Ecoustics’ Eric Pye shares his adventures with the Klipsch KLF-30 speakers.

On March 15^th I had the opportunity to hear my second ever pair of Klipsch loudspeakers. In a great example of the virtual becoming reality, an Instagram friend Scott (@scotty_scotchdog, who I had never met in person) invited myself and fellow IG friend Kevin (@mistachen, who I also first met on Instagram and then a couple of times in person), to a Scotch tasting/audio testing party. 

Local audio store owner Kurt (@the_audio_room, who I’d met a few times at the store) provided the audio equipment in the form of Hegel and NAD DAC/amplifiers for a head-to-head shootout, with Scott’s Klipsch KLF-30 speakers providing the familiar (to him) sound output.

Scott had found me through my whisky Instagram account, and through that I’d discovered his KLF ownership. Pure #AudioPorn speakers. We had messaged back-and-forth quite a bit, with him asking for Scotch recommendations, and had plenty of discussions about audio components, speakers and music. I was glad to finally meet Scott, and see Kevin and Kurt again, but part of me was just there to finally hear the Klipsch KLF-30 speakers. 

I’d been curious about Klipsch, and particularly the popular, retro-styled “Heritage” Series (Heresy, Forte, Cornwall, La Scala and Klipschorn) since getting into vintage audio. The first and only Klipsch I had heard up to that point were the Quartets (1989-96), which I had owned for a little over a year. Though not officially Heritage speakers, they were a fit looks-wise; like a big Heresy with deeper bass (10” woofer and 12” rear passive, as opposed to the Heresy’s 12” woofer).

haps a set of 2^nd generation Fortes or Cornwalls are in my future. Probably Cornwalls… 

This article originally appeared at ecoustics.com and an intro has been published here with permission.

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