On Dec 3, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Klipsch speakers at one time were made in Hope, AR. I worked there
(City not factory) for a short time. The owner (Paul Kilipsch)
drive a Mercedes around town and so did his wife with personalized
license plates. The CEO drove a Rolls around town with the
personalized license plate Heresy.
The story told me, was that Paul loved the corner speaker and only
thought large horn speakers could do sound properly. When they
brought in the new CEO, he told Paul we need to make a book shelf
speaker. Paul looked at him and said it was heresy to make a
bookshelf speaker, so guess what the first line of book shelf
speakers was named?
Like I said this might be apocryphal or not.
I knew Mr. Klipsch, and rode in that Rolls Royce a couple of
times. He also flew airplanes, and while I never flew with him, my
father did, and was always leery of doing so because Mr. Klipsch wore
these big, thick glasses. Not exactly comforting as a passenger in
his plane.
Steve
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