MicroMara Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Hello K C ,  one more time I need your help . This time I need to know when these K-Horns were built . A friend of mine bought them sec. hand, now he wants to sell them . Can you help me in this matter again ?  Thanx again 🙂   2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Just search for when speakers with an N serial number were made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, wuzzzer said: Just search for when speakers with an N serial number were made. Where ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 1975  YEAR OF MANUFACTURE (1955 THROUGH 1983 ONLY)                     A = 1955-63*           F = 1968       L = 1973       S = 1978                     B = 1963-64*           G = 1969      M = 1974      T = 1979                     C = 1965               H = 1970      N = 1975      U = 1980                     D = 1966                J = 1971       P = 1976       W = 1981                     E = 1967                 K = 1972       R = 1977      X = 1982                                                                                 Y = 1983           * Cornwall's & La Scala's used "A" 1963 and "B" for 1964; the first Cornwall to use a letter code was 3A09, shipped in August of 1963.            DATES                   DESCRIPTION                  EXAMPLE           1984-1989    YYWW####            89261234 YY = year (e.g. 89 = 1989) WW = week of the year (e.g. 26= last week in June) The WW can also be a single digit for weeks 01 through 09; e.g. 877#### (mid February 1987) In the early-mid 80's (generally starting in 1984), Klipschorn's had two serial numbers assigned to each speaker; one for the bass bin and one for the top section. The bass bin had an "L/F" at the end of the "type code" (see further below) and the top section had an "H/F" at the end of the type code. This coding was is used on Chorus, Forte & Academy            DATES                   DESCRIPTION                  EXAMPLE           1990-1997    DOYY2Y1####                  135791234 DOY = day of the year (e.g. 135 = 14 May) Y2Y1 = 2nd digit of year, 1st digit of year (e.g. 79 =1997) This coding was is used on Chorus, Forte & Academy            DATES                   DESCRIPTION                  EXAMPLE           1998- 2016   YY WW ####                    00281234 YY = year (e.g. 00 =  2000) WW = week of the year (e.g. 28 = 2nd week in June) This coding was is used on Chorus, Forte & Academy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 14 minutes ago, MicroMara said: Where ? Â There's threads all over the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 1 hour ago, MicroMara said: A friend of mine bought them sec. hand, now he wants to sell them Haha; did you buy them yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 So, according to that chart, the N signifies a build date of 1975, yes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, Emile said: Haha; did you buy them yet? Makes no sense for my Listening room . Still love my RF 7 EvoTec , they´re perfect here ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 thanx a lot for your quick replys to all . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreG. Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, MicroMara said: Makes no sense for my Listening room . Still love my RF 7 EvoTec , they´re perfect here !  Easy, make them EvoTec K Horns! 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 KB-RO the RO stands for Rosewood Oil you need to get some lotto tickets. Rosewood k-horns don't come up very often and yes the N stands for 1975 as stated above 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 52 minutes ago, Budman said: KB-RO the RO stands for Rosewood Oil you need to get some lotto tickets. Rosewood k-horns don't come up very often and yes the N stands for 1975 as stated above they´re damn beautiful , have the origin Klipsch Type AA Network and in addition a Bob´s ( god bless him where he is ) AA Network    1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:25 AM, MicroMara said: Hello K C ,  one more time I need your help . This time I need to know when these K-Horns were built . A friend of mine bought them sec. hand, now he wants to sell them . Can you help me in this matter again ?  Thanx again 🙂    Those Rosewood Klipschorns look good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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