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How could you forget New Wave? Wasn't synth-pop just getting started near the end of the '70s also?

Those curves may not make much difference when setting levels among speakers, but the curve at low frequencies could make readings in the bass range hard to interpret. Since SPL meters are often used to help integrate subwoofers into music systems, that could be a problem. Should correction to "actual" flat readings be used in that case, since it seems like using a C-weighted meter would introduce a fairly coloured bass response?

You sound like you'd be a fan of Plan 9 from Outer Space, a real classic of the genre...[]

So loudest means best? What about accuracy and musicality? These subs were tested for use in a home music system, weren't they, or was it for SPL competition? Now that I actually read a few of the tests, it looks like they were pretty thorough in making a variety of measurements. They still don't really indicate how the various units would sound in a typical listening room, integrated with a suitable sound system.

Movies can vary a bit in volume, but a good way to find the "right" level is the volume where dialogue sounds about loud enough; then the effects and noises will sound as loud as the director intended. If they're too loud, especially late at night, see if your receiver has a "Night" setting, which will reduce the peak volume, while leaving the dialogue loud enough to hear properly.

Sorry, double post.

How's your soundstage center with the Khorns that far apart? Feeling any need for a La Scala or Cornwall center?

Don't forget Earth, Wind and Fire, Johnny and Edgar Winter, James Gang, Jethro Tull, The Eagles, Alice Cooper, The Who, The Tubes, Bruce Springsteen, as well as many more.

Guts or sense of humour, you decide! Here's one of me dressed up for a wedding in 1973.

No, this is number 1,000! EDIT: I was right the first time, the counter was one behind.

It's been about a year and a half since I got my La Scalas and then joined this community. I've met (online, mostly) a number of friendly folks who enjoy sharing their knowledge and passion for audio with newbies, enabling me to learn a lot, especially how to tell myself I should buy more speakers. The second pair were Heresy IIs in summer 2006, followed by another pair of Heresy IIs in fall 2006, then of course there was the mighty power amp that Max had much praise for, even if he thought that La Scalas weren't its best match. All those items work well together and bring me pleasure and joy every day. I could almost become a hermit. The community has college profs and students, comedians and curmudgeons (you know who you are), experts, newbies and international members, mostly music lovers, along with a number of technology lovers and of course a lot of overlap between those last two. Thanks to all for being here and being a way for me to postpone the things I should be doing, on a daily basis. Yeah, I should do the vacuuming, but I'll just check 2-Channel first... Oh, wait, there's something new in General Questions... Hmm, it's suppertime, forget the vacuuming. I should add thanks to Klipsch for providing both the forum and the primary subject of discussion.

Sounds like pareidolia to me. Here's Wikipedia's take on it, with a few examples pictured: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia The Health and Science section of the International Herald Tribune: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/13/news/faces.php Muslims see things, too: http://www.einterface.net/gamini/miracleislam.html

So what kind of speakers do they use on the International Space Station? We know they listen to music up there. Or is it classified?

That audio clip was certainly touching, but was it just me, or did it seem really scripted? Few people, especially kids, are that articulate and concise when speaking informally. The child had some mature speech patterns and even a script might need a few takes to be as error-free as that. BTW, I like that photo and I'm using it as my desktop.

Isn't that also kinda how "Cool As Ice" started off also? *twitch* Yeah, I knew he was in one of those generic wastes of time, but I couldn't remember which one. They're all 1-star movies... Did you see The Kentucky Kid on MTV last week? It was the story of Nicky Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP champion, concentrating on his 2005 season. It was a pretty good documentary. Another good one is Adrenaline Rush, about Miguel Duhamel, the US multi-time racing champion. It's been shown on Speed Channel a few times.

Acer is a Taiwanese firm and there are quite a few others as well.

Recently, a young woman in her twenties commented to me about the "cheesy 80s". I laughed and told she was lucky she wasn't around in the 70s, the decade of cheese. Times have really changed. Here's a shot of me in 1974 with my Yamaha TD-3 race bike and my first pair of trophies. I'm in the basement and yes, that's a fishnet t-shirt. I cut my hair in 1981 and it's mostly been short ever since.

You might want to add that the K-77F is made in the Phillipines to original Klipsch specs, presumably by Filipinos. It seems that was the only source for those tweeters after they became unavailable in the US.

I agree 100%. Torque is a terrible movie that depicts sportbike riders as anti-social blockheads. While riding their bikes in the country, one idiot tries to impress a girl by getting her thrown off her horse, and it doesn't get better from there. Biker Boyz is another piece of third-rate drive-in fare as well. These kind of low-budget Hollywood B movies have no money to spend on distant locations or decent scripting or actors (although Ice Cube appears in one of them) and are usually filmed within 100 miles of LA. For a good bike movie, check out The World's Fastest Indian. It's a true story about a truly determined man who let nothing get in the way of setting a speed record on a very unlikely machine, starring Anthony Hopkins, who plays the part really well.

I've got them along a long wall, toed in directly to the listening position. Since there's no side wall beside the right speaker (the living room opens to a corridor and the dining room), I placed the left speaker 3 feet from its side wall (and window). Beside the left speaker is also a drape (actually a pulled-back 10'x20' photo studio backdrop, partly bundled-up on the floor), which should be at least a little absorbent of sound. The speakers are 12 feet apart (center-to-center) and 13 feet from the listening position. The level from each speaker is within half a dB at the listening position. The left-to-right and, to a lesser degree up-and-down, soundstage seems quite good. It has some depth, but I'm not sure just how deep it could be with ideal speaker positioning. It seems as if there might be more lost in the trade-off in terms of bass response, though. Here is the room layout. There's a La Scala to each side, a pair of Heresy IIs at the back of the room and one (unseen) below the TV. Beside the left Scala is the sub and next to it is the electronics on their stand. The room is actually 18'x19'. The 30' width includes the dining room, in order to show where the living room opens out to.

Like most La Scala owners, I've placed mine not very far from the front wall. They are a bit bulky, after all. Has anyone tried placing them well out into the room, say 3 feet or more from the front wall? I was just reading that this could produce a much deeper soundstage.

Different story, but still sci-fi: Star Trek Cribs - The Director's Cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBXal1GAA4A&feature=Favorites&page=3&t=t&f=b

Nice guitar! Is it all stock (since there are so many mod-happy types on the forum)?

The difference between an engineer and a scientist... Of course, we need both.

Nevermind. I see you got it sorted out.