I am glad you were able to listen to La Scala IIs and really do appreciate your objectivity. True bass response is excellent until it exits stage left, and right. As mentioned on the used market, stock and modded, they are performance bargains.
Bill
Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy?
As just another way to build a loudspeaker system why such disputes in forums when horns are mentioned? They can solve many issues that plague standard designs but with all things have there own. So why such hate? As a loudspeaker designer I work with and can appreciate all transducer and loudspeaker types and I understand that we all have different needs budgets experiences tastes biases. But if you dare suggest horns so many have a problem with that suggestion..why?
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Who has room for La Scalas? (Rhetorical question for which I prefer there not be answers proffered...thanks) However, they do seem to be a bargain at 4 grand, and based on my recent success (a pleasant surprise) with Heresy IIIs I can only imagine (which will have to do as none of the nearby Audio Salons have them for audition) they sound splendid indeed. But how far away from them do you need to be? Near the butler pantry? Do you have to move the vintage globe collection? The Milton busts? (plural) Heresy IIIs need subs (I have 2) but otherwise there's yer Klipschy Taste of Tasty Horn fun right there for relatively small funds, and mine are 9 feet from my fat head. |
I liked them. I can see why people are fanatical about them. They were exciting and fun to listen to. Granted I have tweaked a room and tuned an amp specifically for my speakers, but my modest Focals truly outclassed the LaScala in terms of imaging and bass when I went home and listened. I can imagine a better room getting better imaging out of the Klipsch, but that's not what I heard that day. I liked what I heard and I respect it, but I didn't walk away with any regret for buying what I did. I can see how others might. |
I listened to the LaScala's at CAF. On the day in that room their spectral balance seemed a little tipped up to me, and overall they didn't sound quite as warm as I, personally, like in a sonic presentation. I gather there are a number of professional and DIY after-market mods that can have quite an impact on this, though. |
Horns seem to be less controversial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txRsNmMGWZo |
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