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In Reply to: Tell us about experiencing a "speaker nightmare" (really bad sound) at someone else's home posted by Richard BassNut Greene on March 3, 2007 at 09:09:18:
No bass, shrill and pure EVIL sounding.
Cruel and unusual punishment.
The guy asked "whadda mean ya don't like em, are you deaf" ?
I said "I am now" .....
Follow Ups:
While I know there are those who like them, I do not. One
of my worst experiences with so called hi-end speakers
was a club I frequented while in college. Imagine a dance
floor that had 2 LaScalas at one end and 4 Hereseys
suspended from the air, one at each corner of the dance floor
pointing downward. And all of these being powered by about
400 watts of Crown PA amps. This setup redefined the term
"ear-bleeding" to me. No wonder I drank too much when I
went there.... ;-)
It was more likely the LaScalas.PWK designed the LaScala during WW II when he worked at the Army Ordnance facility in Hope Arkansas. The idea was to design a speaker that could be used to force diehard Japanese out of their caves and bunkers. But the Joint Chiefs thought it's use would be inhumane so we used flamethrowers instead.
Thank God that though Soviet spies did infiltrate the Manhattan Project they failed in their attempts to steal the LaScala Secrets, thus The United States was spared the spector of Russia launching LaScala armed planes and missiles at us.
The LaScala's are horrible speakers, just about the worst i have ever heard.
And yes, I have heard em with SET, and every amp known to man.Belle Klipsch's suck too IMHO.
Wasn't nuts about Klipschorns either.I did like the original Forte's, and the CF 4's under certain circumstances.
The Cornwall 2's are supposed to be decent ....I have heard heresy's sound bass shy, but OK.
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