Klipsch Heresy.....

[vanny1]

Klipsch Heresy III Heritage Series Floorstanding Speaker:
I have been looking into the Heresy speakers....
Is there anything that compares to them in sound and price?
and also compares to them but cheaper??

 

[dc270]

As far as I know it is the only new 3 way system that uses horns on the upper ranges with a 12" for the (anemic) lower range. Do consider getting a sub for these as the lower range fall off about 60hz........
DC

 

[Brian]

Really a subjective question. Just matters what sound you like. For that price you can get many vintage speakers that you may like better. A used set of Cornwalls and even LaScalas, big Bozaks, KLH Nines, a whole lot of JBLs, many of the totl ARs, etc.

Heresys are not a bad sounding speaker but my ADS L-300s can walk circles around my IIs in many ways in most medium sized rooms and smaller.

 

[Tom Brennan]

As far as I know it is the only new 3 way system that uses horns on the upper ranges with a 12" for the (anemic) lower range. Do consider getting a sub for these as the lower range fall off about 60hz........
DC

Bruce Edgar asked PWK why he didn't make a sub for the Heresy. PWK replied that was what Cornwalls were for.

 

[Tom Brennan]

Klipsch Heresy III Heritage Series Floorstanding Speaker:
I have been looking into the Heresy speakers....
Is there anything that compares to them in sound and price?
and also compares to them but cheaper??

I don't know of any speaker of the Heresy IIIs size and price that can match it in dynamics and output. I haven't heard the newer Heresys so can give no opinion on subjective sound. I thought older ones had excellent clarity but I didn't like their overall tonal balance and thought they had upper midrange glare and raspiness. But for all I know that might now be improved, the speaker has had many changes since the ones I owned.

Go listen.

Come to think of it Pi Speakers makes a 12" 2-way with a horn treble that probably matches the Heresy in dynamics and output. About the same price. Pi has a good reputation among horn enthusiasts and I've heard some excellent Pis though not the model I'm referring too. They're probably harder to audition than Heresys.

http://www.pispeakers.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/97

 

[shelly_d]

Actually, When I modded my son's no name bookshelves with a Dayton 8" woofer I got better bass then the Heresys. I think there are many better speakers out there.

Shelly_D

 

[john liddil]

I just purchased a set of Heresy I's. How do you go about connecting the speaker wires? Is it just to loosen the screws on the rear panel? I am not familiar with this type of connection and do not want to damage anything. I have epi and ascend bookshelf speakers currently and even though they are just two ways they both have nice sound. I will report on the Heresy's when I connect them to my amp.

 

[joebeadg]

heresies freakin rock, and being a bassist, I love my bass. They don't go done that low, but low enough, and whats there is a nice, tight bass sound. I listen mostly to classic rock. I added my velodyne hgs 15 sub to it, and was awsome.
But they do rock without it.

 

[Tom Brennan]

I just purchased a set of Heresy I's. How do you go about connecting the speaker wires? Is it just to loosen the screws on the rear panel? I am not familiar with this type of connection and do not want to damage anything. I have epi and ascend bookshelf speakers currently and even though they are just two ways they both have nice sound. I will report on the Heresy's when I connect them to my amp.

Loosen the screws, wrap the wires around them (+ to one screw and - to the other) and tighten them back up. That's it.

 

[markw300d]

I thought older ones had excellent clarity but I didn't like their overall tonal balance and thought they had upper midrange glare and raspiness. But for all I know that might now be improved, the speaker has had many changes since the ones I owned.

Among them...from the Klipsch website;

"Today, the new Heresy III has a more powerful woofer, a bi-wire network, and a titanium diaphragm tweeter with a larger magnet assembly. The midrange compression driver also features a new titanium diaphragm."

I know the mid Ti diaphragm is the one the Forte folks rave about. It's the same one that many are upgrading to I believe. They've changed the tweeter horn too since the early days.

 

[john liddil]

Loosen the screws, wrap the wires around them (+ to one screw and - to the other) and tighten them back up. That's it.

Thanks. The screws are very tight and I am afraid of stripping the head. A light spray of wd-40 to loosen them up should help. The gentleman I purchased them from had kept them oiled but has not played them for sometime evidently. If they play as good as they look watch out.

 

[john liddil]

These are incredible sounding speakers but they do have a mid-range tinny sound when connected to my Pioneer SA9800 amp. Switched to a Sansui au-9 and toned down the mid-range and I got a more mellow less harsh sound. To improve the bass I placed both speakers on Solid Ash coffee tables and that gave the bass much more presence. My room is 12x15 with 10 foot cielings and with a setting on the Sansui volume control at 15 clicks (out of 100) the speakers fill the room with beautiful music so much so that if I turn up the clicks I have to leave the room as it gets too loud.

 

[Brian]

You can reinforce the bass by puting them in corners, also.