Mapman, is there a Klipsch Lascala series iii ( 3 ) ? I cannot find anything about it. Kosst, I suppose you brought this thread back from the dead. I am glad you got to hear a pair. Did the Lascalas you heard share the room with other speakers ? The best showrooms I have appreciated are those that demonstrate single pairs by themselves, particularly with larger speakers. Other speakers sharing a room will " play along " with the connected pair, and this effects the pair you are listening to. You should all know by now, I am an old, longtime Klipsch fan, specifically the 5 original Heritage model designs, by PWK himself ( including the newest iterations ). I never claimed perfection, but have always stated, that they do so many " musical " things correctly, that for the money ( with some mods, tweaks and careful room set up), imo, and with my experience, they are hard to beat, and, they are so easy to drive. Enjoy ! MrD.
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Yeah... I was kinda wondering about the talk of the III thing too. I was guessing while listening that the bass dropped off around 50Hz so I looked to their website and the current model of LaScala is the II. And I was right, they get pretty weak below 50. There were a few bookshelves on the walls to the left and right, but I didn't seem to hear any sort of spurious noises or interactions. The room sounded sufficiently damped when I walked in so I don't think the room itself was a big issue. I can imagine getting a wider stage out of them under some better conditions, maybe more depth too. Nothing was going to fix that bass response issue though, and I don't think anybody would argue with that. Like I said, I'd have to do some very extended listening to form an opinion on whether that level of dynamic contrast is something I'd want to live with. It was a very exciting sound, but I could easily see it becoming trying over the course of a prog metal album like 10,000 Days. |
@kosst_amojan Horns have to get pretty enormous to really play bass. My speakers play a compromise on that- they use TAD 1602s (15", free air resonance at 22Hz, 97 db 1 watt 1 meter). They are set up with two woofers per cabinet. No problem playing flat to 20Hz. But the rest of the system is horn based. I've often wondered what a system like this could sound like if a Lowther or the like was employed using the same 500Hz crossover frequency. But it images great (which doesn't come from a woofer anyway) so its been more of a thought exercise than anything else. |
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