Amy's Blog : pilgrimage

Where You Can Hear the Blood Flowing Through Your Ears

Amy Unger — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:06:00 GMT

I know, that sounded a little gross, but it's how I describe being sealed inside our anechoic chamber. The experience is actually pretty cool, but not meant for claustrophobics. Or women wearing stiletto heels.

If such things interest you, or you simply must come to Indianapolis for summer break because that's where everyone goes, stop by our facilities for our somewhat-annual Pilgrimage in June (actual date TBD). We'd love to meet you and show you what we do. Any perhaps try to explain why. Wait, maybe some of our employees should attend. Accountants?

(And yes, when I'm not picking on engineers, I'm usually picking on accountants.)

GROUPIES!

Amy Unger — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Ok, so my blog title is tongue-in-cheek given the recent controversy over our new fan-section of the website. Couldn't resist.

These fine gentlemen from our forum (NOT scantily clad loose women who follow rock bands) gathered in Indianapolis over the weekend to celebrate their common love of music, speakers, and all things audio. I was able to spend some time with them briefly here at the office - always a pleasure - and I hear they had a lot of fun working the Broad Ripple Teen Arts and Music Festival on Saturday. I little birdie also told me these wild partiers whooped it up in recliners Saturday night, poking fun at some really old rockers before sawing logs themselves by 11pm. The times they are a changin'.

Side note: We hope to be able to hold the now quasi-annual official Pilgrimage next summer! Stay tuned...

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Amy Unger — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:45:00 GMT

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One of the highlights of this year's Pilgrimage was the unexpected arrival of eight or so crate-sized boxes of vintage vinyl from Artto, a most generous forum member (thank you jamesV for delivery). We had a blast going through the albums, pointing to ones we may have had in our younger days, or just giggling at the goofy cover art and long forgotten artists.

This could not have come at a better time for me, since my recent turntable acquisition had left me on a quest for vinyl. Poke fun if you must, but I took home no less than five Olivia Newton-John albums, several in the Show Tune genre, a couple of '80s movie soundtracks, and the creme de la creme of campy cult classics: Grease 2. Yes, I admit back in the day I wanted nothing more than to be Michelle Pfeiffer, looking for a cool rider. But give me a break. I was 12.

Keith is shown here with possibly the most fascinating of the bunch, as far as artwork goes. If you ever happen upon this classic Elton John album, I encourage you to take some time to study the...interesting...things happening on the cover. Safe to say Dr. Freud would find it endlessly fascinating.

Exactly Who Are Those Audio Nuts?

Amy Unger — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:20:00 GMT

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For the past four years, part of my job duties has been helping to plan the what-has-become-annual Klipsch Pilgrimage for our forum members. This year, however, was the first time I had a chance to spend the entire day with the Pilgrims.

Now some of you may ask yourselves, "Why would a Klipsch employee voluntarily give up their Saturday to spend 13 hours talking about Klipsch products and fielding a endless stream of geeked-out audio questions?" Well, I'll tell you:

Because it's fun.

When people find out I work at Klipsch, it elicits one of three responses:

Ooo, your speakers ROCK!!
I think my dad/grandpa/brother/uncle/husband has some of those.
Huh??

The pilgrims fall into the first category (except some of the wives/girlfriends/children who bravely tag along fall into category 2...but typically are converted to 1s by the end of the weekend). Their enthusiasm for what we do is contagious, and the fact they travel from all over the country -- and some from out of the country -- to see us speaks volumes about their passion for our products. It truly is the utmost form of flattery from a professional standpoint.

But the best part of the event is the camaraderie, and the easy way these kind folks laugh and make you instantly feel like you're a part of a family. So my thanks goes out to you guys, for making the Pilgrimage a success year after year, for adding new converts to the fold, and for putting up with us through thunderstorms, lost name badges, and non-functioning microphones. You ROCK!

Photo courtesy of Seadog and Colterphoto1

The Klipsch Pilgrimage

Amy Unger — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT

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This weekend is the annual Klipsch Pilgrimage. I won't ramble on about what this event is all about because you can read the excellent summary article in our newscenter, but I will say the weekend is a great opportunity to not only learn about this company, but also to meet some very interesting folks who can easily be counted on as life-long friends.

Hanging in the engineering lab is this huge map, with push-pins indicating the home towns of our Pilgrims. We are looking forward to seeing you all.