Wayne Parham Messages: 18787 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
You've never heard of Klipsch? Really?
They're one of the oldest most well-known brands, sort of like Altec. I suppose maybe there is some disconnect between generations, so maybe that's the deal here too. No offense intended. But assuming you have one of their legacy models, what you have is a classic, sort of like an old classic car.
The only thing is, you said your friend's dad had these speakers built, but Klipsch never made kits. So from this I would assume either the original cabinets were damaged and your friend's dad had them rebuilt or he made a cloned speaker. In either case, I'm not sure how true to the original they would be. Not that I think this mades them either good or bad speakers, just that they're different. Sort of like the difference between having an original Model A Ford verses a kit car made to look like one.