Klipsch La Scala diagnostics/repairs

If if you don’t solder 
bob can rebuild your crossovers

Thank you guys - very much. I'll follow your leads at Klipsch and Bob Crites.  This is my first time on this forum - you guys are great.

I've enjoyed reading some of the different opinions on the Speaker forum, for and against horns, etc.  Way back when my buddies and I were making money for the first time out of college, we all went out and bought high-end sound systems.  My route was Klipsch with Crown 150 amp and pre-amp.  Paul Klipsch was my hero back then.  Others went the way of Dahlquist, Magnaplaner, JBL. . . . with McIntosh, Phase Linear, and some kits for amps.  I've long contended that at low to medium volumes, some of those systems might have had more balanced sound than mine -- seeing how mid rangy the La Scalas are.  But dial up a little Rick Wakeman, or a song like School by Supertramp, or Tank by ELP, and crank it up, and nothing could touch my system for kick ass distortion-free rocking.

It's upsetting to hear the recent deterioration in sound but this system is now 40 years old and I suppose it's not surprising that the speakers and/or crossovers may need some parts replaced.

Thanks again guys.

Well your hero ( a true American Audio legend for sure ) was famous for saying “ what the world really needs is a great 8 wpc amplifier”....
so as you ( might ) cede the demands of youth for hyper quality of tone, consider a smallish tube amp now...
Also if you are running 40 year old Crown ( or any other gear ) it may also need recapping and a tuner upper !!!!
enjoy

Got with Bob Crites and he's been very helpful.  Ready to buy a pair of crossovers from him, seeing how mine are 40 years old.  Question for the board:

Bob gave me the resistance that each of the speakers is supposed to have -- I checked mine and they're all consistently 1 or 2 Ohms lower than the spec, but both sides match.  When speakers go bad, do they tend to go up or down in resistance?

Also, if I pull the bottom panels to visually inspect the woofers, am I able to see anything without physically removing the big 15" speakers?

Thanks for the advice.

Talk to al klappenberger as well. Alk engineering is his company and I bought some new crossovers for my lascalas and they sounded great. You can also adjust the mid and high with his crossover.