jwc Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 check this out http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Ultimate-Custom-Made-Loudspeaker_W0QQitemZ300071126228QQihZ020QQcategoryZ14993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 So doesn't it beg the question, "why are you selling if they are so great?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted January 16, 2007 Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 16, 2007 Where is that BullShit button when you need it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 lol seriously And there's no way in the world they sound asgood as he makes them out to be either...the K79 is a 102dB tweeter,not 104dB. I think the KP-302 squawker is 102dB too - might even belower actually. And then you're never supposed to wire two differentdrivers in parallel as they will both acoustically and electricallywork against each other. Whichever is weaker of the two is going tobehave like a passive radiator and flop around all crazy style - whichisn't very nice to the mids. Then the tall cabinet is going to have allsorts of crazy standing waves introducing comb-filtering on theresponse - not to mention some nasty bass suckout. And then he forgotto port the speakers - which is going to make them roll off prettyseverely around 100Hz if not higher. His maxSPL doesn't make much senseeither - the Chorus II (which has the K79 and the KP-302 squawker) canpeak at 130dB - and I know the woofer he's using can peak that hightoo. And then combine it all with a KLF-30 crossover that must havebeen finetuned for the response of the speaker. But ignoring the technical crap....."they look better thankhorns"?!? Hmmm....cutting boards or veneered wood - which finish wouldyou choose? I wonder if Klipsch wouldn't be willing to send the guy apair of khorns or heck, a pair of Jubilees veneered with cuttingboards. Is this the new WAF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 "Mine sound better, look better (by far) and are built much better than anything you could buy at over 3-times the cost. " Sound better? Would have to hear them. Look better? Only in a kitchen. Other than that - Doc - a speaker doesnt have to be ported to play low bass - although it would depend on the drivers and their sensitivity as to how low they can really go - I would expect 50 Hz or so should be eminently possible - assuming his 104 dB figure is bogus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Smilin could use those as rears with his new monster-sized cornscalapinis!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Where is that BullShit button when you need it? Hey! I finally got one last week!! Mr Sleep is either dreaming or Roy had better pack his desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Ha they is UGLY....His wife told him "either they go or I go!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestonTom Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Claims it tops the Khorn? Well, in all fairness it is taller than the Klipschorn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 the pattern on the speaker reminds me of some sleezy cheap motel wall...... oh no hdf..... its 4 times the cost and weighs 4 pounds more per cubic foot...... HDF was made not as a better material but more or less made for better screw retention, preventing tear outs, ripouts etc....... besides he got hosed from the cabinet maker......... 2000 dollars ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Other than that - Doc - a speaker doesnt have to be ported to play low bass - although it would depend on the drivers and their sensitivity as to how low they can really go - I would expect 50 Hz or so should be eminently possible - assuming his 104 dB figure is bogus. Agreed - but the drivers he used do [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 At first Jay I thought they were drivers stuck in a cardboard enclosure but after further review I guess it is Formica covered MDF, and still uglier than sin[] A very amusing read I'll tell ya[:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me Loves Khorns Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 They do look like cardboard boxes at first! They look like the cheapo counter top in my first appartment.... Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 "Khorns are a dime a dozen on E-bay".....................Hell Man, I'll take 2 dozen then..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The thing is, the seller once owned Klipschorns himself and he also of course owns these. So, he's heard both, whereas no one commenting in this thread has heard the speakers that are for sale. I think we should give the seller the benefit of the doubt and believe him when he says these are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago_Pete Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The thing is, the seller once owned Klipschorns himself and he also of course owns these. So, he's heard both, whereas no one commenting in this thread has heard the speakers that are for sale. I think we should give the seller the benefit of the doubt and believe him when he says these are better. Makes sense to me. Do I like the looks? Not really. Do they outperform Khorns? No clue, never heard them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS Button Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Where is that BullShit button when you need it? Right here BS Button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revjac Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 If they sound better then it's better to him and not necessarily better to anyone else. But I'll give him the benefit but I doubt it - [:#] Did he mention what sort of box plot he used to get the interior dimensions - if he used one at all? And they're ugly. Damn. (I don't much care about "looks" but I had to throw that in for SWMBO. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 is that really a Klipsch logo under the K79- for shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 After careful review of the item in question, I have determined that he has some very awful carpet. In fact his carpet appears to be stained. Perhaps he has a very large dog that wizzed on those.....speakers....thereby leaving the tale-tale signs of urine soaked carpet stains. On a bright note, he did attempt to vacuum the carpet for the picture though. He really needs to move those gawd awful ugly speakers off the carpet if he expects to sell the carpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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