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.
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.
