Rick Fedorchak Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Jim, Hoping you can answer this one. I have an early K-5 horn with center dividers (boats?) I've seen reference to K-5-J and K-5-H horns. However on the label, this one is marked TYPE K-5-F . Also after STYLE says 16 Jan 50 . Also after SERIAL it says 197 . Also of note, there's no tweeter bracket holes drilled in the vertical support piece at the front of the horn. What can you tell me about this horn? If anyone has some non destructive trick they have for reading labels like this please pass them on to me. thanks, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnA Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Very Cool! I was looking for one of those for wall art. Ended up with a K-5-J from 1956. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Fedorchak Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Well at this point I'll be looking for another K-5-J for use with a 1955 K-5-J I already have. As far as THIS one is concerned, I'm still very curious about the K-5-F designation. I've never seen any mention of a K-5-F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 These are great horns my friend has them in his 1950's mahogany Klipschorns. Good stuff!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Fedorchak Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 @JRH Is there any information you can find/provide about the horn? K-5-F ..... I can find no mention of a K-5 with the F suffix.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Fedorchak Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Anything on this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 @JRH. Anything in the archives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 The J designation came after the "boats" were removed. Prior horns with boats used at least the F and D designations. Not sure of the complete evolution and designations (yet). HF horn serial numbers do not line up with system numbers. PWK built K-5's in the tin shed (and later) for sale individually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 12/7/2017 at 3:11 PM, JRH said: The J designation came after the "boats" were removed. Prior horns with boats used at least the F and D designations. Not sure of the complete evolution and designations (yet). HF horn serial numbers do not line up with system numbers. PWK built K-5's in the tin shed (and later) for sale individually. I had one adapted to a JBL driver in my garage on a LaScala bin I rebuilt. That was a very good horn, and with modern Digital Xover, could be easily PEQ'd flat up top for 2-way while 500 Hz. works fine in a LaScala bin, but not a Khorn bin, which needs 400 Hz. Xover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Fedorchak Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 12/7/2017 at 3:11 PM, JRH said: The J designation came after the "boats" were removed. Prior horns with boats used at least the F and D designations. Not sure of the complete evolution and designations (yet). HF horn serial numbers do not line up with system numbers. PWK built K-5's in the tin shed (and later) for sale individually. Hi, any update on the evolution and designations yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Sorry. It hasn't "come top the top". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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