Jump to content

Noob with new to me LaScala lsi splits.


bwayjoes

Recommended Posts

Hello all, I was researching my new to me lascala lsi splits and came across this foru,. I picked these up from the original owner he was ain a traveling jazz trio for 25 years and these were their pa speakers. They sound incredible, right now im powering them with a marantz 2226b with an ipod hooked up streaming MOG. such incredible vocals, too bad I have them in my concrete floor,block wall garage. I started sanding the gouges out of the aluminum edges, but I may just take them all off and take them to a metal polishing shop and see what they would charge to sand them smooth, not polished to chrome, just sanded smooth. These have metal plates where the binding posts are on the top trapezoid, with consecutive serial numbers. they are wood with black paint that is flaking in areas. Im not sure if I can get them in good enough condition for my wife to allow them in our living room. Im considering selling them and puttting the funds toward a nice set of veenered. What a great load of information I have gathered so far from this forum! Btw, I also have a set of heresy's, and cf-3's as well. right now my main speakers are a pair of anthony gallo reference 3.1's

Do is sell and look for "pretty" lascalas or dig in deep with elbow grease and hope for the best...

Thanks!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Welcome to the Klipsch forum this is a fantastic place. Good to see you here as well as at AK. You might consider painting your LaScala with some nice solid paint maybe even in contrasting colors or go with a wood finish as you suggested. Lots you can do with Heresy and here is a link to a thread on brace work on a pair of CF3 which is I imagine the begining of a complete rebuild. The CF3 is a very special speaker. There are also lots of very interesting project for the LaScala also. Great to have you on board. Best regards Moray James.

http://community.klipsch.com/forums/t/172130.aspx

Link to comment
Share on other sites

NO, Don't polish the trim, it is anodized aluminum, that is that is has a hardened outer layer. Polish that away and you'll open yourself up to more dings. Plus it's glued ans screwed off, if the paint is flaking you may damage the veneers of the plywood if you attempt to remove the trim.

There is a LOT of info on LSI here on this Forum group, dig around a bit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well if you figure that cleaning up the trim is an important part of making these LaScala ready for prime time in your front room along with wife aproval then remember aluminum oxidise's very rapidly. So buff them up then solvent clean them and hit them with a coating of clear lac of you choice of sheen. Best regards Moray James.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hit them with a layer of aluminum primer and paint them the same color as the cabinet. Those look like glass cabinets lucky you if they are. Splits offer you the ability to adjust the tops and leave the bins alone. Nice feature. You have all kinds of great to have problems. How do you like the sound? Best regards Moray James.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Michael can tell you what to look for. I got the impression from one of your pictures they might be glass but I never owned a pair so I will let the experts answer.Lots of color options for you to explore. Battleshp grey outside and deep yellow inside the horns looks very good. There are a host of vibrant color options and combinations that you might consider to generate an interesting visual effect whic could work in your room. Have fun. Best regards Moray James.

http://www.volvotreter.de/new_system.htm

http://www.specimenproducts.com/hornlet/

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If you sand off all the anodizing (meaning the surfaces will oxidize and not look as good, even though now a smooth finsih... you could take the pieces and have them anodized again, or do it yourself. You could have the pieces anodized and dyed a different color, not just left clear.

Note that the anodizing is only between 1 and 4 mils thick, although very, very hard.

Bruce

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, I tried to pull out the horns to look at them, I took out the cup, which is all metal, and it appears like everything is soldered from crossover to to the cup. I cant get my hand in to really feel for any spade type connections ( I have gorilla hands my wife says). I tried to stick my phone into the cab to take a pic, but all I can see is silver caps in the pic. hmmm. I think Im going to through these on the garage sale list and put the funds toward a veneered one piece set, my wife loves the sound of them, just not the appearance. So, to keep momma happy I guess these will have to go. I have a set of cf-3's and heresys that need to go as well.

Thanks for all the help so far, I guess I could list these as fiberglass models the way it looks and sounds.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...