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Subject: Re: [motm] OT: Paul Klipsch died today

From: ixqy@...
Date: 2002-05-08

Man, that's a bummer. I met Paul Klipsch once and found him to be a very fun
and interesting person. Hearing him talk about his speaker technology (and
other stuff!) made for a great evening.

Rest in peace,
Andrew

In a message dated 5/7/02 6:28:33 PM Central Daylight Time, andy@...
writes:

> This is OT. I am an NMSU grad and this is news I heard today. Paul
> Klipsch died today at age 98. Here is more if you want to read
> about an audio pioneer. This is an article from the Las Cruces NM
> newspaper.
>
> http://www.lcsun-news.com/Stories/0,1413,115%257E7442%
> 257E594888,00.html
>
> He is known speaker designs, most notably the famous Klipsch Horns.
> They were large efficient speakers that were tops in the 50's, 60's
> and 70's. Some folks loved them others did not like the horn
> designs.