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You used a lot of ethereal terms there I don't really understand but i've heard people use similar language in describing the sound of LP's which is another thing i'll never understand as it's flawed 128 year old technology that I moved beyond a long time ago Were I to purchase any of the Heritage Line from Klipsch i'm pretty sure i'd go with the Cornwall's as i'm something of a bass and spec hound and they're cheaper and smaller than the LaScala's yet for some reason produce much deeper bass (34hz compared to 51hz)

The reason why I don't want to listen to a pair of LaScala's is the same reason I never want to hear a pair of Magnepan's or Audio Note's or Wilson's or Magico's because i'm sure they would all leave me disappointed with my speakers which i'm actually really happy with and I don't have 5 digits to spend on speakers

We're going way off topic here but you actually prefer the 652's with the dome tweeter over the 652 Air's?!?! I also own a pair of speakers with ribbon tweeters (Kanto Tuk's) and that ribbon tweeter produces the smoothest sweetest highs i've ever heard

I don't own a pair of the Dayton Audio's B652 Air's but Dayton has always impressed me how they were able to work in a little ribbon tweeter into such an inexpensive speaker

I've already got the Promedia's and the Heritage Promedia's which both use tractrix horn tweeters and I don't hear much difference between them and regular dome tweeters although I know the LaScala's are all horns and obviously totally different than Klipsch's little multimedia speakers

I've never heard of blind A-B testing but I have heard of double blind testing but i've never done either

Nope and even if I had the chance to hear them I wouldn't The problem here is, you don't know what you're talking about when you said my Audioengine's have a sensitivity rating of 83db although i'm sure the LaScala's can play much louder than my little 100 watt Audioengine's as they should

With 105db sensitivity there's no doubt the LaScala's produce lots of bass, the problem is, 51hz isn't really deep or full sounding

Well that was random. I'm not sure how Bose 901's got worked into the conversation about Klipsch LaScala's but as a teenager I can't think of any set of speakers I wanted more than the Bose 901's but that was a long time ago and the reason I wanted them was because Bose claimed that had unlimited power handling but given how efficent the LaScala's are (like the rest of the Heritage line), I think Klipsch could make the same claim

The LaScala's have amazed me more than any of the other heritage series speakers in that somehow Klipsch was able to build speakers that weigh 175lbs each and feature 15" woofers yet are somehow only capable of going down to 51hz-the same bass my $400 Audioengine's produce with 5" woofers. They're really a marvel of sonic engineering but i'm sure all the LaScala apologists will come out of the woodwork to tell us how great they are but to spend $13,000 on a pair of enormous speakers that then require a subwoofer is really something

I was excited to get my hands on the heritage promedia system once I heard about it because the 8" sub is bigger and heavier than the regular 6 1/2" promedia sub and for a basshead like me, that's a big deal. On top of this the new system has a remote which is a nice bonus. Since I also have a 10" Martin Logan sub that goes down to 29hz I thought it would ge great to compare them but sadly, there is no comparison, the heritage sub doesn't even come close to the Martin Logan, in fact it can't even compete with the smaller, regular promedia sub which is actually kind of amazing. One of the other members here claims they tested the heritage sub and it does in fact go down to 29hz yet how is it that when I set the heritage sub to half it doesn't even produce the same depth or volume of bass that the regular promedia sub at it's lowest setting? The one good thing about all of this is that at least with the new heritage sub you can turn it off whereas with the regular promedia sub you can't turn it right off. I even moved the heritage sub around thinking placement was the problem but it didn't help, it still sounds like shit so it would be nice if Klipsch gave honest specs for the new heritage sub because it doesn't go anywhere close to 29 hz

a link would help

Overwhelmingly I agree but I own a set of Castle Knight speakers with 5" woofers hooked up to an M-Audio AV32.1 sub with a 5 1/2" subwoofer (although they claim it's a 6 1/2" driver) and the added bass from that little sub is substantial because the Castle's don't sound like they go much lower than ~60hz

Yes, passive subs have a sensitivity rating but very few subs are passive. The sensitivity of your average sub is irrelevant since the amp is built in

But don't all the speakers in the heritage line feature real wood veneers? I kind of figured that's a big part of the reason they're so expensive although all Klipsch would have to do to make these upcoming subs fit in with their heritage line would be to use wood veneer and add a retro grill and badge and voila!

I misunderstood, I thought your wife said, "Oh Jerk" but what she actually said was "Oh Jesus" Regardless I don't know how someone asking a simple question could be considered "flaming" I also don't understand why you censored it Also, i'm not confusing anything, I own both and the regular Promedias produce clearly deeper, fuller bass than the Heritage Promedias. How others like you and the "recovering audiophile" Andrew Robinson can't hear it, I find astounding because it's very noticeable to me but then I guess that's why i'm a basshead that owns 14 subwoofers. In fact last night I set the Heritage Promedia's bass at half and turned the regular Promedia's bass to the lowest setting (you can't turn the bass off completely with the regular Promedia's) and the bass from the regular Promedia's was still deeper and fuller. The heritage sub is just horrible so please explain to me how my other subs that claim the exact same frequency response sound much deeper. I've even repositioned the sub thinking the placement was the problem but nope, it still sounds like shit

I hate to burst your bubble Cleve but I highly recommend someone NOT comparing the regular Promedia speakers to the Heritage Promedia speakers because in spite of the regular Promedia's sub being smaller and lighter it somehow produces noticeably deeper bass than the Heritage Promedia sub because I actually own both sets and the bass from the Heritage Promedia system is really disappointing. Klipsch lied about it, it doesn't go anywhere near 29hz whereas the regular Promedia sub does go down to 35hz or at least that's what I hear and i'm a basshead who owns many subwoofers so if you just want a set of cool looking Klipsch computer speakers with bluetooth and a remote that produces some bass get the Heritage set but otherwise get the much cheaper regular Promedia's By the way, in a previous post, did you actually censor the word "jerk"?

Yup Pretty soon Klipsch will also be making 8 tracks and cassette decks

Thanks I also have a set of Logitech Z-2300's and the light on them is at least twice as bright as the Pro-Media's but at least Logitech learned because the light on their next TOTL system, the Z-623 (which i also have), is half as bright. The Z-2300 light is so bright i got a tan from it. I get the feeling you like Klipsch.

I have the latest ProMedia system and there is no power switch anywhere and even turning the volume all the way down doesn't do it. I ******* hate turning it on or off because every time i do, i get a sudden power surge which always makes me cringe so i'm sure you're just supposed to leave it on. Also, the green light on my control pod never changes color.