Klipsch La Scala Dilemma

I've never heard the Lores... or any Tekton speakers, for that matter, but I've listened to K-horns, Lascalas & Belles quite a bit. Have you ever heard any of the "Heritage" Klipsch speakers? If you like one, I think you'd like the others, they have very similar "flavor". My guess is, if you have the room for LaScalas, and like horn sound & dynamics, you won't be disappointed with the change. I find the sound from LaScalas to be VERY similar to K-horns, even closer than Belles, I think because they use exactly the same tweeter & mid horns as the K-horns, where as the Belles use a different mid horn (in order to make the cabinet shallower).
As far as Roxy54's comment, I can't imagine the LaScalas giving up any bass to the Lores, but again I haven't hears the Lores, so I could be wrong on that. Just seems unlikely those relatively small Tektons could generate as much bass as a Klipsch folded horn.

Cliff

Take the LaScalas. Like Cliff, I haven't heard the Lores either, but I agree with his comments on the LaScalas - surely they will have just as much bass, and much more dynamic range (soft as well as loud).

LaScala for life. I would run from this deal....

I owned LaScala's for several years, and I am a current Lore owner. I second Sebrof's comments. The LaScalas will not have anywhere near the bass frequency extension nor weight of the Lores if the Lores are near enough to the room boundaries to get bass reinforcement. If the Lores are way out into the room and you're not getting wall reinforcement, the LaScala's MIGHT be equal in bass weight, maybe. The quality of bass is great with the LaScala's, but I don't think the Lores are any worse - they're great too.

LaScalas would have more dynamics, but with less tone than the Lores. They also have some stridency than the Lores would not have. Lores would be the more coherent speaker for a normal living space. With a LARGE room, the LaScalas might be preferable, but for anything of reasonable home size, I just can't see a LaScala competing.

I have not heard the Lores, but based on opinions of others, I believe them to be fine for the money. I am a Lascala owner, for many years, as well as a Klipsch Heritage admirer, with much experience with them. I have modified the cabinets, built risers ( which also added 60 lbs of mass to each ), spent much time with room set up, equipment matching, tweaking, and so on. I find my Lascalas to be amazing in portraying recorded music in a very realistic way, as live unamplified music does, and often they disappear. As I have mentioned in other threads, there are times I listen at peak levels approaching 110 db, and higher. I do not believe the Lores will do this. They are very different animals. So, based on room size, acoustics and set up, musical taste, listening levels, associated equipment, and many other factors, get the Lascalas, at least as a loan, to live with them and see(hear). If you like them, the Klipsch site has a forum to help you optimize the basic design and make a good loudspeaker into a great one. I think the Lascala is the best design from the Heritage line, based on the upgrade path and their simplistic room integration(corner placement not needed or desired). Keep in mind, they are large in dimension...