My Mindblowing New Speakers: KLIPSCHORNS! Legendary Klipsch Loudspeakers 

Hi Dillon, Long story, short version. I am 73 years old. When I was about 15 years old, my first taste of stereo was from an older apple orchardist I wanted a summer job from. When I went into his house, waiting for him to come in and talk to me about the summer job, I spotted something amazing. There on one side of the room sat a turntable (don't remember the brand) hooked up to a glowing tubed McIntosh MC240 Amp...then looking left and right was the holy grail of all speakers ( I learned this later): Two big Klipshorn speakers all wrapped in walnut. He comes in, sees me looking and drooling at his system...says "do you want to hear it?" "Sure do" I says...unbelievable sound came out of those big boxes! There is lots more of my stereo story, but you got lots of other mail to read. After lots of 60's and 70's this and that pieces of stereo gear. Here is what I now have: Speakers: Klipsch Forte ll's and KlH 17's. Amp is a 1964 Scott 299 recapped putting out about 20 watts per side. Preamp is a Dynaco Pat4. Turntables are: Pioneer PL 570 Direct Drive with a Shure V15, and just recently added a Fluance RT85 with the Ortofon 2m blue cartridge. Spinning lots of my old records adding a couple of jazz or instrumentals per week. (BTW, I still have my very first album I bought: "Herb Alpert's Lonely Bull" date I wrote on album cover: April 11, 1966) I love the gear, but love the music more.

Mac and Klipsch ......USA baby......Congratulations

Congratulations Dillon, you deserve everything your getting, hard work pays off.

I recall in one of Steve Guttenberg’s Audiophiliac episodes that a person chose a new home with it fitting properly with her Klipschorns as a priority. Beautiful speakers, and congratulations!

Your setup is fantastic and you have been blessed to earn this system from all your hard work. Congrats!

Hey Dillon, I too am running K-Horns down here in Charleston. My room is too small for them but they still sound fantastic. I completely restored them and am loving them with some tubes. You can tell vintage from their Serial No. I have ‘81s Enjoy!

Congratulations! A friend of mine, back in the Fall of 1971, owned a pair of K-Horns. The experience of listening to them was so magically impressive that I remember it like it was last week!

So happy for you man. You deserve the very best since you give the RU-vid/Instagram community so much.

Awesome that everything worked out to get the Horns. I am glad I have heard music through Horns because of a buddy in the military. Who was over the top and had to get four of them. I can only imagine how well that set up sounds. His gear was all medium high end Japanese stuff. Happy for you. Enjoy! I’ve always been a fan of Klipsch because Rock music and classical sound wonderful. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman

Hey Dillon, another great video man. Always have loved your stuff and just wanted to say thanks for your time and effort. I’ve gotten lots of enjoyment and knowledge from your videos. I’m glad you’re reaching new heights with your channel and wish you continued success 👍🏼 thanks for the needle drop. Some jaw dropping stuff

Hey Dillon, congratulations, love the excitement in your voice and how happy you, best of luck with the new system, enjoy

Love your whole Mac system! Had a pair of Klipsch Heresys in the '80's and in the mid '90's got a pair of Klipschorns piano black and in a huge room and sounded outrageous! Had them for a decade and moved so would be impractical so sold them and got a pair of Cornwalls and they are perfect for my system and room size! They still weigh 100 pounds each but K-Horns like yours are 180 pounds each! When you get them in a proper room the bass is thunderous since it travels though the walls and floor! BTW the year of my Cornwalls and your Klipschorns is the perfect years (early-mid '80's)since the speakers were much better made and to last! Sound better in those years too! Congratulations on the find!

Looks like an awesome system, Dillon - glad to see you enjoying it so much!

Thanks for this video, i bought some Klipsch Horns in 1989, mine are Walnut , on the front, The Bookmatched front has picture of a Tasmanian Devil on them, in wood, it is awesome, one day i turned them up to Concert level, and the sound pressure, broke my front window, LOL, I was in Heaven man, It was Great, Cousin Figel

This experience can teach some guys something. I hear this so often, "I am in for the records, not the system", when you have both, it starts cooking, just the records and a medium system will not do the job.

Thanks for sharing your excitement for these Klipsch speakers. What a great story of how it all came about, and cool to see you are loving them like you are.

Happy for you bro! Love Klipsch and Mcintosh. Enjoy!

beautiful speakers, Glad to finally see them. Enjoy!!!

Being arrogant and pretentious in the audiophile world is kind of taken for granted, but watching you talk so excited and humble about your new system and your experience with it and all the new stuff you're looking forward to learn is so refreshing, you definitely deserve that happiness, look forward to seeing more of your channel!

Wonderful! I’m so happy for you! Enjoy those beautiful K-horns.✨

Love seeing you smile Dillon!! Enjoy It🔊🔊

Congratulations man! So glad for you! This speakers looks incredible. Work of art! Enjoy your record collection 🙏😊

Very good for you!, always great to see great gear passed along from a music lover no longer with us and continued to be enjoyed! I hope someone someday will enjoy my equipment (or it's components) after I'm gone. As a former Klipschorn owner (14 years!), I can tell you, that I tried them in a small room 11x10x8' room and they were stifled and could not make good low end. Soon after I finished the dedicated listening space 24x18x8', they become a totally different animal, a MONSTER sound! Had them hooked up to Dynaco MK3 amps and PAS 2 pre, and it was an amazing presentation. Mine were built in 1967 and un-altered. I moved them along to a new owner who bought the complete system and still to this day, enjoys it immensely. I hope you get many years of enjoyment, and once you move them into a larger space, you will love the system even more so, just you wait! ((O:

When i listen to music on say earbuds or pc speakers it’s like walking by interesting houses. The better gear let’s me go inside the houses and explore. Also feels somewhat like the players are live in your room. Best of all is getting back some of that wonder, power and joy music gave me as a child.

Awesome to hear how excited and passionate you are about the new speakers! Congrats man! Looking forward to hearing reviews from the system.

Beautiful enthusiasm, won me over. Carry on brother!

Dude... I felt your excitment! Kornerhorns all the way!

Thanks for your narrative audio setup experience.

Dude! K-horns?! Love it! Congratulations, Dillon. Those are some fantastic speakers, which I’m sure you’re enjoying a lot.

wow - I'm truly jealous. awesome system. Congrats !!

God smiled on you my man. Seeing you so happy is a joy in itself. And WOW! Vintage Klipsch.

Kudos for you for not being pretentious about what you have and why you have it. You describe your set-up in terms we can all understand. Nothing overly technical. Enjoy.

Magnificent! My dream speaker.

Your joy and enthusiasm made me smile. Then I saw the rest of your system. I have an original version MC275 and Klipsch Heresys. As you said, its hard to evaluate off RU-vid but damn, listening to you makes me lust after Klipschorns or La Scalas. Thanks.

Very nice setup!!! Love and really enjoy your videos..you have an awesome collection..great story

Congratulations. I have a ma2275 integrated tube amp with 1974 Cornwalls. 10 watts is all it takes to get it quite loud. Guitar and vocals sound amazing. Bass is substantial. Enjoy!

Congratulations! My dream is to have a McIntosh 275 to go with my LaScala's I love hearing stories like this because it keeps me hopeful. Thanks for sharing, Enjoy!

Yup. I used to sell those back in the late 80s, early 90s. Also sold Polk and B&W. Sold Mac, Krell, Threshold, SOTA,. Nakamichi, and lots more. The Cornerhorns are one of the most dynamic speakers ever made. And they need so little power. We had a mono Cornerhorn from the 50s out on the floor and we used to hook up the little wires from a handheld 70s transistor radio, the wires that went to the little internal speaker, and wire it to the K-Horn and drive that giant speaker with a little transistor radio and it would blow people's minds. Klipsch are not my particular cup of tea, but for my money, your best piece of gear is that Mac MC 275. That is an amp that you will use for the rest of your life. If you change speakers or change your preamp, you will always want to have that amp as part of your system. Nice score.

Thanks for the nerd-out session. Super cool and definitely nice setup.

Awesome addition Dillion those Klispch Horns sounds great man so cool Congratulations Dillion you been running across some outstanding pieces gear and records I really enjoy watching your accomplishments thanks for sharing . Lovellandrew

Just watched this video..must say..u look happy like a kid on Christmas morning!

My brother-in-law tested his horn’s 50 years ago in his new rental home! We got to meet all his neighbors and local police. Sounded fantastic over a block away. Congratulations on a great heirloom!

Man, that's fantastic! I have been in love with my Heresys forever, but I can only imagine how those Horns sound like in person! Congratulations, well deserved! Rock and Roll! 🤘🤘

Insane setup man!! I imagine the sound is mind blowing.

Awesome! And agree on your definition of 'audiophile.'

Audiophile to me just means $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. I so inspire to be one, because the sound is impeccable and it fully engulfs you.

Man! I am really pleased for you 👍 I had a beaming smile all the way though the video .... Music is a fantastic thing 🙏🙏

BEAUTIFUL !!!!

So happy for you brother! I've collected music AND gear since the 70's so I know exactly how you feel!. Don't fall into the trap, as I did, of listening to your EQUIPMENT instead of the MUSIC. Those K-horns and Mac gear are "grails"🤩

Extremely glad you did it mate! And extremely glad you picked Romanian Rhapsody as the test LP for these beauties! That record can be cranked up to max and WILL make you cry 100%

Is glad to hear you talk

Super cool! I have a pair of Klipschorns too. They make me feel like being on a concert. Best speakers under 100'000 bucks IMHO. I bought them used, very cheap, and I later found out that they belonged to a friend of mine with whom I was on biketours 35 years agoand who died some year ago. If anyone can't afford the Klipschhorns I recommand the Klipsch Cornwalls. In terms of livefeeling, power, dynamics etc. they come close to the Klilpschorns...wish you lots of fun with your gear, Dillon.

Hey Dillon congrats man! I’ve been following your journey for a while and feel so happy you’ve been blessed to come this far. I’m definitely an audiophile and you got an Awesome system there my friend to get you closer to the music.

My dad had our living room laid out to fit his khorns. It was awesome growing up with them. I am running some fortes ii for now but looking forward to a bigger house so I can get a pair.

I have had 2 sets of Klipsch Heresy's and you cannot beat the horn sound, congrats dont forget. these speakers are sensitivity so you do not have to crank them for full potential, I have a 6 watt tube amp which pushes mine just fine

Your passion for music has landed you here to a system that actually would exceed my wildest dreams. Would love to hear it.

my friend had to store his klipsch system at my house for a few months..the best sound exsperience i ever had

Congratulations Dillon! Good things come to good people. I hope you share the emotional experience you had when you first heard theses speakers together with the whole system with the woman you bought these from; I bet it would bring her great joy to know they found the perfect home. Congrats again!

Good to see your joy for your new set up. Congratulations!

You started the music and I pictured Sgt. Joe Friday rolling up in the driveway to bust those wacky weed smoking hippies!

Congrats on that System find. Cool when things just come together like that. And very cool that the previous owner, I'm pretty sure he would be stoked to know his system is still together and with someone who appreciates it the way you do. Enjoy!

Great combo. Congrats.

Wow!! Enjoy!!

Happy for you Dillon !! Couldnt happen to a better guy !!

are you bi-amping the speakers where you have the receiver and the tube amp. tubes for the highs?

Killer System! The Mcintosh Ma6500 Integrated Pre-Main Amplifier however is not a "receiver", it's an Integrated Pre-Main Amplifier. A receiver typically means it has a radio tuning section. Great combo. As a long time vintage audio collector I know I would love it, but when you get those speakers farther apart & away from your turntable you will really hear the difference. Enjoy!

I am glad you have ended up with a nice system. I just started watching you videos and subscribed. You seem like one very cool down to earth guy. Well deserved. Enjoy

Cool stuff. I've been eyeballing the Klipschorns myself for a while.

Congrats dude. Beautiful set

Man. Dillon, your excitement you show is awesome. It's so ace to see a normal bloke being so awe inspired by a set up you never thought you'd own. We can all watch millionaires with their hifi on RU-vid, but that's not real. You are. Jealous BTW 😃

Hard times create good men. Congratulations Dillon.

This right here is 99% of why I personally love this hobby.

Nice video. I just started following you and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge here. You said something in this video about how everything just came together. Interesting how when you follow your passion(s) doors just start opening. Keep doing what you do and I’m sure even more doors will open for you.

This brought a smile to my face. It’s like one of those first time reaction videos. Yes, audiophiles can be pretentious. I’m glad I grew up in a time when people had stereo’s. I’m sorry that young people today don’t get to experience that. I shake my head when I watch some of these VC channels with people showing off their $125 records and the equipment they’re playing them on. Carts in front of the horse. You don’t have to go crazy but it takes a certain amount of bucks to get the most out of your records. I am a crazy person. I have 5 turntables and 15 phono cartridges You had a nice setup before. Glad you’re getting to experience the pleasures of the next level and what a really well matched stereo system can sound like. Tube amplification with horn speakers. Good luck on your audiophile journey.

You’ll never need to buy new speakers again. I run the K-horn up front and a set of Belle’s in the back with a Marantz 2325 pushing them all ! My music room is double insulated because I built this room for my music ! I can rock ! Every time I listen to them it like the first time !

Dylan, I'm very happy you finally got the chance to round up your already magnificent hifi system, with those marvellous Klipschorns. As I previously wrote in your hifi system introduction video, you needed to upgrade your system, so you did it in a great way. I'd love to own a couple of MC275s. But I gotta tell you a couple of things: your "receiver" is not a receiver, it is an integrated amplifier (preamp+power amp in the same chassis). A receiver is an integrated amplifier plus radio, so that's 3 components in the same box. I would recommend you to ask a professional whether you could "bi-cable" the Klipschorns. The MA6500 is 120 watt integrated (I believe it's solid state) and the MC275 is a 2x75 (bridgeable to mono, in which case you can get around 150 watts but only one channel, so you'd need another MC275 in mono) tube power amplifier. If you are powering the speakers with only the 275, you are not using the power amp section of the MA 6500, which is electric power gone to waste. But because I'm not a professional nor an engineer, you should ask a pro guy because of impedances and technical stuff that I don't master. Perhaps you could power the woofers with the MA650 (120 watts) and the tweeters with the 275 (75 watts), or maybe the other way around. Usually woofers need more power than tweeters, but because tube watts are different than solid state (transistor) watts, maybe those 75 tube watts per channel could be more compared to the 120 transistor watts. I insist you should ask someone who knows their business. Maybe this way you can take full advantage of the total power that both the integrated and the 275 can deliver to those speakers. If I remember well, you said on the other video that the previous owner had those 2 amps. I'm wondering why on Earth would he have an integrated and a power amp. The most logical thing would have been to have a pre-amp (such as the C22) and the MC275. By the way, those Klipsch are horn-based so they are a very sensitive pair of speakers, they are 105 dbs which is a lot (you could actually get a decent amount of power with lo-power tube amps such as Leben or Shindo). Now you can rediscover the "true" (or better) sound of all your records. Enjoy!!!

Paul W. Klipsch went to the same university I attended. We both got our EE degree from New Mexico State University. Our EE hall was named after him. Paul was passionate about exposing bullshit in the audio industry. He use to wander the halls of CES with a button of a bull crapping with a circle-slash over it... "No bullshit". The Klipschorn is a "folded horn" design and by placing in the corner you make your room into part of that folded horn! That's why its the only speaker that can actually reproduce a 20Hz organ fundamental at full volume. They're also probably the most efficient speakers ever made. They can reproduce the volume of a live orchestra with only a few watts of electrical power.

Huge Congrats on that SWEET System buddy!!! Very Very Cool you could keep the original owner’s set up together to now have you and your family appreciate and enjoy👍🏼

WOW THAT SOUNDS GOOD

Nothing worthwhile is without effort! Congrats! Awesome awesome awesome

Here is a definition of an audiophile that always made me smile. 'A music lover uses their equipment to listen to music. An audiophile uses music to listen to their equipment.'

This is so exciting, Dillon! It is great to see you SO passionate about hearing albums you've heard many times sound new again! Nobody deserves it more than you!!! I'm sure your wife will be telling you, "Turn that S&!T down!" a bunch from now on!

I've been following Devon Turnbull (OJAS) for about a year now and he regularly travels to Japan. He specializes in massive horn speaker systems and vintage Altec stuff. Over in Japan they are putting those beasts in regular-sized rooms and are happy as can be. It's kind of changed my opinion on the "canon" of room size and speakers.

Amazing setup. Congrats!

Klipsch, Macintosh and Basis....cannot go wrong with that system! Congratulations! All made in the USA, too!

Man what an upgrade you made damned lucky you !

Congrats on jumping to that next level of gear. I’m looking forward to future videos showcasing it.

Congratulations, those are fantastic speakers.

Like you mentioned, Herbie Hancock Headhunters is ALWAYS a good go-to for trying out sounds/equipment! Not on that next level or anything, but the SACD of that album sounds pretty damn amazing on a 5.1 setup too!

Dillon, thoroughly enjoy your videos

Man, you went into a 40K system just like that! Awesome! Good for you. Tons of props from California here.

Dillion super happy for you. My journey is the same waiting to get my final house then upgrade my system to what you have got. Wonderful system!!!

They're like having an orchestra in your house. It's hard to believe Klipsch got these patented in 1945.

Great pasioned sharing , thanks a lot

I mixed om a pair tonight with a beautiful marantz intergreated wow every hour they got deeper and more intelligent and more detailed I fell privileged tbh the hens teeth restaurant in Dublin last night of klipschorn speakers there building there own Toby hatchet sound system and I was lucky to play on the klipschorn on there last night.. Epic

I am very happy with my La Scalla speakers that I have had for 5 months now. congratulations!

In two opposite corners what size room will these speaker be ideal for ? Secondly how big of a room would it fill ? Could it handle a 40x40 room that was 10 to 12 feet high ? You look so excited my friend your smile is truly contagious first video I've ever watched of yours and subscribed blessings to you m8

Wow thats a stellar dream, hope to have a setup half as beautiful one day

Looks nice…..Thanks for your videos…..

A music enjoyer is not per se audiophile but someone that really listen to what the artist intended to do