Vintage Klipsch Heresy E // Speakers / Complete Custom Restoration

This may be our favorite pair of Klipsch Heresy yet. With this restoration, we left absolutely no stone unturned. All 6 sides have been veneered in Paldao, with a beautiful satin finish. We reconed the woofers, custom-built Type E crossovers using Mundorf capacitors and internally dampened the cabinet. For the wiring, we chose braided 18-gauge silver over copper, terminating with solid copper Cardas binding posts. This is a speaker that you must not only hear, but see to fully appreciate.

* Stands sold separately

RESTORATIONS

• Veneered in Paldao
  
• Finished with water-based satin
• Reconed woofers
• Recapped with matched Mundorf capacitors
• Installed New Cardas solid copper binding posts
• Cabinet internally dampened with 3/4" felt
• Rewired internals with 18ga braided silver plated copper
• Critical listening tests
• Exterior detailed

SPECS

Type   3-way, acoustic suspension loudspeaker

Frequency Response   50-17,000Hz

Sensitivity   96dB @ 1 Watt

Impedance   8Ω nominal

Woofer   Crites CW1228

Midrange   Klipsch K-55-V mounted to K-700 horn

Tweeter   Klipsch K-77 tweeter

Network   Type E-700/6000Hz

Dimensions   21.5"H x 15.5"W x 13"D

Weight   55 lbs. ea.

LINER NOTES

The Klipsch Heresy was originally introduced in ’57 as a center channel speaker to go between two Klipschorns in larger rooms. When Paul Klipsch came up with the idea and the design, people told him he couldn’t do it, that it was acoustic heresy. “The hell I can’t,” he said, “and that’s exactly what I’m going to call it.” The resulting Heresy was a 3-way, acoustic suspension (sealed) design with a horn tweeter, horn midrange, and a 12” accordion surround woofer. The design has remained largely intact ever since.