Why is this design Dead? _(Z Reviews)_ Klipsch KG3.5

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[@nadtz]

Can't lie hearing black hole sun made me stop and find that song in my collection to listen to. Then I came back for the review.

[@ZReviews]

Sun Burnt Stench

[@yogiwp_]

oh yes did the same

[@reed]

just did the same

[@aceofspades6667]

hearing black hole sun just made me want to go listen to spoonman.

[@TheObsesedAnimeFreaks]

Deal Alert: Studio 530's are on sale on JBL's site... 50% off. That's a 600 dollar speaker for 300.

[@felixlaboy1453]

Wow thanks for the info.

[@DarossTheGreat]

I got mine for 250 when they were 65% off last year.

[@felixlaboy1453]

@@DarossTheGreat wow nice what amp your using them with.

[@TheObsesedAnimeFreaks]

@@DarossTheGreat the 10 inch matching sub is 65% off

[@tpotshax8703]

Thanks this was perfect for me.

[@logen85]

Bring them back! I have the slightly earlier KG4.2, which are 10" with a 10" passive radiator. Upgraded tweeters and crossovers, braced boxes, and I love them! Not neutral (treble city), not the most detailed ever, but so much fun! Especially for movies. Cristal clear dialogue and large, deep and enveloping sound and you will feel the bass. They also scale surprisingly well with equipment. Bring them back!

[@harrybaque5502]

Tekton Mini Lore $600 delivered, solved!

[@redstang5150]

Not a horn so not quite Z's point. Now, the tweeter array on his other speakers is supposedly like a horn, but the Lore only has one.

[@robertstolz2632]

I agree the Tekton lore line would be my choice

[@johnruschulte2593]

Two letters PA

[@JPel1973]

Yes, only speaker in the wheel house of the kg3.5…but not as bright and sensitive………I find the Tekton tweeter lacking behind the driver……..if your going to drop 6 to 7 hundred on the m lores, pony up and buy just the lores…..much better speaker……..as I’ve owned both……the regular Tekton lores are way more sensitive and have a way bigger soundstage….

[@jonuiuc]

Tekton Mini Lore is closest. $600, no horn though, but its got that high sensitivity live horn sound, just less. horniness.

[@duranamo4297]

We don't talk about Tekton...

[@rbmcmusic9235]

I love mine. Was about to comment the same thing

[@ericdaniel323]

@@duranamo4297 did I miss something? Why not?

[@duranamo4297]

@@ericdaniel323 in a previous review he indirectly called out tekton, saying that they tried to sue him for defamation. I think it was in the Adam T8v review. EDIT: Klipsch RF 7 III review skip to 37:30

[@ericdaniel323]

@@duranamo4297 wow. That's some BS.

[@christophernoto]

I have a pair of the KG3.2, in walnut, a model that was made from '92 to '94. They run a horn tweeter, an 8 inch woofer, and a 10 inch passive radiator. I picked them up for $200, right before lockdown in March 2020, and I love them dearly!

[@HarmonyHomeInspectionServices]

Great buy. I paid $350 for mine but they had been serviced with new crossovers. I put some Bob Crite titanium tweeters in them. Good upgrade.

[@JPel1973]

Great speaks, I had a pair myself……..but I did switch them back out for the kg3.5ks as I find passive radiators are sloppy with bass……but still a solid Klipsch speaker!

[@christophernoto]

@@JPel1973 I just added a Schiit Vidar 2 power amp to the system. The sound is so resolving, so detailed, that listening to McCoy Tyner’s Fly Like The Wind made me cry!

[@underwave9194]

Preach! I've been telling others for so long about the downfall of floor-standing speakers due to BOSE, thank you Zeos for confirming and further articulating my belief.

[@JPel1973]

Bose is a family product, not an audiophile product………anytime someone tells me their into audio and just bought the newest Bose product, I shrill!………same with Cambridge audio stuff……..

[@pegabo]

It’s so great to “finally” see a positive review on these vintage 3.5s ! I’m blessed to own a mint pair in black ash. I’m now inspired to pull them out of storage, plug them in my main listening room, and enjoy the beautiful horn sound experience all over again!! I love how you argue with yourself about the size difference between towers and bookshelves on stands lol

[@pegabo]

Agreed, my Totem Rainmakers and Triangle Borea BRO3 on 24 inch stands actually look much bigger than the KG’s when placed side by side. Lol

[@pegabo]

Chewbacca looks so lost in that huge house !!!

[@MODAC]

I agree. I have KG 3.5s and I enjoy them every time they’re hooked up.

[@Xxsemi14xX]

so can i borrow them when they're not hooked up? I'll buy em

[@MODAC]

@@Xxsemi14xX I'm planning to include them in a future video. My Own Devices channel.

[@kirkaparty4143]

yes, Tekton makes Lore Mini tower or monitor , 8" woofer. $600 pair. I had Klipsch RP600m, sold them after I listened to the mini lores monitors.

[@taylorhickman84]

that's what I was thinking, or the Zu dirty weekend.

[@JosephTongret]

^^^^THIS! My audio gear savings fund(real thing LOL) is working toward Tekton's right now! I haven't had a chance to listen to any, but I'm sold on either the Lore's when they are back in stock, or a larger model if I can be patient enough. Z definitely needs to get his hands on something from Eric and review it!

[@hififuture]

I own the dbl impact , amazing !!! Z never talks about tekton

[@JosephTongret]

@@hififuture I've noticed that too, and I can't help but wonder why he hasn't had any in for review. It's kind of surprising that he hasn't had at least some interest in them with all of their positive YT reviews.

[@thesupergamermario3701]

Zeos please review the Lores!!! Any freaking Lore!!

[@Crb43]

Ive played around with many different towers and bookshelves for my front surrounds. I picked up a mint pair of kg3.5s recently and i cant believe how great they sound. Warm, crystal clear and nice soundstage. Love them.

[@customs1003]

Nickels! Put nickels under your spikes for hard floors. 20 cents a speaker and they don't corrode like pennies or have scratchy edges like dimes and quarters.

[@Crokto]

the issue i have will all these little towers is that theyre so damn short, like i wanna put them on a speaker stand

[@daveycrockett5738]

Well if you’re sitting down on a couch then they’re perfect height maybe raise them off the floor a tiny bit like z did.

[@jonuiuc]

I like short speakers, they don't block my TV (I like low TV's too, hate looking up at them). like the heresy's and JBL L100s. anything shorter than like 34-35in. new KLH Model 5 remakes will be short even on stands. Tekton mini lores and lore references are shorter than 35". lintons on stands too tall.

[@czguy3045]

The ballpark similar Snell Type E speakers had optional stands. I didn't have the stands but I just aimed the baffle up a few degrees with spikes/screws.

[@Crokto]

@@daveycrockett5738 idk if they are. it depends on the person sure, but they usually end up being like 6 inches too low for me

[@jimda4910]

Tweeter at ear level. Getting your seating position have a friend measure your ear from the ground there's your Tweeter height. I have also been looking for a 4 or 5 inch speaker stand big enough for a tower. Good luck.

[@gymdom2587]

Z, you should do a mad science hour where you make your own towers out of the 8” miccas

[@jeffgass89]

I have a pair of Kg 4.5s and 5.5s. I’ve had them since they were brand new. Had a tweeter go out on one of the 5.5s. Replaced both of the tweeters and crossovers with Crites. They are paired with a Yamaha AS801. Love listening to them with Vinyl, CDs, and streaming sources. They sound just amazing today, as they did when I first got them in the 90s.

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

I’m just happy to see some klipsch speakers without that trendy copper cone. Yea it was cool for a year or two. But once half the world got obsessed with copper speakers they don’t do it for me anymore. Keep them black or some kind of carbon fiber, possibly even silver(rarely though) and the speakers just look much more laid back and sexy.

[@claydegoede]

I just picked up a set of kg 5.5's on a whim a couple of weeks ago. They replaced my studio 530's and holy shit what a difference. For being 25ish years old these things rip. If you see them out in the wild definitely snap them up.

[@mrboostification]

Yup, i own them too. amazing speakers especialy with movies. does 20hz in my living room

[@ewizzle2]

Yup grabbed a set of 5.2s for 200 best buy I've made

[@markrigg6623]

That's exactly what I think of bookshelf speakers on stands. They're a proper speaker with the proper bit taken away.

[@rodneypayne2976]

I actually bought a pair of these last weekend for $100.00 and love the sound these things put out. Thinking of putting them in my beach house to replace my klipsch heresy 2 which I love them too but I have to use a sub with those. Old school klipsch,can't beat em!!

[@colossusrageblack]

Completely agree with you on the bookshelf space argument.

[@Grooverski]

KG 5.5 were my very 1st speakers. Edit. I bought them new at Nobody Beats the Wiz in 96-7. Lol

[@HomeTheatre101]

Love my Klipsch RB-81ii’s! Huge believer in bigger drivers 🤘🏻

[@randalllawkin]

Tekton Lore review soon? Almost similar lol

[@aeipee13]

Tekton is what Z Reviews is all about. It's so strange they have not crossed paths.

[@user-vs9xz6xy3l]

Why little speakers? One of the reasons: ELAC Uni-Fi Bookshelf costs $500 per pair. The Uni-fi floorstanding is $1000.

[@jikenj]

I own both the UB5 and the UF5s the UF5s do a great job in the living room and the UB5s in the office / man cave you could find the UB5 and UF 5 on sale very often I got the UB5s for $350 a pair.

[@StariusPrime]

Maybe I’m the only one, but I do have fond memories of my Optimus speakers from Radio Shack in the 90s. Paired with a Pioneer receiver, they were my main speakers all through college.

[@gokartbob6478]

I got some STS 200 Bookshelf 10" they sound great, on Onkyo receiver from around 2000.

[@anthonycallahan4832]

I have my old radio shack Mach 2 reformed the woofers added subwoofers and more speakers- sounds great- have another pair of radio shack speakers to fix - a friend had Jbl speakers with 15 inch woofers and said my Mach 2 sounds just as nice

[@synthonaplinth5980]

I just snagged a used pair of these last week and to say they sound fantastic is an understatement. They bring old music to life, it is like you are hearing it for the first time.

[@LITSClassicGaming]

i love the 90's and i totally agree with you tech potential has improved, but choices got worse and worse from having fun, to being scared of not being "stylish" from being natural, to "us vs. them" what happen to us ?

[@akeelshah7904]

its true if you want something that suprises u because you're like wow that only cost that much kinda makes u think not alot xD

[@aceofspades6667]

I've heard the Zu Audio Dirty Weekend Mk 2 for $999 and it was great as was the Tekton Lore even if they aren't friendly to youtubers or criticism. I preferred the DWs over Lore but still bought Maggie LRS instead of either.

[@therealchickentender]

Respect that. I dug them all but kept my DWs. Just something about the way they present the soundstage that freaks me out sometimes. Wonderful speaks.

[@kyrobbins8696]

How are you liking the maggie's? I want to try them out but I hear rock and stuff with hard hitting kick drums doesn't sound very good on them. I am a klipsch guy personally but I want to try something new.

[@edithboozy1000]

Love that antique side table next to the couch. Increases the room's overall neck beard rating.

[@VintageVic93]

I’ve heard KG 5.5’s with the dual 10” inch woofers and the air movement was god tier!!!

[@gnasherdk4878]

They're juciy

[@matsnaslund5762]

Are they any good, found a pair for good money but never heard?

[@VintageVic93]

@@matsnaslund5762 they’re super fun. They fill the room with such a liveliness, and the chest thumping bass brought a smile to my face.

[@disienna]

I had KG5.5. Those were awesome! In fact my buddy still uses them every day and they still sound great.

[@HealhoeGaming]

i own 2 pairs of kg 5.5's. amazing speakers

[@loborojo777]

Your best friend Paul McGowan concurs with your floor space argument.

[@EdWilsonPhoto]

Funny, I still use a pair of these... can't imagine replacing them..

[@l.b.stringfellow2413]

YOU NAILED IT ! What’s the difference in a modest tower and a bookshelf on a stand. Other than PHYSICS. Can’t get the same big warm sound . See u got a new place. Nice !

[@MrHeHim]

Just picked these up with the center cannel for $25 at the thrift store! Cant wait to try them out

[@MrHeHim]

Tried them out, the center cannel for whatever reason didn't match the sound and conflicted making it sound noticeably worse so that's being sold. But! the two speakers by themselves sounded amazing and immediately replaced a pair of Infinity Entra Two I've had since 2003 for my living room and although bigger definitely worth the space. Now i keep reading about titanium tweeters and crossover upgrades making these speakers really fill in the center and clear up the top end for under $100. Right now I leave the speaker grill on because i found the tweeters fatiguing at ~8 feet away, although not at all when i had them in the garage testing them out at about 15 feet away. Could have also been the outside humidity dampening the sound. Will probably add mass or dynamat to the horn, people report good things. Funny enough, the Definitive ProCinema 60 center and surrounds complement the KG 3.5's to where it fills in the sound without conflicting with and overall makes everything sound better! Strange, but I'll take it! I have some Elac UB5 for when i want to enjoy music. Now i find myself enjoying the Klipsch and would love to upgrade them, starting with the crossover. I'm sure it uses electrolytic caps that are old and worn so I'll just order some inexpensive polycaps and see where that takes me. Last time I upgraded speakers where some of those early 90's Fisher speakers with the white woofer made of foam. Replaced the caps, wiring, and spray painted the woofer to add rigidity. They where far better after those upgrades. Might replace the caps on the Infinity speakers for fun.

[@JDMWAAAT]

Jamo S805 are as close as you can get, they have only a 5" driver though. So the low end extension is great. As someone who has owned S805 and currently owns KG 3.5, They share a lot of the same properties that you love. Really just lacking treble sparkle from the horn and low end extension.

[@BigElCat]

KG stands for Klipsch / Gillam. Gary Gillam was the chief designer / engineer of the KG series. I have the 4.2s; also an excellent speaker with a passive radiator instead of a ported cabinet.

[@piotrhermaniuk5998]

Talking DIY speaker... I cannot wait until you get yourself one of a GR Research Kit, and test it :) @edit... Do you think of "THE EIGHTS" ?? :D

[@bradloseke9725]

@@joanfrederick9176 which GR kits have you built?

[@piotrhermaniuk5998]

@@joanfrederick9176 I didn't have opportunity to try any of their kits, but I'd love to see Z's impressions :) Did you have any experience with them?

[@piotrhermaniuk5998]

@@joanfrederick9176 and which speakers did that friend of yours get? Most of GR Research designs are open baffle, which means they need quite a room behind them to really shine.

[@piotrhermaniuk5998]

@@joanfrederick9176 I kinda agree with you, that companies that do speakers are good at it, the only I'd add is that they work on a budget. So compering to the DIY solutions where you buy parts, and labour is yours, those already built solutions, in theory, got worse money to quality ratio. But again there is one way to find out :) Anyway I always appreciate good discussion in the internet, so thank you very much for you perspective ;) Take care, and shall we wait for Z to maybe at some point review these ;)

[@epi2045]

Having owned 3 pairs of Klipsch and also a pair of Zu Audio’s. Zu Audio’s exist because they are very revealing especially with tube amplification. They sound amazing.

[@therealchickentender]

He wants a "simple, smooth speaker that f*&king performs" ..... that's a Zu speaker.

[@l.b.stringfellow2413]

Check out the Crites CS1.5. Yes they are 12 woofer but front ported and use top tier drivers and crossover components. The real estate is minimal and will kick the shit out of those. Sonic signature is beautiful

[@pcorf]

A few years ago I built a pair of 2 way towers painted gloss red, 18m MDF with 2 braces inside, 6 inch Sony paper cone woofer with cloth surround from 1990's hifi system, Vifa tweeter and Dayton 3000hz crossover, about an inch thick of damping foam inside, front ported and after tuning them by ear (needed to shorten the ports for the bass to play balanced in the 50-150hz range) they sound great especially in small to medium sized rooms.

[@tee-jaythestereo-bargainph2120]

I have the kg 2.5s. Heavy bookshelf Dual 6.5 mtm horn my first video review bought mine in 97 they cost 499.00 back then ! I have the matching center channel also dual 4.5 with horn I tried to tell pep about them Zeos , Your right about the bose i been an audio enthuist for 33 years KG are solid ! tekton lore zeos !!! Is what your looking for !! No horn though

[@Brunnen_Gee]

Loved your little rant on Bose, I'd like to hear your take on the current trend of sound bars. Sound bars vs towers.

[@johnnixon2504]

Oh man the hat on top thing makes the WAF a zero score for me. My wife sees the B&W speakers with the stand alone tweeter and she says, “that’s a hard no go”. Had to get the B&W with the tweeter mounted inside the box.

[@__-vo7iq]

Zeos I think your looking for the tekton lore family of speakers. Simple box 1 tweeter and 1 big woofer. 1000 dollars or less depending on which version of the lore your looking at.

[@Nabalazs]

There's that home theater in a box you reviewed like three years ago. It had the Jamo S805, which is what you're looking for. A tall tower, with one woofer one tweeter. Thoooough it's only a five inch. But that's the closest I can suddenly remember of what you're looking for. I totally agree that bookshelf style speakers could totally just be slapped into an extended box, so that they become a tower.

[@redwingblackbird8306]

I have a set of KG 5.5, love them. What kind of blocks, are they sitting on?

[@joshshine2489]

Should try the kg5.5. Same series but with 2 10". I have yet to find the limit of them

[@AlexanderChapin]

I bought these used within the last year for $80 a pair. They had some ugly distortion when played loud and I assumed the cones were sagging so rotated the woofers 90º and now they sound clean! I was surprised and delighted to see that you reviewed them here in this video. Though I still am interested in those JBL Studio 570's or the similar JBL's in those series to replace my Klipsch as my main speakers. 🤔 AWESOME review, Zeos!! 😄 😺

[@dclowz586]

I have a pair of Boston 8" book shelves that were awesome but a tweeter broke on one. Now I use them for speaker stands for polk rti6's lol.

[@ericdodds6479]

Loved those speakers and regret selling them. I actually preferred those over the KG4.5's. I had a set of KG5.2 and though they has better highs, but some the the mid base on the 3.5 sounded more accurate to me.

[@Sonofholhorse]

They tiptoe into "Monkey Coffin" territory, but I think you need to finally bring the BIC America Eviction RTR-EV15 into your life. It's about as close to what you're talking about, while staying affordable AF.

[@lennart637]

In Europe you can get the Nubert nuBox 483 for 660€ a pair

[@jamesreese7111]

Love my Kg5.2's and my F30's. I know the F30's aren't anything special but they sound great for cheap speakers. The budget R28pf's and R800's are both dual 8". The Rp28's are about $600 a pair and the R800's are about $800 a pair on Amazon.

[@JR-ho5qm]

CerwinVega xls8 or SL28 would be similar. They are a bit dated, but new models to come this year!

[@c4monkey]

Now I want to download the sonic drowning, stick it in my Playlist and shuffle while wearing a heart rate monitor

[@jeremybentham7447]

8" and a tweeter seemed like a good idea in the 70's, but both drivers failed to overlap enough to produce convincing mids. However, 8" & a compression driver does fix the problem and Klipsh had a bunch of variation on the theme that produced an excellent budget speaker. It probably went away more beacause of cosmetics and marketing. Like acoustic lenses, 15/12" woofers and so many superior solutions to what is being offered now, it belongs to an era when companies were run by engineers and not bean counters, product quality was considered good marketing (because of reputation) and consumer satisfaction was king and queen. We need to send our MBA's back to school, they gutted western civilization for a quick buck. F' Them.

[@leo11877]

Crites sells Titanium diaphragms for these for ~$80. Crossover can be replaced with new parts, adding some bracing will take these to a whole new level.

[@bryantstewart9144]

I had a pair of light oak kg 5.5 by klipsch, and they were the best I ever owned hand's down

[@The-Spotlight-Kid]

Standmount speakers trouble me greatly, apart from taking superiour tower speaker space, they precariously sit there (blu-tak'd or not) on their stands, lurking like a pair of predatory praying mantises just waiting for somebody to trip over something & knock em down or a friend's dog or brat to run into the stands for a 9/11 scenario with double the chance of falling of smashing into the tv inbetween them

[@lukeselker5175]

I am an amateur speaker designer/builder. Do it all the time for my friends. I was actually considering making something very very similar to this Klipsch product. Mini tower with a seven or eight inch woofer crossed with a tweeter that has a decently low FS. If you can find an 8-in driver that plays high enough without significant distortion and cone breakup, this design is an absolute dream for a budget full range audio solution

[@shandogdad]

Also got a Klipsch 12 sub and sweetens that bottom nicely.

[@Soujistiks]

I would love to use these as full range rear channels.

[@blackopsdavid8601]

I just got these from my neighbor, happy to see you have a vid on these as ive been following for YEARS and here i am years later watching one of your vids again. Love y'all

[@LOH3NGR1N]

I have these 2 in my very small 5.2 home theater and the base on movies is so good paired with 2 rear subs. found them local for 75 that were nearly mint and one of the best finds replacing older bookshelf Klipsch that are used on a computer setup now.

[@jasonmapotts]

Cerwin-Vega Sl series the SL-8 single 8 and tweeter for 199.99

[@DarossTheGreat]

Zeos, You need to get the current R Line, either the R-820s or 620s, and compare to these, or maybe KLF series. My R-820s ROCK for 500 for the pair. Just saying...

[@RustOnTime]

The small woofer trend has really made the recepy for affordable, great speakers artificially complicated. I have some 20 year old sizeable bookshelves that belonged to a Pioneer S-A6800 system. Big front port, 8 inch woofer and 2.5 inch midrange/tweeter. Simple capacitor on the midrange/tweeter but to this day they sound much, much better than they should. Very smooth, airy and fulfilling roomfilling bass. To my surprise it's been very difficult to find better looking but similar speakers.

[@kendoglarson5419]

Zeos bugging out on 90's Klipsch tells me all I need to know.....I made the right decision back in "91" and I'm not over stating how enjoyable they are when I tell friends.

[@superdan3661]

Cerwin Vega XLS series looks like horn loaded soft dome tweeters. Or rather they call it "waveguide". Maybe is halfway a horn sound? And their SL series is has small 8" floor standing but with normal soft dome tweeter. The SL-8 costs $400/pair. Klipsch R-610F has one 6.5" and costs $578/pair. Klipsch R-620F has two 6.5" for $800/pair. I think that two 6.5" would sound better than one 8"

[@sullivan44]

I’m totally on board with the two way speaker with an 8” woofer. I have a pair of the JBL HLS810. I really like them.

[@GrandTrunkWestern85]

Yeah for sure I was just thinking the hls's. I've got the hls 615 towers highly overlooked speakers

[@dcp10200]

Last summer I ended up getting hold of a 90s Yamaha Natural Sound Integrated Amp and a set of Paradigm 7se MK IIIs for free off of a family friend, they weren't really using the system much any more and just looking for someone to take it so I jumped on it! I already had a set of matching 5se MK IIIs at home so I set them up in the B speaker bank of the amp and added a 90s Phillips CD Changer that was lying around. Gotta say I really love the sound of it, I could ditch one of the sets of speakers and put a sub in the B bank, but the 2 sets together really do complement each other and both have plenty of low end on their own, there's something to be said for these more modest setups with just a set of midsized towers and an amp

[@ethanj1158]

Emotiva T-Zero, $399 pair. 2 drivers 1 folded ribbon

[@matthuston1767]

My first dip was a pair of klipsch r28fs for like 800 and it came with a free klipsch 12” sub. Amazing. Sold them to up my desktop game and make the wife happy.

[@markwinechairman]

Great points...great request for speaker design...so agree with you!

[@kim_not_tim]

Mad science hour: Z installs mica 8” speakers into a box

[@vencer8387]

It may not be affordable, but I would recommend Tannoy speaker with a dual concentric driver

[@escudan04]

I don't know if you noticed it but there is a girl's voice at minute 19:28 whispering. 😮

[@ThriftShopReviews]

Tekton mini lore........ cheap and great. Yea go get them seriously. Btw I have the klipsch kg 3.2

[@SqueamishPuppet]

I don't think he'll ever review tekton because some reviewers that had anything negative to say about them were being sued for slander.

[@ethr95awd]

check out zu audio, not a horn but similar design - and how it is that zeos has not reviewed a speaker called the Dirty Weekend? it is a moral imperative

[@juliangst]

Yeah, he completely misses speakers and amps that those speaker reviewers rave about

[@beaverlandry]

Yup! Tekton Mini Lore. $600 now.

[@ZReviews]

@@juliangst I don't watch other reviewers

[@juliangst]

@@ZReviews aren‘t your patreons telling you about this stuff? I think many people would like to hear your opinion on those hyped products like zu dirty weekend, magnapan lrs or ls50 meta for example

[@slimatmim]

I had the JBL S38 Studio Series Bookshelf Loudspeakers and they sounded amazing. It had a 8” wolfer

[@robertdavis5714]

Agreed the 90's was a lost decade for Stereos, I don't even think I bought a single piece of equipment. 1970's was Stereo Wars, 1980's was the digital change, 1990's nothing new just the same old same old.

[@alexvinson7373]

8" is a good size for relatively low frequencies, i agree with you that an 8" makes sense. That's why I still own my 1987 KEF c-30's with an 8" 2-way as my rear speaker.

[@bedlamite42]

I bought a pair of KG 4.5 the last year they were made, the larger 10" version. They still sound good.

[@robertbenton2804]

Tekton Mini Lore will blow the Klipsch away. No horn but same size factor. You have to review those and AB them.

[@codycharles2169]

lol first, no they won’t even being 25 year old technology. Second that’s like saying a civic will blow away an accord. At least the 3.5 is only a couple hundred used and the tekton is 600 worth of gimmick and a gulp of crazy Alexander cult chin dribble.

[@ewizzle2]

Kg 5.2 or 5.5 will slay tekton lores

[@Justwantahover]

Triangle make 8" two way horn tweeter towers. Don't know how affordable.

[@KG-pt4gb]

Tekton Lore Reference. Done. No horns needed for high efficiency.

[@johnnixon2504]

My “baby” heresy speakers are sitting on top of a 12” klipsch r112sw sub. Now that is a speaker stand.

[@shandogdad]

I 😘 ve mine and found em for $110 for the pair at an antique mall. Just ordered titanium coils for the tweeters. I got a listening space similar to yours.

[@DJGeo02]

The towers I see made with a mid and tweet are higher end speakers. I have a pair of Usher Audio CP-6311 speakers I bought in 2003 that are still my favorites but they are heavy and take up some space from its stand. They have a silk dome tweet and 7" mid - Yes they can't fill a large room but it fills a medium room no problem and can dig deeper and have a nice warmth to it than a lot of the newer multi-speaker designs.

[@victorsr6708]

This man is a master of dropping the F word, he has the perfect annotation when he uses it! He gets a new follower properly using the word alone. I’m picking up a pair today for $70

[@JPel1973]

He sounds like roadkill garage’s David Freiburger!….lol…..he’s kinda amusing to listen too! Especially his use of the F word…..it’s like he perfectly times each expletive………but he’s right, the kg3.5 is a speaker to be reckoned with….i ordered the titanium tweets and crites gold crossovers….what a difference……

[@willcartwright]

Hi, great review. Made me buy a pair..... cant wait to pick them up. Whats your opinion of running them with a Denon AV amp? Thanks

[@raymondjohnson6496]

I live in apartment and a guy threw a pair of these speakers away in the garbage and I jump in the dumpster and got them out. I never plug them in yet but they they look good and like you said they got them spikes on the bottom.

[@SecureRepairAndSales]

I've been building my own cabinets , especially mini tower speakers.

[@ap6553]

One word why towers are not as popular, WAF

[@igor1069]

Until you said affordable I was going to say Zu Audio "dirty weekends"

[@caleblejeune4950]

I’m considering buying a pair of these but don’t know what receiver to pair it with. I’d like something I could hook up to a turntable but also Bluetooth for when friends come over

[@Highqman1974]

Zeos. Theyre called R-610Fs. On Klipsch website

[@WalterDavidRiffmon]

Thanks for this review! Right outside of a Circuit City, was a trailer. I went in and sat down and witnessed the same demo of those tiny Bose speakers. Everyone was stunned. haha....great marketing.. Small speakers are fueled by demand; A lot (not all) of women, wives,... hate seeing speakers so the smaller the better right? Men who love speakers will compromise and despite the illogic of bookshelves on stands being more acceptable, it's an easier sell. Speakers have gotten smaller and less efficient. The same thing took place in the world of optics with smaller and smaller refractor telescopes which require very expensive glass to make good views possible. So now no one manufactures the moderately, great performing low-tech long telescopes anymore. I just bought a set of mint, Like New, Klipsch KG 1.2 along with the companion KG SW passive sub ( similar to that passive Bose sub!) Yes, a bookshelf but they sound incredible! I love vintage Klipsch.

[@boskomatic1189]

SoundArtist SH8B 8 inch Horn Bookshelf Loudspeaker About $425 + shipping from China hifi. Couple of similar choices, maybe you should review them?