Ever wonder what's under the hood of a Klipschorn???

[indy mike]

After rearranging some things I found my set of technical papers from Klipsch. This is a cutaway view of a Klipschorn - that's where yer money is going towards - very complex cabinetry. Folks who bought knockoffs like Speakerlab's attempt DIDN'T get a K-Horn, that's for sure... Paul "Bulls**t" Klipsch did it right... Picture is from the article "Eight Cardinal Points in Loudspeakers for Sound Reprodcution;" IRE Transactions on Audio, November/December 1961; Paul Klipsch - author...

[Steve Hoffman]

It's hard to believe that goofy looking this reproduces music but it does.

Lends credence to the song:

"The music goes 'round and 'round and it comes out here".

[Taurus]

Klipsch's website says it (and the La scala!) use a 15" woofer in there.

Is that true, because it's hard to tell from the picture.

[T]

[Taurus]

JBL seems to like the Klipschorn too (well, at least 2/3's of it :)):

JBL "K2" (http://jbl.com/home/products/product_detail.asp?ProdId=K2S9800DG&SerId=K2&sCatId=)

Yikes, $12,500 each! Anybody heard these things?

[T]

[Khorn]

Originally posted by Taurus
Klipsch's website says it (and the La scala!) use a 15" woofer in there.

Is that true, because it's hard to tell from the picture.

[T]

Yep, 15" it be.

[Steve Hoffman]

Originally posted by Taurus
Klipsch's website says it (and the La scala!) use a 15" woofer in there.

Is that true, because it's hard to tell from the picture.

[T]

You're looking at a side view cutaway.

[Gary]

Originally posted by Steve Hoffman

Lends credence to the song:

"The music goes 'round and 'round and it comes out here".

Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven! How did you know about that song anyway?

Nevermind! Wrong thread!

Inspires me to start a thread.... later today, when I get home!

:)

[Cafe Jeff]

Mr Tannoy, AKA Guy R Fountain, knew a little bit about folding wood too!
Jeff

[Taurus]

For the historians here:

Did this (http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/hartsfield.htm) JBL cause any resentment/amusement/disbelief among Klipsch owners when it was introduced?

(Yep, I like JBL, but I liked them more before they were acquired by The Harmon Group. :()

[T]

[indy mike]

Dunno - the K-Horn is still around and in production. PK inspired a lotta others to give it a try - almost all were flops (and Klipsch wasn't using cheap drivers - he sourced drivers from Western Electric, Stephens, University and EV before developing some on their own). Haven't heard the Hartsfield, but it looks like a monster!