Klipsch love them or hate them.

I had a pair of Cornwalls in the 70's, then Chorus I's later matched with a Carver M4.0t Silver Seven transfer function amp & it was truly great to my ears. Moved on but still love em.....

IM A KLIPSCH NUT FOR SURE,UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IF YOU SAID ANYTHING BAD ABOUT KLIPSCH HERITAGE SPEAKERS I WOULD FLIP OUT,I OWN K-HORNS,CORNWALLS,HERESYS,KG4S & QUINTETS,I AM FINDING OUT THAT THE BETTER THE GEAR YOUR RUNNING THE WORSE THE KLIPSCH LINE IS,I STARTED OUT WITH HARMAN KARDON CITATION TUBES & THEY DID GREAT,I TRIED CARVER
& WHAT A MESS THAT WAS,CARVER IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE WORST FRAUD IN AUDIO,THEN I MOVED INTO MCINTOSH,AS I TRADED GEAR & MOVED UP IN QUALITY WITHIN THE MCINTOSH LINE I STARTED TO NOTICE ALL THE WEAKNESSES THAT ALL MY KLIPSCH GEAR HAVE,ITS AT THE POINT NOW THAT MY HERESYS HAVE BEEN STORED & THE CORNWALLS ARE SOUNDING MUDDY,THE K-HORNS ARE STILL HOLDING THEIR OWN & WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF MY SYSTEM BUT IM SURE AT THIS POINT THAT ALL OTHER KLIPSCH MUST GO,I GUESS WHAT IM SAYING IS IF YOU ARE INTO A BUDGET SYSTEM THEN KLIPSCH IS THE WAY TO GO BUT IF YOU INTEND TO MOVE UP INTO HIFI THEN TRYING TO MATCH TODAYS TECH WITH YESTERYEARS SPEAKERS YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR,IM TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF OVERHAULING MY CORNWALLS WITH CURRENT JBL DRIVERS THAT ARE FASTER & MORE RESPONSIVE TO MY HIGH POWER MAC AMPS BUT IF THAT DONT WORK THEN ITS TIME TO MOVE ON TO MAGGIES AS I THINK THAT THE COMBINATION OF THE KLIPSCH STRONG BOTTOM END & THE MAGGIES GLORIOUS MIDS & HIGH WOULD BE UNBEATABLE.

Maybe this thread is dead, but I wanted to update my system.

I still own my Chorus II's, but I recently switched to PS Audio Statement cables, Cardas XLR Balanced cables, and upgraded my AMP to the THETA Dreadnaught II 5X225.

I am biased, aren't we all? But DAMN! that AMP has made a mind blowing difference (My system and Theta review is posted).

It does well with Regina Carter, or Art Porter and Ronnie Earl, or at home with James Taylor Jackson Browne and Susan Vega. Or accoustic guitar greats like Don Ross, Leo Kotke, et al. It can play Creed, or Delerium....it doesn't matter they all sound amazing.

ALL the inner detail is there, voclas and background vocals POP....Klipsch are killer with cymbals,bass drum and sound effects.....the THETA, in my experience has helped me fall in love with my Klipsch again and my entire vast CD collection.....you hear what you are supposed to hear...there is NO LACK of BASS whatsoever...it pounds out...and this match can be sweet when necessary.

As I suggested, the what I paid for these speakers...nothing I have ever heard can match their ability to image and "dissapear" in a room. My speakers are nearly 14ft apart. Now maybe if the Theta can do this for my modestly priced Klipsch's, imagine what they good do for some highly regarded speakers such as Legacy 20/20's or equiv.....but right now...where I sit...moving out my Klipsch's is not an option.

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I started out with a pair of late 70's Heresys and moved up to same vintage cornwalls. Best rock and roll system i ever had was based on them cornwalls. being a youngun back then i had them shoved in the corners like their big brothers the k horns and there was no problem with bass (didn't worry much about bass control then just thump). Live sounded live. My current rig is much more audiophile acceptable and while i wouldn't trade my Dunlavys for the cornwalls at this stage in life the Dunlavys just can't get the dynamics the Klipsh produced. If i'd had tubes back then instead of the crown gear i was feeding them with i may still have the cornwalls.

I heard the same set of Choruses sound INCREDIBLE in one setup and lousy in another. I auditioned another pair in my home (worse!) It's the interaction with the room, amp, etc. that matters big-time! Tube amps especially sweet with the larger Klipsch. I had Fortes for years on tubes and it was fun.