I got my pair of Cornwall IV's last week, and am still breaking them in, but very impressed. I have been a long time Devore fan, with dabbling with various Harbeths, and others. I like to swap gear in and out, including speakers. That cannot be easily done with these, so these require a more serious commitment than usual. Even my largish o/93's were movable. So these feel a bit like a marriage, rather than my usual gear swapping.
Out of the box, they sounded a bit stiff, very slightly harsh, and a bit constrained. Imaging was not the best. The tonality was not super accurate. Even with these observations, there was something about them I really liked, and even had they not improved with run-in, I would have felt them worth the price.
I set about running them in, and they improved fairly rapidly, and became dramatically better. They sound pretty natural now. Imaging, depth, detail, and transparency, are all excellent. They are a bit addicting. I have zero desire to move the Devores or Revels back in. The bass has thankfully improved immensely.
I estimate I only have about 100 hrs on them. Like many, I bought them with a return option. But there is no way they are going back.
I have run them with several quality tube amps and a couple solid state amps. The Cornwalls very clearly identify the characteristics of each amp, yet they sound great on all of them. There is no sense of the horn origin of the sound. They just sound like excellent speakers that happen to also have great dynamics and huge scale.
Mine are in the Cherry finish, and look gorgeous. They are HUGE, so pretty big in my 16 x 14 room, but they work very well nonetheless.
For those considering these, add me to the many who say these are the real deal. Superb.
Out of the box, they sounded a bit stiff, very slightly harsh, and a bit constrained. Imaging was not the best. The tonality was not super accurate. Even with these observations, there was something about them I really liked, and even had they not improved with run-in, I would have felt them worth the price.
I set about running them in, and they improved fairly rapidly, and became dramatically better. They sound pretty natural now. Imaging, depth, detail, and transparency, are all excellent. They are a bit addicting. I have zero desire to move the Devores or Revels back in. The bass has thankfully improved immensely.
I estimate I only have about 100 hrs on them. Like many, I bought them with a return option. But there is no way they are going back.
I have run them with several quality tube amps and a couple solid state amps. The Cornwalls very clearly identify the characteristics of each amp, yet they sound great on all of them. There is no sense of the horn origin of the sound. They just sound like excellent speakers that happen to also have great dynamics and huge scale.
Mine are in the Cherry finish, and look gorgeous. They are HUGE, so pretty big in my 16 x 14 room, but they work very well nonetheless.
For those considering these, add me to the many who say these are the real deal. Superb.