TPD Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 If a picture is worth a thousand words, this post should be worth about 10,000! -TPD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Klappenberger Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Thanks for posting those pictures! Al K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good2BHome Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Jeff, Great pictures. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetmann Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Nicely done! Thanks for sharing. ------------------ Klipschorns and Moondogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mobley Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 TPD, Thank you very much Sir! You gave me courage to tear apart a K-55-V that I recently acquired. It had white mineral build up in the screen, looked like it been left a little too close to the bathtub or something. Got to looking closely, I could see a hunk of the white stuff loose, flopping around in there. Emboldened by your demo, I tore it down, unsoldered the diaphragm, lo and behold: the area around the phase plug (I believe it's called) was plugged with the stuff. Very little on the front of the diaphragm, though. Whisked it off the diaphragm with a soft paintbrush, cleaned out the plug area with a brass brush with some high pressure air, and back together with it. Coolness. The two halves of it are located by long dowel pins, can't hardly get it wrong. The pins guide the halves together while assembling so the voice coil doesn't get smashed. It's not very big. Fire it up tomorrow in one of my Heresy's, they're about to lose their virginity. Untouched since I bought them new in Spring '78. Thanks again for posting. Tom BTW, did see ATLAS cast into the inner housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPD Posted June 4, 2002 Author Share Posted June 4, 2002 BTW... I think I've also figured out why there is a ~$50 price difference in the diaphragm you get from EV and the one you get from Klipsch... From a conversation that I had with Trey Cannon, I realized that what Klipsch sells you is the ENTIRE diaphragm assembly. Not just the diaphragm itself. The diaphragm assembly is the round black part, into which fits the diaphragm itself. If you replace it the Klipsch way, you don't have to solder in the diaphragm, you just have to knock the horn off the old diaphragm assembly, put the 3 parts back together, then solder the wires on to the new assembly. (with a few gaskets and screens thrown in for good measure...) The thing to remember (if you buy just the diaphragm) is to make sure you have the red line on the replacement diaphragm (which indicates the location of the "return wire") to line up with the "gap notch". On both of my tweeters, the diaphragm lead which was connected to the "return wire" was soldered to the black post. (as opposed to the red post.) Does this line up with everyone else's experience? Thanks again to Trey for the helpful information and the pdf files he sent me. -TPD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freud Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Hello TPD! I m french, and i would like to know how much this diapragms cost and where did tou buy them... I have the opportunity to buy some K-77-M for 100$(is it expensive?!)but the diaphragms are brocke. Best regards, Fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weiming Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 I just helped a friend replace a K-77-M tweeter on his Cornwalls. Not sure where he got the replacement diaphragm but it came complete with the black assembly, making replacement easier as it consist of like what TPD said, just de-soldering the old connections and knocking out the ruined diaphragm assembly. ------------------ My system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPD Posted June 5, 2002 Author Share Posted June 5, 2002 Fred, I got on the EV website and found an "official" distributor of EV speakers... He refered me to the "liscenced" EV repair shop in Dallas, Texas. I called them and they just happened to have the parts I needed in stock... (I'm all about instant gratification!) I paid $22/diaphragm (USD). You can also mail order them from http://www.simplyspeakers.com/12diaphragms.htm I have no experience with the Klipsch version, but Trey Cannon at Klipsch was very helpful. You might want to drop him a line. From a price standpoint, I'm going to have to defer to someone else about the value of the K-77-M's. -TPD This message has been edited by TPD on 06-05-2002 at 10:16 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freud Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 I just call to Klipsh dealer in France, and i still waiting for the answer. I think i ll pay more than the 100$ for the blown K-77-M Freud, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freud Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Thank you very much for the info, TPD... I ll email them. 22$ the diaphragms?! that sound good to me!... Best regards, Freud, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock-Late Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Freud: Thank you very much for the info, TPD... I ll email them. 22$ the diaphragms?! that sound good to me!... Best regards, Freud, Fred, if you ever need other klipsch pieces, I've got a set of K55V drivers and also k400 horns i'd like to sell. I also have a pair of "false" klipschorn bass-bins. I live in Belgium. Spoke english here so that everybody can read but you can mail me in french of course! Franois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good2BHome Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 oops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 http://www3.sympatico.ca/bonaz/Klipsch/K77-diaphram/K77-diaphram.htm This was the best site I found.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAN Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 What pics?! the bbs apparently ate them! DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 All the old pictures were blasted when they went to the new forum a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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