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Lets replace my Klipsch La Scala Speakers

So after 2 years of trying to make them work, they just aren't the speaker for me. Here is some detail so you can help me decide what to move to next.

My room is untreated and 12X13X12
Sources: Vinyl and Dac both tube driven
Preamp and amps are all Tube Driven
Amps are: SET 7 watt and 2 different push pulls 20 watts from one and 60ish from the other
Music : Blues,Classic Rock, Indie, Some modern, some heavier rock ,and just discovering how good Jazz can be

I have tried:
solid state amps,crites crossovers, ALK corn-scal-wall crossovers, svs subs added,horn loaded subs added, Schiit Loki in line, toed in toed out. Corner loaded, pushed together, I even moved my room 90 degres to try and get a better sound out of them. Trust me I have tried it all.

Here is what I liked:
Huge soundstage 
You are there live at times when listening
Love being able to hear the detail they offer
Love the bass when present

Here is what I disliked:
They can get shrill quick 
They are so revealing music can sound just bad (I realize that should be a positive, but it isn't)
Very bass shy
They aren't "warm" at all. There is no real thickness to the mids. Detail, but not thick.

We are going to sell this house eventually so I do not want to invest a bunch on treatments for the room. I have 2 other speakers that can be run. Some older Polk Monitor 7A that are actually pretty impressive, and could have the crossovers updated and a few other things to really make them shine if I wanted to. I realize they aren't a Hi-Fi speaker but they are balanced and warm/musical. The other option is the Decware DM947 speaker system. It's good and fairly new to me so I haven't decided to keep or move them down the road. So far they are laid back with some nice sparkle. They image really well and are very forgiving of the room and the recording I am listening to. 

So let's hear it! What did you replace your Klipsch speakers with, or what are you using that matches what I am after. 


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br3098
996 posts
 
Gents, equalizers or DSP can do a lot, assuming that you are willing to put up with the extra analog-digital-analog conversion.

But an equalizer CANNOT compensate for either a bad room ratio (square) and too much speaker in too small a room.  DSP can help with the square space but still can't completely fix pumping too much energy into too little volume.

Fix the room and match the speakers to the room or accept the compromise.  Everything else is a waste of time and money.

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gosta
839 posts
 
When you can't do more fixing. Active DSP (manual) + the right speakers = great bass also in smaller and square rooms. But you have to work with it. Most big speakers seems not made to be played in a room at all because they have no means to control the bass. Note! Anti-mode and other professional DSP work in the digital domain (but can also work in the analog). 
mrdecibel
3,065 posts
 
With all of my mods and updates, my latest pair of Lascalas offers me an open window to whatever I play through them. They are truly invisible and do not have a sound of their own. Classical piano, violin and orchestra, Miles, Jimi, Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, it does not matter what I play. I do sit 12 feet away, and the presentation is very coherent, as I do not hear discontinuity between the bass, mids and treble, something I cannot say about Altec 19s, or other horn hybrids ( although I would still rather own horn hybrids over other types of speakers ). And as I have mentioned before, live unamplified music does not have compression, and most non horn speakers do ( imo, ime ). To each his / her own. Enjoy ! MrD.
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ozzy62
3,161 posts
 
Agree completly about my klipschorns.


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mrdecibel
3,065 posts
 
ozzy +1......I wish my current home had a proper room with corners, as I would own them again. I have been through the false corner route, and it was not to my liking. Enjoy ! MrD.

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