HDBRbuilder Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, mike stehr said: Flip them over and there should be a access panel, with screws and a gasket. The "access panel" is actually the bottom piece of plywood of the speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, HDBRbuilder said: The "access panel" is actually the bottom piece of plywood of the speaker. I thought as much but still see on screws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, HDBRbuilder said: The "access panel" is actually the bottom piece of plywood of the speaker. It's been awhile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, prog guy said: I thought as much but still see on screws? everything about this forum NEEDS PICS in order to solve your or anybody else's problems. You can start with the serial number of the speakers, which tells us when they were made. FOR A TIME, the woofer access panel was thru the High frequency section....but once the amplifier manufacturer "POWER WAR" began, so many woofers and tweeters were being blown, that it was moved to the bottom of the doghouse instead of the top....because it just made changing them out MUCH easier. The best advice I can give you on buying speakers which you find will not be to your liking is to READ THE SPECS of the speakers before buying. If this had been done, you would have found that the bass rolls off below 45 hz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, HDBRbuilder said: everything about this forum NEEDS PICS in order to solve your or anybody else's problems. You can start with the serial number of the speakers, which tells us when they were made. FOR A TIME, the woofer access panel was thru the High frequency section....but once the amplifier manufacturer "POWER WAR" began, so many woofers and tweeters were being blown, that it was moved to the bottom of the doghouse instead of the top....because it just made changing them out MUCH easier. The best advice I can give you on buying speakers which you find will not be to your liking is to READ THE SPECS of the speakers before buying. If this had been done, you would have found that the bass rolls off below 45 hz. 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, prog guy said: 1976 I was told as much before I bought them but I want to have a different experance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 So which La Scalas are yours? The first pic all dolled up? or the second next to another pair of speakers? I'm no expert but mine are like the second pic although mine have a full front grill cloth. My woofer access is on the bottom. And to tell the truth I'm having a real hard time imagining a top access under the midrange squawker. Could you really squeeze a 15" woofer down into the cabinet and then secure it? Even with the squawker,tweeter and crossover out of your way? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, babadono said: So which La Scalas are yours? The first pic all dolled up? or the second next to another pair of speakers? I'm no expert but mine are like the second pic although mine have a full front grill cloth. My woofer access is on the bottom. And to tell the truth I'm having a real hard time imagining a top access under the midrange squawker. Could you really squeeze a 15" woofer down into the cabinet and then secure it? Even with the squawker,tweeter and crossover out of your way? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whitlow Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The bass horn of the LaScala generally starts to roll off around 55-60hz, and by the point it gets to 45hz or lower, it has become pretty weak on the bass end. It is the design of the bass horn lens. All you have to do is look at the specs of the speaker to already know this. If you want more bottom end, then opt for the Klipschorns, instead....but the alternative is to add a subwoofer, preferably a HORN-LOADED subwoofer. The beauty of the LaScala is that you get about 90% of horn-loaded performance of what the Klipschorn puts out, with no need for proper "K-horn Corners" in the room. Until all of this electronically synthesized "music" came along, very few people even noticed the lack of extreme bottom-end in the LaScala bass bin. But people nowadays are used to all kinds of bass-heavy equalization in their "Beats" headphones and such, and think that is how music is SUPPOSED to sound. Pushing your bass control up past flat on your preamp will do nothing since the bass horn lens itself is the culprit...but doing this will also create distortion and maybe even push your amp into clipping....which is also very hard on your drivers in the speakers. If you want earthquake-like bass, then get a subwoofer to go with them. Keep in mind that the LaScala is meant to have no more than 105 watts RMS thrown into it, since that is its power rating...and the same applies to all the ORIGINAL Heritage speakers designs. I hear ya, and agree 100%. LaScalas reproduce real music and not the electronic noise that they are passing off as music these days.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Tony Whitlow said: I hear ya, and agree 100%. LaScalas reproduce real music and not the electronic noise that they are passing off as music these days. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I listionto Genesis old stuff from the 70's and early 80's they have very deep earth shaking bass lines the lascalas just cant reproduse this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Tony Whitlow said: My LaScalas are 50hz to 17000hz. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Have you ever measured one? I have owned lots of La Scalas over the years, with different flavors of Klipsch woofers and NONE ever measured flat to 50 Hz. They are about 10 db down at that frequency. They are improved with DJK's port mod but still not flat to 50. Measurements don't lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, HDBRbuilder said: The best advice I can give you on buying speakers which you find will not be to your liking is to READ THE SPECS of the speakers before buying. If this had been done, you would have found that the bass rolls off below 45 hz. Sorry but the bass rolls off in the 90-100 Hz range. The "near 46 Hz_ you speak of is a secondary resonance peak in the dog house. A Khorns starts to roll off at 60 Hz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 51 minutes ago, babadono said: So which La Scalas are yours? The first pic all dolled up? or the second next to another pair of speakers? I'm no expert but mine are like the second pic although mine have a full front grill cloth. My woofer access is on the bottom. And to tell the truth I'm having a real hard time imagining a top access under the midrange squawker. Could you really squeeze a 15" woofer down into the cabinet and then secure it? Even with the squawker,tweeter and crossover out of your way? Just curious. I had one of those from the sixties. The screws are on top and you had to remove the midhorn and Xover to get to the woofer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, ClaudeJ1 said: I had one of those from the sixties. The screws are on top and you had to remove the midhorn and Xover to get to the woofer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Schu Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I just listened to foxtrot and Michael Rutherford's bass foot pedals in the last half of Suppers Ready is outstandingly deep and readily apparent... it shakes the house if I want it to. You must have a setup issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Schu said: I just listened to foxtrot and Michael Rutherford's bass foot pedals in the last half of Suppers Ready is outstandingly deep and readily apparent... it shakes the house if I want it to. You must have a setup issue. ok I will look into it more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Tony Whitlow said: Bass response was never an issue until the advent of subwoofers. 50hz is lower than you think. There is very little “audible” music information below 50hz unless you are listening to pipe organ music. Paul Klipsch’s aim was to produce accurate undistorted efficient bass. I have a subwoofer but was extremely happy with mine for years. You don’t have to have a sub but a sub is icing on the cake Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Open E on a Double Bass and bass guitar is 41 Hz. It is quite common to play an open E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prog guy Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, prog guy said: ok I will look into it more I crave the bass pedals on firth of fifth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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