With great reluctance, are selling our K-horns which we purchased new sometime in the late 70's. We relocated recently to NC and simply do not have the room. I was going to install them in our Restaurant Bar and decided that would be near Criminal. They were unfinished birch which we finished in a white-white lacquar and are easy to refinish as they are NOT vaneered. Grills are original Black Fabric and Wood Frame in excellent condition. Original and sound wonderful. Driven by a very high quality hi-current AMP. and never abused. The Speakers are in Coastal N Carolina. I also decided to sell our 5.1 system but can probably do fine locally. I will Photo-graph and send the Serial sheet to anyone interested. I am thinking $2,800 for the pair and will consider reasonable offers.

Other stuff: Klipsch RC-3 II Center(Black)

                                    2-RS-II Surrounds(White)

                                    Fronts 2-RB-35 BLK

                                    Definitive PF 15TL 250W sub

                                    Yamaha Hi-current V2095 5.1 +2 ch Amp(Can be a multiroom system with 2-Remotes)

                                    Denon DVD-2910 SACD (Super Audio &DVD Audio plus DVDVideo

            $2,200 for all but I will break up. Have Manuals, Literature, Certificates and Remotes and some original Boxes.

"we finished in a white-white lacquar  "

how about some pic's?

are these now white or pickled?

60+ billion dollars and a pair of white khorns. Nice.

scott0527:

60+ billion dollars and a pair of white khorns. Nice.

Now *that's* funny.

Actually, I would love to hang out at a bar on the coast with a pair of Khorns.  I would say those would bring 2k at best (just my opinion) unless they are in really sweet condition.

I am interested in the HT speakers for my dad's new HT system.  I recently staged an intervention about his cubes.  Please email me at keithmcg at nc.rr.com with your asking prices.  I'm in Raleigh and visit the coast monthly on business.

FYI - Like others stated, a pair in really nice condition with real wood veneer (walnut or oak for example) would sell for aproximately $2K or less if all original.  Considering these are white, you might consider dropping the asking price to somewhere in the $1500 range if you really want to sell them (especially here where everyone knows what they're worth).

Best of luck to you.  We aren't trying to be jerks, just helpful.

"Coastal N Carolina" may be right around the corner from me. I'm with the consenses here though... white Khorns? Of course I'll report what I see...

I sent you an email Bill....  

I went out and looked at Bill's KHorns today. Bill is a heck of a nice guy and was happy to show me not only the KHorns, but a pretty cool Heathkit Mega Amp he had used to drive them at some point. He and his wife Jan showed me some pics of their previous house and its entertainment center, and the reason the speakers are white. His setup was like one of those ones you'd see in a magazine about how a surround sound home entertainment system should look - nice setup Bill...

Anyway, the horns were not hooked up to any system so I only got to do one of those head-bob lookie-loos. They are sequentially numbered and indeed "white-white". After my retinas returned from a way hot white balance overload (lol...sorry Bill) I got a good look at them. One speaker's top section was unbolted and out where I could see inside. crossovers were original AAs but he said he did have a capacitor or something replaced on one of them and replaced both tweeters. The side panels were missing, but he later showed me where he had them in a storage room. I didn't get to check the condition of teh cloth on these, but there were four, complete but will need to be put back together.

The speakers themselves were in good-very good shape. I did not notice any gashes, gouges, nicks, or chips. The grill cloths were tight and in good shape. There was some of the white paint oversprayed in several areas, but I suppose one would have that stripped or covered anyway. I made him an offer more in line with Gary's guess and left it at that. Bill isn't hurting to sell and may pursue other options.

If you have to have white for your media experience, these and a pair of reworked crossovers may be the ticket. For me, I suppose I'll have to keep looking.

garymd:

you might consider dropping the asking price to somewhere in the $1500 range if you really want to sell them

 Thanks for all the input and special thanks to Brad for the nice comments after our visit.  Bottom line is these speakers were unfinshed to begin with and therefore any buyer would likely refinish to suite their own taste. Most 35+ year old speakers have been nicked, banged up and abused. These have been moved twice since new and are in excellent condition.  We designed a room in the last new house with corners to occomodate the horns.They were driven with a high- current 400w clean bi-coupled Amp. For the youngsters out there, even 35 years ago, the K's were criticized for lack of base and mid-base. As most of you know, the secret to the K's base is good corners, hard floors and plenty of clean power with good transient response. Tried many amps over the years and always fell back to my old Amp and pre-amp. Sorry for the ramble and thanks again.