Mike Lindsey Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-1954-KLIPSCH-CORNER-HORN-CORNERHORN-ONE-OF-A-KIND_W0QQitemZ9734556726QQcategoryZ73372QQcmdZViewItem This is being sold by the same gentleman I bought my Thorens TD-124 from. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 OMIGAWD, that's fabulous. I love the hand made network, the 10" Wharfdale rarity and treble horn. The grille clothed wings are unique looking also. For it's age, it's a very smart looking cabinet. These early designs, really almost prototypes are very exciting to see. Hope this goes to a good home (museum?) Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriton Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Wow. That is stunning, and that built in set up that it came out of, with the truntable on the wall? How cool is that...what a find. That speaker really should be in the museum - Klipsch needs to step in here and snag that one... K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 It would be nice to keep everything together the turntable is very slick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Dean, BEC, and Al should check out this network- look at the spacing of the inductors and the fact that it's held together with ALLIGATOR CLIPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 Wow. That is stunning, and that built in set up that it came out of, with the truntable on the wall? How cool is that...what a find. That speaker really should be in the museum - Klipsch needs to step in here and snag that one... K I agree! Amy - where are you? [] Actually, the reserve on this is far less than what it's worth. Also, John is a first-class individual, and a real pleasure to talk to. You can tell immediately that he is passionate about all things audio and is very knowledgable as well. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Definitley museum worthy, but I have no idea of the process they go through to acquire holdings. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Dean, BEC, and Al should check out this network- look at the spacing of the inductors and the fact that it's held together with ALLIGATOR CLIPS! Michael, Nothing unusual about the use of alligator clips. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 Is that a CornScala with 3 tweeters? That thing looks awesome! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Yeah Bob, for R&D fine, but can you believe that PWK would build it that way and let it out the door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Amy Posted June 1, 2006 Moderators Share Posted June 1, 2006 I've sent this along to our company "historian." We'll see what we can do! Thanks for pointing it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostinozz Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 colterphoto1 wrote the following post at 05-31-2006 10:27 AM: OMIGAWD, that's fabulous. I love the hand made network, the 10" Wharfdale rarity and treble horn. The grille clothed wings are unique looking also. For it's age, it's a very smart looking cabinet. These early designs, really almost prototypes are very exciting to see.Hope this goes to a good home (museum?)Michael So parting this thing out and selling the individual pieces on eBay wouldn't be a good idea???[:^)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS65711 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Yeah Bob, for R&D fine, but can you believe that PWK would build it that way and let it out the door? "The owner and builder of this speaker drove to the NYC Audio show in 1953 to discuss the design of this speaker system with Paul Klipsch himself." I don't believe that this speaker was designed or built by Klipsch, based on this statement. It looks to me like it's an early clone. The crossover diagram could have been handed to the owner/builder with "try something like this". After all, the owner/builder simply met PWK at an audio show. There was no indication given that PWK ever saw or heard the speaker in question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Amy Posted June 1, 2006 Moderators Share Posted June 1, 2006 From our historian: "Being a home-built speaker, it is obviously unique. There are many others out there just as 'unique'. The network drawings would be the most valuable part for Klipsch, but our holdings of PWK schematics and drawings are already extensive. This does not mean that the speaker does not hold value for someone (thats what eBay is all about), but if Klipsch acquired even a modest representation of home-builts, we would need a warehouse-size addition to the museum."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Yeah Bob, for R&D fine, but can you believe that PWK would build it that way and let it out the door? "The owner and builder of this speaker drove to the NYC Audio show in 1953 to discuss the design of this speaker system with Paul Klipsch himself." I don't believe that this speaker was designed or built by Klipsch, based on this statement. It looks to me like it's an early clone. The crossover diagram could have been handed to the owner/builder with "try something like this". After all, the owner/builder simply met PWK at an audio show. There was no indication given that PWK ever saw or heard the speaker in question. I understand, I guess I was reading Klipsch into it. It was indeed a home brew cabinet. Which begs the question- when did the first Khorn roll out the doors at Klipsch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 You all have it correct. PWK did NOT build this speaker (which is never mentioned in the eBay ad). What he did do was work out a crossover for this gentleman based on the drivers he wanted to use, and wrote it down on a piece of paper. And this guy kept the paper Paul drew the design on with all the other paper work for the speaker system. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS65711 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 The only thing that is kind of misleading is that the title of the ebay listing is "ONE 1954 KLIPSCH CORNER HORN CORNERHORN-ONE OF A KIND", which sort of implies (to me anyway) that the speaker was built by Klipsch. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homemadeheresy Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 You guys don't miss a trick, I saw this earlier today while surfing for parts. Like Amy said the paper work would be the most attractive catch with this auction. It would look fantastic in my basement (when finished) framed right about a set of Khorns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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