IB Slammin

You bet! Still loving my bridged Luxman M117's

I use old coat hangers myself............ tc

Good thread guys. Can we now discuss speaker wire? Or maybe IC's..... tc

Congrats! So glad you were able to use those killer JBL's tc

Ah man, over a time span of 46 years? Don't know quite know how to respond other than to guess there were dozens. Most with upgraded networks and expensive caps. Some with ESN boards, one with Altec 511B/902 drivers and even one with a Cobraflex horn, but most were stock K55/K400 or K401 mids. It sounds like you are concerned with harming the wooden horns. All that needs to be done is to remove the load of the driver from the horn. Once you have the driver mounted just lean it back and measure from the bottom of the driver to wood below. Most anything will work. Pieces of plywood. I even stacked up books to do that with JBL drivers 5lbs more than yours. No need to miss out on an outstanding system by overthinking the prob. Not long ago forum member SETI built some stands for his monster JBL drivers. Send him a PM. I'll bet he would send you pic's. Regards, tc

Bob's Khorns easily rank in the top three Khorn systems I have listened to. (starting in 1972) Build the supports.....You will love those mid horns!! If not, I think I have an extra K55. No charge tc

Maybe I was just tired? Tim, Thanks for posting the pix. I lost mine in a crash some years ago.

Well.... JWC and I had consulted on the concept for over a year I think. A shape that would hide the 12cf in a corner, networks to accommodate the second woofer etc. He built them and I had never heard them. It was only natural I wanted to run them up a bit. Dr.Who was working on the outdoor system and walked past the door with an SPL meter that read 130db as I recall. A year or so later he drove 13 hrs. in a cargo van to bring the cabinets to me. WOW! The DBB's are in my LR today. They have undergone many changes over the years as to mids, tweets, and networks. (K400's. K510's, Altec 511b"s and Mark 1101 had K402's on his. ALK designed an ESN circuit for the LF. I sent a truckload of parts to JWC and he built the final networks. (with my touch of a lumberjack they would have been on a 4x8 sheet of plywood) Thank you so much! I wish I could post a pix of them. They are a work of art to my eye. I think that I am finally finished because they sound exactly the way I want them to. Crites cast woofers Daves 280htz wooden Trax mid horn / Altec 902-16A driver JBL 2404 tweeter tc

We walked upstairs to Kaiser's man cave and I was floored at how good they looked. NIB IMHO Tim had just received the new networks and we wired them up. Cranked his big BAT amps and they sounded wonderful! And yes, I would put them in my LR anytime...... tc

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Might be the best Khorns I have ever listened to. Thunderous bass, wooden Trax mid horns with monster JBL drivers. JBL 2404 baby cheeks tweets as I recall. Yum! tc

!972 Age 22 46 years

I had seen that horn in Khorn's before. I asked Jim Hunter about that and he said that they were in the "Klipschorn JR." Plus I thought the Cobraflex was a University horn. ????

Bump for Bob.......

Best Khorn bottoms I ever heard.. With the closed backs the LF was explosive! Well built wooden horns and those monster JBL drivers are to die for. Class guy with class gear tc

Jewel cases SUCK! I could start a land fill with the ones I have broken. The best? You buy a CD. Hot to listen to it. Ya get to the car and try to open the POS! Try car keys, nail clippers, resort to breaking an empty beer bottle you found in the back seat........

Could just be in my head but having listened to both, the DBB bins walked away from the 904's. ????? More impact to my ear.

Check your PM

I had heard mention of KP-600's for some time. Always assumed that they were just another big nasty outdoor PA speaker. Then a few years ago I got to listen to a pair in an audio room. They blew my skirt up. Impact was like a boot in the chest! Mid bass was very tight and accurate. Mids were lovely (was surprised) and top end to match the rest of it. A well done mixture of strait horns for mid bass and top end with a reflex sub. WAF would be a hard sell, but hell when did that ever bother us? What's not to like? They get my vote as well tc

Always considered Lafayette to be "Mid-Fi at best. What Bruce said.........

I was fortunate enough to listen to the Encore Kenzie preamp. Pin-drop quiet. VERY transparent sound. Solid build quality. Made Cornscalas and Bell's sing. I would love to own one. tc

Man, You are going to love those monsters! The best impact (slam factor) of any sub that I have heard. I remember the first time I listened to them. Seti was standing about a foot away and I could see his pant leg blowing around! Congrats tc

You Dog..........