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In Reply to: RE: Playing with acoustic foam :) posted by KanedaK on August 03, 2016 at 15:32:50
Those E-V horns are from the Electro-Voice Sentry III and Sentry IV. The Sentry III blew away the Altec Model 19 and the Valencias, etc. The Sentry IV blew away the Altec A7 Voice of the Theater. That's not a surprise, since the Sentry line was a more modern design.
What I wonder is: What happened to the rest of the parts? How does a person end up with just a pair of midrange horns from a venerable semi-vintage loudspeaker?
Lastly, these bear no resemblance to the Klipsch LaScala. Entirely different tweeter, entirely different mid horn and driver, entirely different bass folded horn and driver. The ONLY thing they have in common is that they're both 3-way horn-loaded speakers.
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They are more LaScala-alike (lol) than you might think: they started as a pair of LaScalas, a split pair. Not a "professional" version: they were split because the previous owner turned a normal, raw pair of LS into a split pair, added protection corners, and used them as PA speakers for years.
Then they ended up in my bedroom; I was still a teenager, almost. I paid a cheap price for them: around 400$; the woofers were not original, and they were rough and beaten up and ugly, but I immediately fell in love.
I started by buying brand new K33E woofers ( the ones I still use), then over the last 18 years , little by little, I modded them, every time funds allowed: as much as I loved them, as much I felt there was room for improvement. But there was NO WAY I would part with them.
First went the K400 horns, replaced them with the SM120 horns from EV, sitting on top of the bass bins, with the T35 (K77) sitting on top of them. Then I bought the Beyma CP25 tweeters, and that was also a big step forward; that's when I built the box to hold midrange and treble drivers together. Then, and that was like 6 years ago, I bought ALK Universal crossovers. Again, massive step forward, and I was more and more in love with my "Klipsch".
Over all those years, annoyed by some rattling noises and resonances from my bass horns, I had made the plan in the corner of my head to one day brace the bass horns and that would be the final step. But then I came across those Peavey bass horns, and they solve the bracing problem, while adding more clarity and dynamics in the lower midrange. I couldn't pass...
So basically, they still use the Klipsch woofers, the Klipsch mid drivers, the Klipsch crossover frequencies (even tho the ALK crossover is NOT from KLipsch, it is made for klipsch products, using the same frequencies and, to a certain margin, slopes); the bass horn, while not being Klipsch anymore, uses the same design, only not having size constrains. So to me, they are like the "Ultimate LaScala", sharing the same philosophy and all.
I need to add, I'm as much in love with their looks as with the way they sound; it's always fun to see people "into hi-fi" using conventional, direct-radiator speakers, beautifully veneered, sleek finish, reacting like: "oh my, those are disco speakers, are u a DJ or something?", then sit in the sweet spot, and silently nodding, foot tapping, mouth slightly open, as Mark Knopfler guitar stands in front of them, in all subtility and glorious dynamics. The less you expect speakers to sound good, the more you are shocked when you hear them :-D
That's a great story about how you morphed them into something quite different!
I suspect they now sound more like an E-V Sentry IV than a LaScala, which is a good thing.
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Thanks ;-) they're a long term relationship for sure. Probably a lifetime marriage, I'm not afraid to say - until I win the lottery and buy some JBL Everest DD55000 :-) and even then, I'd most likely keep these, as a secondary system, of for the country house!
I never heard EV Sentry IV but I would excpect mine to sound even better, having an "audiophile" crossover network as opposed to a professional one. Probably mostly same basic presentation but I'm ready to bet mine are more refined and smooth. Chances are I'll never know, tho ;-)
"I need to add, I'm as much in love with their looks as with the way they sound; it's always fun to see people "into hi-fi" using conventional, direct-radiator speakers, beautifully veneered, sleek finish, reacting like: "oh my, those are disco speakers, are u a DJ or something?", then sit in the sweet spot, and silently nodding, foot tapping, mouth slightly open, as Mark Knopfler guitar stands in front of them, in all subtility and glorious dynamics. The less you expect speakers to sound good, the more you are shocked when you hear them :-D"Well, and I say congratulations for knowing what you like, and sticking with it.
And I bet they are better than most if not all of those slick new speakers! I'm laughing at your description of owners of the slick speakers faces when they first hear your speakers! But they will convince themselves of the superiority of theirs as they get away from you and re-enter the "denial zone" of their audio lives where newer is better and reviewer approval is more important than the sound in their homes.
Edits: 08/04/16
Besides 'Disco Speakers' ;-)
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