LaScalas are "ear splitters" only when driven by ****ty high power
solid state amps. I have better amplifiers both tube and solid state
available, and in fact have hooked some up with excellent results. I
used my old cheesy tube amps (essentially Williamsons, with salvaged
Kinsman organ transformers) to prove a point and to see what they could
do. I have also used the NYAL Moscode amplifiers, which I consider some
of the best, and some Haflers, with good results. But the modded
K-horns are superior with any amp.