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    I left Seattle in 1989. My friend Mark Ormiston owns Definitive Audio, that is how I met Bob. I was a Pacific Northwest Audio Society member back then. Bob and Diane Carver had a home in Snohomish. I also breifly met Paul Klipsch at Cobo Hall in Detroit when I was a teenager ( I am 63 now) He had a big Bullshit button on
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    LOL, yes, if you are fortunate enough to have a Nelson Pass amp, no need for this
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    In lived in Seattle, and Bob Carver taught me something I would like to pass on to those of you that may not know about it. Will this make your solid state amp sound exactly like a Tube Amp, not exactly. But, Bob Carver did that, and demonstrated it to Stereophile. In fact, I picked Bob up from Sea-Tac airport when he flew back home to Seattle from New Mexico. I heard it at Bob's home in Snohomish for myself on Bob's Dahlquist DQ 10's. Bob had a Conrad - Johnson tube amp, and his transfer function modified transistor amp he demonstrated to Stereophile, and the 2 amps sounded absolutely identical. To make your solid state amp sound more tube like, here is what you do, buy some 20 to 25 watt resistors like these http://www.electronicsurplus.com/vishay-dale-electronics-cpwn20-3-resistor-power-0-3-ohm-20w, then place only one resistor in series with one of your speaker terminals. Bob suggested buying 3 of these resistors (6 total) starting at 1/4 ohm, 1/2 ohm, and 1 ohm. The more resistance you use, the more tube like your amp will become, however, past 1 ohm on most speakers, the bass will get sloppy past 1 ohm. The resistors can be inductive or non inductive, feel free to experiment with both kinds. This is a quick and dirty little trick that will change your sound, give it a try.
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    Exactly ! I have a Pioneer SC 87 Elite in the system with the D3 Digital amps right now on LaScala's. On a good recording, watch out, the sound is simply stunning at times. However, it is NOT a Euphonic amplifier, like most Tubes are, and some conventional amplifiers. IOW, it will not hide a bad recording as well as some amps do.
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    You must use the MISB button
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    I finally have got around to hooking the Pioneer Elite SC 87 with the D3 digital amps in it. I have LaScala's, and I am quite impressed with this D3 amplifier. I simply can't imagine a Yamaha sounding this good. Now I see why Onkyo bought out Pioneer, LOL
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    I have the AL 3 crossover Bruce How do you go about dropping the mids ?
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    Probably THE worst Power amps ever, were a pair of big Kenwood L 09 Monoblocks, nails on glass on every speaker, pure torture on Klipsch.
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    I got hold of an old LaScala brocure, and evidently the mid range driver level was adjustable at one time! It would have been nice of Klipsch to allow adjustment of the drivers IMHO
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    If I piss anyone off, please forgive me, but the LAST thing you want a LaScala with the AL 3 crossovers to do, is make the mid range any louder.
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    I already ordered all Poly, except for the 68uf caps in the woofer circuit, and they are here, but guess what ? I may just sell them, because my experience tells me they will make the LS more bright/forward
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    I am told that higher ESR can cause insertion loss or a Dip around the crossover point. And lower ESR Poly Caps can cause drivers to run hotter (brighter) and give a Peak at the crossover point. Now, Floyd Toole and his team of Canadian researchers, found out it is Far better to have a Dip in the response vs a Peak, if you are gonna have any deviation from flat response !
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    B&W actually go out of their way to warn people about replacing caps in their speakers with low ESR Poly Caps ! IMHO, Poly Caps are not automatically better, because sometimes the speaker designer depended on the higher ESR of their Mylar or Electro cap. I hate to admit how many vintage speakers I ruined, by changing the caps to low ESR Poly ones.
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    Honestly, just between you and me, I almost just used ALL ERSE Electrolytics, to re cap my LaScala AL 3 crossovers. My left and right brain had a knock down drag out fight over it.
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    Really High ESR can sound different, and some of those paper in oil caps have been clocked with off the scale ESR readings. Ya think maybe, just maybe, the high insertion loss might have something to do with it ? I have a friend that was into these paper in oil caps so much, that he would actually give the caps an oil change LOL, I told him he should offer a Jiffy Lube Franchise, where folks like you could take their paper in oil caps, to have the oil changed Supposedly, he listened to several different brands of oils in the capacitors, for sound quality There may be something to what you say DeanG, because Panasonic used to make stereo receivers and integrated amps featuring these kinds of Caps http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/everything-else/31776-panasonic-ta-keh-caps-step-forward.html
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    I have been a Ham for nearly 37 years, so not into hocus pocus. Honestly, I think a lot of the differences people hear in Caps comes from replacing bad old caps, with new Poly ones. I have re capped many vintage speakers, using decent quality bipolar electrolytic capacitors, with excellent results. My old B&W 801 speakers had some electrolytics in it, as did my old Rogers LS3/5 A These were world class speakers, so try not to drink too much Kool Aid
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    Finally, some sanity here! I need 4 - 68uf Caps for my LS with AL 3 Crossovers, and guess what ? I am going with Electrolytics. Maybe these https://www.parts-express.com/68uf-100v-electrolytic-non-polarized-crossover-capacitor--027-356?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pla These have a 5% dissipation Factor, most capacitors have 10% IS a lower dissipation factor best, or does it matter ? I can get some 5% tolerance caps, but they are 10% dissipation factor, what one is best ? ERSE has a good deal on MYLAR 68 uf Caps, only 11.00 each http://www.erseaudio.com/Products/PEx250v/68uF-250-volt-Metallized-Polyester-Mylar-Film-Capacitor These LS are not going to be the speakers I die with (I am looking for K Horns) Klipsch used electrolytics for these 68 uf caps, so why not me ?
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    I am only gonna use the electrolytics on the woofers, the squawker and tweeter will be all poly.
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    I like the LaScala's so much, now I want K Horns LOL, I have the LS in the room corners, sounding great The ERSE Electrolytics are better quality then the originals
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    I nearly always use ERSE Poly PULSE X Capacitors, and have all but the 4 68uf caps I need to begin re capping my AL 3 crossovers. ERSE makes excellent Non Polar Electrolytics, and since the original crossovers have electrolytics, I will probably use those.
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    Moving my LS into my rooms corners really helped, and not just the bass! The LS are imaging very well, and the big surprise has been this monster Apogee SA 800 B amp. I have a NAD amp I want to throw in there, but the big Apogee sounds really good. LOL, I sure as hell didn't buy the LS to use a 450 watt RMS amp on them like the Apogee SA 800, but the Pioneer Elite VSX 94 THX did not sound so good, all by itself, and it has Pre amp outputs, so first I tried a QSC PLX 1802 amp. It was better than the Pioneer, and the Apogee blew away the QSC.
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    My LaSacala's are sounding very very good, in the corners. If you look in the pictures right above this post, you can see the 4 ft tall bass traps, almost right next to them. The bass traps went in my corners, but when I placed my speakers there, it made my bass traps homeless So, I placed the bass traps next to my speakers, mostly because I was too lazy at that time, to move them out of the room. It is said that sometimes, even a blind Pig will find Corn, and I have found my Corn, because the LaScala's sound wonderful, in my room corners. And, wonder of wonders, they are imaging very well, to my surprise! The big Apogee SA 800 B amp has also been a complete and total surprise. Since the big amplifier from California has been hooked up to the LaScala's, it has remained undefeated. I do have a few more amps to try, but at this moment, I am just enjoying the LaScala's, and looking for Klipschorns.
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    Actually, no The Harman Kardon AVR 247 is out of my car, but 2 things have happened. #1 - ONKYO fixed and returned my ONKYO TX NR 809 #2 - My Son gave me his Pioneer Elite SC 51 with the Pioneer D3 digital amp! I am crazy though, and MIGHT try to figure out a way to hear it w/o fully hooking it up. I has Main In's, so if I run my pre amp output to it's main inputs, I may be able to hear it's amp section.
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    Here are my LaScala's in my room corners, and yes, those are 4 ft tall bass traps next to them on one side, and diffusors on the other Sorry about pic quality
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    6.5 feet
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