Listened to the Linn speakers today before the Klipsch. They have to go or be fixed!
Undertow I should not have made it sound like I was disapointed with Duelund. It is more I was shocked how good the vintage (mid cap) was/is in comparison to all.
You have and others have said about this being to much money in fairly cheap speakers. I find used Khorns to be quite expensive. Here is a 40 year old set for $4k!
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1227224990&/Klipsch-Klipschorn-1968-oiled-
What do you get for that?? Even if one loved Klipsch sound these caps are 40 years old and I know for sure my 28 year old tweeter caps are shot and how long before the mid caps are gone if not? So for $4k you have to buy (in my mind) Duelund caps new wiring. So you are going to have $7k into a set of 40 year old speakers. That is not cheap in my mind. I see say Linn's Akurate 242 for less than $5k.
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1228163709&/Linn-Akurate-242-
at a couple of years old. Or as set of B&W or take your pick whatever company you want $7k used is quite a bit of money and for 40 year old speakers that is a lot!
Undertow I should not have made it sound like I was disapointed with Duelund. It is more I was shocked how good the vintage (mid cap) was/is in comparison to all.
You have and others have said about this being to much money in fairly cheap speakers. I find used Khorns to be quite expensive. Here is a 40 year old set for $4k!
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1227224990&/Klipsch-Klipschorn-1968-oiled-
What do you get for that?? Even if one loved Klipsch sound these caps are 40 years old and I know for sure my 28 year old tweeter caps are shot and how long before the mid caps are gone if not? So for $4k you have to buy (in my mind) Duelund caps new wiring. So you are going to have $7k into a set of 40 year old speakers. That is not cheap in my mind. I see say Linn's Akurate 242 for less than $5k.
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1228163709&/Linn-Akurate-242-
at a couple of years old. Or as set of B&W or take your pick whatever company you want $7k used is quite a bit of money and for 40 year old speakers that is a lot!