Marvel Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 This has been mentioned by many on the forums, and I am always telling LS owners... Pull the mids down about 3 db and the tonal balance will sound better. This will be very good for Jaz and other acoustic music, classical, etc. I also had mine toed in to converge just behind me. It gave a slightly wider sound stage. I have a lot of music that would give me imaging to whre the instruments seemed to b farther to the left and right than the actual speaker placement, and it wasn't just reflections. Spooky good. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlarwa Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Where are you tlarwa? I'd be happy to give you a demo of lascala's and subs I'm in SE Wisconsin ... I appreciate the offer, although it would be dumb luck if you happened to be close enough to take advantage of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) Original question: are "Klipschorns suitable for my listening room?" They will "work" but you will never, ever, ever be able to getting anything near optimum performance, and certainly not even what you could get from them in a much larger (minimum) properly sized AND proportioned room (or not), purpose built or not. I've had my Khorns in rooms as small as 12' x 14' (when I first got them in 1976). It just didn't do them any justice. In the early 80's I built a purpose built room specifically for the Khorns and there is absolutely no comparison. The room is part of the audio system components. And the room is probably more intimately related to the speaker with a Klipschorn than any other speaker ever made. That being said, I wouldn't do it. For a good read on this subject see my post "artto's klipschorn room" in the Forum's Architectural section. Edited December 5, 2015 by artto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) And some food for thought: Once upon a time I was at my local Klipsch dealer, who had a fairly good-sized showroom (maybe 30' x 40' ?). They had a pair of Heresy sitting on top of a pair of Khorns. The salesman put Supertramp Crime of the Century on the turntable and CRANKED IT UP. Their was that priceless look on the customer's face. Afterward the customer said "WOW, that was incredible!!!, But I can't afford those!!" To which the salesman replied "Of course you can. I was playing the little speakers sitting on top." And the guy's eye's got big and his mouth just dropped open! Putting Khorns in a room like that is kind of like dropping an Allison aircraft engine into a VW Beetle. Yes, you can do it. But what's the point? Especially if you don't have the drag strip to run it on? Which of course begs the question, what are you're objectives? Are you more interested in just throwing more money at something to look and feel more impressive to those who don't know any better? Or are you really interested in the best sound you can get - in this particular room (which is not going to give the best performance, really, with anything other than near-field monitors)? Edited December 5, 2015 by artto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me Loves Khorns Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 My first Klipsch were LaScalla's. Found them in news paper, got good deal. The guys wife was making him get little Bose speakers instead. They went into a small apartment, but worked great. Now, 21 years later, still have them, still sound great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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