A Hidden "Feature" of the Cornwall IV
Dear @jbhiller : Good analog front end you own. Even that you are a MUSIC player and that already own the IV could be interesting for any MUSIC lover to read this: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/looking-for-my-final-pair/post?postid=2138594#2138594 Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
@kren0006. Speakers I’ve owned? Oh boy...there’s a list 😬. Dunlavy SC IV Wilson w/p 6’s B&W 801Nautilus, 802D2 and 802D3 plus several others Magnapan 3.6’s ML Odyssey Dynaudio C4’s Totem Wind, Forest SE Focal Kanta no. 2 others...Kef, Monitor Audio etc.. Cornwall IV’s Amplification too long but primarily Krell and ARC CORNWALL IV’s deliver what I have always sought, which is realistic dynamics, tone, imaging and scale without limitation on volume level, whether it be moderate or loud. Unforced but solid/realistic detail! A sense of having the performers right in front of me...boy do they deliver!! |
My Cornwall IV’s convey music as if they were created from a genetic crossing of the Dunlavy SC V’s, Wilson Watt/Puppy 6’s and Totem Winds. Great scale, tremendous definition, excellent dynamics & contrast, spooky imaging (hard to believe but true) and an unraveling of low level detail with exceptional clarity...intelligibility is best I’ve heard. All of this in an unforced manner! |
Dear @jbhiller : Obviously the ones I own but there are several other speakers that fulfill MUSIC needs as : Soundlabs, Cornwall IV with integrated supertweeters and a pair of self powered subwoofers crossing at 80-90hz as the Cornwall too, any top two way monitors coming from Focal, Sonus Faber, Paradigm, etc, integrated with subs, Tannoy, ATC active speakers and many more. Horns are very good performers inside its frequency limits, were the rule in the vintage times with JBL,Altec,Klipsh and the like and we loved even with its frequency limitations and other " problems ". I like to listen MUSIC with the lower distortions I can get, any kind of distortions and with a wide frequency response. Those woofers in the IV that crossover 700hz and that handled frequencies up to around 800hz develops very high InterModulationDistortions that helps to increment the speaker TotalHarmonicDistortion levels. I suggested Dave that the IV be crossing at 80hz-90hz to a pair subs to avoid totally those kind of high distortion levels. I think that each speaker driver in any speaker design must be handled frequency in its linear driver frequency range. The excursions in a woofer at 30hz-50hz are to high to handled at the same time frequencies at 80hz and beyond it. R. |
