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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 5:47:50 GMT
If you have 13 min to spare, check this video out. Sadly I've never heard any version of the Klipsch Heresy. But I used to lust after the Heresy III some years back.
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Post by dsjr on Aug 24, 2019 8:15:45 GMT
They are what they are, small PA speakers - and look it too  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 16:20:41 GMT
They are what they are, small PA speakers - and look it too Did you watch the video? S. |
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Post by dsjr on Aug 24, 2019 17:24:04 GMT
I skimmed it - and I know them of old |
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 24, 2019 17:42:35 GMT
I really enjoyed his ramble in the same way I’d sit and watch a drunk look for an argument before falling off his bar stool and throwing up all over himself. Is he actually drunk? I reckon there’s a better than even chance. Here’s what I learned:
If you love Diana Krall singing ACapella the Heresies are great!
You might need to gag the musicians on other stuff though.
Some classical music goes up past 25khz (obviously not on CD lol)
50hz to 17khz = Sh#t
If you want to know the worst speaker company in the world....might be Klipsch....if your a drunk nutter
The final word is never the final word when you’re pissed!
Hilarious stuff. Klipsch should use it as a promo lol
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Post by dsjr on Aug 24, 2019 18:12:48 GMT
I just remembered how we all laughed when we heard the Heresy's - like a VERY LOUD transistor radio  later Klipsh babies with copper coloured cones were better balanced, but still totally uncouth up top as I remember. I have to say an early noughties issue of the Klipshorns placed seemingly too far apart in the long wall corners of a slightly rectangular room sounded absolutely wonderful - Quad 99 driven too! If they had a 'sound' at all, it was no worse than Quad 57's properly set up (ever so slightly nasal in comparison with normal speakers) and they 'did' string tone beautifully and unlike a very old pair of KH's I heard years ago driven by multi-valved Croft OTL's, they didn't annihilate modern multi-track rock at all. So deep respect where due, although the KH's are far too big for most UK rooms.. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 24, 2019 18:44:51 GMT
I just remembered how we all laughed when we heard the Heresy's - like a VERY LOUD transistor radio later Klipsh babies with copper coloured cones were better balanced, but still totally uncouth up top as I remember. I have to say an early noughties issue of the Klipshorns placed seemingly too far apart in the long wall corners of a slightly rectangular room sounded absolutely wonderful - Quad 99 driven too! If they had a 'sound' at all, it was no worse than Quad 57's properly set up (ever so slightly nasal in comparison with normal speakers) and they 'did' string tone beautifully and unlike a very old pair of KH's I heard years ago driven by multi-valved Croft OTL's, they didn't annihilate modern multi-track rock at all. So deep respect where due, although the KH's are far too big for most UK rooms.. I’ve never heard them, but I can’t see me getting on with any speaker that’s two feet tall. Image height is a deal breaker for me. I don’t fancy listening to a transistor radio either. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 18:58:13 GMT
TonyL over on PFM loves the Heresy's. He describes them as giant Linn Kans.
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Post by dsjr on Aug 25, 2019 11:53:05 GMT
Do you REALLY want that sound?
Easy really. For a given box size, you either have a very efficient speaker with little bass (unless the box is huge), or rather less efficiency but with some bass. The Heresy is the former designed when a powerful amp was valved and probably little more than 15WPC and still fitted with old fashioned rectangular horn shapes with no wave-guiding at all, as JBL for instance have done so very well. Today, they're a novelty and owned by retro-philes or forum members who account for a tiny percentage of the remaining audio buying public (there's still a few and these are mostly better heeled than to look at old relics like this box).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 12:11:33 GMT
Do you REALLY want that sound? Easy really. For a given box size, you either have a very efficient speaker with little bass (unless the box is huge), or rather less efficiency but with some bass. The Heresy is the former designed when a powerful amp was valved and probably little more than 15WPC and still fitted with old fashioned rectangular horn shapes with no wave-guiding at all, as JBL for instance have done so very well. Today, they're a novelty and owned by retro-philes or forum members who account for a tiny percentage of the remaining audio buying public (there's still a few and these are mostly better heeled than to look at old relics like this box). Nice post Dave. I like that.  |
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 25, 2019 13:12:34 GMT
The yoitubes ofbthem seem to be little more than a racket.
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later Klipsh babies with copper coloured cones were better balanced, but still totally uncouth up top as I remember. I have to say an early noughties issue of the Klipshorns placed seemingly too far apart in the long wall corners of a slightly rectangular room sounded absolutely wonderful - Quad 99 driven too! If they had a 'sound' at all, it was no worse than Quad 57's properly set up (ever so slightly nasal in comparison with normal speakers) and they 'did' string tone beautifully and unlike a very old pair of KH's I heard years ago driven by multi-valved Croft OTL's, they didn't annihilate modern multi-track rock at all. So deep respect where due, although the KH's are far too big for most UK rooms..