[Boatanchors] Heath AK-5 variants

John Page [email protected]
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:01:07 +0000


Glen, the sides of mine are about 1/2 inch thick and there is NO grove around the edge. John









John Page K4KWM



Hollow State since 1953



(ex W8PKU,N8BLB,NA8O)








>From: Glen Zook 


>To: [email protected] 

>Subject: [Boatanchors] Heath AK-5 variants 

>Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:46:34 -0700 (PDT) 

> 

>Since I have gone from AK-5 poor to now having 3 in my 

>posession (2 of them are mine), I notice that there 

>are 2 distinctive variants. On one of mine and the 

>one that I borrowed a while back, the sides come out 

>"flush" with the front. The 3rd one, that I just got 

>today, has a groove about 3/32 inch wide between the 

>front and the housing. The trim around the front is 

>3/4 inch wide, then there is the groove and the rest 

>of the housing which is 5.125 inches wide, making for 

>a total depth of 5 15/16 inches which is identical to 

>the other 2 speakers. 

> 

>Obviously, Heath used at least two manufacturers for 

>the housings. Now, I wonder, which type is the more 

>common. Of course, the AK-5 speaker is one of the 

>more "scarce" items that was manufactured by Heath (as 

>well as being relatively "ugly" - at least in my 

>opinion!). 

> 

>Are there even more variants out there? 

> 

>Glen, K9STH 

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