Vintage Klipsch Heresy // Speakers / Custom Aural Restoration in Orange

The Klipsch Heresy needs no introduction, and we've done several really interesting pairs of them. For this set, we converted them to "decorator" style, by shaving the grille bezel, and sent them over to our friends at Farland Classic Cars for a few coats of orange and clear, for a show-stopping mirror finish. We recapped them with high-end audiophile grade capacitors, fitted up a pair of solid 5-way posts, and dropped in a brand new Crites woofer. Talk about stunning. Orange you glad we're not just another HiFi shop? 

RESTORATIONS

• Full 30-point service check
• Shaved driver board (decorator style)
• Painted by Farland Classic Cars ($1100)
• Installed Crites woofer
• Recapped with Mundorf Evo oil caps
• Installed custom 5-way binding post terminals
• Cleaned controls, switches, and chassis

SPECS

Type   3-way, acoustic suspension, bookshelf

Frequency Response   50-17,000Hz

Sound Pressure Level   96dB @ 1 Watt

Impedance   8Ω nominal

Woofer   Crites CW1228

Midrange   Klipsch K-55-V mounted to K-700 horn

Tweeter   Klipsch K-77 tweeter

Network   Type E-700/6000Hz

Dimensions   21.5"H x 15.5"W x 13"D

Weight   55 lbs. ea.

LINER NOTES

The Klipsch Heresy was originally introduced in ’57 as a center channel speaker to go between two Klipschorns in larger rooms. When Paul Klipsch came up with the idea and the design, people told him he couldn’t do it, that it was acoustic heresy. “The hell I can’t,” he said, “and that’s exactly what I’m going to call it.” The resulting Heresy was a 3-way, acoustic suspension (sealed) design with a horn tweeter, horn midrange, and a 12” accordion surround woofer. The design has remained largely intact ever since.