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Few more pics of tops and 3 corners that have some small dings. Not noticeable at listening position. You could use stain pen and it would make them mostly disappear.

Unless the speakers are next to each other or you know they look slightly different then you will never know. But I know these things matter to some which is understandable, but hopefully the great upgrades makes up for the slight difference.

Due to the various differences between the 2 speakers I will reduce price by $300 to $2600. Both speakers look great and sound fantastic and with the recent upgrades someone's going to love them. If you have a pair and haven't upgraded the tweeters and crossover I strongly recommend. The difference is remarkable.

Sorry didn't mean to say horns, meant to say Midrange Driver. Thanks for chiming in and adding a +1 to what Bob said as far as the horns not making a difference.

These are standard "B Style" Klipschorns sold during 1976 and 78, not sure what you mean by they are not original "B" style. One of the top hats has the same exact serial number as the bottom so it is original to the bass bin. That top hat looks exactly like the other one, so not sure what you mean by don't look right. Both tops look exactly the same. The insides look just like the other B Style Klipschorns posted in Eastern,MI, they are spray painted black on the inside as well. They do not have K-77, they have DE-120 tweeters which sound way better than the K-77's. Thanks for your info though.

I'm aware was responding to each concern 1 at a time in order.

They do have different horns. The only thing different on these speakers are the horns. I also inquired with Bob on the horns and he stated the difference should not really be noticeable. If it's thought that it is, then I would just buy matching horns. In listening they both sound exactly the same, incredible.

The mid range drivers are not mis-matched. Both are K-55-V, It's just one of them doesn't have the klipsch badge on the back of the driver. Klipsch would just take the Atlas PD-5VH driver and put their own badge and model number on it. One just doesn't have a badge on it. Not sure if it fell off or klipsch just didn't start adding their own badge until 79 or something. This was confirmed with Bob Crites.

I'll try to post pics of the tops soon. The tops look perfect though.

Sorry Grand Rapids, MI Apologies for not responding sooner. The forum was suppose to notify me of responses and I never received anything so didn't realize people had posted questions.

Hello, Offering up a pair of horns. The crossovers were just upgraded in the past week with the Crites Sonicap kit. The tweeters were also upgraded to the DE-120's. I have receipt for both. They sound remarkably better than they did before the upgrades. The tweeter is amazing. Speakers are in great condition with a few light dings on a few corners but nothing that really stands out. Speakers were manufactured 2 years apart and the finish is slightly discernibly different if they are right next to each other, but if they are in they're own corner it's hard to tell a difference as you can see in the pics. I have the original boxes, but they are broken apart so probably are'nt much use, but I have the internal packaging foam which protects them when moving if you decide to buy them. They are beautiful, sound excellent Location - Grand Rapids, MI - Local Pickup Preferred at this point. Price - Reduced from $2,900 to $2600 IM me if interested.

Kind of nitpicky on all these but since you asked: The baskets on the ceiling speakers have smaller holes so that insulation can't fall through and sit on the back of the cones. Of course with drop tiles that probably doesn't matter. The coaxial designs would probably have a more predictable off-axis response when you're talking about potentially 360 degrees worth of movement rather than just side to side. If you were to mount an in-wall sideways for example then went side to side from tweeter side to woofer side, you'd probably get a different response due to comb filtering. Coaxes may not do that as much. Also the in-walls have horns that limit vertical dispersion, but if you put them in the ceiling there's really no such thing. Basically one way will shoot out 40 degrees and the other way will shoot out 60 degrees. The coaxials should be more similar everywhere due to spraying sound around a little more. Having a horn and not angling them may prove to a be a little more beamy than you'd like if sitting right under them. That pretty much answered everything. I sit on the long wall so very close to the screen so I need as much dispersion as possible. Thanks,

I"m not sure still looking around. You have any suggestions for ordering.

They would mount into a drop ceiling in the ceiling tiles. I can get the fronts cheaper by 150 that's why I ask. Would there be any difference other than the ability to point. Becasue I can always angel them. Also I don't care about cutout size. Thanks,

Hello. I'm just wondering can u use a in ceiling front speaker and place it as a ceiling speaker. Specifically for an atmos system and specifically a klipsch 3650w instead of a cdt 3650-cII. Would it effect anything. Thanks.

So for now I replaced the La Scalas with RB 81's in the theater room. For music it's obviously no match but for movies I have to say in my setup the RB 81's are better. I know it sounds crazy, but the bass is much more dynamic and full range and the highs are much clearer. There are 2 things that I think happened with the Scalas in the room. 1. Somehow the large cabinets caused reflections or the bass from the cabinets cancelled out frequencies from the subs. The bass response is much better now seems more tactile and and not so stuffy. 2. The highs are easily heard now and sound is more separated from each channel. Before it sounded like everything was coming to me all at once, just from the front. Now I actually feel like I have surround sound and it seems like sounds are heard from a more precise location. I think having extra distance helps. I was so close to my la scalas for movies that I might as well have stuck my head in the midrange and forgot about the rest of the mix. My theater has come alive and isn't stuffy anymore. All in all for movies the la scalas overpowered the room and the other speakers. Reducing dynamics, highs, and lows. If the room were just a few feet bigger the la scalas would have been just right. For music I don't think the room size matters much.

I ultimately sold them. I'd like to get an atmos receiver and see how those setups sound anyway. I almost cried as I listened to them the last time. For music they are absolutely amazing. For movies their just too much in my face and they are just so large in the room. They will be missed. Anybody got a pair of Fortes, Chorus or quartets for sale.

Is your setup on the long wall or short wall. Mine is the long wall so close to speakers. I can't even fit rears. Would you say that Atmos is great.

I upgraded caps to Solen I believe Bob Crites.

WV I do use Audyssey Multi XT 32 the highest level. Thanks,

What side of the room are your la scalas on. 13' or 19'. Mine are on the 16' wall of an 11' wide room, so from my ear to the la scala is 9'. If I had 2 extra feet I think it would make a world of difference. my old theater was 11' x 23' and I had the speakers on the 11' wall and sat back further and it was awesome. Your right, they don't have the same presence and I'm scared about that. I'm hoping after a few days I'll forget that and get use to the Fortes, Lol.

Not sure of the year, 77 comes to mind but they have the type AA crossover. I'm powering them with an Onkyo 818 receiver. Probably 125 watts per channel. I'm not too concerned with 2 channel audio, just movie watching.

So I'm thinking of selling my Klipsch La Scala's because I'm starting to feel as though they are too big for the room. I have a small movie theater and honestly it sounds fantastic. However the room feels cramped and the sound is so directly and there isn't any airyness to the experience. The sound smothers. I recently went to local Home Audio store that had a theater that was huge say 30' by 40'. They had an Dobly Atmos setup and it was amazing.The difference between their system and mine was that I felt as though there was more air and space between me and the speaker and somehow it sounded more realistic, likely because in any real world situations the sound of things happening around you isn't that close. I'm wondering if a pair of Fortes maybe moved back a foot wood remedy this or would I regret selling my La Scalas. With the sale I could also upgrade to Atmos reciever and setup. What do you guys think. I've owned every Klipsch speaker every made buy it's been a few years since I've been in the game so just checking the community response. I know the Fortes don't sound as good but can't quite remember by how much.

Great response, thanks. What is this hole in the middle you refer too, Is it essentially where your not really getting a full music reponse from directly from the center of the room. I think I might have experienced this. The music doesn't sound quite as put together as it should. I think I can make it sound good it's just that there seems to be a limited sweet spot and if I toe them out then it doesn't sound as good in the center. This is kind of why I was wondering would a smaller speaker exhibit different room acoustics when it comes to the sweet spot. Because with a smaller speaker I would be able to have the speaker back further and move them furhter apart to accomodate more listeners.