On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:42:06 -0700, "Harold & Susan Vordos"
shouted from the rooftop:


"Carl Byrns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 12:30:32 -0700, "Harold & Susan Vordos"
shouted from the rooftop:


"Carl Byrns" wrote in message
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They are currently at my friends' house. He lives in the country and
we drag them (and his _other_ pair of LaScalas) outside during
barbeques. We have been visited by police officers who marveled at
the sound while asking us to turn it down.

Chuckle. I used to get that with the speakers in the house. No need to
drag them outside to irritate the neighbors, just turn them up.

My old house was built ~1856, brick construction. I cranked up the
LaScalas indoors exactly once- windows rattled in the casements, a
wall cracked, and 140 years of accumulated dust shook out from the
floor planking. It took weeks to clean the basement and the (open
during the event) washing machine pumped mud for a couple of cycles.
My wife almost killed me.

Without turning this into a "dick size" contest, yes, the LaScala is hard to
beat, but not impossible

Not at all- LaScalas need lots of room and perform poorly in small
spaces.
Back in the late 1970's a friend of mine worked at a high end audio
store and got to drag home a lot of exotic stuff including a pair of
DCM Time Windows which are out of production. I have never before or
since heard such amazing sound and imaging. Words fail me.
Back then, they were $800 and a quick web search shows that they still
command prices in the $300 range (not bad for +20 year old speakers)
_when_ they come up for sale.

I keep hoping I'll find a pair at a garage sale or find some more
information on their construction and build a pair.

-Carl
"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character"-Paul Newman