tswei Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Hey gang. Thought I would share the custom heritage channel I made for my LaScala based home theater. This started when I refurbished a vintage pair of La Scalas (AA crossover). After some excellent two channel listening, I decided to convert that room into a theater room and went about collecting 4 Academies for surrounds. I got super lucky when a single LaScala (later model with a AK-3 Crossover) became available. The problem I had was that the third 'Scala was too tall in the center position as for comfy viewing I wanted my screen lower. After some research, consulting Mr. Crites, and enlisting the help of a friend with a woodworking shop, I scavenged the tweeter, midhorn, got the crossover Mr. Crites sells for his Cornscala design, estimated the surface area of the Cornsacala woofer and translated that to two Classic Woofers from PartsExpress, and designed a cabinet to hold everything w/ proper cabinet volume and can fit under the screen, and voila: The LaSquata The results are beyond my expectations. Wide dispersion, crystal clear clear voice tracks on movies, matching timbre and response. I am powering this with an NAD AVR and added two HSU 15" subs. It's quite epic, comparable to a commercial movie theater and the whole house shakes during LFE segments. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanksjim1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Bravo! Can you share the cabinet dimensions and woofer details for posterity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC39693 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwillie Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Really nice. Would like to know more details. Did Mr. Crites suggest a certain woofer? d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 LaSquata - officially named by user tswei on October 4, 2020. (for posterity's sake, during the inevitable argument over who called this that first and subsequent forum searches for answers). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy6100 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 That is awesome! Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Henceforth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 10/4/2020 at 12:44 PM, tswei said: out of curiosity -----what size are the woofers - 6.5 inches ---or more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tswei Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 The dimensions for the cabinet were 47 x 13 x 25. We made it out of MDF, so its quite a beast to move around, but hey, I've got LaScalas so what is another large box in my front stage?? It looks relatively compact sitting under the screen. For the woofers, I uses 2 X Dayton Audio DC250-8 10" Classic Woofer My logic was to approximate the surface area of the original woofer and then wire them in parallel to match the impedance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tswei Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 5:26 PM, Thaddeus Smith said: LaSquata - officially named by user tswei on October 4, 2020. (for posterity's sake, during the inevitable argument over who called this that first and subsequent forum searches for answers). Actually, this is a term I read somewhere on this forum years ago when I started thinking about this project. Not sure who it was, but someone else had the same need (getting a center channel to match the big Heritage speakers). I tried to connect w/ him/her but never heard back. When I stumbled upon the single LsScala I just could not resist trying this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Great job....like the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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