sooner8888
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I'm very interested in picking up some Klipsch speakers for my vintage setup, but am clueless of the brand beyond their renown efficiency, and over-generalized consensus on sound signature. I'm hoping for a sorta Klipsch 101 home crash course, or at least the Cliff Notes, especially regarding older models...something to educate me to help choose which models to begin searching for, and to audition. I have gleaned that a given model may have had an interesting evolution, with changes in their sound along the way. Also, room shape and size matter, and power sources and music styles can be important as well. What you know about other, more typical speaker designs might not transfer accurately to Klipsch. I want to understand and factor in the more important aspects of Klipsch speakers so to intelligently narrow my choices, and then jump into that rabbit hole to find the perfect match. I don't want to bother you kind people with relentless lines of questions, rather let the most pertinent questions filter to the top, and give other questions a chance to answer themselves.
FWIW, my setup waiting to welcome home the right addition to the family (this really is like adopting a pet or child, or child-pet) is a Thorens TD-166 MKII turntable, feeding a Pioneer SA-6500II integrated amp (conservative old school 30wpc), as well as input via a properly DAC'ed smartphone (FLAC or Spotify), and am excited to play with a Pioneer 707 reel to reel once it arrives from servicing. The room is an approximately 12' x 20' nicely finished basement with cork floors, of which the setup resides along a short wall (earth-side, as other three sides are barriers to outside or a storeroom), beaming into the greater length of the room.
Thanks much AK! You're awesome!
FWIW, my setup waiting to welcome home the right addition to the family (this really is like adopting a pet or child, or child-pet) is a Thorens TD-166 MKII turntable, feeding a Pioneer SA-6500II integrated amp (conservative old school 30wpc), as well as input via a properly DAC'ed smartphone (FLAC or Spotify), and am excited to play with a Pioneer 707 reel to reel once it arrives from servicing. The room is an approximately 12' x 20' nicely finished basement with cork floors, of which the setup resides along a short wall (earth-side, as other three sides are barriers to outside or a storeroom), beaming into the greater length of the room.
Thanks much AK! You're awesome!