I loved them too ...
My soul weeps when I see them in my warehouse collecting dust.
My soul weeps when I see them in my warehouse collecting dust.
Klipsch Palladium P39F and Probably the Entire line Major issue!
I have a pair of P39F's and have had an issue for a while with one of the 9" woofers. The rubber surround that is connected to the aluminum cap on the cone was separating. Today I thought I would see if I could get the decorative cover off that hides the screws, it is over $100, so I didn't want to have to buy it to when I replaced the torn woofer. I managed to remove the cover and then I looked up at the rest of my woofers in the cabinet and to my surprise the other two woofers have the surround separating too.
I then took the cover off my other P39 and it's surrounds are starting to separate to.
Something really stinks, six woofers separating, Klipsch is this why you discontinued the Palladium's? Maybe anyone out there that has Palladium's should take a look at the rubber surrounds. Klipsch use the same technique on the entire line for the surrounds, not just the P39's but all of them.
Anybody know of a hidden recall or something? this isn't right, Klipsch this shouldn't be happening on a pair of $20,000 speakers!!!
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Rule #1 is never buy anything with rubber or foam surrounds no matter how nice it is right then. Pretty disappointing to hear this but not surprising. On the other hand cloth accordian surrounds from Klipsch I have never seen fail under normal use and that includes woofers up to 40+ years old. I have seen some damaged but not from being played. I have also seen a few blown up but that was under severe abuse which would have fried anything pushed that far past design limits. |
I noticed the same on my P37F last week bought them new in 2012, and already the rubber is broken on all 6 woofers. And Klipsch support suggest it is my fault: "Hi, Deterioration can depend on quite a few factors. The environment they are in, the receiver they are used with, the content played through the speakers, the level they were played at and the frequency of use can all play factors in this." I think this is the end of my Klipsch era aswell. |
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Ii realize this is an older post but today i discovered the cause of my p37f's distorting and it's detached surrounds on five of the six woofers. I find it strange that there have been no posts on this issue since September. It clearly IS an issue that affected entire line. I guess really not a lot of people own these. In any case i removed the woofers and took them in to a local speaker repair shop, which is sort of the same thing klipsch said to do when i contacted them as to whether or not they would fix them. They themselves do not (!?). They outsource repairs to a shop in Florida. In any case they definitely did not offer to cover the repairs in what is clearly a manufacturing defect. Oh well, i really like the speakers, just wish company as big as klipsch stood little more behind their top of a line product. Discontinued or not. |
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no need for me to cool off, just pointing out that if this is a problem with Palladium's, everyone out there that purchased any Palladium will be seeing this issue sooner or later. Also, it is not just that the rubber surround has simply separated, it is if there were some kind of chemical reaction that caused the surround to deteriate where it touches the aluminum cone cap.. Because of this, it is not a simple glue job but a replace or |
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I contacted them, they said maybe if my warranty was still valid, but they are out of warranty by a few years. I asked if they re-cone, didn't get an answer, asked if there was a core charge since the p39 is the only one with the 9" woofer and at some point they will not have any left if someone else needs replacements, waiting to see what they come back with. I asked how much for all 6 woofers, maybe I can get a discount since I am replacing all of them, waiting on that .... |