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發表於 2013-11-2 14:06:03
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本帖最後由 auraheart 於 2013-11-3 01:41 編輯
Klipsch is a name I love and hate. First time I saw the La Scala..Wow, SoB looks mean, nastsy, pro and unique. Never saw an enclosure with a horn loaded base. I was only 14 then. After a demonstration, that was freaking awesome, I told me ex boss (hi fi teacher and I was a newspaper boy lol..) and he smiled. For the next 3+ years, I listened to Klipsch hundreds of times, all models. Including the famous corner horns and my beloved/hate La Scala.
The La Scala is a standard 3 way, full horn loaded speaker system. Horns are known for their flat frequency responses, low distortion, efficiency and wide dynamic range. However, most horn speakers has it own horn sound or coloration. Generally a bit noisier due to its higher sensitivities. They sound loud and noisy to haters, but sunny, bright and very detailed to lovers.
I have mix opinions about the La Scala. I love it's powerful performance and yet I hate horn tweeters.
The bass is very very tight, like throwing good punches and waiting for a KO. It is never lazy, rich and well defined but not too deep and not compareable to a good air suspension enclosure. A trade off between efficiency and depth is unavoidable. It is more than acceptable to me. Adding a sub is not necessary, might even screw up its sound stage. It's mid/low to mid/high is a beauty. I still remember those white folks wanna hear some chinese music. I bought some erhu, pipa and Teresa Teng. Played呂培原"彝族舞曲" and ambushed from all side and others. They were so accurately reproduced and out done most cone designs. We felt the strings and other thing..it's vibrations, even the tails of sound haha..Teresa sound so sweet, there were no noticeable unnatural emphasis. Sound stage was wide open. People often said radiation pattern is directional for horns. I strongly disagree and that never happened on the La Scala. Superb stereo separation, clear imaging. Was only driving them with a Marantz 3600 pre amp and a 240 power amp, not even consider fine gears. The major major problem is the horn tweeter, it really sucks. Lack of air, a bit harsh, sharp as needles was just about breaking my ear drums. I trade 10db of sound pressure/w if that can be improved lol.. . We took a break and went to the back yard to swim & BBQ. (got a swimming pool)
After BBQ and swimming was when the fun began..some women/girls were still in Bikini lol.. Boobs started bouncing while we were dancing as pop and rock were being played. WoW ! It was awesome music! Thanks to the horn's coloration! It was so bad, nasty, exciting, as we were having beers while dancing, haha..My best friend and I were so young, nobody seemed to care, haha. Strong bass for drums, great highs and lovely vocals. Was such a party with great music. Such a good rock and popz speaker system. After we all got tired, we listened to some jazz, was surprisingly seductive. Great dynamic range from soft to loud, that was a big plus.
In general, if I had the La Scala, I would match it with a Japanese low noise/low power class A amp. Tube amps are fine, but nosier and a 15 inch bass requires some damping factor, at least over 80. Match it with a simple tube pre amp/low noise. Seems like horns speakers are born with noise, noise from pre amp and amps would make it a lot worst. All and all, it is a fine speakers system if you don't deal with classical music much.
補充內容 (2013-11-2 14:51):
Lotta "ball cakes" as we were drunk and dancing, was heavenly for a teenager..those girls didn't seem to care anyway lol...Had such great time with my xboss, learned a lot and listen to a lot of hi fi. Well, basically more Marantz, Klipsch, Altec, Bozak, Electro Voice and JBL..Usually all white music..than anything else. As I entered hi end in the late 70s, it was a different ball game. |
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