Mabu Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I attended an auction in Arkansas of some storage facilities and picked up a really badly-home-made woofer box that appears to have two Klipsch 12" woofers in it. I need some help identifying these woofers and want to know what my options are in having them refurbished. These are 12" woofers with huge magnets on it... there's a note on the back saying they handle 400 watts. The Klipsch logo is on the dust cover, which appears to be concave (and natural - I don't think it's pushed in but I guess it could be). The magnets are round, the frame is stamped and doesn't have any vents on it. The cones are marked with these numbers: "0045" and "315". The speakers appear to be in good working shape but I get about 30-36 ohms across them. The foam surrounds have been repaired with what appears to be silicon caulk and they could probably be replaced. Anyone have any idea where these woofers came from? What's their model number and specs? Will Klipsch service them? What are my options? Any recommendations on what they should be crossovered at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Got any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabu Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Pictures What's interesting is that the magnet seems to not be centered on both speakers. Is this by design or has the magnet moved a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 If you paid more than $4, you got robbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 If you paid more than $4, you got robbed. I was thinking about $2 (that is they paid you $2 to cart them off).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabu Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Ha ha - I paid $3 for them. The voice coils appear to be ok. There cone is very tight and firm and moves authoritatively with resistance. The foam surrounds are mangled and they're filthy and I haven't tried cleaning them. I hooked both of them up and they sounded fine - no distortion at all... OMG can these things put out massive amounts of volume - I couldn't get my stereo past "5" before I ran everybody out of the house and the speakers didn't even look like they were playing, but they don't sound particularly great, but I attribute this to the fact that I wasn't filtering out any frequencies and running them without a crossover. I bet if I just sent low frequencies to these things, they'd rock hard and clear, but they certainly won't win any beauty contests. So are they Klipsch? What's the deal? They are pretty substantive woofers, even if they are in crappy condition. Can these things be refurbished? I find it hard to believe such a substantive speaker is low-end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 They're Klipsch, but there should be a stamp or a tag on the magnet, possibly K-22, K-24, or something like that. From the picture, it's likely they are out of an industrial type, maybe a TH-SR, KP, etc. Send a PM to colterphoto1 and ask him to look at the picture. He works for Klipsch Tech Support and is an expert on the industrial components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattevt Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 And please keep us updated. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 What's interesting is that the magnet seems to not be centered on both speakers. Is this by design or has the magnet moved a bit? I doubt it's by design, but if the VC isn't rubbing then don't worry about it.The only pleated paper diaphragm with foam surrounds from Klipsch that I can think of is the SW-12: http://www.klipsch.com/products/discontinued/details/sw-12.aspx Which would be the K-26 driver. Dang them drivers are ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 It appears the speakers have rubber surrounds (not foam ones like youmentioned). And it appears the rubber surround is in good shape on theone you pictured, so I'm not sure the speakers need any services unlessyou're hearing some voicecoil rub. Have you hooked the up to see howthey sound? About the magnet, just because it isn't centered doesn't mean the voicecoil isn't center on the magnet's gap. I've seen off-center magnet a lot so don't sweat that at all. It's hard to say what model they might be from, but it'spretty safe assumption to say their likely from a Heritage line (or maythe Professional line). Typically there is a number on the back of themagnet that might shed more light on what they're from. Also, you might want to delete the other thread you started in the Tech section since this seems to be the more active one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Heritage line (or may the Professional line). Typically there is a number on the back of the magnet that might shed more light on what they're from. Unless there's a few exceptions that I'm not aware of, the entire Heritage and Professional line is using paper accordian surrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Unless there's a few exceptions that I'm not aware of, the entire Heritage and Professional line is using paper accordian surrounds.That's right. Hmmm, well it's not a from a KG, KLF, or CF series. I'm wondering if the driver is from an early Klipsch (dedicated) subwoofer like this one:http://www.klipsch.com/products/discontinued/details/sw-12.aspx NOTE: I totally missed the fact you mentioned this in your earlier post. I guess I shouldn't have stopped reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabu Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 I think you guys are right... Yes sorry about the redundant post in the other category. I really didn't know which topic to post in. Any way to tell if this is the sw-12 or the sw-12 II? http://www.klipsch.com/products/discontinued/details/sw-12-ii.aspx#specifications Yea, this looks exactly like those speakers... so they came from a subwoofer.. aha! Now what's weird is I have two of them. You wouldn't normally buy a pair of these things, so someone got two of them and built them into a particle board woofer box that they used in their car or truck... (when I removed the speakers from the cabinet, the vibration had basically eaten away at a lot of the particle board... these 12" woofer were packed into a 3 x 1.5 foot cabinet made out of 3/4 pressboard with marine carpet glued onto the outside. It was hideous! (only in Arkansas!) The rubber surrounds appear to be in ok shape.. there is a hole in part of one that someone appears to have used silicon caulk to repair. The voice coils seem to be ok. So as I understand it, the crossover is at 120Hz.... any recommendations on what to do with these things? Since I only paid $3 for them, I don't feel like I can't experiment.. maybe stick them in a homebuilt cabinet with some tweeter or midrange -- I don't really need any subwoofers. Anyone have any recommendations on the source of a crossover that would work well with these guys? Thanks for everybody's help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modified-Tractrix Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It appears to be a K-23-K out of an early Forte to me, inverted rubber surround, ribbed paper cone, large magnet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 savea lotta time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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