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Just to reply, I had my AL3 crossovers rebuilt by Bob Crites and even while I don't think I have golden ears, they sound incredibly better. I mean a lot! And as I said, I don't have Golden ears. Thanks Bob Crites. He was fast in turnaround and did an excellent job. Dave

my Khorns did the same thing. So do you manually set the rest after reduceing the horns? I reduce my lascals to -5, and readjust the rest. And Schu, are you saying, you don't have this issue? And have you replaced your caps?

So do you use a sound pressure meter to reference the rest to the same level? I drop my front La Scala's to -5 or -6 and then adjust the rest to the new refrence level and it all seems to work well with no overdriving. So do they MAX out? Have you replaced your caps lately. I get my back from Bob Crites this weekend.

I posted this before some time ago. I just can't find it. I have a pair of La Scala's in my home theater system. I also use a Pioneer Elite SC27 receiver with MCACC. When I use MCACC to set up my system, it max's out the La Scala's to 10 and sets the rest properly. Doesn't do it with my RB35's hooked up. Anyone else have this issue. The fix is I use my radio shack sound meter to adjust all volumes manually. And before I post another issue, let me run it through a filter here. My La Scala's are vintage 1992. That's 24 years old. The general consensus is you should replace your capacitors every 15 or so years as they break down and this according to Bob Crites and other notable sources. Sounds reasonable to me. So why isn't there a sticky post that everyone should replace their caps every so often for better sound? Should I ask in the two channel sound or technical mod section? Dave

Okay. Klipsch has responded and says, wait for it......ta da... they were made in Jan 92. Now how do they come up with that? I buy 92, but Jan? Oh well, now to troll the La Scala side to see if every owner out there feels they need to rebuild/replace their crossover's after 20 or so years.

Here's my thought thinking about the crazy date code... 22923 22 - day of month 92 - Year 3 - month. ????????????

What the...Klipsch just wrote me with they think they were made sometime between 1959 and 1961! They want pictures of the crossover and or woofer. I mean, really that stamped identification sticker wasn't enough. Sending my AL3's off tomorrow to Bob Crites to get rebuilt. Talked with him today and what a nice guy. Capacitors just deteriorate over time (15 to 20 years he's usually found). So we'll see.

And while were at it, any thoughts from the Klipsch community on my crossover's. Hence why I'm wondering about the exact age of these and would I benefit from a rebuild or new TYPE AL-3 CROSSOVERS rebuild: $160.00 (Bob Crites does it, and I think thats for the pair?) or should I just replace with a PAIR of TYPE AL-3 CROSSOVERS (specifically for Lascala) $375.00 (That is a pair) or do it myself REBUILD KIT FOR THE KLIPSCH TYPE AL-3 CROSSOVERS: $123.00 + $7 S+H The kit is just the capacitors and they are what deteriorate the most and most need replacing. I'd appreciate your insight before I go nuts and pull the plug. Thanks, Dave

Thanks to all who have tried to unravel this mystery. I wrote to Bob Crites about getting the crossovers rebuilt and asked him if new the date they were built. And he said "I am not sure on the date for those. Doesn’t seem to fit the date codes I have. They could have been made for the professional market, and in that case do not follow the normal codes." They are BLACK.

I have a set of Klipsch La Scala's with the AL3 crossovers. I've had them for several years and am the second owner. But I can't for the life of me figure out the year they were made. YES, I have looked at all the PDF's, files and, well you tell me if you can? P/N 09000711200 S/N 22923 W/O 4169

I got a set amd was wondering what these retailed for new. MSRP. Insuarnce purpose. Thanks