Used Klipschorns, what to look for


Hello, I am planning on looking at a sequential pair for sale near me.  The rear looks a bit funny (the rubber looking strips.). Also, are the side grills upside down?

Anything else that you guys can point at to check out in person would be helpful.  I would likely only get these if it was a very good deal, as I'd plan on budgeting for some restoration. 

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

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Yeah, can't see them very well, but does look like the side grills are on upside down, and on the wrong side!

If they are structurally sound, strongly consider doing a complete Volti K-horn upgrade.  About $4500 last I looked, but will replace EVERY internal part.  You will have a COMPLETELY new, and WAY better speaker.  Exponentially better.  Very doable if you have a basic skillset.  Greg is a great guy and the upgrade work is very well explained on his site.  Wish I had upgraded mine years before I did.

Good luck.  -Jim

Thank you guys for the insight.  deep_333, can you not see the pics from the link?

jimintally, I'm getting a really clear view of things once I click on the photos.  I have looked into the Volti upgrades in the past, seems like a worthy thing to do. The weird rubber strips along the wood bracing look very strange to me.

Do you guys know what these are going for lately?   Id put these at a 5 out of 10 cosmetically, and you can see form the rear there is a good amount of dust, etc. Apparently they still sound great, and I'll be taking pics and checking them out in person tomorrow. 

While I am there, any things I should check out, red flags, etc?

 

Terrible site. 3 times brought up spam, no pictures. Finally saw pics on 4th try.  Speakers look quite “used”, do not look like they were well taken care of.  Verify everything twice before buying. 

If a pair is beat just get a new bass driver (not expensive) and use a Beyma driver/horn setup instead of the Klipsch stuff. Shinjitsu sells one, or just get some cool wood horns someplace. Mo bettah.

Something is very wrong with your link. The suggested Volti crossover certainly shouldn't be costing anywhere close to 4500!? No freaking way...

A simple sublime acoustics analog active crossover  for around $600 will beat any passive crossover upgrade for the old klipsch, breathe magic into it. These things are tailor made for active crossovers, which is why the main klipsch engineer is introducing active crossovers for most of the new heritage klipsch models.

My nephew is running active crossovers with his old klipsch, it is quite jawdropping, the difference from active vs passive.

You can search some other forums on how to brace the cabinet further, prep it better.

Good luck

Thank you guys for the insight. deep_333, can you not see the pics from the link?