I'm trying to cobble together a pair of "poor man's" Cornscalas to give to my son for Christmas. I'm using some things I have on hand and a few items that have been bought. I have my old Cornwall / Cornscala cabinets to work with. Driver wise I'm working with: Tweeter - Eminence APT-50 mounted to a DIY horn built from a Klipsch K-76-K. 8 ohm, 105 dB/1w Squawker - Selenium D250-X mounted to PH-800 horn. 8 ohm, 107 dB/1w Woofer - Speakerlab W1508S. 8 ohm, 98.8 dB/1w For crossovers

I'm amp shopping. I'm looking at SS amps to drive my VERY efficient La Scalas. Considering they'll put out painful SP levels on just a few watts I'm wondering just how much “headroom” is necessary or even desirable. Right now I've narrowed the choices down to amp-A that puts out 185 watts per channel in to 4 ohms versus amp-B that puts out 500 watts per channel in to 4 ohms. Amp-B costs ~$450 more than amp-A. It should be noted that the preamp driving either of these

94 Acura Integra. Bought used 5 years ago. Now has 176K on the clock. Looks fair runs great. It's a LOT of fun to drive 94 Ford F150 standard cab long bed with a topper. Bought used March 08. Now has 128K on the clock. Great for hauling big Klipsch speakers around. Both paid for and both very reliable. Other than maintenance items I expect a few more years out of both without major repairs.

[quote user="Al Klappenberger"]This set of networks are best for someone who has a Khorn and is not willing to upgrade the K400 squawker horn. Greg tried to use it with his V-Trac horn which did not need it! If you have the K400 horn, it's better to let the tweeter handle the 4500 to 6000 Hz range. If you have a good squawker horn like the V-Trac or the Trachorn, you want it to hadle that range rather then the tweeter. ALSO:The stock K77 tweeter is not reliable below 6000 Hz. To use

So I've got this "cosmeticly challenged" Academy. I've updated the caps and changed to a titanium tweeter diaphragm. It sounds really nice. My plan was to re-veneer it to match the La Scalas I just finished along with a pair of HBRs. My 5.1 system plans have taken another direction and I no longer need the Academy. I really don't think I can get anywhere near what I have in it in it's current condition so I was thinking about new veneer. I have ready access to most of the

Fixed it. But yea... that too

My USP-1 arrived Monday. The ERC-1 arrived yesterday. Both VERY nice pieces. I'm planning on listening for a couple of weeks before I put out anything resembling a "review" but based on what I've heard so far I'm very impressed.

VERY nice!!! What tubes are you running in it? I've had a couple of email conversations with Bob about tube choices and I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on one.

This thread inspires a number of thoughts... 1) I SOOOO miss my Belles. I acquired a pair by way of an "interesting" trade for a substantial quantity of a still illegal intoxicant while in college. I didn't live in the dorms but shared a house with 3 other guys. Let's just say that the Belles saw their share of SERIOUS parties an never broke a sweat. I got married and the wife deemed them too big and too ugly and they had to go. I ended up giving them to a friend (sold actually

[quote user="HudsonValleyNoah"]Jeff, Wow, very nice Scalas! I got those K-400 horns today (from that fellow) and they turned out to be K-401 horns [/quote] There's nothing "wrong" with K-401s. At least you don't have to bother with rope-caulk or dynamat or any of the other methods employed to deal with the ringing of metal horns. A pair of K-401s at $65 shipped is a pretty decent deal. I sold my K-400s on ebay for just under $200 and the new owner is very happy. P.T.Barnum