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SpeakerLab Cornerhorns?

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HI All , I just purchased a pair of Speaker Lab cornerhorns , and I know very little about them . DOes anyone want to share some of the Speakerlab history? How can you tell if they are factory or kit? Did they changed drivers over the years? etc. ? Thanks in advance, Ed
 
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I have some info on this at home. I was just going through my Speakerlab papers last week. IM your address and I'll copy the appropriate parts for you.

Speakerlab, back in the 70's and 80's, had some modestly priced kits and factory built speaker systems. They were very well designed, and the drivers chosen were either made to their specs, or cherry picked from other manufacturers.

They are still in business today, but make just three kit models apparently aimed at the HT market. One is a small bookshelf or satellite type, another is a pair of 2-way towers. The remaining model is a center channel. The store appears to be a full line stereo/ht shop, and the Speakerlab kits just some "store brand" speakers.

Some will tell you that the Speakerlab K Horn, which was essentially a modified Klipshhorn, was misdesigned in the throat area, but they had specific reasons for that, and it is explained in one of the many papers I have from them. They also describe woofer requirements for large corner horns.

They sold plans as well as a few factory built K Horns.
 
HI Guys, you can email me at ecoleman@2whidbey.net ( remove the 2 from my addy before mailing me !) . I just got a pair of Speakerlab cornerhorns. It looks like they are made from 1/2 mdf. I thought they were sposed to be 3/4 plywood? Any insights? yes I'd love to see the "official " Speakerlad papers. Thanks! Ed
 
Depending on the vintage of your Speakerlab corner horns, they were available in drivers only, kit partially assembled or complete finished system. I'm not sure about the thickness of the panels but they should weigh approx 225lbs each.

One of my old Speakerlab catalogs sold each corner horn speaker fully assembled for $695/each or as low as $295/each for just the drivers & crossover.
 
Speakerlab K-Horns

I have a pair of Speakerlab K-horns finished in walnut I just bought for $400. The poor guy I got them from had them in storage for several years, probably because his wife wanted a Bozo Acoustimass system or some other horrible politically correct speaker system.

Right now they are being stripped down and refinished. I will also update and upgrade the crossovers. I have rebuilt the University T35 tweeters with new diaphragms/voice coils. Very easy to do. I wrapped the outside of each mid horn with 100 feet of clothesline sized poly rope that was slathered with liberal amounts of RTV to help dampen out the horn. Came with University PD-4V drivers. Somewhere in all my junk I have a set of Speakerlab plans for the K-horn that I bought back in the 70's from the Tacoma store. I'll let you all know if/when I find the old plans.
 
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