Guy Landau Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 Hi everyone, I would like to build false corners for my Khorns because I have a heating radiator near one of the corners of my house which interrupt the placement of one of my speakers. Does anybody have plans or experience that can help? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Reed Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 Don't have any plans or experience with the false corners, but they must be pretty effective. PWK uses them in his house with his Klipschorns. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKlipsch Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 Here it is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Landau Posted June 25, 2001 Author Share Posted June 25, 2001 Thanks very much Tony & Macklipsch,I really apreciate your info. Regards Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornEd Posted July 9, 2001 Share Posted July 9, 2001 Wow, it even looks like a secret document! Best "Dope from Hope" I've seen... it really fires the imagination on making rooms work for more than just Khorns. Thanks, guys, for meaningfully sharing. HornEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Yeah Baby! Thanks for the dope. I had assumed the false corners would have to be much bigger...Makes me consider trying my k-horns in a different (bigger) room! ------------------ JDMcCall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Phillips Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Been to Paul's home,he has false walls! If you look at my page,I have false corners making the front of my system look built in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted July 12, 2001 Share Posted July 12, 2001 You might consider just making up "backs" for the K-Horns out of plywood. I did so for my home builts which were otherwise based on the Speakerlab plans. They work well enough. Let me preface that I have all the respect possible for PWK. However, the false corner seems to be a bit un-necessary and a hold over from an IP issue. It is my suspicion that the patent on the K-Horn rested mostly on the feature that the back is not closed off and can be placed in a separate structural corner which seals it off. This feature appears, as I recall, in most of the "claims" of the patent. Some go to other aspects of the design. (There is really no secret to the legal nature of the claims if you read closely. And in any event, the patent is long since lapsed. One implication is that much of the protection of the patent could have been avoided by a design which simply closed off the back. But the fox in Hope wasn't letting on to that.) Therefore, to honor the novely of the design, PWK was forced to design a false corner which was not a structural part of the horn. However, that is not to say that sealing off the back with plywood, suitably braced will not give the same performance as the false corner. You'll note that the Jubilee has a closed off back. With the exception of the ShortHorn / Rebel, no other Klipsch designed horn used an open back, to my knowledge. Regards, Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Landau Posted July 13, 2001 Author Share Posted July 13, 2001 Should the back cover the complete back side of the speaker or only the woofer, because only the bass section is folded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Reed Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 Only the lower horn has to be "covered", but it might look better to go all the way up to the top of the cabinet. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Thanks MK, glad to see this post still under search. I definitely think I'm going to have to build one of these soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steihy Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Greetings from Norway. My friend had similar obstructions behind his '78 horns, you know, radiators and stuff, so we acted on the Dope from Hope. We built the corners "shoulder high", just as high as the bass bins. This was not for cosmetic, but for practical reasons; he has the tops twisted maybe 10-15 degrees outwards, just bolted down on the outside bracket, so that they focus a few feet further back. You can't do this if you build your corners all the way up. This is one worthwile tweak! Bass used to be all over the place, now it's tidy and tunefull. Just getting the gaskets to make wall contact seemed to gain an octave. Stein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted August 27, 2001 Share Posted August 27, 2001 stein, are the gaskets you are using attached to the side of the back board? or the the cabinet sides? can you explain? thanks, tony ------------------ *1993 K-Horns w/ ALK x-overs *Marantz 7T preamp *Dynaco MkIV monoblocks (modded to triode) *Sony CDP-CX350 and CX-230 CD changers *MSB link DACIII (96k upsampling) *MSB silver digital director (switching and jitter reduction) *Technics M-85 professional Cassette Deck *SAE MK VIII tuner *Luxman PD-272 turntable, Grado Red cartridge *Cardas Crosslink speaker cable *Monster M550i for all interconnects *Monster HTS3500 Reference Powercenter Conditioner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steihy Posted August 27, 2001 Share Posted August 27, 2001 Sunnysal. The gaskets are factory provided, and they look like fat draftexcluders. I am at a disadvantage as I am working away from home, and don't have access to either my own or my friends horns right now, but the way I remember, they fit around the back board. You will figure it out as it is self evident which structure will first make wall contact in a true (or false)corner. Stein This message has been edited by Steihy on 08-28-2001 at 12:15 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted August 27, 2001 Share Posted August 27, 2001 I have also enclosed back portion of my K-horns as I didn't have good corners to place them in. I covered the bass bin only so I can easily show off my ALK x-overs and the horns. Everyone I have shown them to are duly impressed with the build quality and overall aesthetics of the ALK's!! ------------------ Ed W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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