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In Reply to: RE: I need the screw for an early 80's K-horn woofer door terminal posted by freddyi on July 28, 2016 at 22:54:59
What I can't stand about stock Klipsch is the K400 midrange horn: honky, beamy, harsh, metallic...
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around 1991 I replaced the K400 on my old set of Klipschorns with Dr. Edgar's 250Hz tractrix driven by alnico JBL LE5. A house fire consumed one K-horn. My current pair, purchased at the time to help a friend, are stock with cast aluminum K400 - K400 is just too small but I despise the basshorn in conjunction with my room walls more than the midhorn. The walls are 3/4" flooring ply on 2x6 studs topped with 3/4" sheetrock - nothing on the other side other than vinyl siding, I can lightly rap a wall and they will ring for over a second - like a poor subwoofer. Its un-listenable. I do like my high position wall mounted Heresy I with moderate ESR KGB foil/paper caps. My Klipschorns sound "thuddy" when driven by solid state - indistinct. A little 12" Karlson is more musical on cello.My first set of K-horn style was ~1972 with Speakerlab's K driven by fresh Dynaco MKIII and a modified Dyna PAS. My house walls then were somewhat better being oldschool plaster over lathe with oak 2x4. It was fun on bagpipe and drum lps.
I need a screw to re-assemble the thing.
Karlson Evangelist
Edits: 07/29/16
Two things I've made to the midrange horns of my LaScalas:- remove "bug grill" at the troath of the driver: this may seem like sacrilege, but believe me too much information gets stuck in that thick metal mesh... doing so raises the output level a bit, so be sure to get ALK Universal network first to be able to use different squawker taps...
-replace the nasty K400. No need to go crazy with Bruce Edgar salad bowls and JBL drivers: you'd be surprised how much better the K55V sounds on an EV SM120A horn. Screws right in, and it's smoooooooooooth...
my two cents. Cheap mods, easily reversible!
Edits: 07/30/16
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