Klipsch Lascala II bin separation


A unique feature of the newer Klipsch Lascala II and AL5 is there are two bins, top and bottom (or HF and LF bins). Recently I put a cut up Purple seat cushion between the two sections and the clarity jumped significantly. Everything is better, very much better. Has anyone ever tried to seriously isolate the two bins? Is this a thing I just never heard of or is this a commonly known deal? The improvement is so huge I thought someone out there would have sounded the trumpet long before now. Sorry if I'm late to the party.....

allears4u

Makes sense,I'd expect isolating mids and highs from bass bin cabinet resonances would result in greater clarity. I modified my Klipschorns years ago, getting rid of top bin altogether, mid driver mounted to Volti tractrix horn,  tweeter mounted to custom fascia, finally modified crossover board, all isolated from bass bin via various type footers. 

Unfortunately, all Klipsch Lascalas have resonances and vibrations, so I am not surprised. There are many more things you can do to minimize / eliminate these annoyances, resulting in SQ, you have not experienced yet. Enjoy ! MrD.

Volti does it, but they use brass cones and dishes, which would be much better than purple foam.

I've ordered 6 Iso-pucks 76's to place between sections to see if this helps even more. As soon as I install and listen I'll report back since I know there are many Lascala owners in the family here. Crazy how much clearer these babies have become with this little tweak! Makes me wonder about all the speakers that are sticking all the speakers into one box. Could the bass reverb be disturbing the mids and tweeters? Surely. But if they're all locked into one box then there's no way to unlock them from each other. The bass seems it would be the main "disturber of the peace". This would make separate sub out very helpful. This gets that energy out of the main speaker body hence improved clarity throughout. But thats just me thinking out loud. 

@allears4u 

That's why the platforms by Live Vibe work so well. They drain the vibrational energy from the speaker box removing that source of noise from what you are hearing. It is very surprising when you first hear it.