JJack

The corners that the speakers are in are full height, and then the half wall starts. So, 10 feet away from the front of the cabinet isn't too close?

Normal symmetrical setup. Speakers in corners, me across the room in a normal position, with a half wall right behind me. The half wall opens to a very large space

Well, thanks everyone for the great information and response to my opera /orchestra thread. I have a follow up question. 1. I have two good corner options in my room. The farthest I can get from a Khorn is exactly 10 feet from the front to my ears. Is that far enough away for the drivers to integrate? 2. The speakers will be in a 12 by 11 room that is mostly boundaried by a half wall that is 43 inches high. However it is acoustically a very large space because it's 70% open to an 18 by 17 by 40 space (my listening room is a loft overlooking my living room, kitchen, entryway). So, the two horns will be firing over the half wall. Any issues there? I have a ton of room treatments on the way from GIK to tame any bass issues (the room is actually pretty smooth in the bass, as measured with omnimic measuring tools). Thanks again everyone, I've got the bug now? Wish I knew why my paragraph breaks aren't working...

Ha!

I've driven that route many times! I'm out of town the next two weekends but wide open after that, and I'll call then, very nice of you.

Closer to Detroit and I'm usually in metro Detroit once a week anyway. I'd really like to hear those la scalas when they were on your Miata...

Thanks for posting this. I think a lot of today's audiophiles would benefit by reading it. I know I did.

Thanks, I drew in the specs for the Khorns for my loft, which gave me the 9.5 feet figure. Will try to do the same for la Scala I have a 100 watt Luxman 505 so I think that would drive all the ones under consideration, assuming I didn't go back to tubes.

I should also ask if folks would comment on whether the Cornwall Forte or Chorus would work for the big stuff if the Khorns or la Scala won't fit in my room. Thanks again everyone

Wow, thanks everyone. First off, I love love to hear these in a member's system. I live in southern Michigan so if there's a club meeting or a generous listener i would jump at that. So, my wife said "those aren't going in my living room," which leaves me with my loft. In the loft I have good parallel corners for Khorns, but I will only be about 9.5 feet away from the front of the cabinet. The space is acoustically large (it's a loft with a half wall that empties into a very large great room) which is why my current speakers can't get it done, the sound just empties into that large open room behind me. So the question then becomes whether the Khorns or la Scala (love that name) will integrate properly at a distance of 9.5 feet and will there be decent imaging? If I got Cornwall, Forte, or Chorus I could put them on a different wall that would get me 10.25 feet away. The room will be treated with GIK traps and a diffusers, which are on their way to me now. Is this a bad time to note that I just sold my glorious Cary single ended Kt90 mono blocks?

Longtime lurker just joined. I'm an opera and orchestral fan who is feeling that Klipsch is the right way for me to go, but I don't know which one to look for (Chorus, K-horn, LaScala, Cornwall, forte, etc). I will probably only listen to the big pieces on this, as I have a second system with a standmount that I'd use for the little stuff. I'm buying used, and it seems like there's a fair assortment of stuff in my area, although usually the prices are high. My budget would max out at 2500, and less would be great. I'm really looking for something to blast Wagner, Verdi, etc at realistic levels. I have two possible rooms, one large one small, so that shouldn't be an issue. I will eventually buy a matching amp for them, so I'm really just looking at the speaker variable right now. I'm really looking for a clean (not crisp) treble, and not sure if that means I should be looking for upgraded crossovers or not. I like good soundstaging but I'm not that picky about bass transient speed. I have a REL sub but would rather not use it. Lots of variables, I know, but what I'm really asking is what's your opinion of the "best" (in quotes, or "favorite") Klipsch for putting a full orchestra into my living room? Thanks for your advice.