klipsch speakers,be honest


here's the deal,i have khorns & cornwalls,i struggled with the sound from them for what seems like a life time,i took some very sound advice from fellow ag members & it really paid off,it seems as im listening to them for the 1st time,i cant believe how good the sound is,anybody else ever been suprised by how good a pair of klipsch can sound when they are set up properly.

even if you hate klipsch speakers i can take it just dont bash them without an explaination of why you hate them,
be honest,i wont get offended.
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Wolf weren't told as a child that everyone is special.Are Altec 7s the VOTT with those big multi cellular horns? I  wanted those years ago, but not now.  I could have put them or Klipschorns in my basement where my LaScalas were. Where my main system was.
Voice of many theaters, and I have no idea what Klipschorns sounded like then (or currently) as nobody I knew had them. The pro version of the Klipsch apparently had the tweeter, which could have helped the Altecs somewhat maybe...the A7s were very "woody" sounding with a 900hz or so crossover which meant that horn had a really wide range...not sure if ours had phase plugs, or at least I never noticed one when replacing the horn diaphragms. They were likely 1970 or 71ish versions.
I’ve heard several recent models recently and latest models are very good products overall and could make a lot of people happy including most likely me.

Have not heard any older models in recent years but the consensus seems to be those often need tweaks to compete with more modern designs, as is the case probably for many vintage speaker designs out there.

Klipsch has been around a long time so not reasonable to compare 50+ year old speakers to modern equivalents.
I have to comment. I have Klipsch Forte I with Crites x-overs and Ti tweeter diaphragms.  But the reoccurring theme on any forum discussing them seems to be "1. Modify, rebuilt or build your own cabinets from scratch, 2. Get newer, better drivers, 3. Dampen the horns, 4. Get newly designed crossovers and viola' they sound great and anyone who does not like how they sound don't know how to set them up properly.   

Well if you have to CHANGE them this much for them to be satisfactory, doesn't that suggest they aren't that great in stock form?   Heck any speaker can be great if you totally change them to your liking. 
As I have said many times on other threads, Klipsch, the Heritage line designed by PWK himself, were made with a price point, and, were made for tubes initially. When early ss came about, many folks were pairing the early Klipsch with monster ss amps, having 12, 16, 24 output transistors per channel, that did not compliment the speakers. Every speaker ever made, could have been improved, not just Klipsch. At their price point ( old and new ), the Heritage speakers are great for the money. Even the new ones, as wolf has mentioned, can be improved, even if the improvements results in less than 10 % ( btw, I was the peer pressure, but wolf was embarrassed to say so, as I am known to be crazy, with my tweaks, upgrades and modifications ). Look at any speaker out there. Better crossover components alone can be improved, all because of the price point in the initial design. If Klipsch are not the choice of the  ( horns in general ), it is ok. There are many choices, and many different sets of ears. Enjoy ! MrD.