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2445H JBL Drivers, Complete Horn Units w/JBL Factory Mounts $400 for the pair, Pick Up or maybe I meet you half way, ask before you buy. From here they go to Ebay TODAY! and they will not be $400, so the time would be now. Iv been listing to these for a week with the Scalla base unit, and they can take the wattage. I understand they had new diaphrams two years ago.

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Didn't know ya'll had skeeters that far west. Figuring wrong but had thought they would be blown off of the west coast towards me. Could drive a person to pop a top of coffee, or other.

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Too bad your in Cali.. Very nice!!

Like the tittle says: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Single-Klipsch-La-Scala-/161244097385?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item258ae5ab69 Will make a nice center for someone.

She has her own double car garage up front, few years back I installed a server rack in the corner of it, Pyle 2K Amp, CD w/remote and a couple Old Bose and Bic Venturi's , we have another double garage out in the back yard, this I built from scratch Fully insulated including the door, this is the "Cave". 5 bedroom house and we are only using three, so plenty of storage. She also said now that they are "in Storage" jack the price to a Grand and go 30 days!

^^^ LoL, snort; if I'd had any coffee in my mouth, it woulda come out ;-) my nose & on my tiny screen!

The wife is good with this hobby, we have spare rooms in the house and these four critters went into one of them last night. She is a good wife, contacting the guy I bought them from last week to see if he still had a piece of Lab equip (He does) asking her if is she Down for another trip to the Bay area, she said HeII yeah, Even though she knows why/who we are going to see. pretty cool. HP Oscillator Audio Generator (Wide Range).

Hopefully, this message will slow my neighbor from asking for a cup of coffee each morning.

HeII, Your close enough, Buy them, you know you want them.... Id be more than happy to drive them out to you for free!

Always liked the Volvo wagon!

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After hearing some Heresy 1's at a buddy house a year or so ago,I knew I had to get me a pair. I also wanted a pair in good cosmetic condition. After watching Ebay for quite sometime I found a pair described as all original with nothing ever done to them. Their cosmetic condition turned out to be 99.95% Mint. Like new. A great find. But somehow they don't sound near as good as the ones my buddy had, which he no longer does. He sold them to his brother out of state. Anyhow, I know my receiver is quite a bit better than the one he had. My CD player is also much better. I'm even listening to the very same CD/music. His speakers sounded better. I can only think of two things that could be making the difference. One being the difference in the acoustics of the two different rooms. The other would be my speakers may need some type of work. I am new to the Heresy's but I've read that maybe the crossovers could be part of the problem. I don't know. Don't get me wrong, they do sound good, but far from great. As for as his speakers, I do not know if they were all original such as mine. I do not know if any work was ever done on his. So, any thoughts?? Help Welcome..

For me, I see my RS-42 as my bottleneck. This is a nice little gem but I'd like something bigger to "match" the others. Then replace my RS-3II to match. I know the RS-3II is older but it does its job pretty well up on that wall. And then my Pioneer Elite BDP-94HD blu-ray player. It's an awesome player but it's just darn way too slow when loading blu-ray movies.

12 min, and the four EVs go to a 7 day auction, and then I will really zero in on you guys.

I will meet halfway but im not sure you will, Its only about 1400 miles, I will see you there in 2 days Yea ??? All the good deals keep popping up in Ca. and I'm stuck on the Damn east coast Tiger got his post in I min before yours.

The cup I use most often is the closest clean one, I have a cup collection from DISNEYLAND with about 30 different cups/mugs though I tend to use the same dozen of duplicate cups so if one gets broken it isn't a big deal. For espresso, when I want to impress, I have a set of 6 Lennox China cups with sterling silver holders and saucers. I have been brewing only espresso at home for about 6 years. I have several commercial espresso machines and commercial grinders. I shop extensively at auctions, Craig's list restaurant used equipment dealers and do not pay anything near retail. At the moment, on my coffee bar, new retail value, I have about $12K in 2 machines and one grinder. In my shop are several more grinders and commercial espresso machines.

Cal, Glad things are improving, even if they are improving slowly. Taking your mind off of the current situation (as if that was possible), I just bought a pair of Klipschorns. I am excited, but I have violated the promise I made when I decided to get into this escape from reality. That promise was only to buy things I could fund from the "toy" account. I was able to avoid temptation earlier with respect to a pair of Cornwalls that I really wanted. While I was patting myself on the back for my restraint, I saw the Klipschorns. Ah what the hell, food and heat are overrated anyway. Now I have to drive 550 miles each way to pick them up tomorrow, explain this to my wife, and explain to my son why he now must transfer to a state college. How did my priorities get so messed up in just two months?

I've seen worse. No one's slinging arrows of righteous indignation yet. A couple darts......maybe.

Yes, I was told the same today. I was told it was "stupid bullshit". I was also told that my paper in oil builds are based on old, outdated designs, while the SuperX is an entry level design built with over priced parts. I actually laughed, and considering how well I take criticism, this should be seen as a monumental leap in my development. : )

Pace medium is my favorite. I tried many others but none stack up to pace.

Very nice horns, good luck with your sale.

The inductance of the autotransformer is so high, it can be treated as a non-factor. So what you have is a cap and coil, so it's 12db/octave. Using a Bessel alignment and 13 ohms, I can get real close to the stock values.

Ebay listing expires in a couple hours, horns are now in a temp controlled room for storage, they will be re-listed w/shipping option this time around and it's going to be expensive. Im thinking about doing an "Arab Sale" that is where you post an item at an insane price and some wacco arab buy it.

My My, Crowd Pleasers!

What you need is a diversion tactic! A Diamond, some Gold or both! Every woman has a weakness

You mean companies like BoSe? You do realize that objective measurements are used specifically to remove any bias that exists due to the weaknesses inherent in human perception. Objective measurements do not always give a complete answer to the "What does it sound like?" question, but they rarely give a wrong answer the way subjective analysis often does. An example: when I was running live sound people would come to me and say, "It's too loud" when they really meant, "I don't like that kind of music". In that case the SPL meter told the truth.

I'm with the group. Glad you are doing well.. Think about "curling" next time for a winter sport. LOL...

Hate when that happens, I have about half the hand tools and a few other things I once had, can't remember who I loaned them to. Should do like my dad did, hang a notepad in the workshop and write down when he loaned out things with the date.

My vessel for the past 13 years currently being filled daily with Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

True. Great deal if you're close. Not quite as much if you ship cross country.

Community Dark Roast this morning. My wife may get out of hospital Monday.

As you know: there are only a few people who are looking for large speakers (crazies like us), so then it becomes a shipping issue. That is a great deal and thanks for offering them here first.

Any of my Keb Mo cd's, they all sound pretty fabulous Robert Cray "Time will tell" Bennett/Brubeck "The white house sessions, live 1965" this recording shows it age a bit but sounds authentic and brings you there. Drums are recorded as they should be in my opinion. Tony sounds fantastic here, he phrases things nicely. Johnny Lee Hooker "It serves you right to suffer" Tool "undertow" Robben Ford "Bringin it back home" Mighty Sam McClain "Blues for the soul" Lee Ritenour's " 6 string theory" Joe Bonamassa " Blues deluxe" Those are a few.

Yes. That is what looks like mine. I could only assume a driver at about 1/4 price would power out way before the TC LMS. Interesting.....I haven't punched in this stuff for a bit.

Rock On!

Dave, I have a pair of '86 LaScalas, that I have replaced the crossovers in, and added a different tweeter. I live just across the border from Chattanooga in north Georgia. There is probably someone closer, but you are welcome to pay a visit some weekend. I usually use some 3.5 watt tube amps, but could maybe swap them out and plug something else in to them. What are your music preferences? Bruce

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You shouldn't do anything until you talk to your wife.

gawd man thats a screaming deal. they look grrrreat....You should keep a pair and run on tubes and get a couple good 12" drivers in single cabs and run them on solid state off a 2 way electronic crossover. I have freinds out west and did some schooling out there years ago. My old neighbor in san jose has no time too drive a couple back to our home town, i discussed it with him the other night or id be up for a pair to do what i just said. man it kills me to see such sweet horns with good drivers for basically the price of your time alone $100each, seriously

Thu 79 / 46° Oh the Skeeters are going to love this, Somehow they don't bite so much with the Proper amount of Duggans in one's coffee.

I don't know how I missed this thread for so long! I skimmed a bit but did not read everything. At the coffee site I hang out at, http://www.coffeegeek.com , we have the rule of 15s. Green unroasted coffee is good for about 15 months. Roasted coffee (whole, not ground) is good for about 15 days and ground, roasted coffee is good for about 15 minutes. Granted there is a little wiggle room but not a whole lot. Coffee is a food product and as such, it has a limited life span. Once roasted the clock is running, you have "cooked" the coffee and like all cooked food, the time it is at it's peak is short. Once ground the "play" clock is running (football term) Because coffee is brown to start with, you do not see it spoiling but spoil it does and rapidly. Think of it this way, there is no excuse to not have a grinder. Would you buy an apple at a store then have the man in the produce section cut it into a thousand small pieces because you do not have a knife at home? What happens to the nice clean white flesh of the apple? It reacts with the O2 in the air and it oxidizes doesn't it? After about 15 minutes, you will see the brown "rot" start to form. Because you cut the apple into a thousand small pieces, the surface area exposed to the air is vastly bigger and the same 15 minutes will have spoiled MUCH more of the apple right? The same thing happens to coffee but because it is already brown, you do not see it happening! This is true for all coffee regardless of how it was packaged. You simply must have a grinder if you want to drink good coffee, regardless of the brew method. Speaking of brew methods, there are a whole lot of them out there and which works best for you depends on how much work you do or do not want to do, how much you want to spend and what you expect from a cup of coffee. Just to hit the highlights for other than pod machines regardless of make. French press is often though of as THE way to brew coffee. Well it can make a good cup, if you do not mind drinking mud at the bottom of your cup, that is the reason I do not use the French press. The plus side, they are inexpensive, they do a good job of steeping the grounds, they leave all the essential oils in suspension in the coffee. The down side, there is a layer of mud in the bottom of the cup, you must remove the coffee from the FP as soon as you are done brewing as the coffee remains in contact with the grounds, it will over extract the beans and give you a nasty flavor. Aero press. This is a recent invention, it is a plastic cylinder you place your grounds in then add hot water, stir and then press the brew through a paper or micro hole SS disc. The up side is it is very inexpensive and is very tolerant of ground size and water temp variations. The down side is it pretty much limits you to one cup at a time so if you need to make more you need to cycle the process many times. It uses a paper filter so some of the oils remain in the filter and not in your cup but it brews a cup as clean as drip with more oils retained than drip. Vac pot. This is THE way to brew your coffee in the 1920s to '40s, it produces a very clean cup, it is very flexable for brew contact time, the water is automatically the right temp, not boiling but right at 205 F The down side is it is messy to clean, the seal between the two vessels needs to be perfect or else the coffee will not draw down to the bottom bowl after heat is removed. It does provide a great "show" so the method is coming back with table top versions that use a "tea" candle for a heat source so you can brew right on the dinner table and all the guests can watch..... great fun. Perk, uh, not a good method at all, the coffee is boiled, over and over again and is recycled over the grounds over and over again, this is a much less than optimal way to brew coffee but some like it so, if you like it... go right ahead. Drip. This method took over from the short rein of the perk after the vac pot. It was spear headed by the Mr Coffee brewer and has taken the home brewing market by storm. It is easy to clean, it can make a very good cup, the brew is clean and free of sludge as found in the FP. The down side is that most auto drip pots do not heat the water hot enough, the paper filter traps the oils from the brewed coffee and sooooooooo many of them come with warming plates which does nothing to the coffee but burn it and turn a delightful drink into unpalletable swill. Manual drip cones are a variation of the process and can give GREAT results as you heat the water to 195 to 205 F yourself, you control where the water contacts the grounds thus assuring an even soaking of the grounds and you control the water flow rate to maintain the optimal 4 minute contact time of water to grounds. There are more ways to brew for sure, these are just the most common ways to do it. The biggest thing anyone can do to improve the morning cup is to buy FRESH roasted (less than two weeks from THE DAY IT WAS ROASTED) if there is a best by or a use before date on the bag, do not buy it, you have no idea how old it is, you need to see the ROAST date. Get a grinder, not a whirly blade chopper thing but a real burr grinder. The blade chopper never gives a consistent size ground. It ranges from dust to boulders. The dust will over extract nearly instantly giving a nasty flavor to the brew while the boulders will never start to give up the goodness inside in the time you are making coffee. There many PSUTO burr grinders, such as the Cuisinart DB 8 or is it 9. They typically sell for around $50. They are not burr grinders rather they are made to LOOK like a burr grinder but the operate exactly like the whilrly blade thing. If you remove the upper "burr" you will see some "nubs" sticking up above the "burr" surface. These act just like the whirling blade, you are not grinding the coffee (cutting is more accurate as the burrs need to be very sharp and they slice the bean to a uniform size particle) you are beating it to death between the nubbs on the top and bottom plates they call burrs. I was suckered in by them when I first started and have one that I kept to remind me how bad they truly are. Hand crank grinders can be had for under $100, the Skelertion (I know I miss spelled that!) is a good one. It will not brew espresso (often misspelled as eXpresso ARRRRGGGGHHH!) but it works for other, less demanding processes. The key to properly ground coffee is consistency of the ground size. They all must be the same time for them to extract at the same rate of speed. A list of roasters we link to is http://www.home-barista.com/coffees/list-of-our-favorite-roasters-t12125.html We have used them and know they provide a quality product. Nearly all will roast and ship the same day so for the average travel time of 3 days, you get coffee, delivered to your door, with the minimum time for it to properly degass having passed. Fresh roasted coffee gives off a LOT of CO2 and that must be vented for about 3 days for the coffee to reach it's peak. Fresh roasted coffee is by most of the public's standards, expensive. Expect to START paying $12 for 12 oz, yes a dollar a oz, not $3.99 for a 5# can! Roasting coffee is another whole discussion. As the coffee is roasted darker and darker, it will take on the flavor of the roast and loos the light flavors that define one coffee from another. Starbucks is famous for this, they over roast ALL their coffee to burnt so that it all tastes the same, regardless of which store you go to. They are the biggest seller of Milkshakes with sprinkles and whip with only a drop or two of this thing called coffee. Any fresh bean with oil showing on it will taste very strongly of the roast and not the bean. Oil can also be an indicator of age on beans that were properly roasted and are now long stale. If great coffee is what you are after, avoid beans with oil on them and lets not get into "flavored" coffee. Coffee has one flavor,.... COFFEE! This has just only touched the surface of the subject. Just what is it you want from your coffee, how big is the budget. Do not think of even looking at espresso for less than $500 and then only the barest minimum of a setup that is unstable to work with. Pretty much if you see a espresso machine in a department store, it is junk, nearly every time without exception. Brevelle is KNOWN in the espresso world for producing garbage, home quality machines. For the price they charge for some of them, you can have a quality brewer but it is not in a department store. For an espresso grinder with a motor on it, new that is actually able to grind for espresso, they START at $350 and that is only for one that is ABLE to grind for espresso, not a quality espresso grinder. I am sure this post will generate a lot of comments. I did not read everything before me here so if I covered something that has been brought up before, I'm sorry.

Since the original La Scalas were superseded by the La Scala IIs in 2006, it seems pretty unlikely that Klipsch would have any pre-2006 speakers on hand for your listening pleasure. This was over three weeks ago. Did you ever check it out?

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Hello, welcome to the forum again! Pictures and a price, besides location and willingness to ship will get some attention here. Good Fortune

Everybody seems to be pushing you toward used. If I had the funds, I'd certainly buy new. There's nothing like that new speaker smell. You'd also be helping out Klipsch.

Thanks for checking it out Carl, if I may. Figure Texas folk know for sure. My friend bent an elbow as well as Roy, now that I think of it. Maybe not as well as Roy but pretty close.

welcome Dave to the forum, and congrats on your purchase. as Schu said above as long as all the drivers are working sit back and enjoy. the hardest driver to hear working is the tweeter so many of us here stick a bath towel in the opening of the midrange ( to block off the sound ) and then stick your ear up to the tweeters to see if you can hear them working. you should have no problem hearing the others. so sit back and enjoy oh yea, pictures, we want pictures

Dave first of all welcome to the forum there is a great wealth of knowledge around here. Sounds like everything may be running right for the most part. You can verify by sticking a dish towel (dry of coarse) in the mid horn to verify that the tweeters are working, vise vs to check the mid horns. Now your speakers are over 30 years old, the biggest maintenance would be the crossover networks. Replacing the caps would be the first thing for a decent price Bob Crites here on the forum is great for this. On this note if any of the mid or tweeters don't work he can get you some sort of replacement. Now one thing you can do is go through all the screws on the crossover and loosen and re tighten them, you would be surprised what you will fix by doing this. I think what you may be reading could just be the general census, one thing you will find out about this hobby is what you like is what is good. Don't let anyone else tell you anything different. I hope this covers a few things, give it a try and report back.