Mariusz_

I have had a kind of this experience. I used Faital HF200 in LTH102 but I didn't like the sound. It was too aggressive like PA and lacked some clarity in high tones. I even had to add tweeter to get some balance. I didn't know what to blame, driver or horn. Recently I have bought large German Jabo 72 and the situation is completely different now. Faital sounds like a new driver, balanced FC, no need to use tweeter anymore. So it seems, that LTH102 is strong PA horn, and for home usage it is better to find an other horn. BTW, I also used smaller Jabo 53. Sound was better than LTH, but still lacked something. And KH-72 is perferct combination with Faital.

Stereo imaging actually is good, but I noticed narrower sweet spot. I also measured frequency response of speakers changing crossovers from AL-5 to universal. The outcomes were for sure biased by room acoustic and microphone quality, but on the charts differences have been clear during many trials. The universal is constantly louder by 3db from 2000 to 3000 hz and at 3300+/- 100 hz the difference peaks to 10db (AL-5 goes down, the universal goes up) . And while measuring single drivers one can see different sloppiness of filters. MAriusz

I can hardly find anything about replacing AL-5 XO in LaScala 2. Do people really like this crossover or do they not want to unscrew cabinets of LS2? I did it and made myself XO based on ALK Universal schematics and differences are clear. But I also would not dare too choose the winner. My "universal" is more clear and open, more "live", but stereo imaging is worse comparing to AL-5 (probably a question of gentle and steeper slope respectively). AL-5 is a bit slower and calm at mid and high-range sounding less "live". AL-5 bass is stronger a bit. I wish I could have the best features of them in one XO :-) Anyone could share an own experience? Mariusz

I am new to old loudspeakers Klipsch world - as I bought KG 3.5 and Tangent 400 (which are not so easy to get in Europe). When I compared KG and Tangent cabinets I noticed that Tangent was made with less dense MDF. And as a result it resonates and plays itself a bit - one can hear it while putting an ear on cabinet of the playing loudspeaker. I consider of making completely new heavy cabinet for these suberb set of drivers but maybe insulation would be enough? What do you think about putting on inside walls an adhesive rubber (bituminous) mat (about 5mm thick)? Thanks in advance, Mariusz