Matthews Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I need one K-400 horn lens. Just got ahold of a pair of "beater" Scala's with mismatched horn lenses. Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I'm curious - What is the odd one? Lars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Are they both K-400's ? They fire into the same size opening on the motor board, i would not imagine slight differences in casting would make any difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 PM colterphoto1 He had some awhile ago. Lars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Photo shows a size and style difference. I believe the top one is the oddball. Lars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthews Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 I believe the top one is the oddball. Lars actually the bottom one is the odd ball, to me. They do both have near identical dimensions except the mounting holes are slightly different. This is purely a cosmetic issue. I have OCD and it will drive me nuts... If I weren't planning on keeping this pair, it really would not matter. However, this pair is home now Thanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 So, the top one has the big "PWK" in the casting? So what does the other one show for info or ID ? Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthews Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) So, the top one has the big "PWK" in the casting? So what does the other one show for info or ID ? Lars several differences... The one with the seam also has the odd ears on the outside of the lens throat and the BIG k-400 id near the lip/mouth edit: Geeze, this is going to drive me bonkers Edited December 27, 2015 by Matthews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 The smaller is older. You can see its two cast halves "married" down the center seam. The larger being newer and a 1 piece cast. Someone will chime in with the years and more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 FYI - In the photo, there' s a dirty Cheeto, ferret poop, or something similarly shaped on the carpet @ 10:30. Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthews Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 PM colterphoto1 He had some awhile ago. Lars Thank you, Lars. I sent him a PM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I believe the top one is the oddball. Lars actually the bottom one is the odd ball, to me. They do both have near identical dimensions except the mounting holes are slightly different. This is purely a cosmetic issue. I have OCD and it will drive me nuts... If I weren't planning on keeping this pair, it really would not matter. However, this pair is home now Thanks Oh yea, I hear you. I suffer the same thing, and every time I'd look at them it would bother me. Question is someone must have done that in the past. I couldn't see it coming from the factory like that. Anybody chime in on that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktate Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) I bet it did come from factory like that.....The odd one is from around 1972 or earlier my 1972 k-horns have those in them. Depends on when they started getting the newer ones might have just put them in to get rid of one older one. Probably just different companies making them..Rick Edited December 28, 2015 by ricktate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktate Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Can you tell what year those Scalas are from ??? Edited December 28, 2015 by ricktate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 If it matters.... the one on the right with the logo (and K400 stamp) centered, is exactly like mine which were bought new in 1979. Might give an idea of how old it is. I'll bet the one on the left is a newer version where they trimmed some excess off to save materials/manufacturing costs (??) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I believe the one on the left is the older 2-piece version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 -check the welds on one of the horn --horrible casting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Don't the older ones ring less? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthews Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Can you tell what year those Scalas are from ??? I can't, Rick. They do have back panel factory labels but the hand written serial numbers have disappeared. One is in much worse condition than the other (water damage). They plywood was separating badly. I got good handle on it today (glue/clamps/sanding). With a little wood filler, I think it will actually turn out quite nice in the end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Don't the older ones ring less? all the K400 horns ring - as do the tweeter k77 -T35-T350 metal horn -and it was definitely more costly for PWK to purchase a metal horn - versus a plastic unit - -so did PWK actually prefer the ringing tone of the K400 - it sure seems like it - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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