SiliconTi Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hi all, Do any of you know the price os La Scala in 1978? Archives are not up anymore. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Very close to year I bought my first, new pair of LS. If memory serves I believe, I think I paid around $1400/pair? Long time ago and as I said in another thread, I'm getting old(er). A fair amount of Green in'78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 2 hours ago, SiliconTi said: Do any of you know the price os La Scala in 1978? Archives are not up anymore. This won't help you with prices, but you might want to bookmark it for the Klipsch tech spec archives. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121104208/http://www.klipsch.com/discontinued-speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconTi Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Thanks. I should use that to see if the old price sheets are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Using a deflation calculator and the current price of $8k/pair, I get $2100 in 1978. That ought to at least ballpark you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I recall the 1975 cost of decorator Khorns at $800 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalawag Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 5 hours ago, SiliconTi said: Do any of you know the price os La Scala in 1978? Archives are not up anymore. I kept this price sheet for reference purposes when I made my purchase back in '76; hope I'm not violating any laws by posting it here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 In 1975 I paid full retail of $1118.25 incl. California state sales tax for a brand new pair of La Scalas. I bought them from a lovely sales lady named Rita from a little shop at University and Shattuck in Berkeley. My first new pair of Klipsch. I was 17 years old and had $600.00 in cash in my pocket and got a personal loan from Bank Of America for the rest. Those were the days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktate Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 On 3/21/1980 I purchased Klipsch LS-BLS Maple stain with top grill. It was still the screen door type trim grill then. Cost 1516.00 + tax 60.64 = 1580.64. Bought from Stereo Odyssey in Merriam Kansas I still have the receipt.. That was about 5 months after my dad passed so I thought I'm going to do it... so I sold my altec model 9s and went for it..lol. They delivered around 4/16/1980 unboxed and hooked them up and made sure they worked before leaving. I thought I was a somebody that day...lol , Being only 22 I never been treated that well by a company. I still have them although I have redone them and right after I got them we went to the factory for a visit. The other reason I bought them I had been watching the price and they continued to go up almost every year. I would say in 78 they were about 600 each. Right after that they came out with the new Base shoe molding trim kind of made me mad but oh well. Price list shown is 1977. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 5 hours ago, scalawag said: I kept this price sheet for reference purposes when I made my purchase back in '76; hope I'm not violating any laws by posting it here! That's a cool piece of history. I see the La Scala at 525, I'm sure that's for one speaker. I assume the other prices are for pairs correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconTi Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Cool, thanks guys. So, it looks like they were $600 each in 1978. So, that makes them $4470 in todays dollars. Add in my Mac 4100 which was $2000 in 1978 = $7450 in todays dollars you get about $12K in todays market. Holy cow. I suppose that is about the same - new La Scala II at $8K/pr and a new Mac 6700 at $6.5K is a bit more, but there is (IMHO) an artificial premium put on high end audio products today. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconTi Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Ceptorman said: I assume the other prices are for pairs correct? Nope, Klipsh always did each for pricing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 hour ago, SiliconTi said: Nope, Klipsh always did each for pricing. I thought so also. But if that's true, that means a pair of Heresies are 762, Cornwalls are 1300, Belle's are 2400, and Khorns are 2882, and LS are only 1050? The La Scalas are a steal then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconTi Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yup, they were a steal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconTi Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Found the price sheet for 1978: https://web.archive.org/save/_embed/http://images.klipsch.com/Pricelist_780401_Dealer_635164928755816000.pdf $618 each in 1978. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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