[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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