La Scala project

[1MOR]

Congrats, that is an Outstanding effort. Wish I had the space for a pair of horns.

 

[Divotdog]

We now have Wife Approval to move these bad boys into the living room when they are finished! (This has been a point of contention since I started this project.) I came home from work the other day, and she was listening to Ozzy at a rather generous level on the main system, and I asked her if she had tried to listen on the LaScala’s, and she hadn’t, so we pulled her CD out and took it out to the garage, gave the tubes a few minutes to warm up, and let it rip at about a watt…

…She looked like the Maxell poster with a big grin on her face! And said they could move in.

 

[JonL]

That's what I call.... :smlove:

 

[Descartridge]

Nice work, Mel.
You are an inspiration.

 

[Divotdog]

Mrs. Divotdog has let me drag these into the living room and hook them up to the main system for awhile, I gotta say, I'm thinking that they certainly are keepers!

I have found some of the weak points, they will definitely go back out to the shop for a layer of 1/2 MDF for a total wall thickness of 1 1/4 inch, I am hoping this will tame the resonance in the sidewalls.

 

[jimfet]

You did a great job.

 

[bsujeep]

I have found some of the weak points, they will definitely go back out to the shop for a layer of 1/2 MDF for a total wall thickness of 1 1/4 inch, I am hoping this will tame the resonance in the sidewalls.

That and moving them out from the wall a wee bit, tube rolling and wahoo they sounded pretty darn nice! I haven't thrown my two cents into this thread yet and figured it was about time. Mel is going to be working extra hard to get them finished cause they sure do sound sweet in the living room, but Mrs Divotdog does want them finished in her living room!

Can't wait to hear the results of the tube changes. :scratch2:

 

[Divotdog]

I locked the lid on the preamp, I don’t think you are going to be able to get your Telefunkins out!

 

[bsujeep]

I locked the lid on the preamp, I don’t think you are going to be able to get your Telefunkins out!

I'll have to do it sneaky like late at night and take the whole dang preamp!

 

[Vitavox]

Mine are next

OK, I keep telling my wife that ugly is only skin deep. I showed her your project, and I think she believes me.
Wanna redo mine next? (I do want to keep the Vitavox horns on top.)
:thmbsp:

 

[Divotdog]

OK, I keep telling my wife that ugly is only skin deep. I showed her your project, and I think she believes me.
Wanna redo mine next? (I do want to keep the Vitavox horns on top.)
:thmbsp:

Those look like a fun project! I gotta say though, if I had it to do over again I think that I would just buy a pair that were already finished, it would probably be cheaper.

 

[Divotdog]

Update

Well gentlemen, I must say that Mrs. Divotdog is a saint; these speakers actually have spent the last three years in my living room in bare MDF, so in deference to my wife the saint I pulled them out to the garage a few weeks ago and veneered them, I am now applying some finish to them but here is a little teaser.