Olorin
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Yes, powered subs.
I've been looking at several threads here, trying to decide which directions to go (i.e., ported, sealed, THT, DIY, etc.) and hadn't even thought about that.
Glad you're liking those Scalas!
For a sub, do you want to build from scratch, assemble a kit, or buy finished?
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Huh, a shame these weren't out a year ago last July, I'd have gotten them instead of the Jaybird BlueBuds X.
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One guy's opinion here, but I found the Heresys image well enough that nothing between them sounded better than an Academy between them.
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Too drunk to stand, usually.
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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser. 228k miles and going strong; I expect it to last longer than I do.
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I have dogs; leather furniture is a requirement.
Then again, the dogs are coated in absorbent material, so it's probably a wash.
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Like I said my Chorus ii's pass rads have been re-coned.......I think my buddies Chorus ii's had more of a chest thump with oem pass rads.... but it's been 20 years or so since I heard his system... as a note we both have the same amps...Carver TFM-55'sI believe passive radiator is better, why do you think they went from ports to passives on the Chorus II?
Best regards,
John
I hear what your saying John..... both my Chorus i's and ii's sound good---well it's been years since I have played my Chorus i's----soon I hope....
MKP :-)
Chest thump is in the 60-70 Hz neighborhood for most people, IIRC, and those are wavelengths of 15-18 ft . . . and those are wavelengths that most rooms wreak havoc with. I'd wager the difference in tactility between them has a lot more to do with room interactions than it has to do with the mass of the passive radiator, and if you want that thump, start by treating the room, moving the speakers, or moving your chair. ;-)
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'78 La Scala's Purchased yesterday from forum member Olorin. Got home a little late last night (for me) after about 11+ hours on the road, so didn't have an opportunity to post, but here they are....
Best of all, the wife approves
I have some rearranging to do though.Looking good! I especially dig the diffusors behind them! ;-)
So yeah, you're going to get tons of advice on rearranging, so I'll get my digs in first. :-p Try to get them out as wide as you can. and then toe them in toward you like you saw at my place. This will do a couple things -- it will increase the distance from you to the speakers, which with these guys is a good thing -- they're not very cohesive up close, but get them fifteen feet away and they're glorious. The toe-in will also minimize wall reflections and make for a cleaner image. When you get them placed right, you'll know it -- you'll be able to tell when the mixer put the snare right behind the singer or moved it two feet to the left, and the image will have three dimensions.
Set up right, with the lights turned off they will simply disappear into the sound. You're going to love it. :-)
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78s have a new home with Feezelbum -- a great guy, as everyone from the forum always turns out to be in person. I hope you like them and that they bring you many years of enjoyment!
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I received a PM asking to have pictures of the 78s added to this listing, so being the ever-obliging fellow that I am, here are a few.
Enjoy!
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Born in Visalia so another Cali boy here even though now I'm regarded as a hillbilly from Aransas lol. Impressive collection GLWS!
Talk about your small world -- Visalia here as well.
Oh, we're here... I've been watching this thread as I feverishly collect every penny I find.
La Scala's are definitely in my future.
GLWS!
Keep saving -- they'll probably still be here. ;-)
Does the 430 work besides the noise ? Rick
Yes, it does. It makes a scratching noise when powering up and when changing volume, but while it's running and stable, it sounds just fine. It can be managed with the speaker defeat switches if one is so inclined.
Ugg! I have been wanting a pair of La Scalas with grills. Watching for a pair to come up here in Central Valley and now your nice set. Unfortunately I had an unexpected large truck repair. Sucks to be me! Chee-wawa! I would have taken a pair off your hands!
Understand completely. As above, though, keep in touch -- they may hang out for a while. ;-)
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Bump for the Californians here -- all three of us.
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Thanks, and yes, it is. It's why all the heavy stuff is local(ish) only.
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Here's the HK --
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Audio yard sale -- everything is located in central California, midway between Fresno and Bakersfield. These items are local pickup only, and I can drive a reasonable distance to meet halfway:
-- 1978 Klipsch La Scala speakers. These left the factory as raw birch but at some point in their lives they got a light stain, honey oak maybe? It has the original complement of drivers, but the crossovers are rebuilt Type As, done by Dave at Fastlane Audio (the wooden tractrix horn guy.) Type AAs are the correct crossovers for this year, and I have the parts to make AAs out of them, just haven't gotten around to it. These will be included with the speakers. Good condition with normal wear for their age. --- SOLD ---
-- 1984 Klipsch La Scala Speakers, birch lacquer. These are all original with the half-grills covering the mid and tweeter horns. Good condition with normal wear for their age. $1,275
-- Klipsch Chorus II, black. These suffered from damage caused by bad packaging. I could get a lot more by gutting them and selling off the parts -- perfect passives like these have, for example, might as well be made of gold -- but they sound so nice I just don't have the heart to break them up. $600
-- Klipsch Quartet, black. The smallest member of the Chorus II/Forte II/Quartet family, these make great surrounds for the Chorus, and they are fine full range towers for bedroom use as well. $425, specs here.
-- Klipsch Academy, black. The matching center for the Chorus II/Forte II/Quartet line. $375
The Chorus, Quartets, and Academy can be taken as a set for $1,300.
-- A Lil'Wrecker. This is one of Stumbo's from his build, documented here. Yes, this is the one that had the catectomy. It's not the prettiest thing, but nobody gets a Lil'Wrecker because they want pretty. This is not the homecoming queen, this is the girl who went out for the football team and kicked a lot of ***. $350.
This next list of items can be shipped (cost will be UPS actual from 93292) or picked up:
-- A Behringer Feedback Destroyer DSP1124P. I bought this used several years ago with the best of intentions, and it's never left the closet. I'm actually not sure it's ever left the box since I've owned it. Anyway, $60 and it's yours.
-- Two Klipsch K-400 midrange horns -- the type used in the Klipschorn and La Scala. These are the original metal type, not the composite K-401. Lenses only, no drivers. $150 each, $275 for the pair.
-- Eminence APT-50 horn tweeters (pair) -- $40.
-- Harman/Kardon PA2100 amplifier (2) -- $125 each.
-- Harman/Kardon HK430 receiver -- the old one, not the AVR. This unit is a fixer-upper; the faceplate is damaged (again, shipping) and it has the scratchy/staticky thing going on that these get when they need some caps replaced. $50
I think that's everything, but if the storage room or closet disgorges anything else, I'll add it to the post. Thanks for looking. -
Running the wire inside your shirt doesn't keep it from getting in the way, particularly on deadlifts.
An armband makes using the device as a stopwatch or a notepad very inconvenient.
The optimal solution is a cord length of zero.
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If you really want a horn sub, go over to AVS and check out lilmike's F-20 in the DIY section.
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That is all.
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SCORE!
Clipped & Shorn (the other fella making up the team California Pickers
) and I just got back to Casa de la fini, with a 6-1/2 foot long 1962 Fisher President console! Yes! Back in the console game!!It's the guts that are the treat. The gem being a 400-CX-2 preamp, with a 202-R tuner, an MPX-100 multiplexer, and a sweeeeet SA-300B EL-34-based amp! It was advertised as a President IX (with an early solid state amp), but the pictures told me it was earlier. I had to fight off other suitors,and ended up paying double the asking price, but it was waaay worth it. Very nice lady and her son, she's thrilled to not have to move it to her new place. My refrigerator dolly was indispensible, making the move out of the house and into my truck relatively easy and controlled.
I had read before this that the preamp was prized, some prefering it over vintage McIntosh. Perhaps because of all the equalization settings? Not sure. I'll have to look into this...
I'll post pictures in a bit.
Now, how to hide this from the Mrs....
I can offer you off-site storage. She'll never find it here in the San Joaquin Valley.
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If you can get Klipsch Tech Support to divulge the nominal T/S parameters for that driver, you can probably find a reasonable replacement at Parts Express or Madisound.
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FWIW that's how my Heresy is set up on top of the RPTV.
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This sucks... then why do people even have racks!
Racks are for making things look neat, and for setting up your gear in such a way that it can't get knocked over. Most gear that is designed from the outset to be rack mounted is set up with integrated forced air cooling that runs either front-to-back or back-to-front so that it doesn't need additional space for heat dissipation. Home gear, though, is generally designed to be shelved since that's how it will be used 99.some percent of the time. So, if you're going to rack up consumer gear, you have to plan for its ventilation needs and lay out your rack accordingly.
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Salt water fish are high in selenium, which has a high binding affinity for mercury. Once the mercury is bound into a molecule with selenium, it's not free to bind with other molecules and the mercury is rendered harmless.
This means that as long as the fish you're eating is richer in selenium than it is in mercury, you can't get mercury poisoning from it. That covers basically every salt water fish except tarpon, marlin, and some sharks.
Now if you really want to get mercury poisoning from seafood, eat whale. Whales don't have a lot of selenium in their systems, but they do accumulate a lot of mercury.
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Hopefully you played it at moderate levels. Sine waves can fry a voice coil if played long and loud enough. You can also damage your driver with over excursion by forcing it to play tones below the tuning frequency of the enclosure.
^^^ This. I also wouldn't be too surprised if what was being heard isn't the fundamental, but the harmonics.
I have some rearranging to do though.
) and I just got back to Casa de la fini, with a 6-1/2 foot long 1962 Fisher President console! Yes! Back in the console game!!
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Ah, you're a local guy. Visalia here. Those are some great speakers you have there, and like others have said, listen to them before you decide to sell them. I will tell you this -- if you do decide to sell them and buy something new in their place, comparable performance will cost you more for one speaker than you can get for the pair of those.
Yes, they are bass-shy, but paired with a competent sub, those are "last speakers I buy in my life" level. If you want to hear what they'll sound like with well integrated subs, shoot me a note and come up the highway for a visit. I have La Scalas I can demo for you, and sonically they're pretty much the same thing.
Congrats and welcome!