geoff.

Great, now I have to take a knee... LOL!

...so THIS is where it all leads too?... The house AS speaker! I can live with that. Is there any space left in the garage, or is that where all the tube amps go?

There is another aspect to specified frequency responses that doesn't give you an apples to apples comparison at first glance. One speaker's sensitivity may be 99 db +/- 3db, and the other is 102 db +/- 4db. That 3 db difference in efficiency results in the perception (for me anyway) of more bass at a given volume. I have come to this realization only through direct comparison with my Forte ii's and Cornwall ii's in the same placement and with the same source. On paper my Forte ii's are SUPPOSED to go lower, but the Cornwall ii's not only SOUND bigger, but lower too. Put another way, I had to turn the volume dial up a notch or two louder with the Forte ii's to get the same impact I got from the Cornwall ii's at a lower listening level. The greater the efficiency, the greater the impact at any given level. There is a racing adage that states "there is no replacement for displacement" and it seems to apply to speakers. But that tractrix horn IS a game changer! You really need to hear them both in the same setting, at the same time, with the same source.

My wife divorced me and got my Polk Audio Monitor 70's (4 of them) as part of the deal. She said I never had any time to listen to her. Couldn't wait to get rid of... the speakers... LOL! THEN, the fun began! I have Cornwalls in the master bedroom now.

That seems like a bargain! Any way you slice it. I LOVE my '92's with the AL-3 crossover. Can't see them sounding much better! But yours have a little something extra in the circuit? In the bottom left corner... What year LS did they come out of? Does anyone know what that is, or ISN'T, in mine? And could these boards be used in an earlier pair of LS with say, an "A" or "AL" board in them? Thanks to all who chime in here.

The term "peeling the onion" comes to mind. Unless your crossover is over 20 years old or fried, there is a more "fun" and economical way to play with them. At some point in this hobby you will find the addition of an equalizer appropriate. Correction of room anomolies is an accepted application. Even the most zealous audiophile would have a hard time arguing this, but could... The boosting of your tweeter and cutting of your squaker can be accomplished with a dual 31 band equalizer. I use a DBX 1231 (for now) with great results. Plus or minus two or three decibels in the right bands makes a pronounced difference. Tighten up AND lower the bass, soften the mids, and put more sparkle in the highs. BUT, so much more can be done with a digital signal processor. And most worth buying will have the 31 band EQ feature, if only for starters. Lots of info on this forum about those. I have come to the conclusion they ARE the future. Tastes change over time, and the EQ option leaves the speakers ORIGINAL, as a reference, but allows you to season to taste. Besides, you will be buying LaScalas or Jubilees soon enough if you have the sickness!

Funny how horn loaded speakers relegates something as impressive as Cornscalas to the back wall! I am still in denial about keeping my Cornwalls and Cornscalas. Since bringing home a pair of '92 LaScalas a scant month ago all I can think about is Quarter Pies and THT subs. That is, when I am not actually listening to my LaScalas!

I too have heard horrible sounding LaScalas, and Belles, both decades ago and months ago. But that didn't stop me from bringing home a pair of '92 LaScalas without even listening to them first! That is because I have also heard INCREDIBLE sounding LaScalas, and Belles! And I am blown away daily by the concert in my living room when I turn down the lights for a listening session. All LaScala's are not created equally! Some ARE better than others. But ALL of them can restored or modded to taste! Crossovers, drivers, bracing... But more than that, quality in equals quality out. Compressed music files, poor mastering at the studio, and source equipment plays a huge part in what you hear. On "best of" CD's I can instantly tell when the tracks are from different studios from the previous song. I have an extremely modest stereo set up and am astounded by the presentation at low levels. At louder volumes the bass is nothing short of thunderous. Not muddy deep, but SOLID. I am HIT by the guitar slam and drum strike, not rumbled. And the imaging is unrivaled. I have progressed from Heresys, to RF-3's, to Forte ii's, to CF-3's, to Cornwalls and now LaScalas and will not be going back any time soon. Health and finances permitting! I JUST sold my CF-3's to another Klipsch fan, who already has a pair of CF-3's, as well as KLF-30's, and when I cranked up the Lascalas (AFTER the sale!) his eyes popped as he pointed right at the middle of the room with one hand and grabbed the couch armrest with the other while the room shook. Listening last night to Neil Young's live version of Cortez the Killer from the 'Arc Weld' CD set at decent volume through the LaScalas was the FIRST time the applause from an audience sounded real and not like a cacophony (I have always wanted to use that word in a sentence). The audience was around the band, not in it. Alice In Chains 'Unpugged' is another ear opener in this regard. Until very recently I would have thought the lower crossover (400hz) from the woofer to the squaker would have taken away some bass. What it does is free up the woofer to hit hard and fast, and the midrange to bite with detail you truly have to hear to believe.

Welcome to the incredible world of LaScalas! When you decide to sell off your other speakers, to buy/build a proper sub for these, make sure NOT to have the LaScalas playing BEFORE you demo your other speakers. It will be a tough sell!

The plasma, interesting story, is actually mounted to the wall. I won it in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cups candy bar wrapper years ago! "Light the Bat" or something like that, a promo for the Batman movie of that year. I have two boys, at the time, I preferred we all "play" in the same room (I still do). One would play Xbox or Playstation on the plasma and the other Wii on the "Trinitron", which at the time people were giving away if you would lift them out of their basement. I think my back still aches from that... We used to have a desktop computer connected to the plasma too, so we could watch TV on the bottom and "research" on the top. The family that plays together, stays together. Or so the theory goes. The tube TV will have to go when I get another pair of LaScalas though.

Oh, and there are no stupid questions.

You could play anything with a 1/8 audio jack through the receiver. I play my Ipad with one. These cords are cheap.

This started as a joke because I had simply run out of places to put speakers upstairs... seriously. I stacked a pair of Cornscalas CAREFULLY on top for shirts and giggles. No harm, no foul! BUT, the LaScala is SO DARN efficient, the Cornscalas simply and seemlessly added an octave of bass and brought the soundstasge wispfully(?) higher. It may not be eye-pleasing to the skeptic or more domesticated, but it IS reversible - once you (and I) get a proper horn loaded sub or the equivalent. I keep reading about THT subs and Quarter Pies with great interest.

Second the "suggestion" to give 'em a listen for a couple, three weeks or so. Your dad was on to something with these. The speakers are worth two kegs of beer, premium or domestic, icluding deposit, depending on condition. The amp is worth two party pizzas but may be worth keeping too as it looks to have some beef in it.

The sun must shine bright in Hope all year long to fade a new pair of cherry Forte iii's like that...

The Forte ii's and Quartets are "OAK CLR #19 GRILL". The KLF C-7 is "MEDIUM OAK". With several coats of "the rejuvenating oil of your choice", you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. I have never seen green grilles though.

Do they not make a 90 degree elbow connector you could also bury in the corner?

To anyone reading this post and never having heard a pair of LaScalas it is like talking about kids with someone who doesn't have them. Within the last month the gods of cash flow afforded me the opportunity to acquire a pair of '92 LaScalas. ...My kids' braces can wait... LOL! There is no going back from here. There is no replacement for displacement. The folded horn bass shames anything else. I had evolved from Heresys (1' and 2's) with a sub under each, to Forte ii's, to Cornwalls (1's and 2's), to CF-3's, to penultimately (for now) Cornscalas. I am sure Khorns will cross my doorstep at some point. When I swapped my Cornscalas for these LaScalas it was the same leap in sound enjoyment I got from each of the other steps. Imaging and detail that has to be heard to be believed. But more so it was the presence in the room that was not possible with any other speaker. At the low levels where Cornwalls excel, these LaScalas drown them out. Make the time to listen to a pair of LaScalas. You deserve it!

Lots of food for thought here. In the pursuit of a society without fear many have lost the ability to cope effectively with real world issues and stresses. Fear is a fact of life. Escape is fiction. And liberal BS enables it all. Fight for what matters to you every day, or live in fear all your life. Unless your prescription pill for fiction fits the bill. Refugees of a free society. Collateral damage from over-compensation. Freedom isn't free! (It costs a buck-o-five, a buck-o-five...)

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Coyote, it looks like it will be a short road! Those K510's deserve a ride on the LaScala's. I am going to need the PEQ numbers and other settings for my Ashly Protea 3.6. I picked it up after reading Chris A's posts. It seemed like the next logical progression after reading his experiences. I don't see this trip ending anytime soon... Here's to the journey!

Coyote, I had thought that "down the road" my K510 would wind up on a folded horn, but after hearing THESE LaScala's I CANNOT imagine them sounding significantly better! It pains me to entertain the thought of "messing with a good thing". If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But there would/will be no harm in placing the K510 on top of the cabinet! And I think Richieb summed it up in his post above. As I have mentioned in other posts, I have the K603 tractrix in two other pairs of Cornwall's, one pair with a K-77 top and the other with the K-107-ti for the highs. I also have Forte ii's with the titanium diaphragms. I have CF-3's too. None of them hold a candle to these '92 LaScala's! My Cornscala's even sound flat compared to them. The shear presence is astounding. I have paid money to attennd concerts that didn't deliver the sound in my living room now (hyperbole alert!). Seriously though, my stereo has only two volume settings now. Astounding and more astounding!

Thanks dtr20! I balked on a pair of Klipschorns a couple of times now. I don't see that happening again... I also cannot understand what equipment people are using to find these speakers unpleasant. Maybe it is age but I hear more GOOD in these than anything else.

Another big LOL! The neighbour that helped me heft the LaScala's in place got to pick the inaugural song. "When the levy breaks" was his choice. When it was done, his first words after the smile subsided were ""imagine these outside?!"

LOL! Compaired to the LaScala's, Cornwall's are featherweights! Lift with your back not with your legs, right? At almost six and a half feet tall, I just grab 'em and stand up.