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The seller has actually decided that instead of selling them he's going to keep them, buy new crossovers, and veneer them. Too bad! (For me, anyway) Unless I owed someone a lot of money, I think I'd have a hard time getting rid of a pair of LaScalas as well.

I forget which publication it was, but one of the magazines that reviewed the HIII made some remarks about how a case was to be made that the Heresy is 5-ohm (and thus not as sensitive as 97db.) They dug into it a bit but brushed the topic off by saying they were the most sensitive speakers at the tester's home regardless. I seem to recall that some older Heresy spec sheets said they were 16-ohm, was that only for more early speakers?

There's a fairly fresh Craigslist listing for LaScalas near me. $600 for the pair in black. Looks like a few minor dings here and there (and a lot of dust) but overall they look to be in decent shape in the pictures. I see where it says they have AA crossovers; those are the ones people like, right? I also see K-55V midrange drivers. No pictures are close enough to see the stickers with the S/Ns, but there are pictures showing "10K676" and "10K675" stamped into the cabinets. That makes them 1972, correct? I'm sure they'd need recapping (my KP-201s probably need recapping and they're 1989) so how difficult is that? $600 sounds like a solid price to me, but I like to check with the experts first.

I used RP-280Fs in a very small room before upgrading to Heresies (now they're just decorations, but still quite handsome) I can't speak for the comparison to a big room, but my ears tell me that using them in a small room isn't ideal. Bass is there but polite, they need breathing space, especially behind the ports. They sounded like they were lacking in midrange, a criticism I infrequently heard about them from anyone else. I think a combination of the room's small dimensions limiting them in terms of placement near walls as well as the distance of the listening position. The lowest driver is still responsible for midrange, but up close it's way off axis from my ears, so that sound is going nowhere I can hear it. I'd still say they're worth getting if you know you'll have more space for them later, they're dynamic and in a bigger room will have a lot more bass (this room is weird for bass anyway.) I still enjoyed them. On the other hand, if you don't think you'll be moving them to a spot with more breathing room down the line, bookshelfs (or RP-260/250Fs) might be a better choice.

I use my Heresies with a 150w Emotiva and it's a great combination. Unless you're very hard of hearing, I don't think you'll need to worry about blowing them. Your ears will probably get tired before they get too loud. Some people here use 300w or more!

Since I like budget gear, these are hard not to be tempted by. By my understanding the Saga uses its single tube as a buffer, but the Freya has a tube gain stage. They can be used as passive pres as well, but impressions throughout the internet seem to favor the tubes. Has anybody heard them?

That's what I find most exciting about it, I've always thought that having a separate mid-horn was why I liked the sound of the Heresy so much more than the RP-280F. To my ear the sound is much richer when the mids get their own.

I think the cool thing about Klipsch speakers is that you can shop for an amp almost independently of power ratings, you don't really need to worry about what the power output will be as long as it sounds good. I'm gonna get some tubes in my system eventually (I'm really liking the look of those new Schiit preamps) but I've run my Heresies with an Adcom GFA-535 (65w) and liked it, and now with an Emotiva A-300 and I like that even more. I was concerned that an inexpensive 150w power amp would sound ugly on speakers made to sound good with 10w, but it's been a real joy. It's never gotten warm driving them, either.

I tend to think ahead when I buy sound, I have a fairly small listening room right now but I have Heresies, RP-280F and KG 5.2s. The Heresy is good for a small room, but the other two aren't so much. With the RP-280Fs having smaller drivers and horns than the RF-7, I'll say that sitting in a small space I mostly hear the horns, the speakers sound brighter to me than most people seem to think of them. Since a lot of directional frequencies come out of their 8" drivers and I'm not sitting far enough for that sound to mesh from the pair of them with the sound from the horns, they sound bright. (Or at least that's what I think is going on there) I'd say get the 7s, enjoy them as best as you can, and then enjoy them a lot more when you can put them in a bigger space. It's what I'd do, anyway!

Very handsome speakers! I've been a fan of 3-way Klipsch since getting my Heresies and would really like to hear the KLF series one of these days. Nice Nintendo consoles too!

To my ear (and in my room!) the 280 always sounded polite about bass. No doubt about range, the bass is certainly there, but used on their own with no sub it's not really bass that you feel. Of course, I also use them in a smaller room (non ideal) somewhat close to back walls (likely also not ideal since they are rear-ported) so that may be a contributing factor. I'd call it fine bass for a lot of music, but I liked mine even more with a sub

Reference Premiere has nicer tweeters and horns, you'll get a smoother sound out of them. Comparison videos won't tell you much for speakers either, I never really saw the point in people video taping their sound systems when the camera's microphone and your computer speakers will never have it sound anything like the way it did in that person's room. I have older pair of Synergy speakers (F-20) that did the job when they were my only speakers, but they were bright sounding and didn't work well for all content. Upgrading to RP-280Fs was a good call on my part. Upgrading to Heritage was an even better idea, but one step at a time! You'll enjoy whichever one, but I'd get the Reference Premiere (and I did.) There's a lot more to a speaker than its power handling and specs on paper. 8-ohm is fairly standard for most speakers these days.

Nearly forgot, I did pick up a pair of RP-280Fs in a friend's 2-door Volkswagen Golf once. The length was just fine with the seats down, but I don't think we put anything in between them. Just drove carefully! If I recall, we put them at an angle like this so they'd be less likely to tip over. Just keep in mind that the MDF cabinets can dent, particularly on edges! And that the vinyl exterior can be encouraged to peel off! That didn't happen with mine, but I would at the very least put a blanket under them next time.

Since two different subwoofers are going to have different frequency response and all that I just can't imagine it being totally smooth, especially when you consider that one sub may be tighter or faster than the other, or have greater musicality or dynamics. I haven't personally tested running two different subs at the same time, but I can imagine all sorts of unpredictability coming out of that many differing characteristics. I imagine it will also take away from hearing the improved quality of whichever sub you get next.

I'm just about dead-set on an Emotiva MC-700 when I move toward a surround system. It only has one sub-out, but at $600 it's definitely cheap in the world of pre/pros. I especially like that it supports LPCM for my Nintendo Switch, it's one of the only pre/pros that does that for under $1000.

I'll vouch for these too, I use the A-300 with my Heresies and it's great. I was afraid an inexpensive 150w amp would sound brutish or sloppy on sensitive speakers but it has a lot of delicacy and finesse. Internal fans are an interesting design choice, but it never even gets warm, so I've never had them turn on. I don't have an Emotiva preamp (I'm still using my old Adcom) but if I were looking for a new preamp I'd probably go to them first, based on my experience with the amp.

Klipsch KP-201 manufactured in the US, and I believe Adcom manufactured here when they made my preamp. Sub 12, my DAC and my Emotiva A-300 were all made in China. That's all my daily listening, but I also have a pair of KG 5.2s and an Adcom GFA-535 amp that were made here (or so I believe the Adcom was.) Synergy F-20, RP-280F, and (I believe) Adcom 7607 were all made in China. All my sources (PC, Wii U, Famicom Mini, Nintendo Switch) were all made in China. Oh, and my Schiit USB Decrapifier was made here! It's a $100 box of what's-it-do, but it did help remove some noise. (Though if anybody's wondering, it doesn't do anything for USB ground noise)

They'll also be much easier to elevate to get the horns on-axis with your ears if you decide to go that way. Some disagree with doing this; the word is that they're voiced to sit low, in a corner, on their risers, and that proximity to nearby walls is supposed to help bring up their bass to the level of their treble. Mine are elevated nearly 2ft (still close to corners though) and I'm pleased. They're also quite handsome, which is worth some consideration.

I'll also chime in for Emotiva, I bought a Bas-X A-300 for my H2s. Probably overkill at 150w, but it's awfully clean, and I'll never, ever hear distortion ever. But I also used a 65w amp before, and played with a 3w amp for a little while too. The nice thing about Heresies (as with most Klipsch speakers) is that when it comes to amps, you can shop for sound rather than watts.

Ah, then how did they compare to the RF-7 II? Was the 7 brighter? It's great to hear all these impressions about them.

For anyone who was there, how did it sound compared to the RF-7 III?

I recently found an album I very much enjoyed hearing while browsing Youtube. Al Caiola's "Music For Space Squirrels" sits in a unique space between big band music and bluegrass styling. I love big band but don't usually like bluegrass, though there was no point where I wanted it to stop. It's such a fun listen. And yet, when I went to go find myself a copy, it turned up nothing. This reminded me of a troubling problem in music preservation. While we may never get rid of Justin Bieber, each passing day makes old recordings increasingly rare. I feel that this should be especially relevant to the sort who post on this forum, I'm sure we all have at least one album or composition from the first half of the 20th century that we really enjoy. Physical media deteriorates, rare pressings disappear over time, and old recordings are sometimes never 'pressed' onto newer media, such as CDs or digital files. Other times, it's done wrong. Only four songs of Al Caiola's Music For Space Squirrels are available on digital download services. They're not in FLAC (so they're not archival) and they were poorly recorded at the wrong RPM, so they might as well not exist. That's another problem with music preservation; if it's not done properly, then eventually the only version of once-good recordings might be pointless to listen to. Since we're here, do you rip your old recordings for personal use, particularly physical ones? And should the music business make an effort to make preservation easier in lieu of archaic intellectual copyright rules?

What kind of potato speakers were they playing with when they decided on that?

I'm sure I'll be buying one or the other for myself in due time and my interest is very much with the FIII. I like it for having bigger mid horns, plus everybody here swears by the 'mumps' horns that used to only be for Klipsch Pro speakers. Based on some of the chatter I've seen on the forum it seems like they're taking a lot of what people like about KP and using Forte III to put it in a home speaker.

Kind of funny that this thread got bumped now, I was just looking through it after I searched the sub on Google! It definitely looks cool, and very fashionable matching the Jubes. I'd like to get one someday, it's the last subwoofer you'll ever need.