ClaudeJ1 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 10:15 PM, avguytx said: But weren't actually "used" in a Cornwall till over 2 decades later. And there was that CW III with the Heresy mid horns. Which, Gary Gillum, former Klipsch Chief Engineer was puzzled about. I spoke to Bob Crites about the K600 horn. He purchased the old tooling from Klipsch and had his name molded into it. He said the horns were selling well, especially in Japan. When I got around to measuring my Cornwall 1's (still have them in storage), I found that original K600 horn, on the baffle, goes down to 500 Hz. I remember PWK telling me that after he designed the K500 for the Belle Klipsch, that he thought the K400 was longer than it needed to be. I always liked PWK's economy of design, which allowed the Klipschorn to "retain the crown" even after JBL came out with their more expensive version of a Corner horn, that sounds like crap in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 2 hours ago, ClaudeJ1 said: the photo of PWK and Roy was taken in January 1999 at Caesar's Palace. ......CES 1999 , this confirms that @Chief bonehead and PWK were designing larger horns than the K-400/K401 prior to 1999 and therefore way before anyone else , including the Cornscala , and the horn we see is an example of such an Experimental klipsch horn ( prior to the K-402 )- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 2 hours ago, ClaudeJ1 said: He purchased the old tooling from Klipsch and had his name molded into it. You must have misunderstood. Klipsch lost the mold for the K-600, that’s why the CIII ended up with a K-700 in it. Bob paid to have a new mold made. Nothing was purchased from Klipsch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, Crankysoldermeister said: You must have misunderstood. Klipsch lost the mold for the K-600, that’s why the CIII ended up with a K-700 in it. Bob paid to have a new mold made. Nothing was purchased from Klipsch. Must have had it confused with the old mold that was pictured by Jim Hunter at one point. Thanks for the correction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 4 hours ago, ClaudeJ1 said: I built the world's first "Cornscala" in 1975 as a Center Channel for my Big Altecs. The name came later from the Klipsch/Crites crowd. I put the picture up severalt times on this forum. I'm too lazy to do it again. From the original Cornscala thread: Posted September 24, 2004 "The motor board will extend another foot above the bass box to allow installation of a K-401 horn and K-55V driver and also a K-77 tweeter. I will then gin up a crossover for that combination and have a multiple driver tester and I expect it to even sound pretty good. Might call it a Cornscala." Bob Crites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Yes, they could have had a new mold made, but they didn’t. I’m sure you’re right, why have the bigger horn made when the smaller one is obviously better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 We’re both speculating. A waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Chief bonehead Posted January 22, 2022 Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 22, 2022 35 minutes ago, Crankysoldermeister said: We’re both speculating. A waste of time. Correct. 57 cent….🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 the K-601 is a plastic version of the K-600 ... used with the K-57-K / Klipsch speakers - KP-301 / Cornwall II / CP-1 / KSM -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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