Squishman

Referring exclusively to 2 channel music listening. Or 2.1 I should say, because I do use my sub for music. With movies, I look for clear dialog, which the HP-201 does a nice job.

I am a big fan of actually hearing my surrounds. I like these a lot even though they are not Klipsch. I have that covered with the 3 up front, but not the heights. Tomorrow will reveal a lot!

Just comparing to my surrounds. The surrounds are brighter. Perhaps overly bright. Tomorrow, I will try A/B against my Heresy III's. Should reveal a lot I think. Bass is not the issue with my world-class HSU 12" sub.

Typo in my OP. Living room is 5.1.2. One subwoofer. An HSU 12 inch which blows my mind how great it is. And heights.

My Onkyo does that. You can assign any pair as mains. When I did that just for fun is when I found my surrounds much brighter. What I think I'll do tomorrow is bring out my Heresy III's from the other room and see how they compare to the LS's (and the surrounds!). That should be interesting. I'll let you know what I find out.

Here is a shot. I found the solid copper badges on ebay.

One thing just came to mind.... perhaps my surrounds are just overly bright. That is indeed a possibility. I did not think of that until now! When I used them as mains they would blow you away, but they were way too harsh to use as mains. As surrounds, I like them. I previously had Forte II's with Crites xovers and ti tweeter diaphragms, but I never compared them to my surrounds and I did not compare them to the La Scalas before I sold them. I wonder if that's the case! I built my heights too. They are walnut Minimus 7's with same M&K tweeters, but stock Radio Shack woofers and not at all harsh or bright like the surrounds. Any thoughts on this?

Oh ok. Thx.

Not good? Or good for home purposes?

I do not know how to test a tweeter. They are working if you put your ear to it. So these are good ones? That is good to know. What do you know about the midrange driver? Who else makes xovers, if I can do better, that is?

Right. It has a zone 2 out that I am using as a line out. No pre-amp outs. I mis-spoke. All but the woofers are not original. I know that. You don't care for what? You said network. The xover? Someone who knows a thing or two about building and testing speakers told me that the mid driver is a cheap one. No idea if he is correct. Hopefully more will pipe in here. I'd love to get some more feedback from folks.

That's what I would do, change the xover or drivers. You say add an amp. I still don't know why. It provides enough power for Klipsch Heritage. Like I said, my pre-outs are occupied and I will not be unplugging my laptop.

I just got this Onkyo. La Scalas don't need a lot of power. If this is true and maybe it is, someone will have to tell me how that would improve the sound. I hear that tubes are the way to go, but this is a 7 channel system. My line out is already spoken for. I use it to record LP's to mp3 on a laptop.

Howdy! My first post here! I have 2 HT's. Bedroom system is a 5.2.1 with Heresy III's for mains and an Academy center speaker. Living room is 5.1.2 and has '75 La Scalas for mains and a KP-201 for my center speaker. I have had numerous others Klipsch speakers in the past, but this is what I have at the moment. I have a question about my La Scalas. I bought them a few months ago and the previous owner did not know what upgrades were done, except the mid drivers. Turns out it has a few upgrades and I want to know if I can do better. Willing to consider changing out any components to make these sound as good as they possibly can. If I can do better with anything, advise would be appreciated! I am not a speaker expert, but I can follow instructions, including soldering, wiring, etc. I have changed out several tweeter diaphragms, built numerous speakers from kits, etc. So I can handle anything that they might need. Photos attached here of what I have, except the woofers, which are original. I checked. Now, these La Scalas sound good as is. But I have a feeling they could sound better. My amp is an Onkyo TX-NR696 AVR and it has the ability to set any pair (heights, surrounds) as mains for 2 channel listening. Kind of fun to try. My surrounds are upgraded Minimus 77's, upgraded from a kit with metal cone 5" woofers, Miller and Kreisel tweeters and modern xovers and they sound brighter than my La Scalas with I set them as mains. I knew they were good or possibly great as I used to use them as mains before I discovered Klipsch 12 or so years ago. But it was a little disappointing that they have a crisper high end (possibly midrange too) than my La Scalas. I hope the photos are good. Model numbers are clear enough I think. Tweeter and xover are Crites. Woofers are original. Thanks!