[Vintage-Audio] Karlson Speaker

[Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF]

Now there would be some sweet sound! Infinite baffle, bass reflex or folded
horn? 

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From: wolfbob <wolfbob at csnsys.com>
To: Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Karlson Speaker
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:40 PM

I cant find them at the moment,  but plans for a 12 inch and 
15 inch Karlson are on the internet somewhere. I really 
contemplated buliding a pair, but...

WBob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <w9ran at oneradio.net>
To: <vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:26 AM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Karlson Speaker


>A photo from a fellow radio nut's workshop included a 
>homebrew speaker with a unique feature - an 
>exponential-curved front piece that was distinctive, but 
>the name of the design eluded me.  After a half hour spent 
>thumbing through enough old hi-fi magazines I finally found 
>it:  Karlson.  (Actually the article I first found 
>mis-named it "Karlton" but my memory-like-an-elephant buddy 
>Fred Olsen correctly caught the error).    The Karlson 
>Company sold assembled speakers, and also plans for 
>do-it-yourself builders as the design is simple and easily 
>replicated.  The Karlson speaker uses a single 12 or 15" 
>driver and claims full-range reproduction, although some of 
>the speakers shown on the Gallery page have added mids and 
>tweeters.
>
> Ever since finding the ads for Karlson plans in old radio 
> magazines I've been intrigued by them and one day I want 
> to make one and give it a listen.   Information and an 
> active forum of Karlson fans can be found at 
> http://home.planet.nl/~ulfman/   With it's patetended "jet 
> age" design, the Karlson says "1950s" like no other 
> speaker I know of!
>
> But what really surprised me was to learn that a certain 
> outspoken ham radio editor from that era was Vice 
> President (and chief huckster) for the Karlson Company:
> http://home.planet.nl/~ulfman/images/wayne.gif 
> Regardless of how good the speaker was or wasn't, after 
> reading Wayne Green's ad copy who could resist?   If his 
> claim of shipping 1400 per month is right there ought to 
> be a few of the factory-built jobs still around.  Has 
> anyone seen, owned, or built a Karlson?  And what can you 
> tell us about it?
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
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