Dlk?

[Theophilus Punoval]

I have to admit I've never heard of DLK speakers until I did a favor for a friend and wound up with a pair of 1 1/2s temporarily in my living room.

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with DLK in general or these in particular?

 

[pw5599]

Say it with pictures

 

[shrinkboy]

if you use search, you will find your question has been asked perhaps dozens of times over the years.....David L. Kaplan made a fine series of speakers back in the 70s and were distributed throughout the upper mid-west...i'm sure you'll find more on them

 

[Theophilus Punoval]

Say it with pictures

So you haven't had experience?

 

[Amcrebelfan]

I have a pair of dlk 1s and 1.5s like them both. The 1.5s are 4ohm so I don't have anything that powers them well. The 1s are on my sons pioneer sx737 they sound great.

 

[Aussiekeeper]

if you use search, you will find your question has been asked perhaps dozens of times over the years.....David L. Kaplan made a fine series of speakers back in the 70s and were distributed throughout the upper mid-west...i'm sure you'll find more on them

Wrong......The maker was Don L. Klewer out of Minneapolis Mn. In the 70's, Schaak Electronics had the sole distributorship for these speakers. Mr Schaak and Don were school buddies in college. They were very boring to listen to (muddy and not detailed in the upper end) and were NOT a sales hit in any of our stores..........Schaak Electronics closed in the mid to late 70's after they over extended themselves by purchasing the original Allied Radio stores. By the way Don was a very nice guy, very soft spoken.........

 

[skriefal]

I remember hearing Schaak Electronics ads on the radio as late as 1985. And I was definitely in the St Cloud, MN, store around that same time. Vaguely recall lusting after the new Apple Macintosh computers in the computer room [or maybe they were LISAs ]. Don't recall seeing any DLK speakers -- but the best audio system I could afford at the time was a $50 boombox, so...

 

[kermit z]

It appears that Schaak closed around 1986. They did file for chapter 11 in the mid seventies, partly due to the purchase of Allied Radio. I have some DLK 2's that I have really enjoyed. They are very well made IMHO.

 

[kbott]

i had a pair of 1.5's and the sound didn't come close to matching the veneer - keyword had

 

[BBRN]

I just restored a pair, and I love em. I used Dayton 1% caps, cleaned out the Lpad, resealed the drivers tweeter and back cover with new foam, added some new insulation to the cabs, and sanded and oiled. They look great, and sound just as well. I have the butyl rubber surrounds on the drivers so they were in good shape, and the phenolic tweets are still ticking.

 

[SimplySound]

I saw a pair of 1's on CL that look pretty sweet... Uhmmm... Nice cabs! I wonder what KEF Drivers would do in these?