I just bought a pair of Khorns, consec. ser. #'s. Sound great. Know nothing ~ the speakers except they are big. Am using Heresy's w/my MC 240. The question, these speakers have no type of grillwork and don't appear to have ever had any. They are in a (satin?) black finish w/everything showing. Klipsch logo on front of cab. is copper w/three horiz. lines across face. I can send ser. #'s with inspector's names and other info contained on the paper tags on the back if it will help...thanks....priceb

 They sound like decorators.

There is a post somewhere that chronicals the history & S/N secret decoder ring somewhere ...

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 KLIPSCH S/N FORMATS

DATES DISCRIPTION EXAMPLE

1946-1947 ### (001) ending #021

1948-1961 #### (0121) starting #0121
• Klipschorns of this vintage had the s/n hammer stamped into the tailboard, woofer access door or inside the woofer chamber.

1962-1983 ##letter#### (20Y1234)

1984-1989(?) YY WW #### (89281234)

1990-1997(?) DOY Y2Y1 #### (135791234)

1998-2000 YY WW #### (00281234)


1962-1983 Letter format

A=62 F=67 K=72 R=77 X=82
B=63 G=68 L=73 S=78 Y=83
C=64 H=69 M=74 T=79
D=65 I=70 N=75 U=80
E=66 J=71 P=76 W=81

1946-1961 dates can only be found in log book (eng. Library)

DOY= day of the year
YY=year (i.e. 99,00…)
Y2Y1=2nd digit of year, 1st digit of year
WW=week of the year

Date code on drivers (1994) Example – 9429 = 1994, 29th week of the year / YYWW