tjohnusa

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Picked up a set at a local thrift store for $10. The cabinets were in bad shape but I managed to sand out all the gouges. I am using them for my mains in my HT setup with a Klipsch 8" sub. I had a set of Wharfdale 8.2 and like the KG1.5 better.....the highs are more crisp. I have a small tube setup in my bedroom and want to try these in that setup...currently have Mission 761i and homemade 8"sub. I agree with the others here and would recommend you get a set. Alone they have decent bass and would be great for a small bedroom or office setup and I would add, great for a computer setup.

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Used on ebay

Summary:
I hook up people with small, inexpensive Home Theatres. Klipsh KG-1s and KG-1.5s are my speaker of choice for mains and/or rears. They can be had cheap, are almost indestructable, have amazing bass and clarity for their size and are bookshelf speakers that ACTUALLY FIT ON BOOKSHELVES!!!! I love em, buy em when I can cause I know sooner or later I'm gonna need em. You can't go wrong.

Strengths:
Cheap to buy used. Well made, strong, no horn tweeter. Fit on bookshelves (really they do). Can be had in a variety of finishes sound great while doing it.

Weaknesses:
Not made any more.

Similar Products Used:
Klipsch KG-1, SB-3. Epicure 14's and M-90's, ADS speakers etc...

Price Paid:  $380.00 from progressive audio

Summary:
i bought these speakers with my graduation money, traded my first pair of speakers in INFINITY book shelf to get the klipsch 1.5. I have always loved these speakers i still use them today Feb.12th 2003 as my rear surrounds then up front i have boston acoustics A100's , infinity cc2 center and my baby, the NHT SA-3 pre-amp and sw3 subwoofer

Strengths:
all you can think of and more

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $280.00 from Dont remember

Summary:
Well, now that the large expensive Paradigms I bought are finally sold--I went back to using my two pairs of 1.5's and love them.I decided to upgrade them by replacing the caps,resistors and internal speaker wire all with much better grade material(AXON PRODUCTS) and now these liitle guys truly jam.Even better bass/base,midrange and highs.Just unbelievable for a total of 65 dollars.I absolutely will not be getting any more new speakers for a long time or until these 1.5's finally die,however,they are going strong after almost 6 years now and believe me when I say that I have really cranked these speakers up many many times !I never did this with the Paradigms afraid of damaging them. Klipsch has always made great speakers and even their low end models such as these can really handle the power due to the large magnets on the drivers.I'm not even considering the rb3's any more.If I did then I would probably tweak those as well ! I still would recommend these to anyone on a tight budget for used speakers.I see them quite frequently on E-Bay selling for next to nothing.They really are hidden jems and open up even more when you use good speaker wire,better interconnects,and more wattage--they can handle it compared to similar brands that would buckle under ! I'm telling you....get them if you can find them if you cant afford new speakers...you wont go wrong with the purchase..even in stock form with out the modifcations I did to them !

Summary:
wanna improve the sound of your kg 1.5's--open them up and replace the internal wiring with 14 guage monster cable---makes a BIG difference after the wires get burned in.So now,your speakers sound even better ! I did this and noticed a vast improvement in bass and treble....give it a shot !