The Klipsch La Scala is currently worth more: about $4,500/pair against $3,295/pair for the Klipsch Cornwall, based on trimmed-median asking prices of current eBay listings. Below: specs, values, price history for both, and which one to buy.
Values are trimmed medians of current eBay asking prices, updated daily. Full data on each model page: Klipsch Cornwall · Klipsch La Scala.
Price history, head to head
Klipsch Cornwall Klipsch La Scala
Daily asking medians; days without a fresh sync are not plotted.
Which one should you buy?
The La Scala is fully horn-loaded, including the bass bin, which buys astonishing sensitivity and that jump factor horn people chase, at the cost of deep bass extension and a cabinet that looks like the PA gear it once was. The Cornwall goes deeper and passes as furniture. Sound-per-dollar, the La Scala has long been one of the best buys in vintage audio. Living-room politics and full-range bass favor the Cornwall.
