[Boatanchors] OT EV Aristocrat cabinet

[Rob Atkinson]

I believe Paul Klipsch let EV use his designs.  Originally the
Aristocrat was meant to be placed in room corners about a foot out
from the wall.  The baffle was closed and the cabinet had an exit out
the back and used the corner walls.  If you have the cabinet out in a
room and close the baffle the sound isn't right.  I found that a small
port in the baffle, originally intended for a horn tweeter, made the
difference.  About a year and a half ago I spent a lot of time working
with an Aristo cabinet and various speakers I had brought home from
hamfests.  What I posted was what I figured out from that.

What got me started was a visit to K4KYV in 2012.  Don has a huge old
cabinet from WSM with a 15 inch speaker driven by a p.p. 6V6 amp
getting audio from his 75A-4.  the sound and volume from that thing
can be almost deafening and overwhelming if he turns it up.  I
returned home convinced these hi-fi speakers I had were power wasting
dogs.  That's what got me searching for old cabinets and old speakers.
I read in ER once, that Ozona Bob swore by the Hallicrafters R42.
That's a smaller radio speaker but bass reflex.

Rob
K5UJ

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Looking at those plans, the Aristocrat is more akin to the Klipsch Rebel,
> which was much simpler and cheaper than the Klipschorn.