[My La Scala's date code]

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 La Scala's are MAXED out]

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?

[My La Scala's are MAXED out]

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.

My Audyssey sets the speakers relative to reference level.  That means at reference which is 82 on my Onk AVR the Khorns are set at -10 (maybe -12, can't remember).

 

Anyone else have this issue. The fix is I use my radio shack sound meter to adjust all volumes manually.

What volume do you set them to?  At what level?  If you knock down the DB's of the LS's then you've got to boost the other speakers and you may be introducing distortion into your system.  My Audyssey does a better job of level matching my hodge podge of speakers than I can do.

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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.

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?

 

There was a sticky just introduced a few days ago in Tech Mods on "Building the AA" by Dean G.  Maybe your suggestion that caps be replaced every 15 years would be a nice addition to his Page 1 post.

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.

 

With my cornwalls... my system sounded better with mcacc correction, with my la scalas my system sounds MUCH BETTER with the system running flat... no correction other than manual distance settings.

So do they MAX out? Have you replaced your caps lately. I get my back from Bob Crites this weekend.

[My La Scala's are MAXED out]

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

[My La Scala's date code]

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.

[My La Scala's date code]

Here's my thought thinking about the crazy date code...

 

22923

 

22 - day of month

92 - Year

3 - month.

 

????????????

[My La Scala's date code]

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.

[My La Scala's date code]

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

 

[My La Scala's date code]

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.

[My La Scala's date code]

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

[Klipsch RB35]

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

Insuarnce purpose.

 

Thanks