babadono Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 As promised in another thread earlier today I am going to try to attach a photo of my original Receipt from the High Fidelity Workshop in Royal Oak Michigan Yep, there it is. Especially for @DizRotus 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Thank you @babadono. With the street number, I can now figure out exactly where the place used to be on Woodward Ave. I don't even have to write the number down. It's not taxing to my nearly septuagenarian brain. @ClaudeJ1 Will appreciate this also. But wait, a few years ago they changed the numbering system on Woodward Ave. due to it being confusing. As you traveled from Detroit to Pontiac, through Ferndale, Royal Oak, Birmingham, and Bloomfield Hills, the numbers would go up and down as you changed municipalities. Now, 1040 N. Woodward is in Birmingham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktate Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I got my receipt also will dig it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 10 hours ago, babadono said: As promised in another thread earlier today I am going to try to attach a photo of my original Receipt from the High Fidelity Workshop in Royal Oak Michigan Yep, there it is. Especially for @DizRotus Now multiply that number by 5 or 6 for inflation and you will see that new, improved LaScalas, are roughtly the same price today at about $8,000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 9 hours ago, DizRotus said: Thank you @babadono. With the street number, I can now figure out exactly where the place used to be on Woodward Ave. I don't even have to write the number down. It's not taxing to my nearly septuagenarian brain. @ClaudeJ1 Will appreciate this also. But wait, a few years ago they changed the numbering system on Woodward Ave. due to it being confusing. As you traveled from Detroit to Pontiac, through Ferndale, Royal Oak, Birmingham, and Bloomfield Hills, the numbers would go up and down as you changed municipalities. Now, 1040 N. Woodward is in Birmingham. I was thinking last night as I posted this, isn't there any historical reference/archive that you can query? The public library? The Chamber of Commerce? I'll bet the "History Detectives" could figure it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 And here one of them sits today albeit with some aftermarket horn mods on top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 2 hours ago, ClaudeJ1 said: Now multiply that number by 5 or 6 for inflation and you will see that new, improved LaScalas, are roughtly the same price today at about $8,000 inflation calculator $5,194.36 http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm I don't consider glued sawdust with veneer a improvement... just cheaper to manufacture... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 9 hours ago, dirtmudd said: inflation calculator $5,194.36 http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm I don't consider glued sawdust with veneer a improvement... just cheaper to manufacture... I was referring to the sound as an improvement, as well as appearance. Some of the most exotic speakers in the world are made with MDF, so while I agree it's a cheaper BASE material, there may be sonic benefits that accompany the economy/profit aspects. Also, if you price veneers and the labor cost of application, it may not be cheaper than cutting Birch Plywood as was done with LaScalas for decades (I watched them do it during my visit at the Hope factory) Even at the price, they are 1/3 the price of audiophile magazine reviewed "competitor" that uses real laminate curved plywood and larger horn drivers. VALUE can mean different things to different people. In some aspects, I don't disagree with what you consider an improvement, but many others feel differently enough to have voted otherwise with their money. With the advent of great horn subwoofers, tapped or not, A 104 Hz. Short Bass/Midbass Horn of a LaScala and it's derivatives are a more phase coherent alternative to the venrable Khorn. And there is more than nominal charge for "pretty" as proven by the creation of the Belle Klipsch. If choosing real plywood is your basis, the Peavey FH-1 with a Klipsch K33 woofer makes a cheaper, measurably better alternative to LaScala bass. I have owned over a dozen of those. Simulation, measurements, and listening proved their solidly braced construction of plywood, for a more solid build and the smoother horn expansion made them that way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 On 8/2/2017 at 0:25 AM, babadono said: As promised in another thread earlier today I am going to try to attach a photo of my original Receipt from the High Fidelity Workshop in Royal Oak Michigan Yep, there it is. Especially for @DizRotus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 That photo is not the store that was in Royal Oak, MI, but thanks @dirtmudd for trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 48 minutes ago, DizRotus said: That photo is not the store that was in Royal Oak, MI, but thanks @dirtmudd for trying. it was in Ann Arbor ...was it small chain store...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 "Chain" is probably not the right word. The Royal Oak store was family owned. It was probably owned by the same people who owned the Ann Arbor store. I don't think it was a multi-store chain. Claude @ClaudeJ1, recalls the owner of the Royal Oak store closing the business to retire, when he couldn't find a buyer. It was a very small shop that catered to tinkerers, the DIY crowd. They sold a lot of Dynaco kits and Klipsch decorators. The turn-key audiophools bought their McIntosh and furniture quality Klipsch from Almas Hi-Fi in Birmingham (pronounced in a faux British accent through clenched teeth). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Ordered these puppies 43 years ago yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 8/2/2017 at 12:25 AM, babadono said: As promised in another thread earlier today I am going to try to attach a photo of my original Receipt from the High Fidelity Workshop in Royal Oak Michigan Yep, there it is. Especially for @DizRotus , what a price difference , now they cost 12k$ -------I should have a receipt for my Cornwalls somewhere ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 36 minutes ago, RANDYH said: , what a price difference , now they cost 12k$ -------I should have a receipt for my Cornwalls somewhere ------ Price is the same, it's your DOLLARS that are worth 6 times LESS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalawag Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 3 hours ago, babadono said: "Ordered these puppies 43 years ago yesterday." Only a few months ahead of yours, purchased from a shop that is long gone..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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