CECAA850 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 ...with the reinforcing wedges installed in the bass bin between the doghouse assembly and the bass bin sides...to improve the response curve of the bass bin. I wonder why that was never put into production then? It had to help with reducing resonance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I would think these braces would have been difficult to mass produce. Seems there is a little variation in every cabinet and the brace needs to fit precisely. I think Gothover uses a pretty clever method to save some time fitting. (http://www.fastlaneaudio.com/lascala-bracing..html) 1" cabinets was a pretty good solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I would think these braces would have been difficult to mass produce. K-horns were difficult to make yet they did. Now with the cnc machines they have, it would be even easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) Back in those days each LaScala bass bin would have needed the braces to be custom-fitted, which was too costly (ie., labor-intensive) for production with the way things were back then in the cabinet shop. The thicker panels used today do away with most of the issue, but there are other ways to do this and get the same result, but they are more costly...but not so costly they could not be incorporated into a nice pair picked up at a reasonable cost which needed re-furbishing. Maybe one of these days I will build something SPECIAL to show you all HOW that can be done. Edited April 28, 2015 by HDBRbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 hmmm.... you've got me really curious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 SOLO, I could easily knock out 80+ HBR cabs, but with a helper that would increase up to 120+...on a good day...meaning all the parts were good to go and few if any culls. I could actually build more HDBR cabs than HBR cabs in a day, since half as many glue blocks were used in HDBR cabs. Holy shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cwall4me Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Anyone know this guy?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cwall4me Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Those were the days!! See next post - scan error on this one! Edited July 10, 2015 by Cwall4me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cwall4me Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Those were the days!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 What area ofnthe country did you sell them in? What else did you carry speaker wise? In that era, in the bay area there were 3 or 4 Klipsch dealers within a 20 mile radius, one McIntosh dealer, etc. Things have changed a great deal in 40 years. In the other Bay Area (San Francisco), there were 7. Berkeley Custom, Pro Audio, Listening Post, Poor Richard's, Christopher's, Good Guysand a little one on College Ave. in Berkeley, the name of which I forget. Also, there were at least 4 McIntosh dealers. IMO, the market has gone to hell in a basket, quality wise, since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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