I met PWK. Hardly anything you might call an bosom relationship, as it lasted about 2 hours...but it was QUALITY time and life changing for me.
About 1970 I was going to school at Sourthern State College, Magnolia, AR. I attended the little mission parish of Episcoplians where the vicar was Fr. Bill Risinger, Rector of the parish PWK attended in Hope. Fr. Bill once lurked here (DRBILL) though I've lost touch with him. I served as lay reader and assisted with the services, so we got to know each other pretty well. As he'd apprencticed to an organ builder at one time, I had much to learn from him and we discussed music in addition to theology (about which I also learned much from him). I'd been introduced to the Klipschorn by the presence of one in the music appreciation classroom and was astonished at it's sound. In discussions with Fr. Bill, he finally said he could arrange a visit to the plant if I was interested. Duh.
Paul's office in the old plant was a wonderfully messy place stacked with books, papers, amps, drivers, and dreams. He was about 70 at the time, and filled with boyish spit and vinegar. He had an old slide projector on his desk that had diagrams of his designs and such in it for briefings. He took the time to explain his entire research to us as though we were the first to hear it and were important investors or something. Every few slides there was a an old Kodachrome of a bathing beauty which he'd grumble over with a "What's THAT doing in here?" in mock surprise, then move on. It wasn't funny to a couple of hippie college students, but we laughed anyway. The one speaker I asked about was a small, grey box, obviously horn loaded. When I asked about it, he identified it as a "Dixielander" and replied (I thought I heard) that it was no longer made. What I now believe is that he said it "was not made here" and left it at that. For many years, I believed the Frazier Dixielander to be a Klipsch product. Why not?
It was SO quiet in the plant. I finally asked him if it were a day off or something. He replied they only cut would about once a week, and everything else was done by hand. As we walked through, workers were assembling cabinets, hand sanding, and finishing...perhaps the very Klipschorns that grace my music room right now, as they were built about that time.
We eventually wound up in the lab. There was a big Ampex 450 R2R console and Marantz tube amps (can't recall...may have been 5's) behind a glass window. First, he demonstrated corner re-enforcement. He had a small loudspeaker with a handle on it he would hold in the corner, then move down the wall. The change in bass was apparent even to uneducated ears still wet. The little thing sounded great, so I asked him about it. He said it was calle a "Midget" and was made by a guy named Jack Frazier. He also allowed that Jack was about the only other designer he had real respect for...but not to tell anybody.
Next, he cranked up the Ampex with a half-track, 15ips recording of E. Power Biggs playing the Franck "Organ" Symphony. Of course, I was totally transfixed and awed by the ocean of sound. During one of the loud passages, I leaned over and shouted in his ear "How much power is being applied?" He glance over at the VU meters and responded, "Oh, about 5 watts."
The day ended too soon and I was ruined for life. He handed me a BS button and a copy of the '8 Card" which I still treasure. Within a few months, I visited the newly opened "SoundTowne" in Texarkana in search of speakers. Heresy was the cheapest thing Klipsch had at the time and WAY out of reach for a guy who couldn't even afford a car. However, they had Frazier. I purchased, for about 200.00, a pair of Monte Carlos which I still have. It would be many years before I would have Klipschorns, but there was never any doubt after that day.
Dave
Klipsch virker som om de lever godt med få watt. Tannoy Sandringham fikk jeg først skikkelig liv i, når jeg koblet til overflod av krefter. Ikke testet Heresy med kraftoverskudd ennå, kanskje fordi det ikke virker.nødvendig? 
Ming Daen er omtrent helt tyst. Den er ca. 8 watt i hver kanal. Sannsynligvis får jeg et par monoblokker med dobble 300 rør og da er effekten på mellom 18 og 24 watt. Driver to RF 82 II idag med godt lydtrykk fra maks 8 watt.
