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  1. This inquiry was prompted by references to the article in a 2-Channel thread (http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/715016.aspx ). My curiosity prompted me to ask here also. The following then took place in the other thread:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    boom3 wrote, "I have seen it posted here before, so a search may turn it up It was not an equipment review per se. It was more about Paul, the culture of K&A, the history of hi-fi, etc. The reviewer owned LaScalas."

    Prior to posting the inquiry, I used the search function and found several threads that referred to the article, including one that, apparently, included the article as an attachment. Unfortunately, archived posts often no longer contain attachments; this one did not.

    The interview of PWK and the Rolling Stones article were done by Tim Cahill. One of the related archived threads included an email from Cahill to a forum member confirming the fact that he still owned and enjoyed La Scalas that hed purchased from Steve Living In The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />USA Miller, an old friend of his.

    My curiosity is only heightened by the unsuccessful search for the actual article. Surely someone has a copy or can identify the issue by date. I suppose I could always go the public library and find it the old fashioned way, but that seems so primitive when its probably only a few key strokes away.

  2. boom3 wrote, "I have seen it posted here before, so a search may turn it up It was not an equipment review per se. It was more about Paul, the culture of K&A, the history of hi-fi, etc. The reviewer owned LaScalas."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    Prior to posting the inquiry, I used the search function and found several threads that referred to the article, including one that, apparently, included the article as an attachment. Unfortunately, archived posts often no longer contain attachments; this one did not.

    The interview of PWK and the Rolling Stones article were done by Tim Cahill. One of the related archived threads included an email from Cahill to a forum member confirming the fact that he stilled owned and enjoyed La Scalas that hed purchased from Steve Living In The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />USA Miller, an old friend of his.

    My curiosity is only heightened by the unsuccessful search for the actual article. Surely someone has a copy or can identify the issue by date. I suppose I could always go to the public library and find it the old fashioned way, but that seems so primitive when its probably only a few key strokes away.

  3. Fini_

    The Detroit FA terminal takes ONLY money orders. The problem is that you can't bring a money order with you. They must weigh it before they calculate the amount due. Then they send you to a nearby convenience store to purchase the money order with cash. They will not rely on the fact that they weighed it before when empty and that it hasn't changed. They must weigh it each time.

    Meagain-

    I believe Audible Nectar built it. If that's incorrect, we'll soon find out.

    The packing list indicates 162lbs. empty.

  4. AN-


    You described the atmosphere of the Detroit FA terminal exactly. Customer service is not their forte. They're not used to, nor set up to, deal directly with the puiblic. It's best to be armed with the tracking number and the names and addresses of the sender and the recipient.

  5. The Detroit Forward Air terminal hours are <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, so I left the house at 5:30 AM to guarantee that I'd be there when they opened. After arriving at 6:10 AM, I went to a nearby McDonald's for some much needed coffee and returned at 6:30 AM.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    EIGHT DIGIT TRACKING NUMBER! If you utilize FA, you'll want to record the tracking number. After ignoring me for as long as he possibly could, the Bozophile at the dispatch window told me he could do nothing without the tracking number. I'd been in Wash., DC, when FA left a message with the answering service that the vault had arrived. I didn't know the tracking number. After being summarily dismissed by Bozo, I called FA's number and watched while Bozo ignored the phone and let a woman answer it. She pleasantly asked for the tracking number, and then asked for the name of the recipient. I gave her my company's name (which I'd already provided to Bozo) and she quickly found the paperwork. She asked me when I wanted to pick it up and I told her I was there now. She turned around and I waved to her. Bozo was really pissed when he now had to help me take delivery of the shipment that was sitting within twenty feet of the dispatch office.

  6. The vault has arrived safe and sound. Itll stay in our warehouse until a forum member requires it to protect a pair of Cornwalls.


    I was unaware that it's attached to a 48" wide pallet. The height of the vault, including pallet, is 33". I was able to turn it onto its side to fit it between the racks in my work van. That's ok when empty but I wouldn't try it with Cornwalls in the vault.


    This thing would all but guarantee that your Cornwalls would arrive in the same condition they were in at departure.


    I've attached a few photos to this and subsequent posts so that you can get a better idea of what the vault is and what it could accomplish.


     

  7. Michael Colter said, " . . nearly every time out I've managed to meet another Forum member and get in a good listening session. Bearing that in mind the trips turned out to not be expensive, but PRICELESS."

    Michael-

    Meeting you was priceless but listening to Take Five from my laptop into those pre-restoration La Scalas in the truck stop parking lot does not qualify as "a good listening session." Someday we'll have to do it right. See you at Picky's?

  8. "I guess I am trying to achive a starting point. Get it to sound like factory and modify from there..."

    That's the approach I would take. How about inverting the factory unit on top of the project? Then use only the bass bin (sealed at the top of the doghouse and connected to the factory network) of the project to see if the bass sounds like the factory units. If it doesn't, then figure out how and why the project bass bin differs from the factory. If the project bass sounds the same, then change variables, e.g., ports, networks, Crites tweeters, etc., one at a time to evaluate each change.

  9. Corey-

    Have you ever listened to La Scalas? There will be no comparsion to the "little Dynaudios." If you've never listened to La Scalas, paying a premium price might be a mistake. I like them, Craig likes them, but they're not everyone's cup of tea.

    Hi Diz! What would you say the main differences are, besides the La Scala's being "bigger" sounding? Are the La Scalas not as accurate or flat? Are they more or less musical than the Dyn's? I know this is tough because I haven't heard them myself yet.

    Corey

    Corey-

    It's difficult to verbally compare the two speakers. As Allan says, it's apples and oranges. Nevertheless, with quality amplification and source material the La Scalas (IMO) sound closer to live music than the Dynaudios ever will. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    As to why Craig and I consider $1,500 to be at the high end of the market, its because weve each purchased La Scalas for considerably less. Would you get $1,500 of enjoyment? Certainly, if you like the sound of La Scalas. As you initially pointed out, Las Scalas often sell for less, but that doesnt mean that these arent worth $1,500, or even more.

    I would never spend $1,500 for speakers that I didn't KNOW that I would enjoy listening to for years to come, unless I knew that I could unload them without taking a loss.

  10. Corey-

    Have you ever listened to La Scalas? There will be no comparsion to the "little Dynaudios." If you've never listened to La Scalas, paying a premium price might be a mistake. I like them, Craig likes them, but they're not everyone's cup of tea.

  11. If the condition is very good, then $1,500 is fair, albeit toward the high end. You're correct about the advantages (monetary and damage avoidance) of eliminating shipping.

    If they look and play great and you keep them for years, the fact that you might have saved a few hundred dollars will mean nothing. On the other hand, if you decide that they're not what you want, it could be difficult to quickly sell them for $1,500.

    It wouldn't hurt to offer $1,200 and see what happens.

    EDIT: Craig-

    You're a fast typer. Great minds think alike.

  12. I should have made it clear that I'm considering doing this myself. I'd NEVER pay $200 to have this done to a $50 eBay receiver.

    OK, I'll confess ignorance. My B+K Tool muiltimeter can measure capacitance. Is that not in some way potentially useful in determining the health of the existing capacitors?

  13. Who has experience refreshing the capacitors in the ubiquitous H/K X30 series receiversor other SS receivers? Is there a way to test (in any meaningful way) the existing caps using only a DMM?

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    As many here might recall, I have two H/K 430s and I supplied an H/K730 to the local high school band to power the La Scalas I restored for them. It would be interesting to refresh one of the 430s to see if its worth the time and expense. A copy of the 430 technical manual is attached.

  14. Of course you're correct about the need to preserve recordings of vintage performances. There was a feature recently on NPR about how copyright laws actually hinder that goal. It's commercially impractical to legally record and exchange many recordings protected by copyright.

    What do you think Edward Kennedy Ellington would have thought of Bobby Sherman?

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