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In Reply to: RE: La Scala posted by maxhifi on December 04, 2014 at 08:28:58
Scratching my head. I admit I am not necessarily a horn lover having used electrostats for most of my 50 years know the hobby. Have had a set of Cornwalls and more recently a set of Heresys IIs. When I finally gave up my last set of stats I was going to buy a sdy of LaScalas but got sidetracked and bout a set of Bozak Symphonys instead.
The Cornwalls impressed me and I regretted selling them after doing so. I picked up the HIIs about '89 to help out someone more than wanting them. Never got to a point where I liked them enough to keep them in system for any time but, enough not to quite give up on them. The lower end showed some of the same attributes that I experienced with my full range stats that even the Bozaks could not match.
Recently, I popped one, found a cap let go. I was finally preparing to sell them and had to decide to sell for cheap or repair. Got the Crites rebuild kits and his titanium tweeter diaphragms. At the time I thought the tweeter had gone out. I did the rebuilds and changed the diaphragms. Sadly, I did not test in between to see what made the difference. My original diaphragms tested good and within a couple of tenths of ohms between them. Also cleaned up the terrible driver to baffle gasketing that had large gaps so not doing any job.
Not sure what causes the most change. I suspect maybe by the time I got the speakers the caps were trashed though only about 5 years old. For a couple of hundreds dollars and a couple of hours work it was like buying a couple,etc of grand of new speakers. Mucb of what I liked about the stats, I am experiencing with the new HIIs.
I would suggest getting the LaScalas and loving with them for some time as they sit. Find an amp that does decently well with them and carefully log your likes and dislikes about them. You already have a good starting place if the drivers are original and with the Crites crossover's. Only then explore improving them but, go slowly. Klipsch heritage seems to love up to the report they had way back then, for the bucks you get good value and a solid foundation whereby for not a lot of money they can show significant improvement.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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"The Cornwalls impressed me"
This thread is all from the perspective of front loaded horn bass. I propose there is nothing else like it. Brian I hope you get a chance to hear it someday.
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
I have heard quite a number over the years. I was addressing the matter related to starring with a Klipsch vs going to a different brand of doing straight to diy. Klipsch presents a good entry level to the design and for whatever reason Paul left a lot of room for improving them. It might have been he decided a design to meet a specification should be a minimal to keep the price point low but allow improvements to whatever level of sound vs cost one wants. Other companies took this approach such as Bozak where you could order the Concert Grand cabinet with the component load of the 302a and then over time add drivers until you got the mix that sounded best or the cabinet was fully loaded. This would not be practical for a horn system so, It may be Paul took another approach to achieve the same result.
A good bass bin has the same practical limitation as the full range e'stat. It takes space for get low and I have only lived in a few places that could accommodate a system larger than the Bozak Symphony or 4 pair of KLH Nines.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Hi gang ... Lots of reading ahead on this long thread. Learning a lot. Wasn't sure where to post this (mod?), but this seemed as good as any. I'm currently making an unfinished copy of the LaScala bins as a retirement hobby.
Also working on a unique version of the Cornwalls. It duplicates Paul's original volume and porting. PM me with questions.Zene
Edits: 12/08/14
Hi Zene,
Love your bins! The braces help for sure.
John Inlow of Inlow sound is in Portland Oregon. That's pretty close to you all things considered. I think he sells his plans for like $25. You should build a pair of his straight mid/bass horns, if you haven't already.
Keep up the great work!
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
Zene...those look really nice and solid, I never liked the
vibrating sides of the PWK version. You're a true craftsman,
can't wait to see pics of the Jensen BLH!.
M
how much?
"I have heard quite a number over the years. I was addressing the matter related to starring with a Klipsch vs going to a different brand of doing straight to diy."
I agree. It's how I got started in horns, and I still use them. What does that tell you? I am using my LS bins right this second.
For a long time (50 years) the folded W was state of the art. In the past five years I think it has been surpassed sonicaly. By straight m/b horns and maybe even PPSL. I want to see how djk's mod of flaring the slot works out.
Still if you want a m/b horn that fits into a space, 24"x24"24", then the LS is still the only game in town. Even after all these years. Okay, Bruce Edgar has a curved m/b horn too that goes to 400hz.
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
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