Klipsch K-48 driver specs

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   Not sure if this belongs in General or ElectroFrying...

I've been given a bunch of old drivers from some dismantled Klipsch boxes

1x K-48-KP
2x K-48-EP
And a couple of horns...
It appears the KP came from a KI-362 (the horns match this) and the EP maybe from KI-115

Unfortunately one of the K-48-EP is blown, but it was free so I can't complain

I want to built new boxes with them, but can't find much in the way of specs - is there anywhere Kilpsch details can be found? 

And, how would these drivers compare to aftermarket models? 
I read on forums people comparing them to Eminence Kappa 15 or the like - apparently the E in the code reflects it was made by them. Just not sure if it's worth spending $2-300 on reconing the blown K-48-EP. Probably build a cheapo party/suicide rig and use them as ported woofers, if I can get 2 boxes going out of the 3 drivers that'd be OK - but wonder how different the E and K variants are...

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bitSmasher Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 23 June 2012 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 2295	Post Options Post Reply Quote bitSmasher Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Klipsch K-48 driver specs Posted: 17 October 2013 at 10:13pm
	Not sure if this belongs in General or ElectroFrying... I've been given a bunch of old drivers from some dismantled Klipsch boxes 1x K-48-KP 2x K-48-EP And a couple of horns... It appears the KP came from a KI-362 (the horns match this) and the EP maybe from KI-115 Unfortunately one of the K-48-EP is blown, but it was free so I can't complain I want to built new boxes with them, but can't find much in the way of specs - is there anywhere Kilpsch details can be found? And, how would these drivers compare to aftermarket models? I read on forums people comparing them to Eminence Kappa 15 or the like - apparently the E in the code reflects it was made by them. Just not sure if it's worth spending $2-300 on reconing the blown K-48-EP. Probably build a cheapo party/suicide rig and use them as ported woofers, if I can get 2 boxes going out of the 3 drivers that'd be OK - but wonder how different the E and K variants are...

bitSmasher Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 23 June 2012 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 2295	Post Options Post Reply Quote bitSmasher Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 October 2013 at 6:39am
	figured this out myself, bought a Dayton DATS: http://www.daytonaudio.com/index.php/test-measurement/dats-dayton-audio-test-system.html Haven't quite mastered it yet, but managed to get it to spit out numbers that look usable - no doubt it has some small quirks to learn as I use it more. For $100 I have removed guesswork from building boxes with all the random drivers I have laying around, not a bad investment! For reference, the K-48-EP And the K-48-KP I also tried a couple of other drivers and compared them to paper specs, numbers looked reasonable so I'm suitably satisfied with this... now to design some boxes!

odc04r Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 12 July 2006 Location: Sarfampton Status: Offline Points: 5482	Post Options Post Reply Quote odc04r Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 October 2013 at 9:37am
	Alrighty, your TS values look very sensible, perhaps the Qes for the K48 seems a tad high - it's going to need a considerably sized enclosure to get a flat response. But perhaps this is the way that it has been designed? I don't really know anything about the Klipsch range.