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    Best option shipping US to Canada?

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

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    On 11/18/2004 1:45:26 PM Frzninvt wrote:

    USPS offers no means of tracking the package, I sent a DBX10/20 Eq to Canada once via USPS it took 55 days to reach him. I did this because he wanted to avoid all the broker/customs fees that UPS hit him up with on a DBX amp and preamp that I had sent him. The USPS was useless in trying to help locate it and could offer no assistance until at least 30 days had transpired.

    I would go Fedex if it were me.

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    So FedEx don't charge an arm and a leg for brokerage fees (like UPS does)?

    I'd get only a C$5 handling fee to collect the 15% combined federal and provincial taxes using USPS.

    Unfavorable Heriatge review

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    I guess Klipsch don't leave anyone indifferent. There's a Klipsch discussion going on at ecoustics.com where someone that "old Klipsch for many, many years" says:

    - "The Heresy was honky and boomy"

    - "The LaScala on up in the Klipsch line was a horn loaded bass alignment that allowed for quick transient attack (the advantage of horn loading); but, did not damp the woofer's movement after the signal had finished. This, and the box resonance of the plywood cabinet systems, gave a boxy, underdamped frequency hang over to the bass response."

    - "The most common disadvantage is a resonance in the throat of the horn that comes from an underdamped structure."

    You can read it at http://forum.ecoustics.com/cgi-bin/bbs/show.pl?1/109192 and scroll down to Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 01:35 am by J. Vigne.

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    I guess I could turn my La Scala around to see if the mid-horn "resonates" or not. Should be easy to tell if it does just by touching it? And I've never described the La Scala bass as "boxy". Anyone care to comment on the above?

    academy just sold for 107.50 on e-bay

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    I'm absolutely interested, if shipping to either Quebec City (G1W 1H1) or Rimouski (G5L 8Y6) isn't too outrageous from Northern CA. Shipping one is half the cost of shipping two anyway...

    I need one black Heresy to match my La Scala, and that is one black Heresy! What's the finish on it?

    I was interested in trying a pair of Heresy's as the center, but using a single unit would work too and I wouldn't end up storing one if it turned out one is better anyway.

    You can email me at psg@debian.org

    Spectactular Heresy's On Ebay

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Ok, please explain how I upload the picture to the server.

    Upload using the "Attach File" buttom, and then insert it in your post by typing:

    {img src="http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/files/woweezowee.JPG}

    but use angled brackets (less-than, greater-than) instead of the curly brackets I used above.

    An RC-7 WHAT ???

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    On 11/16/2004 8:37:44 AM marksdad wrote:

    preference order??? rc 7 in lascalla ht??? nowhere, the 7 does not go with a lascalla at all different voice totally, the 7 would kill the overall effect

    How about the Quartet? Better than the Heresy as a center for La Scala's? It's also a 3-way and goes lower than the Heresy. There's a semi-local pair of 1992's Quartets going for C$800. Is the premium price over the Heresy worth it? As far as packaging, I'd prefer the Heresy because it's too as tall and would look better over my TV, and without risers it would look pretty much the same placed upside-down to put the tweeters closer to ear level. Can't put the Quartet upside-down and the tweeters would end up close to the ceiling.

    RF-7 vs 84' La Scala

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    You are using 2 RC-35 centers with La Scala mains?

    Please visit my thread entitled "Using a pair of speakers as center (instead of only one)" and give me your impressions on that.

    How is the Heritage vs Reference mix working for you? I have been advised by many to avoid doing that...

    Any problems running two speakers as center as opposed to only one? (interference muddying the sound?)

    Thanks

    An RC-7 WHAT ???

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    I wrote:

    Surprisingly, this RC-7 didn't sell for even $100! I should have noticed it at the end and snapped it up. At that price, even scrathed, it's a good deal!

    Ah! "The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the listing."

    You mean it's not a sub after all?9.gif

    An RC-7 WHAT ???

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    Surprisingly, this RC-7 didn't sell for even $100! I should have noticed it at the end and snapped it up. At that price, even scrathed, it's a good deal!

    I "asked the seller a question" (with days to go on the auction) asking if there were any scratches and he never replied. Not a good sign! LOL!

    Heresy MSRP?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    On 11/14/2004 3:36:37 PM Black7 wrote:

    You'll pay GST plus brokerage fee's - UPS is the one carrier all Canadian's want to avoid if possible - they use there own brokerage house and it's a money maker for them. Because they are made in the US, you should avoid duty (and you pay duty regardless of new or used on product - depending of country of origin) - you might try to talk the seller into marking the customs paper work as "Gift" - you will then avoid all taxes. Hope that helps

    As well as provincial sales tax (at least in Quebec), or so I'm told, and so it happened when a new receiver arrived from the US last week. 7.gif

    How is FedEx for brokerage fees? Surprisingly, shipping 2 40 lbs Heresy's from NYC to Quebec City with them costs US$66, which isn't too bad if there are no extra fees.

    Using a pair of speakers as center (instead of only one)

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    On 11/14/2004 7:40:20 AM Frzninvt wrote:

    Two centers will work well together! I have decisive proof! The Academy is on top of the TV and the La Scala is on its side below. These speakers operate as one and you cannot distinguish one from the other whether you are watching TV or listening to music.

    Good to know! Thanks!

    As to the La Scala only sounding OK on its side I say BULLSH*T, mine is on its side and while the dispersion is not huge it still sounds better than just GOOD! I can still hear it well even though I sit off axis from it, but that is why I have the Academy since I realize having it on its side is somewhat of a compromise. I have DeanG's Jensen PIO AA in it so the level of detail in the center is more than a standard La Scala will reproduce.

    No disrespect intended! Mine sounded great when on-axis, but sounded wrong seated on the corner of my couch. If you've seen the picture of my setup, you'll see it's a small place and my angle is likely greater than yours.

    My centers receive 4X the power that the mains and rears do, this adds to an increase in presence, detail and dynamics. Both are powered by separate amplifiers as well. I realize that this may not work for everyone but it works for me!

    A split La Scala may work better for you PSG, I have never tried one of my verticals for center since they serve as my rear effects speakers. I cannot imagine it being better than a La Scala since the front stage is all horn loaded drivers.

    If it's easy, you could try it and report back!

    The Heresy/Heresy's should work fine, try a single and see how well it works for you. Add the other one if you feel that the single is not fitting the bill.

    Someday when I get a different TV I may be able to place my La Scala upright, it will stay on its side for now though.

    Thanks for the good advice!

    Using a pair of speakers as center (instead of only one)

    in Home Theater

    Posted

    On 11/13/2004 1:54:25 PM Griffinator wrote:

    A single would work just fine.

    So you think one is enough? Or that two leads to trouble?

    There's a 7 dB difference... It's manageable, but it's on the edge.

    Despite the fact that most amps are perfectly stable at 4 Ohms, the characteristic of the sound output changes dramatically when they run that low. Speakers that were once well-balanced become bass-heavy and rather throaty-sounding when run in parallel.

    Thanks for your input. I t really sounds like a single reconstructed La Scala would be ideal, followed by a vertical Cornwall. The problem is finding these speakers anywhere near locally to avoid shipping them. There also that RC-7 on ebay (with the likely scratched side!), but that would be a huge mismatch; I think a single Heresy is better (except for the lower WAF).

    I've been in contact with the seller of a black pair of Heresy's in the Eastern US, but even that involves considerable overhead of shipping into Canada, 15% in taxes and possibly huge brokerage fees. So that is limiting my enthousiasm.

    Anyone want to split a pair of black Heresy's? I'm sure the seller wouldn't mind shipping the two boxes at separate places...

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