Holy Klipschorn!

gmjungbluth
gmjungbluth Posts: 232
edited June 2014 in Vintage Speakers
Look what just followed me home.

Wow! These look to be in mint condition. If I'm reading the serial numbers right, they were manufactured in spring 2000.

I don't have them set up correctly (not up against corners) but even an initial demo using my little Lepai 2020 was great.

First, these things are amazingly efficient. I had the Lepai (maybe 7 watts a channel) cranked to 8 O'clock (starting from 6) on the dial and these were quite loud, even without corners to buttress the sound.

And they're clear. My acoustics weren't dialled in and I was losing a bit of the bass and horns but the immediacy and clarity of the upper ranges was very notable.

Very very cool!

Klipschorn.jpg
HT System:
Marantz NR-1403
Front: Klipsch CF-4
Rear: Paradigm Atom V3
Center: Boston Acoustic VR12
Sub: Bowers & Wilkins ASW600

2Ch:
Restored Fisher 500C
Yamaha P-500 Turntable

Living Room:
Harman Kardon 3380
Restored Polk Monitor 7B

Bedroom:
Harman Kardon VR-3750
Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble
Polk PSW10

In and out of rotation:
KLH Model 6,
Polk LSI7
NAD 7100
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  • johnda
    johnda Posts: 13
    edited June 2014
    Nice!
    Polk Monitor 4
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited June 2014
    Wow those are BEAUTIFUL....CONGRATS
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  • deafbykhorns
    deafbykhorns Posts: 150
    edited June 2014
    You know false corners can be built for these speakers!
    Once you get them dialed in and connected to a good tube amp, there's nothing like them.
    These have settled on my Khorns after buying several dozen amps since 1985
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?161265-My-SE-Scratch-built-mono-amps&p=2049411#post2049411
    Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
    Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2014
    From 2000 is pretty new and they are amazing speakers provided you have corners and large room.

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited June 2014
    i also know where a pair is.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • gmjungbluth
    gmjungbluth Posts: 232
    edited June 2014
    I'm listening to these tonight and the more I do, the better I like them. The response is immediate. What amazing reflexes these speakers have!

    I can definitely tell that my placement is hampering some frequency response but even then the bass is deep and vocals especially are entrancing - listening to some Elton John and Lorde and both are super!

    Too bad that I won't be able to keep them - despite my very patient wife, there literally is no place in my house that will accommodate them - no corners that work anywhere and no rooms that will take them anywhere else, unfortunately.

    I'll play with them where they are in the middle of my living room for a while but then they will have to move on. So if anyone knows of anybody in the DC area would like to give them a good home let me know - I'm going to advertise them on CL too.

    Maybe when I buy my next (bigger) house Karma will repay me with another pair!

    G
    HT System:
    Marantz NR-1403
    Front: Klipsch CF-4
    Rear: Paradigm Atom V3
    Center: Boston Acoustic VR12
    Sub: Bowers & Wilkins ASW600

    2Ch:
    Restored Fisher 500C
    Yamaha P-500 Turntable

    Living Room:
    Harman Kardon 3380
    Restored Polk Monitor 7B

    Bedroom:
    Harman Kardon VR-3750
    Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble
    Polk PSW10

    In and out of rotation:
    KLH Model 6,
    Polk LSI7
    NAD 7100
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