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Klipsch and Electro Voice?

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What was the relationship between Klipsch and Electro Voice?

I know some of the old Electro Voice cabinet designs were licensed from Klipsch. I sometimes see old EV speakers with Klipsch drivers and/or crossovers. I've also seen some old Klipsch speakers with EV drivers, particularly tweeters.

Anyone know if there was any kind of formal partnership or alliance between the two? What do the Klipsch-o-maniacs here think of Electro Voice?
 
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I've owned LaScalas for 30 years... does that make me a Klipch-o-maniac? Does it STILL make me a Klipsch-o-maniac when I tell you that I've owned Electrovoice Interface D's for 31 years??!! :banana:

My understanding is EV was always a manufacturer of speakers and included with that, was the manufacture of the actual drivers.

Klipsch was more of a manufacturer of speaker boxes (horns) and bought most of their drivers although I know they might have tweeked the drivers or actually built some themselves.... they by & large, farmed that aspect of their business out.

I for one love my EV's. They don't hold a candle for punching you in the gut like my LaScalas do...then again... my LaScalas won't shake the foundation of the house like my EV's do (-3db point at 28hz @ 106 db's if I recall... and this was back in 1978!!!!)

I won't compare either of them to my Jubilees since the Jubilees are simply in a whole different league.
 
Maron Horonzakz said:
Yes but the JUBILEES do not go any lower than the standard Khorn,,,Both bottom out at 38hz.
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Perhaps numbers on paper say one thing but I can assure you that in my room, with my stuff (and all those requisite disclaimers), the Jubilee pretty much beat the snot out of the Khorns I had in the same room, with the same electronics and also, in the same corner.

Let me put it this way.... I do not miss for one second, the departure of my Khorns...and I longed to own a pair for almost 30 years prior to getting them. They were my Grail and after hearing the Jubilee, I (literally) sold the Khorns in an hour after posting my desire to sell them publically.

Interestingly, I still don't not intend to get rid of my LaScalas NOR I might add, my EV's. I do think there is a bit of sentimentality involved since I bought the EV's when I was 18 and the LaScalas at 19 and have schlepped them through thick & thin.

I also realize (referring to the EV's) that it is difficult without a subwoofer to have a speaker that sounds as nice as they do that still shakes the foundation like they can.

If only those darn surrounds wouldn't rot out every 10 years... :thumbsdn:
 
bystander said:
What was the relationship between Klipsch and Electro Voice?

I know some of the old Electro Voice cabinet designs were licensed from Klipsch. I sometimes see old EV speakers with Klipsch drivers and/or crossovers. I've also seen some old Klipsch speakers with EV drivers, particularly tweeters.

Anyone know if there was any kind of formal partnership or alliance between the two? What do the Klipsch-o-maniacs here think of Electro Voice?
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Not sure if there was any formal alliance between the two. As mentioned above, some Klipsch speakers used EV components, and in the case of at least the EV Regency corner enclosures (there were probably others too), they were licensed by Klipsch.
 
Coytee said:
Well then, if equaling the output of the Khorn was a design paramater for the Jubilee, I'd say the design paramater was successfully met!!

:D
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But that design was met in the early 50,s By JBL hartsfield,,,A Jubilee done right,,, and not that stupid cinema 402 horn and cheap Paudio driver that needs EQ ing to sound right...Come on Coytee it takes the TAD 4002 driver to make it sound right,,,with the TAD TH-4001 Stabilized Horn.
 
c'mon pops...ya know I luv ya but let's not turn this into yet another Jubilee pissing contest cause either one of us is going to change the others mind/perspective. :thmbsp:

His questions were about any relationships between EV & Klipsch.
 
Coytee said:
c'mon pops...ya know I luv ya but let's not turn this into yet another Jubilee pissing contest cause either one of us is going to change the others mind/perspective. :thmbsp:

His questions were about any relationships between EV & Klipsch.
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Yes BUT,,, It was you crowing that the K Jubilee is the best thing since the invention of sliced bread,,,Its not,,And you have been doing this on every forum you,v gone on,,, Whats Delgado paying you???? The Jubilee bass bin is a good design,,, But the top end is something to be desired... Even the old EV Partition and the old JBL Hartsfield out strip the Cinema Pro Jube.
 
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