lascala, heresy question

[tuned4life]

i know cornwall gets its name from corner or wall , and belle from wife. was wondering if anyone knows where lascala and heresy get there names?

[ironwoods]

I'm thinking the Heresy name comes straight out of the dictionary.
2.a., being the one that most fits.
As in; it's heresy to have such a small speaker, produce such a large sound.
I remember seeing a pic that someone posted on the forum here, of an older(original Heresy?) packing box, where the slogan states; "In loudspeaker systems, it's Heresy, by Klipsch" or something very similar.

her·e·sy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hr-s)
n. pl. her·e·sies

An opinion or a doctrine at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from or denial of Roman Catholic dogma by a professed believer or baptized church member.

Adherence to such dissenting opinion or doctrine.

A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science.

Adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion.

[tolle45958]

If you read Mr. Klipsch's biography it give very good stories on how each heritage speaker's name came about. A great book.

[Frzninvt]

La Scala came from the La Scala opera house in France or Italy I'm not sure.

[fini]

Nevvuh mind

[Daddy Dee]

I'm not remembering clearly, but on the Heresy, I believe an industry rep of some kind was listening to Mr. Paul describe his project. The rep said something like, "coming from you, that's Heresy." Mr. Paul took that as the name of the speaker.

It does sound better than it ought.

[CaptnBob]

That's where PWK said "Heresy" came from. For what it's worth, I understand "La Scala" means "The Wall" in Italian. (I could say where the name "L-B," for his small horn, came from, but this is a family forum...)

[JohnA]

Or maybe "the scale" as in musical scale. :-)

[HDBRbuilder]

PWK developed the LB originally for Mrs. Valerie's use in teaching music; but when she heard what the two builders who had the dubious honor of assembling the first prototypes called the speaker, she liked it, so it stuck! PWK actually originally planned to name it after Mrs. Valerie. The "LB" was NOT a LaScala, but was a completely different speaker: LB-76. The only thing the LB had in common with the LaScala was its tweeter (K77M) and mid-horn compression driver (K55V). Otherwise, it had nothing in common with the LaScala except that they were both three-way, fully-horn-loaded, non-corner-horns. Too bad the LB-76 project died on the vine and never reached standard production, but sometimes that's the way the law of diminishing returns works.

[BEC]

Andy,

How about posting a picture of those great decorator Heresys you have. I know you have posted them before, but the search function is not working and I would like to see them again.

Bob Crites

[HDBRbuilder]

Sorry Bob,

I don't have any of those files over here in Kuwait.

[DizRotus]

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After reading the PWK biography (great story, bit poorly written and edited) and hearing PWK speak, its my understanding that a local minister asked PWK to design a speaker to be used over the proscenium (arched doorway) and that PWK said to place a speaker in such a location , rather than in a corner,would be heresy. PWKs irreverent sense of humor quickly caused him to see the beauty of using that name for a speaker intended for a church.

BTW, the Indy car simulator at the ESPN Zone at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Disneyland uses Heresies.

La Scala-

PWK learned to love opera after Belle took him to the La Scala opera in Milan, Italy. He said that live opera made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. The speaker is named for the opera house, notwithstanding the fact that it was designed for Rockefellers gubernatorial campaign.