Klipsch Palladium P-39F?

"Has anybody seen the picture of the P-17B bookshelf in the P Series? The finish on it looks just like the plain finish that they have been putting on their synergy series for a decade... 4k/pr for that? When you look at the other monitors that are at this price range I can't see how they could sell a single pair... I'd grab something from Salk Sound - have a great sounding speaker and a work of art for that price."

Check out this thread on the Klipsch website. The finish looks very nice:

http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/106978.aspx?PageIndex=1

Undertow, did you ever sell the DM3000's by B&W (vintage 85 to 87 or so)? I have a pair of these. I replaced the caps in the crossovers and cleaned them up. I can't believe the perfromance that I get from these.

No sorry I worked in high school so I was not even 10 years old in 85 or 87'! I am sure any speakers with some good crossovers will be pretty close to the performance of most today however.

I may have been a little harsh about the finish on those, but I still don't think it's quite up to snuff for their price point.

I recently saw/heard the Monitor Audio Platinum Series, which has a bookshelf in the same price range, and the finish on those puts the klipsch to shame.

http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/709/monitor-audio-releases-platinum-line

JML

Well Klipsch has prices on there site now..... The P-39F is $20,000!!! They are out of my price range now (15,000 max). I do not think they will sell well at that price.

http://www.klipsch.com/products/lists/floorstanding.aspx

The palladium is most definitely now a product designed simply to see how far they can push the hifi money spenders with their brand, its not a ground breaking speaker or design, as a matter of fact the only real advancment for klipsch personally(but already done by many others) is the cabinet design taking into account the shape and pushing it as far as possible to eliminate the basic acoustic issues with your run of the mill rectangle design.

They are now well over double what they should cost, at 15 k you figure street could get you a pair for 11,500 to 12,500. Used I would be shocked to see much more than 7500 bucks made back on them.. However in the U.S. you will likely see very few pairs used if any because nobody is going to pay that retail price or near it for these. Whatever, I mean they have the money to experiment and toy around with the industry to see what they can pull off and thats exactly why they decided to try this. And don't worry as with all klipsch product you will see these in 18 to 24 months getting blown out on dealers floors for very low street prices probably when they don't sell..