Islander

Take a closer look at your sub's connection panel. One of the RCA inputs (likely the right one) may be marked Mono. If it is, use that one. If you're using a single sub, it will be receiving a mono signal from the receiver. If you get a splitter and connect to both, you may get more volume than you need or want and just have to turn it way down. As well, if the splitter is causing problems, forget about using it.

Nothin' .... although the Cornscala project is prett cool. In reality, I have always wanted Khorns, but do not have the space or room for them. The La Scalas sound so great to me right now, I can't explain it. Done for now. Hah! I'd put the emphasis on "for now". I started with a pair of La Scalas last year (liked them at first and now more all the time), then replaced my four little Paradigm surrounds last June with a pair of Heresy IIs and thought I was done. The Paradigm center seemed okay and another Scala would be too bulky under the TV. Then, two weeks ago, I saw an ad for another pair of Heresy IIs at a great price. Two days later I was on the ferry to the mainland to pick them up. They turned out to be in decent shape and nearly the same year as the first pair. A center plus a spare! Now my 2-channel/HT setup is all Heritage, so I should be done. Well, I can't even say that with a straight face any more. I'll just say I'm really happy with the present setup. BTW, your KP201s look to be in top shape. I'm sure you'll enjoy them.

I'd be very very suspicious. "I'll pay more than you're asking, just send me the difference." is one of the classic scams.

The sonic boom is caused by a pressure wave produced when the aircraft reaches Mach 1 (the speed of sound). It's a continuous sound that trails the aircraft like a bow wave from a boat. A listener on the ground hears it as a boom when it passes by, but the sound is travelling at the same speed as the aircraft producing it. The sound starts when the aircraft reaches Mach 1 and continues as long as it travels at speeds in excess of Mach 1. That's how I understand it, at least.

I wondered about that, too, until I saw a casting call in a Toronto newspaper last summer. They were looking for new Blue Men for the Toronto show.

The Paradigm PW series sound good and are not too expensive. My PW-2100 keeps up with a pair of La Scalas just fine.

Wow, not a peep from the tube CD player fans. No comment about jitter or outboard clocks and power supplies. Amazing!

I tend to think like that, too, but lately I've encountered a number of honest and informed salesmen.

You could be right. Prices are usually higher north of the border, though. If a local (no shipping) really wants them, who knows?

I would advise not mentioning your number of forum posts, the number of speakers at your home, the general mania surrounding a specific brand of speakers, etc., at least not until she is in too deep to retreat [] Congrats on all of it. Good advice!

That should work.

It looks like Mr. Borko got right into it, doing a more complete report than I've ever seen or heard of anywhere. However, it may need some updating, since the second sentence quoted here is no longer true, nor was it ever true, unless the La Scala was out of production for a time: Besides flagship speaker Klipschorn, Klipsch created and produced during a period of 40 years - which may now be considered as "Golden Audio Age" - a wide selection of well known La Belle, La Scala, Cornwall and Heresy speakers. Only Klipschorn and La Belle are still in production in Hope, Arkansas.

In the late '70s, I used to date a girl who did data entry. Whenever she and her co-workers complained that their fingers were cold, they were just told to work faster...

Why not call them up and ask?

I've been on for barely a year, but it's been long enough to meet some cool people, share some experiences, learn a lot about audio and a bit about music. It's been great!

You haven't mentioned how far apart your speakers are nor how far you're sitting from them. Generally speaking, having them as far apart as you are from them (if you're ten feet away, space them ten feet apart) is a good starting point. When the speakers are fairly close together, small changes in toe-in are very noticeable. For example, you can wind up with a sweet spot that's barely as wide as your head. Moving the speakers further apart will open up the soundstage and make small adjustments less critical.

You mean like the soundstage seemed closed in and it opened up more when you reduced the toe-in? That can happen. It may take some experimenting to arrive at the optimum for your system in your room. I take measurements and make notes. It helps me learn.

In most cases, speakers sound better on-axis, that is, toed in to face directly at the listener. Tweeters in particular lose volume as you move away from the straight-on listening position, so the tonal balance of the speaker will change. You may have an unusual room, or do you find that toeing-in the speakers makes them sound too harsh? What was the improvement that you noticed?

Q-Lectronic, the local vintage hi-fi shop, has a pair of 1973 Khorns for sale. They look and sound very good and the asking price is $4500. Their website is at http://www.q-lectronic.com/ but the lists of items for sale may not be up to date. Their phone number is 250-595-5312. I have no affiliation with them, other than buying my La Scalas at that shop.

Even better than test drilling, use an electronic stud finder to locate the studs. They cost less than $20 and you know you'll be attaching to something solid.

Interesting and logical thinking, Gil! My apartment has an 8-foot ceiling throughout, so that's one consistent element. As is typical, though, the living/listening room opens to the vestibule and a hallway. The room has a peak at 32Hz and a dip at around 60Hz, while it's relatively flat above that. After doing some minimal room treatment, I connected an EQ to the sub alone and partially corrected those two quirks (Dr Who suggested that any EQ does not address time issues and can just muddy things if you try for a flat response curve (well, it actually wouldn't be a curve if it was flat, but never mind). At any rate, it sounds pretty good now.

Wow, heavy duty! I've never seen trays like that.

The owner of a company that supplies animals for television commented that they should have sent in a couple of his lions to negotiate, since lions always get their way. There might have been a few negotiators missing at the end of the day, though...

The floor is okay, it helps the bass. Klipschorns are floor-standing speakers. The issue is the height of the squawkers and tweeters. The speakers are tall enough that a ceiling less than 8.5 feet high may cause problematic reflections. Since the La Scalas are quite a bit shorter, they sound fine in rooms with high or low ceilings.

If you're not using those metal slide trays with a projector, you might want to pick up some little slide boxes (the little plastic ones that your developed slides come back from the lab in) so you don't have to put the cardboard-mounted slides back into that metal contraption. You can also get 3-holed plastic sheets (at a camera shop) to store your slides in a looseleaf binder. Much easier to find a particular slide that way.