I don't have them in-hand yet, but would like to know if this is a good price?

What did they cost new? :scratch2:

Thanks,

Doug

Used ones tended to go for about $400 a pair, last time I looked. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. This post might be more appropriate to the "Dollars and Sense" forum, though?

This post might be more appropriate to the "Dollars and Sense" forum, though?

Yes, since it just about value and not a discussion of the speakers.

Fantastic price. Jump on them!!!!!

those have been there a while. suprised they lasted so long.

In a heartbeat that is a very good price provided they work and the cabs are not destroyed or abused. It does beg the question as to whether you like the sound sufficiently to open your wallet for that amount. It is a speaker that you either really like or really hate; does not seem to be a middle group.

Awsome speaker, great price. I think I paid about 800 new in about 84 or so.

Last time I was in the local Klipsch dealer's (last year, I think), new (as in brand new) ones were selling for $1000. FWIW (and that ain't much), I didn't care for the sound of them. - Mark

In a heartbeat that is a very good price provided they work and the cabs are not destroyed or abused. It does beg the question as to whether you like the sound sufficiently to open your wallet for that amount. It is a speaker that you either really like or really hate; does not seem to be a middle group.

Since this post was already bumped from the Klipsch forum to Dollars and Sense, I'll just ask the question here: Could you try and describe the "sound" of these speakers. I have lots of what I consider to be good jazz and classical speakers, but would like to find something that's more "rock and roll." :thmbsp:

Feedback is appreciated.

I think "lively" will give you a good idea. They are much happier, IMNSHO, with tubes than with most solid state equipment. They are efficient enough for low-powered single-ended amps (e.g., 2A3's or even 45's). The Klipsch "Heritage" speakers like 2A3's.

Based on my Cornwalls, a medium power push-pull Marantz or McIntosh amp may be as good as it gets with the direct-radiator "Heritage" Klipsch speakers. By and large, the Heresys are the same as Cornwalls for MR and HF drivers and horns.

I think "lively" will give you a good idea. They are much happier, IMNSHO, with tubes than with most solid state equipment. They are efficient enough for low-powered single-ended amps (e.g., 2A3's or even 45's). The Klipsch "Heritage" speakers like 2A3's.

Based on my Cornwalls, a medium power push-pull Marantz or McIntosh amp may be as good as it gets with the direct-radiator "Heritage" Klipsch speakers. By and large, the Heresys are the same as Cornwalls for MR and HF drivers and horns.

Thanks -- very useful description I can relate to very well. If they are still available I may grab them this weekend.

Just grabbed a pair with risers in that "neighborhood" last week. Great buy!! Surprised at how much better they sounded than the pair of originals I had in the recent past.

I have the Heresy II and they are forward overall, very detailed; to the point that for me it detracts from the overall integration or massing of instruments playng together. Bass is usually attacked as being deficient but it goes down well to 50hz but with the upper registers being so pronounced it seems that the bass is not there. Also, the bass has something many speakers are devoid of in the bass and that is detail. No 1 note thumper in the lower regions. I am used to sitting further back in a concert hall than the speakers represent so for me they represent a strange relationship. Not like my main speakers at all and hence not something I can listen to all day long without fatigue but so darned good on solo instruments and smaller ensembles such as jazz, I would not think of giving them up except to make room for a set of Cornwalls or LaScalas.

The bass could be tighter if the speakers are raised higher than the typical risers that come with the speakers.

The bass could be tighter if the speakers are raised higher than the typical risers that come with the speakers.

Isn't that opposite of the general convention?

Isn't that opposite of the general convention?

Yes, I would say most people (including myself) get much better bass out of them on the floor, back up against the wall or corner. I have mine on the 2" angled risers.