pzannucci Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 3 hours ago, wvu80 said: Agree, they look great! I would like to try my hand in veneering as my next step in DIY'ing. I have a sub and a couple of large speakers still in raw MDF I would like to veneer but I am intimidated because it looks like it would be difficult, I have a general lack of skills in such things and I don't want to screw it up. Iron method is pretty easy. Edges are the pain but if you use one of the band-it trimmers with a good clean file and sandpaper, they aren't too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 On 1/24/2017 at 0:05 PM, bcarey13 said: ...Someone contacted me who seemed very knowledgeable and said that PWK was making these by hand back in the day and they were a pain to mold and make.... I liked the looks of them so for the time being they are staying. I'd love to know more about the history of them if anyone knows I dropped by the Klipsch factory one Sunday back in the 1950's, and Paul Klipsch himself drove out to show me around. He showed me his then-newest way to make those mid horns -- he had a mold, and a vacuum pump to draw the resin or whatever it was into the mold to form and shape the horn. He said it had greatly speeded up the process. I suppose he did half a horn at a time, the way metal K-400's looked like they were made later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Fedorchak Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 (edited) On 1/24/2017 at 12:26 AM, bcarey13 said: Well, I ran them for a while in my music room.... with the Stephens 103 LX2 woofers, University SAHF mids and EV t35 tweeters, and the original Klipsch 500/5000 Crossovers. Even with one suspect and crackly tweeter and some tired crossovers they sounded great. Of course everything in the khorn back in the 50's was all 16ohm. I realize this thread is several months old but wanted to note something. The Stephens 103LX2 woofer is in fact rated at 4 ohms. (The standard Stephens 103LX is a 16 ohm woofer) Apologies if this was noted earlier in the thread and I didn't notice. EDIT: Attached an image. Note the 4 ohm impedance stamped on lower left, and model number 103LX-2 stamped on lower right. Picture was lifted from the internet. However both my Klipschorns (a 1954 and a 1956 ) have the 103LX2 woofers and each measures a DCR of around 3.2---3.7 ohms IIRC. I also have a loose 103LX2 and it is also stamped 4 ohms and measures in a similar manner. Edited November 8, 2017 by Rick Fedorchak more information 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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