Klipsch La Scala AL5: Klipschorn Heritage with a Twist
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2019
- Just add music! The latest iteration of the Klipsch La Scala loudspeaker brings more detail, tone, and texture to life via improvements in cabinetry, AudioQuest cabling, and more. Klipsch Group’s Mark Casavant and Music Direct Brand Ambassador Bes Nievera fill in the details.
La Scala AL5 Tower Speakers: bit.ly/2tqYjAQ - Hudba
I firmly believe that all innovations should be New Innovations. They are the only kind, after all. Literally.
When you showed pictures of the speaker you showed the La Scala II, not the AL5.
The terminals for the lower cabinet are totally jazzed. I had La Scalla IIs for a few months and could not bi-wire with my "audiophile" cable (i.e. very thick with a plastic dongle) without raising the back of the upper cabinet with pieces of wood. The actual connectors, on the lower cabinet, were very difficult when connecting the speaker cable as well. These two problems could be solved by moving the terminals to the back of the lower cabinet. Overall, I loved the mid-range horn but thought the bass too polite (15 inch driver?) and the tweeter outdated. May try my luck again with some Forte IIIs.
What do you find lacking in the tweeter? I may try to find a La Scala 2!
So what subwoofers do you recommend for these speakers?
Why contaminate sharp dynamic horn loaded bass with a muddy direct radiator subwoofer ?
Because I like to hear the 20hz to 50hz frequencies. And have you ever heard ENTEC SW-1 subwoofers? They are fast enough to keep up with even electrostatic speakers.
@@MostlyBuicks - Entecs are no longer made (you can find them occasionally on eBay or Audiogon) but electrostatics and planar magnetic transducers have a tough time making ANY subwoofer transition without being obvious. Martin Logan does an OK-ish job but still obvious. Horns are going to have a time delay issues when used with a direct radiator (but Klipsch compensates by using a fairly extreme slope in their passive crossover). You could probably use DSP to integrate the separate SW better but that's slowing down the dynamic attack character of a horn loaded bass bin in the LaScala. There are a few Klipsch fanatics who use the horn loaded Jubilee bass bins in their home systems. You can get professional stage and sound reinforcement bass bins that are horn-loaded.
@@petersouthernboy6327 LaScala's sound awesome to a point but they have the least satisfying bass response of any large speaker I've ever heard. Even the authorized Klipsch sales representative who auditioned them for me said they need a good subwoofer. Of course the LaScala's horn loaded bass is extremely clean with incredibly low distortion...because it doesn't go very deep. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking these speakers, I'm just saying that I've listened to them extensively and they are way too bass shy for me. My first experience with LaScala's was when I heard them years ago in a large night club in Jacksonville, FL and they were stunning. The dynamic life-like sound was literally breathtaking. Of course the club used subwoofers as well. I've heard them all and the Kipschorn is the only Heritage speaker I would consider purchasing (if I had the money).
@@19761999 so just buy the cornwalls