garyeanderson Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We seem to be on the good side of Irene (I hope) but its raining a bit so I was thinking. This is always a bad thing as I end up with another project. I picked up a pair of Klipschorn Decorator Bass bins last fall. I didn't need them but I had another week moment for a good bang for the buck. The pair set me back $500 without any high frequency horns of drivers but I got a pair of AK3 and late Round magnet K33's with the bins. I plan on putting back in the Square magnet K33's and maybe a bit more. I started doing some drawing a couple days ago and the cut list is pretty simple. Depending on how much work I put into the tail board (reflectors?") it looks like a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood for the back (38 1/2 by 85) maybe a double would be better. A sheet 5 x 5 sheet of 3/4 Baltic Birch will make the top and bottom, a bit more for the braces and most of the center is done. comments? Yea, I drew up the quad too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacea Engineering Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Would this design NOT defeat the purpose of the "Corner Horn" In my thinking, the overlap between the speakers would be distorted. This is just a thought and your milage might vary. Looks neat as hell, though....![] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 I don't have a clue, seems like it would work if you had the distance between for the center. I have them in the living room and I had the speakers sitting next to each other so it took very little on my part to make them sit 90 degrees to each other. from there it ws just "draw what ya saw". These will be enclosed in some way, most likely the TSCM style, If I want to try them as a double it will be a modular center. Here is the Khorn quad. Two sheets of 5 x 5 baltic birch and you are nearly there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Wow Your a little insane.... : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacea Engineering Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I would think that as a minimum, there would have to be dividers between the speaker ports. Isn't the four way the same thing that you get with ONE speaker in a corner? Again it looks neat as hell, but for what purpose...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 Wow Your a little insane.... : ) mE? hOW SO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFL Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We seem to be on the good side of Irene (I hope) but its raining a bit so I was thinking. This is always a bad thing as I end up with another project. I picked up a pair of Klipschorn Decorator Bass bins last fall. I didn't need them but I had another week moment for a good bang for the buck. The pair set me back $500 without any high frequency horns of drivers but I got a pair of AK3 and late Round magnet K33's with the bins. I plan on putting back in the Square magnet K33's and maybe a bit more. I started doing some drawing a couple days ago and the cut list is pretty simple. Depending on how much work I put into the tail board (reflectors?") it looks like a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood for the back (38 1/2 by 85) maybe a double would be better. A sheet 5 x 5 sheet of 3/4 Baltic Birch will make the top and bottom, a bit more for the braces and most of the center is done. comments? Yea, I drew up the quad too... My understanding is that the corner gives you 1/8th space and if your corner was made with mirrors you would see 4 speakers above the floor and 4 speakers below the floor as described in the attached photo from the 1975 Klipsch owners manual. This means that 2 Khorn basshorns against a flat wall would be equal to 1 Khorn in a corner. You would also need to position a sheet of plywood between the to speakers cabinets to form the corner for each enclosure. You would also need to drive them as a mono channel preferably from one amplifier channel so they are exactly matched to each other. With all these measures exact you could then replicate the refection from the 1/8th space of the corner by using the 2 speakers. That is my thinking on the subject and other might like to correct me on this point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 The Quad reminds me of a poker table. Put the poker table in the middle of the room and get 4 bar stools to sit on. The poker table is run to 125 or 150 hz. while a pair of Heresy III's sing in the corners[] or maybe a pair of cornwall's [][] let the game begin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Theory says that two Klipschorn bins in Pi-space (intersection of one wall and floor) will behave exactly the same as one Klipschorn in Pi/2 space (intersection of two walls and floor). Hornresp models it this way, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Remember this: "Nothing was ever created by not trying it". Famous discourse by JJK. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I know this is a liitle off on a tangent, but has anyone ever tried a second set of KHorns on top of the first with the tweeters next to each other? So the bass horn of the second pair is up near the ceiling. Or perhaps with a spacer between the tweeters so the bass horn is at the ceiling level? Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I know this is a liitle off on a tangent, but has anyone ever tried a second set of KHorns on top of the first with the tweeters next to each other? So the bass horn of the second pair is up near the ceiling. Or perhaps with a spacer between the tweeters so the bass horn is at the ceiling level? Eric Yes, it has been done. Someone posted their pics on here a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 It was the Klipsch dealer in Europe (Germany?) Werner, Verner.......something like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 This Photo? http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/storage/3/714509/PICT0514.JPG http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/72692.aspx?PageIndex=2 and http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/83506/837579.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 It was the Klipsch dealer in Europe (Germany?) Werner, Verner.......something like that! Werner Eng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 http://klipsch-direct.de/Messeberichte.html Ah yes..........Werner Eng. Check out this guy's site. He is a Klipsch dealer in Germany and has a bunch of eye candy pictures. You can find the double Khorn stack in there under the "reference" tab and the first choice in the pull down menu. Apparently he got some photos from someone here in the states as I actually see myself and others here on his webiste. Hmm......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom3 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I'd like to hear Deutschland Uber Alles on that rig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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