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Guys, these sold on the first audition. Thanks for all the interest and thanks to Klipsch for making great speakers and keeping this forum alive. Todd

I finally found some speakers that fit in my living room and I don't have room for two pairs of huge Klipsch speakers in my house (no basement or attic and the garage is already packed ) so I've placed the Lascalas on Craigs List here: https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/ele/d/livonia-klipsch-lascla-speakers/6862117802.html I'm not looking to get rich on these but I'd like to get my $1400 back out of them. If you're interested I can place these back in the corners for an audition. You can reach me through this website or contact me through CL. I'm just outside Detroit and am available most evenings and weekends. Thanks Todd

Me too. There is no escaping nature at our house.

Took about a month but I found a pair of original Chorus's in walnut and I'm a happy camper.

Although I have grown very fond of the Lascalas I picked up about month ago I don't really want to redesign my whole living room to make them fit. That's not entirely true, I would love to redesign my living room around these speakers however my wife thinks that money would be better spent fixing our master bathroom or even paying taxes. Instead, I think I need to find a pair of speakers slightly down the Klipsch food chain. The Cornwalls are also nice but don't offer any size reduction but the Chorus II's do. Are there any folks on the forum with a pair they'd be willing to sell? I'd be willing to trade the Lascalas too if that interests you. I don't have to time to drive all over the country so let me know if you're in the Great Lakes state or close by. Thanks Todd

I have one back together now and it is glorious. To be honest, I didn't believe that a couple of loose bolts, some dust bunnies and some capacitors were going to make any difference but they certainly sound better now! The bass speakers were bottoming out before and now at least on this first speaker it is booming and no longer muddy. Can't wait to get them both up and running now. I may have make room for them somewhere. The garage has a flat roof (like the house) and so has no space above the rafters. Anything above the rafters would technically be considered outdoors. I may have to rearrange the living room.

I did briefly consider that but the garage is at capacity or perhaps even beyond capacity. In addition to collecting vintage stereo junk I also collect vintage car junk.

Yesterday I fully disassembled both speakers and have been cleaning everything and looking for faults. Both the woofers were covered in lint and so were the backs of the dog houses. I am in the process of lightly sanding down the cabinets and respraying them in satin poly. There were a lot of scuffs and even some pen writing on them. There are some chips in the laminate as well and just as a precaution I reglued all the loose bits back down. The interior of the dog houses were very clean and the joints look good and sound but I caulked them all anyhow just to make sure there are no air leaks. New crossovers came in the mail on Friday thanks to Mr. Crites and I can't wait to get them in there. Even if they do sound great I'm not convinced these are keepers for me. They clearly do not fit in my living room and I don't have a basement. We shall see.

Thanks all, I bit the bullet and ordered a new AA crossover and will let you know if it makes a difference. I reached in to the back of one of the cabinets and pulled out a pile of lint as well so the next step is to take these out to the garage and completely pull them apart and remove all dirt and debris. I'll then stick them back together with the new crossovers and see if it makes a difference. The room set up was perfect for the old KG's but the LS's take up so much space that I can't toe them in properly. I'll redesign the cabinetry if the speakers are worth it. As for black beauty, that's a rebuilt Philips 7871 which actually sounds pretty nice. I've got a nice Sansui and a Marantz as well and the Philips is in the same league I think even though they sell for less than either.

Thanks guys, I'll start checking for loose screws, air gaps and dead critters shortly.

I've been a Klipsch fan since 1990 which is the year I bought a pair of KG5.2's at Alma's Hi-Fi in Dearborn, Michigan. I believe they were $900 then which was a small fortune to me on my machinists salary. I've lugging those speakers around for years and up until a couple of days ago they were my main speakers. They still sound as good as they day I bought them and I have done no work to them in 28 years. The finish on the oiled oak has gotten pretty nasty though so I decided I'd step up my Klipsch game and found a pair of LaScalas on eBay that needed some love. I bought them as-is without knowing if they even worked. I dragged them back to the Detroit area on Sunday and hooked them up and as I suspected, they are working. I have heard a lot of great things about these speakers over the years and I was expecting beautiful noises from them however they don't sound nearly as nice as my KG's. The bass is muddy, the squakers are weak and the tweeters are shrill. They are a whole lot louder than the KG's but the sound quality is not so nice. Surely there is something wrong with them otherwise they wouldn't have such a strong following. I believe they are mid eighties vintage and as far as I can tell are unmolested because they still have the K33, K55 and K77 speakers and "AL" crossovers in them. I'm now wondering if I should just let someone else fix them up or if I should start replacing cones and crossovers? I don't mind spending some more money on them if I can get them up to the same level as my KG's. Where should I start testing these speakers and what should I be looking for that may cause these these less than soulful sounds? Any Lascala experts in this forum? I'd really like to fix these up and maybe even relaminate them but I want to be sure they sound amazing before I start sinking money in to them.