How old are my la scala?

[matt love]

I just have a couple of questions for you guys.

1-How old are they?The s/n is 108274.It has a type al-3 x-over in them.

2-What size woofer is in them?When i got them,I did open the bottom to see if the woofer was a klipsch.it was.It also look like a 12 inch woofer.But as i check out the

forum and some say it's a 15 inch.

2-peavey sp 2g

2-la scala soon to be four

1-Peavey cs-200x

1-Peavey cs-1000x

1 Q215 EQ

2 pl-500 x-overs

matt

orlando FL>

1-peavey cs-200x

1-peavey cs-1000x

[lynnm]

Matt

Could you take another look at that serial number. I think it is missing a letter code or a couple of digits. The usual format would look like 20Y1234 which would translate to built week 20 of 1983 and being unit number 1234.

Speakers made after 1983 had all numeric codes but those had either an 8 or 9 digit format.

The Lascala uses a 15" woofer.

The fact that they use the AL-3 leads me to suspect that they are of fairly recent vintage but I could be mistaken on that.

[JohnA]

Lynn is correct. The AL-3 is well after '83. Type AL was used then. Yours are late 90s through 2000. The serial numbers get screwy in that period. Can you fing them?

[matt love]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I double check the speakers and here is what i got.

speaker #1 s/n 108274 p/n 09000/11200 w/u 22625

speaker #2 s/n 108273 p/n same as 1 w/u same as one

Also do you guys think i'm using to much power for the

lows by bi-amping?

my sp2-g's can handle 400 watts cont.

the la scala as you know handles 100 watts cont.

The cs 1000x is 500 watts into 4 ohms per channel.

I have one la scala and one 2-g per side.

It seems like the peavey takes most of the power.

and the la scalas as you know.Don't need that much power.

Does klipsch make a 15 inch woofer that can handle 300 to 400 watts cont.?I would love to replace them.

And I'm more that sure the cabinets can handle them.

[IndyKlipschFan]

Matt,

Klipsch does, in fact, make an industrial woofer able to use 200 watts per channel continuous, much more peak. While the La Scala's will play at enourmously loud levels and clear as day too, it is by no means a true SUB woofer.

That said, a clean very good commercial 31 band high end EQ will find you more than enough low end, and if not, a true sub will fill in the woofs...in woofer sub land..hehehe

Good luck.

[Myhamish]

KLIPSCH S/N FORMATS

DATES DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE

1946-1947 ### 001 (ending #021)

1948-1961 #### 0121 (starting #0121)

1962-1983 ##letter#### 20Y1234

1984-1989(?) YY WW #### 89281234

1990-1997(?) DOY Y2Y1 #### 135791234

1998-2000 YY WW #### 00281234

1962-1983 Letter format

A = 1962 F = 1967 K = 1972 R = 1977 X = 1982

B = 1963 G = 1968 L = 1973 S = 1978 Y = 1983

C = 1964 H = 1969 M = 1974 T = 1979

D = 1965 I = 1970 N = 1975 U = 1980

E = 1966 J = 1971 P = 1976 W = 1981

NOTES

1946-1961 dates can only be found in log book (eng. Library)

DOY= day of the year

YY=year (i.e. 99,00)

Y2Y1=2nd digit of year, 1st digit of year

WW=week of the year

Date code on drivers (1994) Example - 9429 = 1994, 29th week of the year / YYWW

Klipschorns of this vintage had the s/n hammer stamped

Here's the code decoding ring that I copied some time ago. Hope that helps.

From what I can read on my LaScalas, they're:

#88841, W/O #17621 with PN 09000711210

#84610, W/O #16641 with PN 09000711210 again.

I hope this helps. Hamish