When Paul W. Klipsch was developing a smaller speaker for use between two Klipschorns, an acquaintance declared he couldn’t possibly introduce it to the public because it was in direct violation of the corner horn principles and amounted to “acoustic heresy.”

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“The hell I can’t” Mr. Klipsch said. “And that’s exactly what I’m going to call it!”

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A year later, the Klipsch Heresy loudspeaker was introduced and, ironically, became a bestseller in the church-sound reinforced market.

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- Paul W. Klipsch, a bit of a rebel