geoff.

That was cool, I voted for the right team, lol. But everything I know about football I learned playing Buzztime’s QB1 interactive game at the bar... Pass deep game-breaker!

So, just for the sake of it, I tried a pair of 2-way KP-320 crossovers, TYPE KP-3.2A (intended for another project), on the 16 ohm Faital Pro HF200/K510 combo. These are spec’d to cross at 800hz with the “16 ohm” HF stock driver (the tractrix midrange from a Chorus II) in the KP-320. Whatever filters are used in this crossover have produced the best high end I have heard yet with a passive on this combination. Ironically the project I had initially intended them for was a complete failure, by comparison, lol. You can’t go back to direct radiator speakers after hearing (and feeling) folded horn bass. The smaller throat HF driver didn’t help the other end of the sound either... Until now, I had no idea just how much the Faital Pro HF200 could sparkle.

I feel your disappointment. I recently got talked down well below asking price on a pair of speakers, only to have the guy, after weeks of emails, call me on the scheduled pickup day and cancel because the engine in his van overheated and was being towed... There is a certain psychology behind this, and I don’t like how I feel about those it applies to... but I get it. I have found the longer I give someone to put their money where their mouth is, the more my chain gets yanked, lol. Any ad I post now states “Item will be removed when sold. First come, first served. No holds.” That, amongst other conditons, to try and establish the capacity to conduct a transaction I care to be a part of, as a human being. GLWS

@Coytee Are those your Belle/510’s pictured? I am very interested in the passives and drivers used there! Thanks, as always, for your help.

How about a USED pair of AL crossovers for 250? You could use them to replace a MORE used pair of AL crossovers, just before you replace them with something better, for the same price, or less, much less... Now I wonder what I could get for mine? It takes all kinds. Caveat emptor.

Just swapped out CT-120’s (DE120’s) for the K-77’s in my LSI Splits. First impression wasn’t as overwhelming as I expected from everything I have read. Thought my ears would sizzle to a crisp with the treble knob dialed up all the way, was hoping I would finally be able to listen to my tunes without tone controls. Like some kind of audiophile, lol! THEN I swapped ONE K-77 back into a top hat and did a mono A/B comparison. No comparison. I love treble, and now there is more of it, clearer and extended. And I REALLY liked the way the K-77’s sounded... I have no choice but to stick with the CT-120’s here.

Acoustic foam in the doghouse... Definitely not a cost-cutting measure. I feel an LS mod coming on!

... advice for beginners...?

There is no replacement for displacement. They are both “2-ways”. Go for the one with the bigger woofers!

This deserves a completely separate thread for reference. Some really good information here (as always...) that will get lost in THIS thread... -LaScala “150hz hump” notch filter, or PEQ settings -After 10 feet room takes over frequency response below 300 hz My listening experience so far seems to support both statements Once my listening position with LaScalas (and Peavey FH-1’s) is above OR outside “near field” the hump is all but gone and the bass is felt, not heard.

Good eye JGT914! Someone is going to skip a lot closer to audio nirvana with those.

Kidd, there are couple (actually dozens - lol) of Klipsch models I had never even heard about before finding this forum. The ones that I regret selling the most (when I finally found the “right pair” of LaScalas) were CF-3’s. Dual 10” woofers punch hard and the big horn is an ear opener. Welcome to the forum, and the journey!

The bane of our existence.

You sir, have your sh$t together!

I burst out laughing when I read this ^^^^ For those of you unfamiliar with the period joke reference: Canada HAD a gold medal athlete in the ‘88 Olympics. He was later disqualified for steroid use. (The reality here is HE was the one that got caught... YAWN!) Anyway, as the JOKE goes, when interviewed about it he responded with “I didn’t take no stereos!”

I saw those listed up here a few weeks ago! Had me thinking too... Like most of us on here, we aren’t afraid of a screwdriver and THEN we are inspired! And like most of us here, we are on converging paths. Horns, folded horns, and bigger horns! There is nothing like a LaScala. The period in that sentence should resonate. For posterity, I had ‘92 LaScalas with the AL-3 crossovers. Loved ‘em! So much so that I never even installed the A/4500 CT-125’s I bought on a whim because “the price was right”. Could not imagine them sounding any better. I now own ‘86 LSI Splits. Only sold the ‘92 LaScalas because I found these, as a project, LOL! They came with the AL crossovers and K-43 woofers. At the moderate to spirited un-processed volumes I enjoy, awful would be the best way to describe them. I have been fortunate enough to stumble across some great and timely finds on THIS forum and CAM (can I say that here?) Anyway, I replaced the AL’s with the AA’s from another forum member AND the K-43’s with K-33’s and, as George Costanza says: “I’m back in business baby!” I would be hard pressed to tell the difference between AA’s and AL3’s at less than concert levels. The horns are a different story though. The K-401 is the more desirable, but it was no where near as drastic, to me, as others have concluded. The K-401 just sounds “lower” to me... You will not go wrong with a pair of AA’s which come up frequently on here. (Except for the USD exchange, lol) My reasoning for the switch was mobility. I wanted to be able to share the “LaScala experience” with friends, at their homes. A pristine pair of LaScalas isn’t condusive to that. A “well enjoyed” two piece speaker with handles, sweet... *** As referred to in the previous post above, I wound up using a razor blade to cut out the overlap on the stock K-400 horn gaskets. O-ring is a great idea though! @HPower For the record, I have a pair of (actually TWO pairs, don’t ask... lol) A/4500 CT-125’s you may borrow at your convenience to see what it’s all about and draw your own conclusions, in your own listening environment. Don’t be shy man! Tiz, if you are reading this, you are still good to go also. Like I said, the way it has unfolded, I have two pairs... sigh. Too many (or just enough, depending on how you look at it) projects lying in wait. Right now I am listening to some Santana on my crude FH-1/ Kappa 15C/K-510/ Faital Pro HF200 setup. Just got a new pair of Crites passives made specificlly for the Faitals (from another great forum member here!) to replace the CS-500’s I was using. Loving the un-EQ’d highs, every now and then I can hear the noise floor - read: CLARITY! Please keep us posted on both of your projects!

This thread immediately brings to mind a Stompin’ Tom song: Tillsonburg?! ...My back still aches when I hear that word...

If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?

...and the list grows, LOL! Cheers!

Another quote helps with that: A smart man knows what to say. A wise man knows whether or not to say it. For the record I claim to be neither...

Just got these in my mailbox! Thanks Steve! Should I let them thaw out before I hook ‘em up? LOL!

The universe is composed mainly of two things, hydrogen and ignorance. Both are extremely dangerous if not handled carefully.

I think th OP’s version of Cornwall 1 have the K-77 tweeters, but the same mid-horn as the Cornwall 2, and the “most excellent” B-3 crossover! I have a pair of them, and the newer Cornwall 2’s. Very subtle differences despite the vastly different drivers. Either version are excellent examples. Amazing what the expert ears at Klipsch accomplished by voicing the crossover accordingly!

Spent half my money on women and fast cars, wasted the other half...

So does the DE10 just bolt on to the K-79 lens? And is the stock crossover good to go with this? Just how much better is this pairing? ...and where’s those curves alluded to earlier? Show us your curves! Lol!