Klipsch La Scala Dilemma

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...

On the other hand, I might agree with JohnK. There seems to be an underlying emotional thing with this friend of yours( or you) about giving you the Lascalas......what is that about....That is why I said "loan" on my previous post....Although, I do know JohnK does not like the Lascalas much, from other threads I have read, and that is ok. Again, to each his own......

And Duke !