Hi Dillon, Long story, short version. I am 73 years old. When I was about 15 years old, my first taste of stereo was from an older apple orchardist I wanted a summer job from. When I went into his house, waiting for him to come in and talk to me about the summer job, I spotted something amazing. There on one side of the room sat a turntable (don't remember the brand) hooked up to a glowing tubed McIntosh MC240 Amp...then looking left and right was the holy grail of all speakers ( I learned this later): Two big Klipshorn speakers all wrapped in walnut. He comes in, sees me looking and drooling at his system...says "do you want to hear it?" "Sure do" I says...unbelievable sound came out of those big boxes! There is lots more of my stereo story, but you got lots of other mail to read. After lots of 60's and 70's this and that pieces of stereo gear. Here is what I now have: Speakers: Klipsch Forte ll's and KlH 17's. Amp is a 1964 Scott 299 recapped putting out about 20 watts per side. Preamp is a Dynaco Pat4. Turntables are: Pioneer PL 570 Direct Drive with a Shure V15, and just recently added a Fluance RT85 with the Ortofon 2m blue cartridge. Spinning lots of my old records adding a couple of jazz or instrumentals per week. (BTW, I still have my very first album I bought: "Herb Alpert's Lonely Bull" date I wrote on album cover: April 11, 1966) I love the gear, but love the music more.

Congratulations Dillon, you deserve everything your getting, hard work pays off.

Being arrogant and pretentious in the audiophile world is kind of taken for granted, but watching you talk so excited and humble about your new system and your experience with it and all the new stuff you're looking forward to learn is so refreshing, you definitely deserve that happiness, look forward to seeing more of your channel!

Your setup is fantastic and you have been blessed to earn this system from all your hard work. Congrats!

I recall in one of Steve Guttenberg’s Audiophiliac episodes that a person chose a new home with it fitting properly with her Klipschorns as a priority. Beautiful speakers, and congratulations!

Hey Dillon, I too am running K-Horns down here in Charleston. My room is too small for them but they still sound fantastic. I completely restored them and am loving them with some tubes. You can tell vintage from their Serial No. I have ‘81s Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing your excitement for these Klipsch speakers. What a great story of how it all came about, and cool to see you are loving them like you are.

So happy for you man. You deserve the very best since you give the KZfaq/Instagram community so much.

Congratulations! A friend of mine, back in the Fall of 1971, owned a pair of K-Horns. The experience of listening to them was so magically impressive that I remember it like it was last week!

Hey Dillon, another great video man. Always have loved your stuff and just wanted to say thanks for your time and effort. I’ve gotten lots of enjoyment and knowledge from your videos. I’m glad you’re reaching new heights with your channel and wish you continued success 👍🏼 thanks for the needle drop. Some jaw dropping stuff

Hey Dillon congrats man! I’ve been following your journey for a while and feel so happy you’ve been blessed to come this far. I’m definitely an audiophile and you got an Awesome system there my friend to get you closer to the music.

Congratulations man! So glad for you! This speakers looks incredible. Work of art! Enjoy your record collection 🙏😊

Hey Dillon, congratulations, love the excitement in your voice and how happy you, best of luck with the new system, enjoy

Awesome to hear how excited and passionate you are about the new speakers! Congrats man! Looking forward to hearing reviews from the system.

Looks like an awesome system, Dillon - glad to see you enjoying it so much!

Very good for you!, always great to see great gear passed along from a music lover no longer with us and continued to be enjoyed! I hope someone someday will enjoy my equipment (or it's components) after I'm gone. As a former Klipschorn owner (14 years!), I can tell you, that I tried them in a small room 11x10x8' room and they were stifled and could not make good low end. Soon after I finished the dedicated listening space 24x18x8', they become a totally different animal, a MONSTER sound! Had them hooked up to Dynaco MK3 amps and PAS 2 pre, and it was an amazing presentation. Mine were built in 1967 and un-altered. I moved them along to a new owner who bought the complete system and still to this day, enjoys it immensely. I hope you get many years of enjoyment, and once you move them into a larger space, you will love the system even more so, just you wait! ((O:

Awesome that everything worked out to get the Horns. I am glad I have heard music through Horns because of a buddy in the military. Who was over the top and had to get four of them. I can only imagine how well that set up sounds. His gear was all medium high end Japanese stuff. Happy for you. Enjoy! I’ve always been a fan of Klipsch because Rock music and classical sound wonderful. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman

Awesome addition Dillion those Klispch Horns sounds great man so cool Congratulations Dillion you been running across some outstanding pieces gear and records I really enjoy watching your accomplishments thanks for sharing . Lovellandrew

Congratulations Dillon! Good things come to good people. I hope you share the emotional experience you had when you first heard theses speakers together with the whole system with the woman you bought these from; I bet it would bring her great joy to know they found the perfect home. Congrats again!

Love your whole Mac system! Had a pair of Klipsch Heresys in the '80's and in the mid '90's got a pair of Klipschorns piano black and in a huge room and sounded outrageous! Had them for a decade and moved so would be impractical so sold them and got a pair of Cornwalls and they are perfect for my system and room size! They still weigh 100 pounds each but K-Horns like yours are 180 pounds each! When you get them in a proper room the bass is thunderous since it travels though the walls and floor! BTW the year of my Cornwalls and your Klipschorns is the perfect years (early-mid '80's)since the speakers were much better made and to last! Sound better in those years too! Congratulations on the find!

Congrats on that System find. Cool when things just come together like that. And very cool that the previous owner, I'm pretty sure he would be stoked to know his system is still together and with someone who appreciates it the way you do. Enjoy!

Thanks for this video, i bought some Klipsch Horns in 1989, mine are Walnut , on the front, The Bookmatched front has picture of a Tasmanian Devil on them, in wood, it is awesome, one day i turned them up to Concert level, and the sound pressure, broke my front window, LOL, I was in Heaven man, It was Great, Cousin Figel

Your joy and enthusiasm made me smile. Then I saw the rest of your system. I have an original version MC275 and Klipsch Heresys. As you said, its hard to evaluate off KZfaq but damn, listening to you makes me lust after Klipschorns or La Scalas. Thanks.

Man! I am really pleased for you 👍 I had a beaming smile all the way though the video .... Music is a fantastic thing 🙏🙏

This experience can teach some guys something. I hear this so often, "I am in for the records, not the system", when you have both, it starts cooking, just the records and a medium system will not do the job.

Nice video. I just started following you and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge here. You said something in this video about how everything just came together. Interesting how when you follow your passion(s) doors just start opening. Keep doing what you do and I’m sure even more doors will open for you.

Congratulations. I have a ma2275 integrated tube amp with 1974 Cornwalls. 10 watts is all it takes to get it quite loud. Guitar and vocals sound amazing. Bass is substantial. Enjoy!

Very nice setup!!! Love and really enjoy your videos..you have an awesome collection..great story

Congrats on jumping to that next level of gear. I’m looking forward to future videos showcasing it.

Insane setup man!! I imagine the sound is mind blowing.

Wonderful! I’m so happy for you! Enjoy those beautiful K-horns.✨

Thanks for the nerd-out session. Super cool and definitely nice setup.

Man, that's fantastic! I have been in love with my Heresys forever, but I can only imagine how those Horns sound like in person! Congratulations, well deserved! Rock and Roll! 🤘🤘

Dude! K-horns?! Love it! Congratulations, Dillon. Those are some fantastic speakers, which I’m sure you’re enjoying a lot.

Kudos for you for not being pretentious about what you have and why you have it. You describe your set-up in terms we can all understand. Nothing overly technical. Enjoy.

Good to see your joy for your new set up. Congratulations!

Mac and Klipsch ......USA baby......Congratulations

Huge Congrats on that SWEET System buddy!!! Very Very Cool you could keep the original owner’s set up together to now have you and your family appreciate and enjoy👍🏼

I am glad you have ended up with a nice system. I just started watching you videos and subscribed. You seem like one very cool down to earth guy. Well deserved. Enjoy

Happy for you Dillon !! Couldnt happen to a better guy !!

Congratulations! My dream is to have a McIntosh 275 to go with my LaScala's I love hearing stories like this because it keeps me hopeful. Thanks for sharing, Enjoy!

Beautiful enthusiasm, won me over. Carry on brother!

beautiful speakers, Glad to finally see them. Enjoy!!!

Love seeing you smile Dillon!! Enjoy It🔊🔊

Extremely glad you did it mate! And extremely glad you picked Romanian Rhapsody as the test LP for these beauties! That record can be cranked up to max and WILL make you cry 100%

When i listen to music on say earbuds or pc speakers it’s like walking by interesting houses. The better gear let’s me go inside the houses and explore. Also feels somewhat like the players are live in your room. Best of all is getting back some of that wonder, power and joy music gave me as a child.

Dylan, I'm very happy you finally got the chance to round up your already magnificent hifi system, with those marvellous Klipschorns. As I previously wrote in your hifi system introduction video, you needed to upgrade your system, so you did it in a great way. I'd love to own a couple of MC275s. But I gotta tell you a couple of things: your "receiver" is not a receiver, it is an integrated amplifier (preamp+power amp in the same chassis). A receiver is an integrated amplifier plus radio, so that's 3 components in the same box. I would recommend you to ask a professional whether you could "bi-cable" the Klipschorns. The MA6500 is 120 watt integrated (I believe it's solid state) and the MC275 is a 2x75 (bridgeable to mono, in which case you can get around 150 watts but only one channel, so you'd need another MC275 in mono) tube power amplifier. If you are powering the speakers with only the 275, you are not using the power amp section of the MA 6500, which is electric power gone to waste. But because I'm not a professional nor an engineer, you should ask a pro guy because of impedances and technical stuff that I don't master. Perhaps you could power the woofers with the MA650 (120 watts) and the tweeters with the 275 (75 watts), or maybe the other way around. Usually woofers need more power than tweeters, but because tube watts are different than solid state (transistor) watts, maybe those 75 tube watts per channel could be more compared to the 120 transistor watts. I insist you should ask someone who knows their business. Maybe this way you can take full advantage of the total power that both the integrated and the 275 can deliver to those speakers. If I remember well, you said on the other video that the previous owner had those 2 amps. I'm wondering why on Earth would he have an integrated and a power amp. The most logical thing would have been to have a pre-amp (such as the C22) and the MC275. By the way, those Klipsch are horn-based so they are a very sensitive pair of speakers, they are 105 dbs which is a lot (you could actually get a decent amount of power with lo-power tube amps such as Leben or Shindo). Now you can rediscover the "true" (or better) sound of all your records. Enjoy!!!

This brought a smile to my face. It’s like one of those first time reaction videos. Yes, audiophiles can be pretentious. I’m glad I grew up in a time when people had stereo’s. I’m sorry that young people today don’t get to experience that. I shake my head when I watch some of these VC channels with people showing off their $125 records and the equipment they’re playing them on. Carts in front of the horse. You don’t have to go crazy but it takes a certain amount of bucks to get the most out of your records. I am a crazy person. I have 5 turntables and 15 phono cartridges You had a nice setup before. Glad you’re getting to experience the pleasures of the next level and what a really well matched stereo system can sound like. Tube amplification with horn speakers. Good luck on your audiophile journey.

Very nice setup Dillon. Been getting into vinyls more as of late and really enjoy your videos. My dad has a set of Lowther horns like your Klipsch Horns. HEAVY as heck - like 16# magnets in each. I remember driving them off my walkman tape and it shook the windows. Incredible. His setup is with a Thornes TD 124 turntable with w Shure diamond elliptical needle into a vintage Marantz receiver. 😃

Thanks for your narrative audio setup experience.

Happy for you bro! Love Klipsch and Mcintosh. Enjoy!

Audiophile to me just means $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. I so inspire to be one, because the sound is impeccable and it fully engulfs you.

congratulations! man alive, this is the lugzury! i'm considering the cornwall myself. klipsch has that live sound that they do best. give a listen to the yes track "beyond and before" off the first album. i'm sure you're getting many recommendations, but there's my one. not even my fave song, but just know the sound of that recording is really going to come through on these big guys. enjoy!

wow - I'm truly jealous. awesome system. Congrats !!

This is so exciting, Dillon! It is great to see you SO passionate about hearing albums you've heard many times sound new again! Nobody deserves it more than you!!! I'm sure your wife will be telling you, "Turn that S&!T down!" a bunch from now on!

Dillion super happy for you. My journey is the same waiting to get my final house then upgrade my system to what you have got. Wonderful system!!!

So happy for you brother! I've collected music AND gear since the 70's so I know exactly how you feel!. Don't fall into the trap, as I did, of listening to your EQUIPMENT instead of the MUSIC. Those K-horns and Mac gear are "grails"🤩

Super cool! I have a pair of Klipschorns too. They make me feel like being on a concert. Best speakers under 100'000 bucks IMHO. I bought them used, very cheap, and I later found out that they belonged to a friend of mine with whom I was on biketours 35 years agoand who died some year ago. If anyone can't afford the Klipschhorns I recommand the Klipsch Cornwalls. In terms of livefeeling, power, dynamics etc. they come close to the Klilpschorns...wish you lots of fun with your gear, Dillon.

my friend had to store his klipsch system at my house for a few months..the best sound exsperience i ever had

God smiled on you my man. Seeing you so happy is a joy in itself. And WOW! Vintage Klipsch.

congrats on your new system.i have a friend who has a tube Klipsch horn setup and it sounds incredible.he has the 3 speaker setup the paul klipsch originally envisioned by in the day.very strong and powerful :)

Cool stuff. I've been eyeballing the Klipschorns myself for a while.

Wow, great speakers. I use only Klipsh for the last 20 years. Currently I have the forte 3. Your set up is pretty close to mine, I have a 275 amplifier and C2600 pre amp, all tubes. Sounds fantastic, sure you will have great time.

Amazing setup. Congrats!

Great video man!

Great system Dillon! You found a room and a way to make it work. I would suggest trying the system on the side wall beside you instead of between the speakers. I'm quite sure you will be glad you did! Cheers brother!

Your passion for music has landed you here to a system that actually would exceed my wildest dreams. Would love to hear it.

Great combo. Congrats.

congrats on ur upgrades! with those khorns u def wanna get all that that turntable on an isolation stand.

I just put together a new system for my living room. Im so excited for it. Im still trying to dial it in and I need some speaker stands, but its an upgrad from my previous.

Just watched this video..must say..u look happy like a kid on Christmas morning!

Wow thats a stellar dream, hope to have a setup half as beautiful one day

Congratulations, those are fantastic speakers.

Congrats again on your acquisitions. Tubes and Klipsch, just magical. Living in NYC in an apartment, there is absolutely no room for those speakers. Even the Cornwall’s are to big for my space, so it’s going to be the Forte IV’s running off of PrimaLuna Evo 400 intergrated amp. You are now an official Tube Head. Welcome

My dad had our living room laid out to fit his khorns. It was awesome growing up with them. I am running some fortes ii for now but looking forward to a bigger house so I can get a pair.

My brother-in-law tested his horn’s 50 years ago in his new rental home! We got to meet all his neighbors and local police. Sounded fantastic over a block away. Congratulations on a great heirloom!

Congrats dude. Beautiful set

Killer System! The Mcintosh Ma6500 Integrated Pre-Main Amplifier however is not a "receiver", it's an Integrated Pre-Main Amplifier. A receiver typically means it has a radio tuning section. Great combo. As a long time vintage audio collector I know I would love it, but when you get those speakers farther apart & away from your turntable you will really hear the difference. Enjoy!

I had a feeling when I saw the gear that Klipsch would be part of the package! I just didn’t know if they would be Klipschorns or La Scalas! Congrats on the big upgrade!

BEAUTIFUL !!!!

Man we truly are connected or something (although on different equipment levels). I commented on your previous about getting my MOFI Turn Table around the same time you got your new set up. Well…… I was wrestling a similar thought process, obsessively every day. On Tuesday my Cambridge CXa61 amp and I went with Warfdale Denton 85th’s. Your right everything has to match Looking good man! Congratulations! I can only imagine the sound

I am very happy with my La Scalla speakers that I have had for 5 months now. congratulations!

Dillon, thoroughly enjoy your videos

Holy cow man. You've been killing it!!! Sorry to hear about his passing, but awesome finds there. Have you sold you old turntable yet? If not how much are you asking?

Congrats man they certainly are magnificent paired with your gear big wow factor I guess when you and your wife build a new home your stereo will have the perfect space.

Awesome! And agree on your definition of 'audiophile.'

Hahaha... Man are you in for a fun ride. Have to listen to all your favorites all over again, and start looking for all the best pressings. Enjoy those monsters. I also have Mc and Klipsch (Cornwalls) and I know exactly what you mean about the synergy between them.

Man, you went into a 40K system just like that! Awesome! Good for you. Tons of props from California here.

Great pasioned sharing , thanks a lot

You’ll never need to buy new speakers again. I run the K-horn up front and a set of Belle’s in the back with a Marantz 2325 pushing them all ! My music room is double insulated because I built this room for my music ! I can rock ! Every time I listen to them it like the first time !

I have had 2 sets of Klipsch Heresy's and you cannot beat the horn sound, congrats dont forget. these speakers are sensitivity so you do not have to crank them for full potential, I have a 6 watt tube amp which pushes mine just fine

Man. Dillon, your excitement you show is awesome. It's so ace to see a normal bloke being so awe inspired by a set up you never thought you'd own. We can all watch millionaires with their hifi on KZfaq, but that's not real. You are. Jealous BTW 😃

youve risen the bar for your gear alot recently congratulations!

Is glad to hear you talk

Wow!! Enjoy!!

Dillon your new set up is off the hook! Well deserved sir. Don't go too audiophile on us though. I still enjoy hearing about your amazing and extremely rare non audiophile finds like Farm, Fraction etc.

Totally awesome. If you have a passion that requires equipment having the best you can afford is essential. I’m also a birder and have some really high-end optics which are the optical equivalent of great hifi.

Magnificent! My dream speaker.

Yup. I used to sell those back in the late 80s, early 90s. Also sold Polk and B&W. Sold Mac, Krell, Threshold, SOTA,. Nakamichi, and lots more. The Cornerhorns are one of the most dynamic speakers ever made. And they need so little power. We had a mono Cornerhorn from the 50s out on the floor and we used to hook up the little wires from a handheld 70s transistor radio, the wires that went to the little internal speaker, and wire it to the K-Horn and drive that giant speaker with a little transistor radio and it would blow people's minds. Klipsch are not my particular cup of tea, but for my money, your best piece of gear is that Mac MC 275. That is an amp that you will use for the rest of your life. If you change speakers or change your preamp, you will always want to have that amp as part of your system. Nice score.

That is a mouthwatering set up!