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I’ve a bit of a solstice tradition of settling in early with some enjoyable vinyl and a special beverage. This year it’s Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense on the refurbed KG1.5s and a new to me SW-450, and some Laphroaig scotch. Cheers!

Christmas Movie- Trading Places

So... I took the pic of the window in a church in Manila, on the first trip I took there in early 2007. I added the text to use for Christmas cards the next year. If I'm not on here before Christmas, everyone have a Merry and Blessed Christmas!

https://www.discogs.com/release/15622026-Joy-Division-Closer

How bout some Hank Jr, Ray Charles and John Lee??? Gonna charge that battery right up w/ this gem!

Well I was but it was different from that. Merry Christmas to all my friends and acquaintances here!! Sound quality is not all that great. So watch out! But the carols and hymns are.

Imma rollin! Are you @JohnJ? 😂 💪 😂 :)

https://www.discogs.com/release/24302171-Vangelis-Spiral

congrats on new home!

https://www.discogs.com/release/26883971-Jade-Warrior-Wind-Borne-The-Island-Albums-1974-1978

I do remember something simmilar in the 1990 tess, I moved into a new flat and spent all days before christmas till after new year with renovation works in the new apartment. But it doesn´t scared me at all , I had fun !

I was quiet suprised by the Al Di Meola Project " Kiss my Axe "

SV is excellent to deal with. No issues at all. Thanks again and great to meet you.

A pair of sequential serial number Crites Crossovers for Klipsch Chorus II. These were before they sold three versions, but these appear to be equivalent to the gold version with sonicaps and and air core inductor. The wiring is included but not pictured. https://imgur.com/a/cIHduKu Shipped CONUS for $400 OBO

Is your amp actually digital or just Class D? The two get conflated at times. Class D amps are analogue devices.

Many people confuse resonance peaks with inherent peaks. The shape of the La Scala and La Scala II (and presumably the AL-5) bass horn is the cause of the notorious 148 Hz peak. It is not due to any kind of resonance. Naturally, it's more audible at higher volumes, but it measures the same on both the 3/4" plywood OG La Scala bass horn and the 1" MDF horn of the LS2. As most of you are aware, I enjoy my modded bi-amped 2-way La Scala IIs. Their crossovers are disconnected, and the EQing is done with an Electro-Voice Dx-38 processor, which also provides time alignment between the woofers and tweeters. The point is that Roy supplied the settings for both generations of La Scalas, and the settings he provided are the same for old LSes and for LS2s. The settings provide for a 7 dB cut at 148 Hz, which gives a flat bass response. If there's a resonance from the less than absolutely rigid sidewalls, I've never heard it. Maybe I don't play my system loud enough, or maybe I'm half deaf. I never heard it when the original LSes were 3-way and used their original AA crossovers.

I'm really happy with the way everything turned out. When I set out on this trip I wanted to minimalize as much as possible but it seems lately I have been adding a component here and a component there. Its usually very tidy but Christmas kinda spills over. I need to add more treatments but what I have work pretty well The big speakers in the bottom of the first picture are some Pioneers for my son who just turned 22, 2 days ago. he bought his own house and has a room he hangs out in...the apple doesn't fall far haha

I hate the word resonance in this context , seems like such a derogatory word to describe the Klipsch Lascala . Many will get the wrong idea of what this supposed deficiency even means, they may think of a rattle ,like in a cars dashboard or the buzz of dishes resonating in a cabinet . What could be observed ,( if anything ) in this case , is a narrow peak in frequency response . Peaks are caused by many things not always related to resonance, resonance is not a good way to describe the performance of Lascala . I love the voice of Lascala, and Klipschorn , resonance/annoying peak —. I don’t hear it . But I can’t speak for everyone .

I have 1980 LA Scala's. It appears to me that the bass horn has 2 minor issues. The similar Peavey FH-1s I owned and tested had a similar response rise between 100 and 200-ish Hz. In addition, my La Scala's sidewalls will vibrate, but I didn't notice (and feel it) it until I played "I Don't Need No Doctor" at concert levels. I'm sure I was peaking over 100 watts. Later that session I lost 4 subwoofer drivers to heat! At more sane levels, 100 dB and under, I don't hear or feel anything. The AL-5 La Scalas can only be better, less resonant at high volumes. I got to spend 30+ minutes with them alone in a room at the KHMA at Subfest. Even at quite loud levels, they were polished and refined and threw a stereo image that make mine envious. Though instantly familiar, I did not notice the "resonance" at peaks easily approaching 100 dB. Bottom line, everything flexes, bends and resonates, but this is an overstated issue when the speakers are used at home and the resonance can be enjoyable on some music.

I just got my kplish promedia 2.1 thx speaker from newegg but when I connected all the wires and all the audio plugs my subwoofer only played the sound and none of my speakers were working. How do I fix this.

@Flevoman The mix of this song is interesting. On the Audeze/McIntosh headphone system the sense of air/spaciousness during vocals is obvious but as the passage when the piano plays it is as if it is distant and closed in somewhat and a bit muddy sounding in comparison to other parts of the mix and the sense of spaciousness and air are definitely reduced. The La Scala AL5 system gives a very wide soundstage with good depth and airiness during the vocal passages but again during the piano passage it sounds distant and somewhat closed in and lacking clarity and muddy sounding and the sense of spaciousness and air are definitely reduced in comparison to other parts of the mix. I can’t say I hear a particular resonance during this but more just a mix that goes from open, spacious and airy during the vocal passages to closed, distant, somewhat muddy on the piano passage. The UG Jubilee system gave me pretty much the same experience as the La Scala AL5 system with added low frequency detail below what the La Scala AL5 provides by design. miketn

Clutch gets LOTS of play here

Oh man, you're right. My bad.

Im near the Houston, TX area and to be completely honest I dont know a thing about them so im unsure if its a full set or multiple. Ill take a few more pictures in a bit because I did check them over and found it easy to remove the covers. One was missing a "Klipsch" badge but I found it taped inside so at least its there. One is kind of rough up top because they had some metal shelving on top of it but that seems to be the worst damage so far.

You made me want to have a drink in this bar.

OB speakers can be very good. The ones I have heard aren’t as good as the best of what horns do. That said, I would love to hear a pair of Pure Audio Project speakers with the horn midrange driver. That might prove to be the best of both worlds.

@Flevoman Listening to Chris Isaak (Blue Spanish Sky) on my Headphone System (Audeze LCD2-Fazor Headpones and McIntosh MHA-100 Headphone Amplifier) you can hear as he sings Red and Blue Skies that it close to the edge of sounding resonant/reverb like but I have no problem listening to it and am able to enjoy it as reproduced. This is a very revealing system of recordings and allows me to experience nuances in a recording beyond what seems possible with loudspeakers in rooms and I use it as a reference to judge if the issues are in the recordings or room/speaker related issues. UG Jubilee: I also listened to the recording over my UG Jubilee system and found the resonant/reverb like sound to be somewhat more observable than with the Headphone System Experience but still I could enjoy listening to the song but again the song/recording is borderline itself of sounding to resonant/reverb like during parts of the vocal sections. La Scala AL5: When I listened to the recording over the La Scala AL5 system it was obvious that the resonant/reverb effect was increased above the UG Jubilee system I experienced and even though I could still enjoy the experience it was very very close to being over exaggerated and intolerable. The La Scala does appear to have some peaking in the 100Hz to 200Hz region so any additional exaggeration due to placement of the La Scala relative to room boundaries or room modes could easily make this recording unlistenable IMHO. I experienced very similar issues in my listening room which is almost square and proved to be very difficult to find a location for the speakers in the room and ultimately came down to movements of less than a few inches until I found the location that provided the most neutral balance for the loudspeakers. I would probably try playing this recording as I moved the La Scala relative to the room boundaries to try to find a neutral area in the room where it least excited this region centered at ~140Hz to see if you can minimize the problem your experiencing. Also it should be noted listener location should be taken into account and experimented with relative to boundaries and room modes for this problem as well. miketn

I am traveling back to 1970 This band toured with Deep Purple So enjoy - Mountain- Mississippi Queen

^^^^^^^ Killah!

In my view, this Chris Isaak recording is an absolute borderline case. When he starts singing, e.g. the word "blue"...I've just listened to the recording several times through my two speakers, and my speakers are as different from each other as it's possible to be. The UGJ has much greater resolution and a simply unbelievable dynamic range, even in the current passive set-up. The word "blue", but also the entire vocal range of the song, has very strong resonances built into it, very strong indeed. I can clearly hear that these are NOT my UGJs. At first I was still in doubt, because it "could" be that the UGJs resonate in this frequency range or that it could build up in my room, because they are placed very precisely and closely in the corners without an air gap and at exactly 45 degrees. I then plugged the speaker cables around and listened to the same song several times through my BBC Stirling Broadcast LS3/6. These speakers are by no means comparable to the UGJ in terms of dynamics and expressiveness. That's the first reason why I was curious whether the resonances would be absolutely inaudible. The second reason is that I know of no other normal radiator speaker that is as neutral and absolutely free of any boominess as this BBC speaker, which is virtually the heir to the famous Spendor BC1 but with modern drivers. The benchmark in the development of these BBC speakers over 53 years ago was the ESL57 in terms of clarity, freedom from resonance and speech intelligibility. I have never been bothered by any resonance with the Stirling. I have it as a second speaker pair because it has such a richness of tone colour and coherence. Unlike the UGJ, I love listening to it late at night when I don't want a lot of dynamics but it's a bit like a very nice sound from a larger tube kitchen radio that I've loved for decades. We also live in a large flat but with neighbours above us. So I have UGJ times like other people have piano playing times in their flat. Back to the SB LS3/6, they are mega neutral. And now comes Chris Isaak's song. He starts singing and ...it's booming. It booms all the time, haha, the BBC speaker doesn't do that, and neither did the Klipsch UGJ before. It's the recording!!! My guess: a, they drowned the voice to death in reverb. The result is that the coloratura can no longer be pinpointed, but wavers in a sea of soupy jelly. b, this droning soup, which is below the frequency of the vowel sounds and below the consonantal S sounds and T sounds, has been additionally pimped and boosted with an equaliser. Now...it may be that this recording disaster (my personal opinion) accidentally hits a resonance in your room or even in your AL5, which would of course make it twice as bad. But frankly, I don't think so. What I do believe is that your AL5, at its best, reveals the kitsch sound of this recording technique in a completely honest way, unimpressed by the music and absolutely unsparing without any whitewashing.

FYI - if you look closer, those cabinets are actually tapped horns. Good bass to 30HZ!

Left it outside didn't ya? Bah Humbug! Meanie! The grass is white here this morning. Not much accumulation, just white. A balmy 26 the puter says. lol Oldest borrowed my car over the weekend since her SUV was making funny noises somewhere in the back end. Fast forward to 1PM yesterday and a call wondering what was going on with it. Basically nothing they were waiting on a friend to take a look at it and he was busy for most of the week. Seriously? I'm grounded? lol Made a call to my pit crew after and they said they'd try to work it in for me so maybe Tuesday. Picked her up and dropped hers off. 1:45 they called and said it was a rear wheel bearing. Walked out to the garage and got into my "retirement" box of tapered roller bearings and took them one and hung out shootin the bull. Yup, replaced Japanese junk. Went to pick her up so they dumped the oil & filters. She picked the grands up from school @3. Not a bad day and the kid is still wondering how I pulled it off for $100. 😂 Welcome to Duckburg kiddo and you're learnin.

the LS II and AL-5 bass bins have 0 resonance , I would defy anyone on the Klipsch Forum to prove the contrary with real data , all this crap about Lascala resonance is pure BS from the Korner Audiokarma gang who's sole purpose is to denigrate klipsch Products .

@dirtmudd I love this one

Maybe I didn't express myself clearly. I understand that every speaker resonates. I was just wondering if the resonance in the La Scala II / AL-5 is still significant enough to be a audible issue at certain frequencies, or if it should have truly disappeared by now. This was a common concern with the La Scala I, often addressed by using a wedge in the bass cabinet, if I recall correctly.

another B***S**T weather day so I spun a few more records mainly french music the french singer songwriter and actress Lizzy Mercier Descloux followed by Boulevard of broken dreams " it´s the talk of the town and other sad songs " than the french singer Anne Pigall than the french singer Isabell Antena I´m going to watch a movie now ......

Thanks, they are Exodus anarchy 25hz.

Spent the summer remodeling our retirement house in Colorado. New paint, floors, molding, all plumbing fixtures and shut off valves, new windows, and a full demo and re-do of the kitchen. (The last two were contracted out) Before the countertops were installed in the kitchen, I put Billy Bones in a “Dead Space”. Playing the long game here. My wife put a note in the rib cage with our kids telephone numbers, so that whoever next remodels (after we’re gone…) can let the kids in on the joke.

Rogue River, Oregon. Still pictures just don't do justice to this river of many personalities

Selling my PC setup - Promedia Ultra 5.1 Set is in good condition and works fine. Mid 2019 the amp went out during a hot summer day in California, so I contact a local member and eBay seller who specializes in Klipsch Promedia repairs. I've purchased a new amp board from him with all of the important components upgraded, BASH boards put into user serviceable slots (instead of being soldered) and active cooling added to the inside of the subwoofer (paid $200 for the new amp). The set has been working great since then. Control pod's silver pain is wearing a bit on and around the volume knob, sub has a few scuffs here and there, but all works. I'm redoing my computer setup and no longer need the 5.1 setup. Price: $250 $200 Location: San Diego, CA No shipping (just too expensive for such a heavy and bulky set. I don't think anyone wants to pay $100+ to ship these). PM works best, I'm not on the forum often.

Hard to find and guaranteed to work for years to come.

$200 - local sale only. Selling at what it cost me to upgrade the AMP alone.

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Price lowered on RF7.