thisgsx Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I have a pair of '90s La Scala's with TYPE AL-3 crossovers. Unfortunately, one of the crossover's is going bad. The sound cuts in and out sometimes and to fix this, I fiddle around with the capacitors and wires and this seems to fix the issue. There doesn't appear to be any loose wires or leaking capacitors too. If I recall, I used to have a pair of '90s with AA crossovers and I prefer that sound. Crites have 3 different AA crossover's - Copper, Silver, Gold. Are the Gold's worth the significant price increase from the Copper's $540 to the Gold's $820? https://critesspeakers.com/products/type-aa-crossover-pair-new-free-us-shipping?variant=42481276879036 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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geoff. Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 The world is your oyster, whether you will like the oysters or not is the question. Not sure where to start, but if you like the AL-3s there are a couple options to recap your existing crossovers. There are services offered to recap them or you could do them yourself. I’ve done them myself and found an effective “cheat” that speeds up the process and prevents a lot of aggravation. According to more recent discussions on here the AA was not designed for the drivers in your AL-3 La Scalas. But what sounds good to you is what matters. The new(er)K-55-M goes higher and the new(er) K-77-M tweeter has a different response too. I’m not even going to get into what I would spend money on here… unless you ask, lol Where do you live? I have some “spares” of things you could try before you decide what route suits you best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWOReilly Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I’d get the rebuild kit from JEM. https://jemperformanceaudio.com/klipsch-heritage-speakers In the meantime loosen and retighten all the screws on the crossover. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 4 hours ago, thisgsx said: Are the Gold's worth the significant price increase from the Copper's $540 to the Gold's $820? https://critesspeakers.com/products/type-aa-crossover-pair-new-free-us-shipping?variant=42481276879036 Thanks! Geezus K Rist, $820 for AA crossovers?? That just seems nuts to me. If you can solder there are much cheaper ways to go about this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Gold = overpriced average metallized polypropylene capacitors. AA is the wrong network for your drivers. Sounds like you just have a bad solder joint/loose connection. Very doubtful that you have a bad part. https://www.facebook.com/share/1HDnB63zMg/?mibextid=wwXIfr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 5 hours ago, thisgsx said: I have a pair of '90s La Scala's with TYPE AL-3 crossovers. Unfortunately, one of the crossover's is going bad. The sound cuts in and out sometimes and to fix this, I fiddle around with the capacitors and wires and this seems to fix the issue. There doesn't appear to be any loose wires or leaking capacitors too. If I recall, I used to have a pair of '90s with AA crossovers and I prefer that sound. Crites have 3 different AA crossover's - Copper, Silver, Gold. Are the Gold's worth the significant price increase from the Copper's $540 to the Gold's $820? https://critesspeakers.com/products/type-aa-crossover-pair-new-free-us-shipping?variant=42481276879036 Thanks! I think you have a dry solder joint - 1) So that is the first thing to check 2) unscrew and clean all connection points as metal will tarnish over time and the connection is not ideal 3) If you want to replace the capacitors - Use Jantzen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamahaSHO Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 21 hours ago, jjptkd said: Geezus K Rist, $820 for AA crossovers?? That just seems nuts to me. If you can solder there are much cheaper ways to go about this. Crossovers from Crites have sky rocketed in price. At this point, I'd build for a simple Klipsch designed network (up modify OEM). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisgsx Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Thanks for the suggestions! I'll clean them and see if that fixes my issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KT88 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I have already written about this topic a few times. I myself had Crites AA 17 years ago. Forget it. It's outrageous that Crites offers different qualities of bass coil. The original Klipsch coils are the best you can have and they will never get worse in 100 years. There is no wear and tear. Sonicaps as a feature of the most expensive version of the Crites AA are a tinny, aggressive sound. There were times up until 12 years ago when I was happy to buy other Crites products. But with today's Crites prices for fake AA xovers which are far away from the good original sound, I can only warn you. BTW your speaker can not use Type AA networks at all. Today I have to say that this AA from Crites is not a serious offer. The price of more than 800$ for a few components is a provocation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appleskinner Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 This post is timely. I'm in the market for a pair of AA crossovers and considered purchasing a pair of Crites until I saw the enormous price increase. I sold my Crites AA crossovers with Sonicaps for $275 10 years ago after selling my Klipschorns. I figured I could always get another pair if I acquired another pair of legacy Klipsch speakers, but I can't justify buying a pair at the current price. Have these been greatly improved to justify the enormous price increase? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KT88 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Appleskinner said: This post is timely. I'm in the market for a pair of AA crossovers and considered purchasing a pair of Crites until I saw the enormous price increase. I sold my Crites AA crossovers with Sonicaps for $275 10 years ago after selling my Klipschorns. I figured I could always get another pair if I acquired another pair of legacy Klipsch speakers, but I can't justify buying a pair at the current price. Have these been greatly improved to justify the enormous price increase? No 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Evans Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Here’s some for sale. Click on the above link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted January 15 Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 15 IF you want new networks, I can build them for less than the "aftermarket" prices given. Dean can as well. I am with Dean here, you need to float the solder joints. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KT88 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 In my view, it's not just a question of whether you have a contact and hear something or not. It is also the sound quality if the solder contacts are far too old. So you kill two birds with one stone if you re-solder all the solder points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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