Klipsch Klipschorn 60th Anniversary

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Klipsch
• Model: Klipschorn 60th Anniversary
• Year of manufacture: 2006
• Made in: USA
• Color: two-tone, sycamore with black (high gloss)
• Dimensions: 794 x 1289 x 718 mm (W x H x D)
• Weight: 76 kg
• Original price: approx.

Technical Data

• Type: 3-way full-range horn loudspeaker
• Chassis (data for Klipschorn AK-5):
  • woofer: 1x cone (Ø 380 mm, K-33-E) on folded horn.
  • midrange driver: 1x compression driver (Ø 51 mm, K-55-X) on exponential horn
  • tweeter: 1x compression driver (Ø 25 mm, K-77-D) on exponential horn

power handling (nominal/music): 100/400 Watt

• Efficiency: 105 dB
• Frequency response: 33 Hz - 17,000 Hz
• Crossover: 450/4500 Hz
• Impedance: 8 Ohm

Special Features

• bi-wiring terminal panel
• engraved plaque with serial number on one side of the midrange/tweeter cabinet
• black anodized aluminium baseboard
• silver logo with diamond insert on the front of the bass horn
• van den Hul wiring with WBT connectors

Remarks

• special model for the 60th anniversary, limited to 200 pairs
  

horn loudspeaker for large listening distances, placement in the corners of the room

Other models of the same series:

• Klipschorn
• Klipschorn 50th Anniversary
• Klipschorn 60th Anniversary

Reports

• image hifi issue 6/2006

"... shows with all its sovereignty that behind the hard shell of explosive dynamics and weaponized bass lies a core of the highest musical understanding..."

• Audio Heft 7/2006
  • Overall rating: "outstanding" (high-end class; 94 points)
  • Price/Performance: good

"Dynamic and direct without limit, efficiency and low bass enormous. However, discolors."