in wood like Big Bro too. (help keep the people in Hope out of trouble by making them) Give the network boys more work to do too Alas... I suppose the odds are about as good as the Cincinnati Bengals having a winning season... hmm...perhaps that's not so implausable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Amy Posted July 19, 2005 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2005 Interesting comments! I do know very small wood cabinets would be difficult to make, and subsequently very costly. And forget about them being curved at all! Not sure how well they'd do against the "stylized" more modern-looking multimedia systems available... Food for thought, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 In the "Design room" on the tour, there was a little pair of wood-cased speakers on a shelf just to the right of the door and a little above eye level as you walked in. Sort of a reddish-brown stain and finish. Several of us in that session commented on how nice they looked, and wouldn't it be nice if Klipsch produced something like that for speakers that size. I can understand, though, how those might be neither fish nor fowl for computers or a music system. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriven Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I don't think they would have to be wood. Pictures of wood on plastic would probably be fine - as long as, when you are not real close, they look like Heritage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 ^^^ I agree! Heck, my RB-35's are covered with a picture of wood on vinyl :I do understand what Amy is saying though...my wife LOVED the harmon/kardon sub sat set that came with our dell, Until I played the U2 Go Home DVD through the ProMedia 2.1 system that is, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 What a great idea! I'd definitely pay for some computer media speakers that were crafted with the same materials and likeness of Khorns, kinda like those 50:1 scale model cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmikid Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 What a great idea indeed! Tiny K-horns with tiny fake corners behind! No seriously I think this is a wonderful idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 Let's not forget what masters the Chinese are at replicating something too. They could probably do it for dirt cheap !! (this was just a cheap bump in reality) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Tiny K-horns with tiny fake corners behind! hahahahahaha Next thing ya know people would say, "Ah, plastic enclosures!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieboy Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 OMG A pair of tine Khorns or Belles. Count me in for a few pair!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 19, 2005 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 ---------------- On 7/19/2005 6:43:12 PM IndyKlipschFan wrote: Tiny K-horns with tiny fake corners behind! hahahahahaha Next thing ya know people would say, "Ah, plastic enclosures!!!" ---------------- Sheeze Indy, you KNOW that you & Colter would be ALL over this country of ours picking them up at flea markets.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauln Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I saw an advertisement in a mag on a plane for some little speakers that had 1 inch tweets and 3 inch cones - called them 3" subs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czilla9000 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 I have an idea! Why not have the mini Khorns be "desk corner horns". They would utilize the corners of a desk (where it meets a wall) in a similar way that real Khorns use room corners. It could help show computer users the operating principal behind corner horns. In fact, Klipsch fans could build mini-mockups of their rooms and easily test the mini-Khorns in different room configs. You could then set up your real Khorns accordingly. Dealers could also use them as business cards to potential 'big-spenders', and demonstrate different room configs. They could also be Klipsch.com exclusives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 ---------------- On 7/19/2005 1:12:18 PM Amy Unger wrote: Interesting comments! I do know very small wood cabinets would be difficult to make, and subsequently very costly. And forget about them being curved at all! Not sure how well they'd do against the "stylized" more modern-looking multimedia systems available... Food for thought, however. ---------------- Well, Tivoli Audio managed to do it. I have thier Model Two radio on my desk at work, with the nice cherry cabinets: Granted the front and back are plastic, though. Standing on end, they kinda look like little Forte's (although without the horns). I agree, I don't know how they would go against the modern "gee-whiz" looking multimedia setups available from others. Still, I think it would be pretty cool. Perhaps a "limited edition" type run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 22, 2005 Author Share Posted July 22, 2005 ---------------- I agree, I don't know how they would go against the modern "gee-whiz" looking multimedia setups available from others. Still, I think it would be pretty cool. Perhaps a "limited edition" type run? ---------------- Seems to me that all the manufacturers are trying to "out cool" each other in the looks department, making their new stuff more "rad" looking (or what ever the current vernacular is) Anyways, perhaps since a vast portion of today's youth may NOT have seen something like a LaScala or Khorn, they might perchance, stand out and be very different (would that be cool or lame???). If it was lame, well... but if it were cool, then they'd take off & be the new rage. Then little bobby would have a revelation one day when he got older and realized that his cool (kick hiney) speakers had a (for real & not imaginary) big brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 I like the idea, but I don't think exact replicas out of wood can be done without some serious cost. But I'm sure that Klipsch could design an ABS cabinet to resemble the mighty Klipschorn or Belle Klipsch, using their existing driver components from the ProMedia Series. The famous British guitar amp/cabinet maker Marshall makes a cool micro-sized portable battery-powered guitar amp that looks similar to their actual Marshall half-stack (no particular model), so I know that it can be done if Klipsch feel there's enough interest in the product. I'd certainly buy a pair...it'd probably be the closest I'll ever come to owning a pair of Klipschorns anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Yep. I've got a $40 Fender Twin, too! I actually use it for recording to dirty things up... Crunches up a lo-fi drum track nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I do know very small wood cabinets would be difficult to make, and subsequently very costly. And forget about them being curved at all!Not sure how well they'd do against the "stylized" more modern-looking multimedia systems available... Sorry this thread is so old... but can't CNC machines mill just about anything? Ok, assembling the parts could be a nightmare and would probably mean anything complicated such as a Khorn cabinet or even LaScala cabinet would be terribly difficult. Maybe sell it as a kit to assemble one's self? But a Cornwall or Heresy type cabinet is just a box..... No real knowledge of CNC machines so maybe way too expensive to mass produce things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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