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In Reply to: RE: La Scala on ebay posted by Mr_Steady on December 05, 2014 at 16:08:05
My listening room is about 12x20 partially open on one side. I am in between amps but am headed towards SET, Decwware, Coincident, or
Wright Audio. I would need to reconfigure the space.
Thanks Bob
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budget?
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
probably not more than 2k
One last thing about upgrading the midhorn of a Klipsch Heritage speaker. I recommended horns with a 1" throat as a cost saving measure.
IMHO, a long mid horn with a 15/16" throat is 100 year old technology. I think Holland and Newell are right. A horn that can stay 12"-15" long will sound the best. You can get the horn shorter many ways, but I think the best way is to use a driver with a larger mouth.
IOW, to upgrade these LS, I think you should spend the money to upgrade the mid horn and the mid driver. Factor in an additional $1,500 onto your purchase price.
Hope this helps someone,
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
Many choices,
LS for $900
Edgar style rectangular horn 1" throat; $465 pair
Eliptical tractrix 1" throat, $695 pair
Round fiberglass tractrix $580 pair (Requires driver upgrade)
Mid driver upgrade, $800
Better first order passive crossover $320
Better second order passive xover $730
Best, Marchand three way FET active xover, $750
Mix and match them.
$1950 will get you the bins, an eliptical 300hz tractrix horn with 1" throat adapter, and a first order xover. The ALK Universal will allow you to listen with SET, the Crites won't.
The Yorkville Unitys are only $2,200 and they are a huge leap forward. They just would need bi-amping, and they don't have front horn loaded bass. They do crossover to the mid horn at 300hz.
I think the straight m/b horn combo was something like $2,300.
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
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