Klipsch Palladium P39F review from Stereophile

Stereophile: Klipsch Palladium P-39F loudspeaker

It's a great sounding speaker. I've had a chance to hear it a couple times now.

This is one of the best looking loudspeakers Klipsch has ever produced. Good job!

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I had the opportunity to hear the Pals a few times as well. They sound great for their size, are really good looking, and are definitely in solid cabinets.

The bass output is more than you'd expect and very smooth. The highs are well controlled and sparkly. Vocals sound excellent. I heard them on tubes and s/s amps and in different room setups. I also heard the smaller ones in the line as well and did not like them very much. I would stick strictly with the P39 (largest).

Everything in my book concerning the largest Pals is positive except for two things. I had the opportunity to discuss this with the Klispch sales rep at a listening party..........because he asked us all what our impressions were.

One, I don't honestly care for the look of plastic horns in a $20K speaker. An obvious mistake right up front in the customer's face. They look cheap. For $20K please at least make the horns out of something more respectable.

Second, The P39 is simply not a $20K speaker with its "look and feel". I told the salesman MAYBE a $10K speaker. He said they sell them as low as $15K in the US routinely and that the cabinets were expensive due to the amount of labor. That was several months ago.

Still, I think that Klipsch succeeded in maintaining and even improving their signature sound in this type of floor stander with solid engineering extracting very graceful performance from the horns. Just priced too high for what they are IMHO.

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