The Klipsch La Scala AL6 has more bass, a richer midrange, and works with a matching active crossover.
Why is Kevin more excited about the new La Scala than the new Khorn?
We're getting ever closer to our Klipsch Unleashed event on July 12, and last week we talked about the rare treat attendees are in for: the fully active, tri-amped Klipschorn AK7.
That's exciting, but we think it shouldn't eclipsch (yes, we're shameless) the new La Scala AL6. In fact, this model is such a great reworking of a classic, that many of us—Kevin especially—are more excited about the La Scala than the unsurprisingly great Khorn.
Previous La Scalas have been extremely light on their feet, but have never been bass monsters, as people expect when they see their size. (We like that, though they're a big speaker, they don't tower over you.) The new model actually drops the woofer size from 15" to 12", but with a patented horn-loaded, vented system, it has "more bottom end than any La Scala before it," says Kevin in his upcoming video.
Bass is great, but it's the midrange that has really been impressing us. As Kevin says, "The big deal is really the meat on the bones in the midrange. They really, really knocked that out of the ballpark."
Just like the new Khorn, the La Scala AL6 comes with the extra connectors and jumpers that let you use the matching Klipsch Heritage Active Crossover to drive them with three stereo power amplifiers, or even six monoblocks. While this is a worthwhile upgrade path, we'd like you to hear just how good the AL6 is in stock form, so we're running it straight with a Pathos InPol2 Mk II tube hybrid integrated amp at the event.
At 103 dB, the Klipsch La Scala AL6 is a high-sensitivity speaker, so make sure you experience one of the greatest gifts of a three-digit-sensitivity transducer: a dynamic, engaging sound even at nighttime volume levels. No more closing off doors like airlocks, and keeping an ear cocked for screams of "TURN IT DOWN" from the bedroom or house next door. Or, as in Kevin's case, the lower elevations of the entire city of Glendora.