bobofgold

Hi all, long time listener, first time poster here! I've been using Klipsch in my home cinema setup for a couple of decades and for a long time have had an aspiration to find some vintage La Scalas to underpin a HiFi setup. I'm in the UK so they don't pop up that often and I've found someone selling a 1970s pair that have been sat unused in a church for the last 15 years having been used as organ speakers prior to that. The type is listed as LS.BB and the serial is 18T979. The cabinets are well scuffed but don't have any major dents, cracks or anything visible other than surface damage. I think they would clean up OK. I've just received pictures of the crossover. Looks like it's have some tinkering but I'm past my knowledge here so hence the post there's also an amp that's been added to each speaker as they were used as active speakers with the organ, but I assume this would be relatively simple to remove. My question is what am I looking out for in terms of things that would make me completely avoid them? The seller is very open to negotiation and is keen to be rid of them. Again, I know the UK is a different market, but I would be interested in hearing thoughts on an opening bid either assuming everything is good, or assuming the worst.