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Good report! I'm using a pair of Hereseys as my Left, Right front side surround sound speakers, part of a 9.1 Klipsch theater room setup. Pretty light duty for them, but about the only place I have to work them in.
You mentioned the La Scalas, and YES! those are amazing, one of the TOP 3 fully horn loaded Klipsch Heritage series. Their basic design goes back to the 1950s, and are among the best out there all these years later. I have a pair of Belle Klipsch doing Left, Right front duty in my living room. I bought them from a client when I was still "in the A/V Biz". They had flooded overnight about 10" deep during Katrina, but the water went down the next day. The woofer in the Belle is canted at an angle, back and up slightly in the lower cabinet, and the 6 o'clock part of the 12" woofer is 11" off the bottom, so only the real wood cabinet got wet. The water line occasionally comes through on the real walnut veneer, but a little Scott's Liquid Gold and poof! it's invisible again.
They use the same drivers (speaker parts) as the La Scalas, but have a "more beautiful" appearance, more "refined" at least, with grille cloth covering most of the open areas created by the visible horn of the woofer that are exposed on the La Scalas. Some would argue which look better, and with some of the exotic wood veneers that some Klipsch have, that would be a valid discussion.
Paul W Klipsch named the Belles after his first wife, and for their appearance.
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