I think Mr. P was referring the big box store shopping mall sold Klipsch speakers. Like I said Klipsch made the good the bad and the ugly.

Most people have never heard the K-Horn - what they heard were those $650 floorstanders with ear bleedingly bright or forward tweeters that were unmatched in sensitivity to their woofers. Compound that by connecting them to those early 14bit CD players and junky receivers and it was truly an abysmal mess.

As for still competing with 95% of stuff today - quite true and Klipsch thinks so too as they are now selling 4 of their best older models - but with new upgraded parts and very likely tightened them up to sound even better. I am quite excited to hear the new (or should I say old) Heritage series. The trouble with judging the old models is that they're old and worn down - hearing a fresh pair is rather intriguing.

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