Radio Shack K-horns. Who knew?

[wetowne 209]

Wonder if any of these survive?

[carlthess40 561]

I did see and hear those back in the day when I was a young teenager. Funny thing is they did not come with any drivers. You either used what you had or bought them from RS. They did not sound as nice as the real Klipsch k-horns. The old man that had them owned a tv repair shop. He had the RS and Klipsch k-horns in the from of his store.

I think I was 12 when I got to play with them. He would yell at me for turning them up so loud that his turntable would skip and start to feedback though the speakers. Lol. He had some Frankenstein tube amps hook up to them.

 

 

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[DizRotus 9119]

I never knew this.  Thanks for sharing it.

[wetowne 209]

If you are looking to kill some time here's a great link.

look under "Technical & Engineering" then "Audio & Sound" for old audiophile magazines.

 

https://worldradiohistory.com/index.htm

[DizRotus 9119]

Thanks for the link.  That could kill a lot of time.

 

The Lafayette Radio catalogs bring back fond memories.  A woman I knew in college had a simple Lafayette system that sounded pretty good.  I especially enjoyed the time she thanked me for installing speakers in her 280Z; the Stones never sounded better.

[avguytx 1455]

And they were even licensed by "Paul A Klipsch", per the ad.  

[DizRotus 9119]

1 minute ago, avguytx said:

And they were even licensed by "Paul A Klipsch", per the ad.  

 

Paul W. Klipsch’s bastard cousin?

[avguytx 1455]

4 hours ago, DizRotus said:

 

Paul W. Klipsch’s bastard cousin?

 

Probably like a Fred Clause.  

[RandyH000 5940]

I wonder how many were sold , or if KLIPSCH supplied the drivers and the crossover  to Radio-Shack--

[carlthess40 561]

No way the add could say how many where sold. That’s a copy of the original add


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[The Dude 5139]

 
Probably like a Fred Clause.  

Fred Klipsch I believed owned Klipsch for some time.

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[RandyH000 5940]

6 hours ago, DizRotus said:

 

Paul W. Klipsch’s bastard cousin?

IT Could simply be a typo  -------Paul A klipsch instead of Paul  W Klipsch  ----

 

[dtel 28987]

1 hour ago, The Dude said:

Fred Klipsch I believed owned Klipsch for some time.

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Fred owned it many years after that ad came out. 

 

Not sure but i think I heard someone had permission to build some at one time, could be wrong.

[DizRotus 9119]

Electro-Voice, Brociner, Radio Shack, and possibly others, sold speakers under license from Klipsch.  The only time I met PWK (never met PAK) I asked about licensing deals.  He said they had been discontinued due to his reluctance to associate his name with products, the quality of which, he could not control.

[wetowne 209]

2 hours ago, DizRotus said:

Electro-Voice, Brociner, and Radio Shack, and possibly others, sold speakers under license from Klipsch.  The only time I met PWK (never met PAK) I asked about licensing deals.  He said they had been discontinued due to his reluctance to associate his name with products, the quality of which, he could not control.

 

Yes Brociner.

From Audio Engineering magazine.  ...bass reproduction without hangover.

[Marvel 5427]

11 hours ago, RandyH000 said:

IT Could simply be a typo  -------Paul A klipsch instead of Paul  W Klipsch  ----

 

 

Very likely... typesetters were always in a hurry to get the lead out...

[RandyH000 5940]

We Should not forget the Speakerlab  khorn products but these were not Licensed products -as far as I know , they were  clones of the Khorn  -

[DizRotus 9119]

Of course “Paul A. Klipsch” was a typo.  My cousin comment was in jest. Perhaps that lack of attention to detail was exactly the kind of issue that soured PWK on licensing deals.

[DizRotus 9119]

1 hour ago, RandyH000 said:

We Should not forget the Speakerlab  khorn products but these were not Licensed products -as far as I know , they were  clones of the Khorn  -

 

They were not licensed.  They did not need to be licensed as the patent had expired.  The trademarks were still, and are still, in force, so PWK objected to any violation of trademarks.

[hanksjim1 136]

39"  high?