mustang guy Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Check out this organ LaScala with attenuators on the tweeter and midrange: I have never seen that before. Was this a common practice, and what are the disadvantages of it? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Was common practice on those sold with RODGERS Organs (B&W Sticker on Back). Think they were designed so you would blow the tweeters & mid-range. I've read they can be safely removed; which is what I'd do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) I wonder what the metal plate is... and the three wood screws Picture of the front please... Edited March 25, 2014 by Schu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Or, send the whole thing to Bob Crites and let him re-build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 It is a listing I ran across on fleabay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINGLE-KLIPSCH-LA-SCALA-1976-VINTAGE-K-33-E-K-55-V-K-77-TYPE-AA-CROSSOVER-/121301687726?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c3e24ddae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Was common practice on those sold with RODGERS Organs (B&W Sticker on Back). Think they were designed so you would blow the tweeters & mid-range. I've read they can be safely removed; which is what I'd do. I wouldn't even buy the speaker. It looks like hell. See the previous post with link to ebay... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That attenuator looks post factory... just like that fabric and mdf top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Oh, yes, eBay is how I know about these, too. Guy had a lot of 6-8 FS, all like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axz Hout Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Check out this organ LaScala with attenuators on the tweeter and midrange: I have never seen that before. Was this a common practice, and what are the disadvantages of it? PWK didn't like attenuators because he thought people would misadjust them. True enough, same-model JBLs of the '60s sounded different in every store, partly because of the sales folk quasi-randomly adjusting the attenuators. PWK didn't like equalizers either. In 1980 something Roy Delgado told me on the phone, "Mr. K doesn't like equalizers." I don't know what he would think with modern devices like Audyssey -- I only know it made my Khorns, Belle, and Heresey IIs sound better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Correcting for room issues using a microphone is a little different than randomly moving sliders until you get some you like. This is a problem that's comes with all forms of manual attenuation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Schu Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 BB's... hmm still looking for a single for mono playback at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 This is how I got my Lascalas... from a guy who had bought them with an organ but didn't want the speakers. The metal plate is where the amp was mounted and had an image as if from newspaper printing press. He wanted more for the amps so I left them and the attenuators with the seller. The crossovers were regular AA. The cabinet was a little leaky so I glued it up and resealed the bottom. Braces were absolutely needed for the bins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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