greg928gts Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 I have 1981 K-55-V's in my khorns and I might upgrade to a newer set. I've seen some for sale that are 1988 K-55-M's. Are the M's better? Has there been a change since then? What does the current Khorn use? Thanks for your help Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Klappenberger Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Greg, Look at the electrical connections to your K55V drivers. If the wires are inserted into spring-loaded push pin holes, the "M" wound be an upgrade. If, on the other hand, the wires are soldered to lugs, the "V" you have is the new one with the two-part phase plug and the "M" is no better. AL K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted January 26, 2003 Author Share Posted January 26, 2003 Al, can you tell me what the current Khorns are using for a driver and if it's different, how it compares to the K-55-VM? Thanks, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Greg, The '02/'03 K-horn uses a K-55-X. It is a modern version of the solder terminal K-55-V. It is slightly different, though because the upper crossover frequency has been lowered and the output is about 1.5 dB less. There is a set of -Ms on ebay now, or there was a few days ago. If you buy them, I'll give you $75 each for your solder terminal -Vs. By all accounts, you can substitute one for the other without changing the crosover. If you want to switch drivers and update the crossover to Type AL/AK-3 configuration with regard to the squawker, the change is very easy. I have schematics. IMHO, the 1981, solder terminal, K-55-Vs are the cream of the crop. I've had both and like the -Vs over the -Ms. Q-man and others prefer the -Ms, so you will have to be your own judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted January 27, 2003 Author Share Posted January 27, 2003 Hi John, Thanks for the info. I went ahead and bought the M's on ebay on impulse, before I really had enough information. I don't regret it though, my aim is to have newer parts and an overall upgraded set of Khorns. I'll be getting my ALK's soon. I've already listed my V's on ebay at a start of $125 for the pair. Had I known, or been a little more patient before listing mine, I would have taken you up on your offer. I ended up paying $156 or so for the M's, plus shipping. I've been shunting my V's down about 3db for a while now. As my ears and personal taste have changed over the years I find that I'm always needing to adjust things. I know I don't hear the way I used to. How different, or better, do you think the X's sound as compared to the V's or M's? How much to do with the diaphram being different, vs. the age of drivers? What do you know about the newest tweeter being used in the khorn? That's an upgrade that I think I'd like to explore. I always thought the tweeter could be improved in the Heritage series. I remember thinking this way back 20 years ago. The piezzo type driver is powerful and durable, but I think there are much better sounding tweets out there. Heck, I think my 20 yr. old Advents have a nicer sounding tweet! At least at lower volumes. I'm hoping that Klipsch has made some improvements with it. JMO Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Other than output, the newest tweeter and squawker should sound identical the the K-55-V and K-77-M. I'll look for your drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Hey John, If you do not need both of the K-55V drivers I would like to have one for my center channel La Scala that currently has the spring loaded version while my Belle's have the soldered on version. Any interest in splitting them or do you need both of them? Let me know as I was planning to bid on them, but just need one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted January 28, 2003 Author Share Posted January 28, 2003 Frzninvt Did you see the Heresy K-55's with horns on ebay? They looked like they were going pretty cheap. I don't know if that's exactly the same driver? In fact, when I saw it, I questioned whether they got the number of the driver wrong or not. I didn't know that the heresy had the same driver on the mid horn as a khorn does. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Freezin', My brother would have use for a pair. My front 3 all have the solder terminal -Vs, now. If any of you buy the pair off of ebay with the K-700 horn, I'll give you $50 + S&H for the horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardhead Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Al-- Other than the type of input/output connections and the two-part vs. one(?)-part phase plug, is there any other difference between a solder K-55-V solder-type and a K-55-V pin-type? In other words, would it be possible to obtain a two-part phase plug from Atlas and install it in a K-77-V pin-type and get all the benefits of a solder-type? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I called Atlas a few years ago about the Klipsch modified phase plug and they had no idea what it was. It seemed they did not build the modified version for anybody else and had not built it since 1982, or 20 years ago. They may be building it now, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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