klipsch kid Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 hello klipsch fans. I just got a new old set of la scalas from 1978. I looked in the woofer section to see what kind of bass they had and found a round magnet. are these original or after market? I thought that they were supposed to be square. please help. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOZ Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Welcome and congrats! The magnet should be round. If you can see the back of it it should have a small white stamp that says klipsch k-33E. It may say K-43E, but doubtful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipsch kid Posted February 7, 2003 Author Share Posted February 7, 2003 hi, thanks for the quick info is there a big difference between the two woofers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOZ Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 The K-43 is an industrial speaker and won't go as low as the K-33, but will put up with a lot more abuse.i.e. DJ's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 K-33-Es came with both round and square magnets. My '81s have square and my '87s had round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipsch kid Posted February 7, 2003 Author Share Posted February 7, 2003 Hi , I just checked the back of the magnet and it did not say k-33. instead it had allot of numbers. I tried to make them out and here is what I came up with . on the paper cone it has the numbers 451341 and on the back of the magnet is has 15588 and under that it reeds 57-8629 or it could be 67-8629. did i get (ex use my language) screwed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipsch kid Posted February 7, 2003 Author Share Posted February 7, 2003 hey guys. guess what . I did some investigating. I opened the bottom again and took out the bass driver. it says iminence on it. I called klipsch and they said that at one time they used iminence as replacement drivers. is this as good as the original? please let me know. I really appreciate how helpfull you klipsch fans are to the inexperienced. I really like this forum and hope to be on here as often as I can. thanks again. the new guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 While Klipsch used Eminence to produce K-33-Es for the last several years, they normally don't have Eminence printed on them. The number on the cone doesn't look like the Eminence part number for the K-33-E, but I'll have to check later. You should post some pictures of your woofers, so we can better figure out what you have. K-33-Es have been only $110 each from Klipsch, so if you want to change them you aren't looking at a lot of money. You can call Eminence with the numbers (67-**** means Eminence) and they can tell you what it is. If you have K-43s, the La Scalas will have a bit louder bass. The K-43 doesn't go as low in a K-horn as the K-33, but in a La Scala there is little difference. K-43s are about $250 each. They were common in La Scalas. Real K-33s are often for sale on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipsch kid Posted February 7, 2003 Author Share Posted February 7, 2003 thanks John. you guys are load of information. maybe you should work for the company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipsch kid Posted February 7, 2003 Author Share Posted February 7, 2003 .I will call them tomorrow and find out exactly what I have. I will try to post some pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 The K-33-E should have some of the following numbers on it: 15162, 15-3309, on the cone 451520-2 (maybe w/o the dash) and perhaps 1520F5637. I don't have the numbers for the K-43, but since you numbers are similar, I'd suspect you have the K-43s. Even though Eminence made the woofers for Klipsch, Klipsch would not use Eminence labeled parts for replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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