Buy Klipsch Klipschorn Three-Way Speaker System with Klipsch's Legendary Folded Horn Driver (Walnut, Single Speaker)Klipsch Klipschorn Three-Way Speaker System with Klipsch's Legendary Folded Horn Driver (Walnut, Single Speaker) Product Description:
- The Legendary Klipschorn is Klipsch's first ever product
- Legendary folded horn with a 15" woofer
- Compression Loaded Drivers
- 105dB at 2.83v/meter
- Made in the USA
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Three-Way Speaker System with Klipsch's Legendary Folded Horn Driver
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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
One of the best -- with good recordings
By Gary Camp
Whenever you move from one well designed speaker to another well designed speaker, you gain something and lose something, IMO.Klipschorns excel in dynamics, and certain kinds of "presence." In a large room, with a good SACD, Bluray disk, analog open reel tape, or with an especially good CD, DVD, or vinyl Lp, they produce an enormous sound that really does sound like a live orchestra. As J. Gordon Holt (the founder of Stereophile magazine) once said, "they trigger the musical Gestalt" for many listeners who are musicians. That triggering is far more important than the few individual variables we can measure. In terms of the conventional measurements Klipshorns have very low intermodulation distortion and very low harmonic distortion. Someexpensive speakers have flatter frequency response, but flatness of frequency response is less important than other variables we can hear, but haven't developed ways to measure, IMO.As to "power," with the most conservative ratings, it would take an 800 watt amplifier into a typical speaker (one rated at 90 dB at 2.83 volts at 1 meter) to equal the output from Khorns with an 120 watt amp........ with ratings based on the Khorn pushed all the way back in a room corner or an artificial corner (where they must be) a typical speaker would need over 3,000 watts to produce sound as loud as a Khorn with a 120 watt amp (these are figures I just happened to have -- in practice, you wouldn't want to put a steady signal of either 800 watts or 3,000 watts into a typical speaker, nor would you want to put a steady 120 watts into a Khorn).What Khorns can't do is cover up (mush over) a bad recording. Some other speakers obscure some details (like a singer's rattling necklace that I heard on Klipschorns but missed on all other speakers I tried), and may contribute some harmonically pleasant distortion that will make a bad recording sound "richer." Khorns (and many other horn loaded speakers) are not very "forgiving," and are quite revealing of both music and defects in a subjectively different way than other revealing speakers (such as electrostatics and ribbons).I once knew a musician who had one set of speakers (all paper cones) to listen to most recordings and FM radio with because they were "forgiving," and a set of horn loaded speakers to listen to recordings of his own acoustical guitar work, because the forgiving speakers could not reproduce the immediacy and "thereness," as he put it, of his guitar.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.King Klipsch
By Jay Jay Kay
I have owned the Klipschorns and Cornwall powered center speaker since 1965, powered them with Fisher 202B, Heathkit, and Denon AVR's, and have moved them several times into different houses and room sizes. Their performance is legendary and with the powered center speaker the room (25 x 12 long wall) comes alive with a wall of music. The crossovers have been updated as capacitors do not last for 45 years. They can handle bass levels at 98DB SPL that would stagger other speakers into oblivion, and this with 55 watts per channel amplifiers. I have increased the bass levels 6db with the equalizer and 10db with the bass control without any apparent distortion although my actual hearing response is 19HZ to 12.5KHZ. It is mandatory however to remove or secure any loose pictures, gegaws, and repair window frames/walls that cause extraneous noises at loud levels. I do use a sub with my system to cover the 20HZ to 40HZ spectrum as the K-horn will fall off slowly after 40 HZ down to 30HZ. The sub really isn't necessary however for 98% of the population. Reading the "Bell Labs" test review of these speakers in the 1960's with center channel is an awesome experience.JJK
20 of 24 people found the following review helpful.The mighty Khorn
By Ronald R. Carlton
It is not often something designed and manufactured over 60 years ago can stand the test of time. The Klipsch horn is one of them (others that come to mind are the Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, Porsche 911, etc.)The nice thing about the Khorn is it tucks neatly into the corners of your room. The speakers may be big, but they don't take away from the living space. They sound fabulous! They have some of the best imaging of any speakers I have ever heard (even the Jubilee)...the bands instruments and singer are easily located in the listening field. It is as if you are at the concert! In fact better since you can control the volume and program. I have run the Khorns with a cheap Denon AV receiver all the way up to a McIntosh tube amp. All sounded terrific.Another nice thing about the Khorn is that they can be updated. Say you have a pair manufactured in 1960...they can be brought up to 2009 specs by changing a couple of drivers and adding new crossovers. These are things someone can easily do if they are handy with a screwdriver. That is like taking a 1963 Porsche 911 and bringing it up to 2009 specs for far less than a new one! Name another product on the market that you can do that!
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