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Added a couple photos and corrected my pricing. It was supposed to be $2500.00 with shipping not $2650. Shipping weight is approximately 77 ibs. just for Amp. with the stock stuff. I am shipping the added stuff separately and also on my dime via whomever in Cont. US.
So, the Primaluna, all the tubes and extras, shipping and PayPal covered by me. Buyer pays $2500.00 flat. Somebody needs to do their math, this should have already been gone.
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No worries Wuzzzer, pretty good wall of text to wade through.
I'll do the cage and tube thing in the morning Rebuy. Gonna hit the hay now.
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I'm still upright Buddy. It has been awhile.
Deano built the networks in the photos above for my Jube Clone project geez, I dont know, 10-12 years ago or so. Maybe he will chime in and correct me. The pictures do not do them justice. And they sounded incredible.
And I never did ask you if it was OK to start calling you Deano, I just did. It just seemed fitting at the time somehow.
I miss the old days around here. Now that I think of it, I sure miss my Jube Clones too. Wish I still had them.
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You are kind of lucky in that Lacquer is very forgiving and easy to repair when needed.RandyH is right about doing both tops. But also do both tops in their entirety. You do not need to go any finer grit than about 300-400. Aerosol can is perfectly fine. Get a couple different sheens so you have some options for the correct match. And if you remove all the old Lacquer to bare wood to get at your problem you may want to start with a Lacquer sealer first. Sample, sample, sample to get all your matches as close as possible.
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52 minutes ago, henry4841 said:
Everything. I was shocked seeing the new price for a pair of LaScala's a couple of days ago. I does not seem that long ago that a pair was around 8 grand. Now over 13 grand. I am sure that price will keep a lot of potential buyers from ever enjoying the sound of these wonderful speakers. But the price of a fast food hamburger has gone up a lot too.
Prompted me to share, hope you don't mind.
I paid $1118.25 including California state sales tax for my first pair of La Scalas. Purchased from a lovely lady named Rita from a little shop on Shattuck in Berkeley. Of course it was 1975 and I was 18 at the time, HaHa! I had saved $518.25 from my job in the Stereo dept. of a local TV & Stereo store in Merced, Ca..I took out a personal loan for the remaining $600.00 from the local branch of Bank of America just down the street.
Great days indeed!
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I decided to buy new. I just feel better about it. Plus I know the Gentleman I am buying from.
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This is an old thread, but you did post only 13 hours ago that they were still around. Well, do you want to sell them or not? You've still got them, Ive been looking for some so let's go!
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I will take them.
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On 3/29/2022 at 12:09 PM, Harleywood said:
From what I've read a low compliance cart has a value less than 11 X 10-6 cm/dyne. My cart has a value of 10. The arm on the sl1200gr is 12g with the headshell attached making it a medium mass arm. From what I gather I need to add three grams to my arm to get the mass up to 15 grams for my cart and arm to be a better match. Can this be accomished by getting a heavier headshell and am I on the right track and would the gains in audio quality be worth the effort? Still in a learning curve. Thanks!
Your compliance is 10 and the effective mass of your arm is 12? That is the arm and headshell but no cartridge? If so, what is the mass of the cartridge incl. fasteners? I may not be reading you correctly.
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Wow, nice to start with cabinets that look that nice.
Would like to see closer pictures of both tops, both fronts(dog house, etc.)and all four sides before commenting. Also, if you feel there are any areas that concern you beyond the norm, post pics.
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Thanks for chimin' in guys! Good to hear from both of you.
I have considered, to a point what I will not be able to do. But I figured what I will be able to do would still be better than standing pat, correct or am I wrong? I am just now really starting to look into this.
Part of the problem is wanting to begin this phase, step, whatever as frugally as possible right here at Christmas. Wanted to give myself a Christmas gift but I don't want to make myself feel like a DBag breaking the bank on me when my wife and Son deserve it as much or more so than I. This is totally contrary to the way I have always done things. You know, the old nothing is too good for me deal? Bottom line, trying to be a cheap bastard to see if I feel it is even worth dicking with.
I wish I were doing it with the Jube Clones. Those damn things sounded incredible just the way they were, I can only imagine active. You cannot imagine how many times I have kicked myself in the nuts for selling them.
I will be doing this with my La Scalas. OEM bins except for the Kappa 15C's, Dave's Eliptrac 400's and the DCX462's. I cannot explain it, but something is holding the La Scalas back from being special. It has to be the network bottle neck, it has to be.
But I am still going to have a vinyl only rig. Just the way it is going to have to be. So I have to work with impedance matching and other shite. What I am trying to say is I want to run my Lehmann phono pre into the DSP or an active analog unit like the K231 or whatever. Then I need six channels of amplification which is costly. I do like what John Warren is doing with the Crown amps and active filters. I like what Benchmark is doing, Hypex and their NCore stuff, etc., etc.. I have considered the Maramtz MM8077, Six MA-500's, Emotiva has some nice configurable stuff and this is only a few examoles of amplification. Still need the other stuff. i just don't know how feasible it is going to be money wise right now..
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Anybody try it? If so, please share your thoughts and impressions and gear you are using it with.
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Anybody try it? If so, please share your thoughts and impressions and gear you are using it with.
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On 10/6/2021 at 5:15 AM, chassell said:
Do you know if they offered such an option for decorator Heresys? Asking because I've got a pair with grills and quarter-round. I've seen a few identical ones around the country and wondered how that came to be.
I never saw any or sold any. I do not believe they did. At some point in that stretch I would have seen them.
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I have tried all the available methods over the years and the heat/iron method is my favorite but using Better Bond Heat-lock veneer glue.Used it on the La Scalas, used it on my scratch built Figured Hawaiin Koa Jube Clones and many others.
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4 hours ago, Dave MacKay said:
Congratulations on scoring a pair of La Scalas.
I bought a pair of La Scalas a couple of months ago that I have been refurbishing. Perhaps my experience might be beneficial to you.
From the photos you posted I can't tell if there was much damage to your speaker cabinets. I didn't notice any, so you may be ahead of the game there. My cabinets had some damage (stains, chips, broken corners, gouges, etc.). I used wood fillers and epoxy to repair the cabinets. In the end, the damage was easier to fix than I'd anticipated. If I were to do it again, I'd use bondo (not wood epoxy) and wood filler.
I laminated new panels to the sides, top and bottom of my cabinets. I used 3/8" baltic birch (my supplier was out of 1/4"), about 3 quarts of Titebond III and a few hundred 5/8" brads. I added the panels for two reasons:
1) to provide a smooth surface for veneering, and
2) to stiffen the bass cabinets to eliminate a reported resonance in the bass bin
The cabinets are now certainly stiff (and even heavier) so that the bass resonance problem should be dealt with.
It turned out that my repairs to the cabinet were good enough that I probably could have veneered them without adding the new panels. If I were to do it over, I might just have added braces to the bass bin and not bothered adding the additional plywood panels.
I'm assuming that the tar-like substance you came across was on the woofer access panel (screwed into the bottom of the cabinet). You can remove that substance and replace it with an audio gasket tape.
Despite my satisfaction with how my repairs turned out, I'll be veneering the La Scalas. I want them to look good since they are prominent fixtures in my living room. I didn't think painting them would give the sort of look I want.
I haven't yet started to veneer the cabinets. I'm leaning towards something that will be light in colour. I'm thinking of (maybe) quarter-sawn anigre or quarter-sawn birch. Because of the lead time to get the veneer that job will have to wait until spring when the temperatures in my garage are warm enough to work with contact cement.
Other elements of the refurbishment have involved the electronics (networks) and audio elements (drivers and horns), but that would be grist for another post.
Very nice Dave!
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Also, the top grille looks like the factory kit. Can't tell for sure. Back in the day, Klipsch offered the kits already installed as a special order or you could by the kits after the fact and finish and install them yourself. The kit consisted of two grills with one of the three available(brown, black, cane)materials. The cloth came attached to the grilles from the factory. Also included was eight pieces of like quarter round Solid Birch molding, cut to proper length and mitered. If memory serves, they even included like twenty small brad nails to attach the frame pieces to the front of the cabinet. I think in the thirteen years we owned our shop in California we may have sold ten kits. They do dress them up nicely though.
And just for an example I veneered the last pair of La Scala cabinets I restored in Tiger wood. Not for everyone but I like them.
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The guitar could be a Dyed Fiddleback Makore. Maaaybe.
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Claude,
Are there other pages to this story I am not seeing? You refer to a couple of things in a context that would lead me to believe they were discussed earlier in the story. Or, am I just blind as a bat?
One that caught my attention was when you said "At the time I believe Woody invoiced the doctor $2,900 for the Paragon". Would that be Woody Jackson by any chance?
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On 8/8/2021 at 7:48 PM, Marvel said:
@artto
I think these Jubilee clones look better than the new ones (ignoring the technical improvements Roy D. has made over the originals.
Why thanks Bruce. A labor of Love. Some Bonehead once told me he thought PWK would approve of the looks.
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On 1/14/2021 at 10:44 AM, VDS said:
The TAD 4002 would certainly be my ultimate choice! I guess like everybody I would have to be able to justify the large expense. You’re not the first person to say they are clearly better than anything they’ve had before! Thanks
Are you sure about that? Ever heard/had the 4001's?
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Anybody? I would like to see it as well. Deano, do you still have it?
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WOW! Awesome, thank you!
Great Integrated with a side of generosity thrown in. SOLD!!!
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Thanks Bruce. Gonna drop the price though, I need to move this stuff.