Linda Clark-Borre
Vintage Klipschs Still Fill a Room
01/03/2012 20:08Sometimes older is better.
Behold my husband’s gift to me: a pair of 1973 vintage La Scalas. And boy do they fill a room, literally and otherwise. The field (the one with cows in it) outside this particular room provides a stark and interesting contrast to the concert hall quality sound.
Why is it that something so old still emits such lush, multi-layered and multi-tonal sounds? Only audiophiles speak the language of woofers, subwoofers, tweeters and relative size, so I really can’t say. I can say this: I never thought of music as being delicately layered, but now I can hear it. I can also say this: when I first test heard them, using one of my CD’s that Marc had brought with him to the store, I and other music lovers listened with this rapt expression: 8-O Strangers, united in rapture!
Yes, we looked just like that. 8-O ... Actual photo.
Even without the speakers, the piece of music we sampled is eternally beautiful. If you have time, take a listen. I don't know how I would live without such an accompaniment to the movie that is my life...or the stories that are ours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCLxso5XDN4
PS Fish, Slimey, and the Herd also seem to like the way they sound. (Get it, Herd...never mind.) Honestly have you ever seen such gigantic speakers??
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