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im thinking those things they placed on top of the sub would eventually fall off
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upgraded my source today (new soundcard arrived) -- chaintech av-710 (set up to use wolfson dac). very inexpensive and minor upgrade ($27), but it made a world of a difference over my integrated audio. easier to hear the finer details in songs and i no longer have a bad hiss. a lot more improvements, but it'd take forever to list them all. i'm starting to fall in love with these speakers now.
all that's left to do is upgrade the networks and eventually buy an external DAC. probably going to be a while before the latter occurs, as i'm more interested in buying one of those music hall 5 turntables.
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----------------On 6/16/2005 11:06:32 AM triceratops wrote:I have a pair of these University C15W's. It is my understanding that the C15W's were used in some early Khorns. They are very substantial looking speakers with cast basket, etc. Mine are an older paint scheme, metallic green and gold. The bad news is, I tried to load them into some 70's era LaScalas and they wouldn't fit! The flange on the cast basket was a little wider than the stamped steel flange on the familiar K-33's and the LaScala cabinet comes right up aginst the woofer flange. It's nothing you couldn't fix with a chisel, but I couldn't go that far with the experiment. I'll probably bolt them into some Khorns or Cornwalls where the space is not so tight!best in horns,triceratops----------------
the insides of the doghouse were shaved a bit on the sides to fit it in. i wonder if this was an actual improvement over the stock woofers
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your hard drive will be compatible unless of course you're using some kind of laptop hard disk. even then i'm sure there are adapters for that.
$250 for that package is a great deal. i remember a deal like this a year or so ago. everyone sold their packages on ebay afterward.
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----------------On 6/16/2005 3:48:54 AM jbsl wrote:Tofu I made the risers by cutting two by fours into 2 foot sections took 4 of those and made a square covered it with 3/4 inch plywood also 2 feet by 2 feet and braced the inside with somemore two by fours. The side with the plywood is up. I bought more plywood so I can adjust the height of the speakers up and down. I'm thinking about making risers that would be 13-15 inches and raise the LS to almost the KHorn height. There was a post about a bass bin for the LS that added lower bass and raised them in height. I'll see if I can find the post.Xman----------------
thanks for the info. i'll give it a shot this weekend. wouldnt hurt to give it a try. i just rewired the university woofer in my scalas. they previous owner had it wrong. the bass is a lot less boomy and more articulate now (lol placebo). although it (the bass) isnt as loud as it was previously. i think i now hear how people can be complaining about la scalas lacking bass. i have a sub for that though.
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now that i think about it.. i wonder if there was a reason they were wired this way
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wow! im glad you caught that right before i screwed the bottom back on. thanks a lot.
whew.. this is a real pain in the *** without a screw gun (battery died)
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it seems to look a lot like this
except the back part is removed. i think this was done due to size constraints. that back part was just some kind of magnetic shielding, correct? there is a big magnet exposed now.
anyhow. there is a terminal on the speaker and it is wired like so --
i'm not sure how this is supposed to work. i'm wondering if the previous owner wired this thing correctly for my la scala. i dont understand what those black wires are for.
thank you.
edit: the blue wires are the + - inputs for the woofer. the wires go all the way up the doghouse into the hf section to connect to my crossover.
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----------------On 6/15/2005 3:26:45 PM jbsl wrote:I also would suggest making risers(7-10 inches high) that makes a big impact on their sound. When you are used to having the horns at ear level then having the midrange and tweeter horns below ear level can sound very bright.Xman----------------
not to throw the thread off topic, but your risers are 7-10 inches high? you must be really tall for that to be at ear level!
i use a regular table chair positioned in the sweet spot, and being 5'11", 2-4 inches would bring the tweeter directly with my ears.
for now, since i don't have extra plywood laying around, i just used a 3/4" thick piece of wood to angle the speekers upward. the slope they're on now seems to bring the tweeter to my ear.
7-10 inches seems like a lot, but i'm willing to give it a try if you can get into detail a bit more about it.
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as for the upgrade from rf-7's to la scalas, as people have repeatedly stated before, it's more of a sound change than an upgrade. i went from rf3's to la scalas and at first i had a really hard time accepting the fact that it wasn't as big of an improvement as i thought it would be. now i definitely had things working against me, such as my source, old crossover, and roomsize. the latter two shouldn't be a problem for you. my crossover upgrade should commence within the next week or so, and be completed a few days after the parts arrive. i will let you know my new impressions after that is complete. it might help you with your decision.
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i do like to hear people disagreeing with klipsch sound time to time. it keeps things in a reality perspective. no speaker can be perfect, although sometimes people do make it sound that way.
good luck with your decision.
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----------------And all without any appreciable benefit...----------------
thicker wires look cooler of course...
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wow.. that auralex stuff is expensive.
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yea. something like that. i haven't read up too much on configuring it.
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----------------On 6/12/2005 10:35:31 PM bsafirebird1969 wrote:the Wolfson DAC only works on the surround sound channels ...----------------
no, it can be set up to use it for the front channels with stereo playback. this is the whole reason this card is so popular.
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i've decided to upgrade both at the same time.
here's the plan:
1) buy an av-710 and set it up to use the wolfson DAC (should be a lot beter than my cmedia onboard audio, or atleast less noisy)
2) buy the parts for the ALK x-over build. i've been studying the schematic, and although i've never built anything electronic before, and the only soldering i've done is with a blowtorch (plumbing), i think i can pull this off. it's just a matter of knowing where to attach each wire to what.
3) once i have extra cash, i'm going to use the av-710's optical out and connect it to an external DAC.
instead of going with the audiophile 192, i'll just buy the $25 card for now so i can have a taste of both worlds. the external DAC will be better in the long run anyhow, so i'm setting myself up for a bigger improvement. the external DAC will probably come after the rf-3's are sold
sound like a step in the right direction, guys?
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----------------On 6/12/2005 7:23:13 PM bsafirebird1969 wrote:i have the EMU ...lot's better than the Chaintek ..of corse, you can't beat that for $25 ..----------------
that's odd. i've heard the exact opposite numerous times. they claim the 0404 was an upgrade over the 710, but not so much to warrant the costs (playback wise exclusively).
are you sure you had your 710 set up to use the higher quality wolfson DAC?
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dean, i sent ya a pm yesterday
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----------------On 6/11/2005 7:19:06 AM bsafirebird1969 wrote:Saaay, Doc ..you Do have the ASIO plug-in for Foobar ....right.?i use an ART DI/ O for my DAC----------------
i thought the asio plugin for foobar was just a kernel streaming wrapper?
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----------------On 6/10/2005 5:45:54 PM bsafirebird1969 wrote:Saaay, Tofu ...whatcha listen to ..??most everything i listen to, is 90% live music too ...
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i listen to mostly disco, soul, classic rock, and occasionally some modern music (90s music by artists such as sting)
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----------------On 6/10/2005 1:55:51 AM DrWho wrote:Btw, why do you claim that the lascalas sound slightly better? Is it because they're "supposed" to sound better? Seriously, if you like the RF-3II's more then stick to your guns and go with what sounds best to you. I'm going to borrow the term that I've heard a few times, but the "synergy" of your system is really what you're after. By introducing the lascalas, it seems you've found that they don't "synergize" with the rest of your equipment/source material/etc etc. If you're on a tight budget then you're going to have a hard time bringing your overall system to a level that just starts to make the lascalas sound good. The RF-3II's really are a great sounding speaker and I could totally see someone liking them more than oldschool heritage stuff...especially when working on a tight budget in a less than ideal room such as yours (11x11 really makes it hard for anything to sound good). For what it's worth, if I personally had to choose between 2 speakers and live with them the rest of my life, I think I would probably go with the reference series (eeeek, i know many will disagree with that one)
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well for one the la scalas sound "bigger" especially at higher volumes. i can't seem to turn them up over 1 watt without my room acoustics tainting the sound horribly. i should invest in some room treatments as well. mostly, i like the bass sound that the scalas produce. the horn loaded bass bin is what seems to be affecting the sound the most.
i must have a hardcore frequency hump (right where the scalas begin to noticably roll off) in my room, because i just dont see how people can be claiming these speakers lack bass. i really do not need to turn on my sub to enjoy the music. perhaps the university driver that everyone seems to be knocking
can be credited for this. i mostly listen to mp3's and flacs. flacs sounded a lot better. i can really hear the compression differences between 192kbit and 320kbit mp3's with these speakers. it wasn't as easy to tell with my rf3's. unless of course this is all placebo.
i wont be selling my la scalas. i wanted an upgrade and that is what i got. not as much of an upgrade as i expected, but it's still an upgrade.
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----------------On 6/10/2005 7:30:56 AM JewishAMerPrince wrote:I once had the opportunity to audition the LS side by side with the RF7s in a dealers studio with the same amp powering each setup. The LS were setup in the corners and the 7's were on either side of the monitor screen in the center of the room. Was there a difference? Yes, of course there was a difference. Was the LS better?, no, just different. I think the originator of this thread is experiencing the same thing. Due to all the hype on heritage he expected something a quantum leap better than his RFs, and what he got was something a little better but mostly just something different.JR----------------
i think you've hit it on the nose here. the speakers are growing on me. i'm not as dissapointed as i was at first, but yes you are correct. i was expecting leaps and bounds of improvements, but i suppose they just cannot be had with my equipment/funding.
eventually i'll have both source and crossover upgraded. i expect them to improve the sound, but i'll no longer get my hopes up so high.
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while we're on the topic of crossovers, where can i acquire the autotransformers for the universal ALK schematic?
i was pricing everything out and it seems like it will be under $200 if i decide to go the DIY route, unless of course these autotransformers are extremely expensive.
i've never done any electronic work before, but i may as well start somewhere. i definitely can't afford his, and i know i wouldn't be as happy knowing theres something better if i go with a rebuild of my current ALs
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----------------On 6/9/2005 12:54:11 PM Cal Blacksmith wrote:I agree, hold off on the xover until everything else has been tried. I just picked up a pair of cornwalls and was less than happy with them until they were pulled away from the wall and toed in. Once that was done the mids and bass opened up wonderfully, they were choked to death against the wall. Try placemennt first. Next, there has been quite a bit of discussion on class T amps and how cheep and good sounding they are. Look up the thread in 2ch, you might be able to afford better amplification than you thought. I beleave the price bounced around is under a hundred bucks. That is much less than the xovers.----------------
so, i should hold off on the x-over and worry about my source first? it's cheaper that way for me anyhow, but these AL's are really terrible according to other posters. i have nothing to compare it to, so i'm just going to have to trust word of mouth.
my amp is fine. i don't plan on upgrading my mc250 until everything else is up to spec. i'd much rather get a tube pre before i replace my mcintosh.
as for the emu 0404, people on the head-fi forums claim it's very plastic and artificial sounding. the audiophile 192 is supposed to be more natural and warm. with that being said, i think the latter would mate much better with these speakers.
again, thanks for the further help, guys.
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----------------On 6/9/2005 11:49:20 AM Jay L wrote:ditch the PC, go buy a cheap cd/dvd player from walktargmart and look on ebay for a decent pre-amp.----------------
that's a lot easier said than done. not everyone is made of money.
i was planning on upgrading my soundcard to an audiophile 192, but cash restrictions delayed that plan. it seems the crossover network upgrade is a higher priority, so i'll be going with that first even though it'll be a bit more expensive.
angling the speakers did help quite a bit.
can be credited for this. 
Where's all the die hard closet Disco fans?
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