While manufacturing remains in Hope, Arkansas, business operations move to Indianapolis, Indiana. The Engineering and Science Hall of Fame recognizes those who have improved the quality of the human condition through an individual contribution using engineering and scientific principles. Klipsch moves into its current headquarters location on the northwest side of Indianapolis.
Also, the company is renamed Klipsch Audio Technologies. Fred S. USA Engineered. On May 5, audio legend Paul W. Klipsch passes away at the age of This relentless perfectionist earned 23 patents. Klipsch is inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, which was established in by the Consumer Electronics Association CEA to honor the leaders whose creativity, persistence and determination helped shape the consumer electronics industry.
Klipsch enters the iPod accessories space with the iFi, the first iPod-dockable home stereo system on the market. Colonel in the Reserves I said I intended to manufacture a loudspeaker on which I held one patent and one patent application. That it did not sway Klipsch from his hard-headed ambition to produce the finest possible loudspeaker is undoubtedly a credit to his tenacity.
Nonetheless, he started his own speaker-manufacturing business. Klipsch trudged on and fortunately was able to acquire some manufacturing space when the military abandoned the southwest testing grounds. Under contract, Baldwin Piano Company made units two through 13, and a local cabinet shop turned out the remainder. For production year , the fledgling company hired a cabinet-maker as its first employee, and produced 26 units.
The serial numbers commenced with number , so as to not give customers the impression that Klipsch was just a small upstart company. Klipsch was a civic-minded individual, a 33 rd degree Mason, a Rotarian and a firm believer in a higher power, and thusly lent his time and resources for the betterment of his adopted home, Hope AR. A man of many interests, Klipsch continued his avid aviation enthusiasm.
In , a life-long ambition was fulfilled when he became a licensed pilot. The city of Hope had acquired the landing strip that was built by the military, and it became the convenient home for a series of Klipsch-owned aircraft. This writer can recall Klipsch picking me up at the airport in Texarkana one morning and driving me in his Mercedes to the Hope plant. And, yes, in those pre-interstate days, his devil-may-care driving was something to behold.
But on the other hand, his flying habits were an exercise in caution and forbearance. After a day of conversation, I announced I had to depart to catch a plane for New Orleans. He was adamant that he would fly me to Shreveport to catch my flight. I agreed, in turn, that supper would be on me. The buttons were given away at trade shows and were also awarded as necessary by Klipsch himself.
Many of us who knew Paul cherish one of these famous buttons, even though the receipt of one might have been occasioned by what he considered an erroneous statement on our part. Usually, he was right. The loudspeaker that he introduced to the audio industry in has more than stood the test of time and, even in , the Klipschorn is still a production product with an ardent audience of customers willing to spend considerable sums to experience the excellent tonality of his superb design.
A matched pair of Klipschorns. There can be no doubt that a Klipschorn was, and is, a remarkable audio-playback device. However, there was also a high degree of aesthetic consideration in its manufacture. A Klipschorn was indeed a truly fine piece of furniture. They were also designed to exacting standards; a loudspeaker whose only sin was having a bad wood grain match to its partner was destined for salvage.
During the s, Klipsch revisited the work that had been done by Bell Labs in the early s related to the spatial balance of multi-channel loudspeaker propagation. Hence, Klipsch seized on the pronouncement and promptly named the new device the Heresy. John Eargle, who briefly worked at Klipsch in between his mustering out from the military and before he trooped off to Austin TX to attend the University of Texas Engineering School, contributed to the development of two-track to three-track derived stereo.
We discussed just how much attenuation the circuit should have in order to create a usable center feed without causing the overall stage width to collapse.
Yup, you guessed it! In , Paul W. Klipsch was awarded the Audio Engineering Society's second highest honor, the prestigious Silver Medal, for his contributions to speaker design and distortion measurement which would lead to his induction into the Audio Hall of Fame five years later. The Engineering and Science Hall of Fame recognizes those who have improved the quality of the human condition through an individual contribution using engineering and scientific principles.
In , he was inducted in the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame by the Consumer Electronics Association CEA who formed this Hall of Fame in to honor the leaders whose creativity, persistence and determination helped shape the consumer electronics industry into what it is today.
Klipsch enrolled at NMSU where he played cornet in the university band and was an award-winning member of the school rifle team. PWK credits his four years as a member of the Aggie Band for developing his love and knowledge of music and musical instruments. Visitors to his officer's quarters were amazed by the lifelike reproduction and encouraged Mr. Klipsch to start his own manufacturing business.
In , he responded to a notice on the GE bulletin board. In addition to home speakers for individual consumers, the company began producing Klipsch sound systems for dance clubs, theaters, and music festivals around the world, as well as the Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants. Klipsch died in at the age of ninety-eight. In , the Audiovox company purchased Klipsch, although manufacturing continued under the Klipsch name. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Audiovox was renamed Voxx in For additional information: Friedman, Mark.
Klipsch Museum of Audio History. Paul W. Klipsch Museum. Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book.
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