Klipsch Cornwall IV

audioman58 is right. Loose the Oppo! I owned a 105. It's good bang for the buck but high end it ain't. It surprises me constantly to see and hear systems with multi thousand dollar turntables and a sub $1000.00 CD player. No wonder people claim to not like digital. Fix the most broken part of your system first. Joe 

I’m one of those Klipsch fans from years ago because I loved the open live sound they produced. A friend and I visited the demo room in Hope, Arkansas in 1974.  I bought a pair of simple pair of raw birch e and eventually traded them in on a pair of LaScallas. Ultimately, Cornwall was my speaker of choice because of the bass response. With a little modification, they could be fantastic. But, I also learned that Klipsch can be room sensitive. The larger speakers sound far better in a larger room. My LaScallas needed a huge room to sound their best. Please remember, this is all pre -1984.

Where I’m disqualified is that I didn’t keep up with changes over the years. That being said, I first heard both the Heresy IV and the Cornwall IV at the RMAF last year. (That isn’t exactly true. I had heard the Heresy at Listen Up here in Denver earlier. It seemed that they were set up in such a way and to assure that they would never sell a pair to anyone but those who surely wanted them. It was also in the Listen Up room that I heard them again) I could hardly believe what I was hearing. The difference between the older Cornwall and the new IV was, to me, huge. The new speaker fits well in a small space, though the cabinet is big. The sound was not as overwhelming as the older model.
If I had space, that would be my choice because I like to listen at a lower volume and the sound of the music was not diminished by the lower volume. I’ll say it again, if one has the room, they are a worthy speaker for music lovers.

Sean at ZERO FIDELITY Reviewed the IV's on his Youtube channel. His room is only 9 x 12 and the Cornwall's did fine in that small environment..although I wouldnt want to try to escape a room that size with those speakers if there was ever a fire  :)

@riaa

Wouldn't need to escape - could just hide inside one of the enclosures until help arrives...

Never listened to them but they must sound amazing because they are so pedestrian looking nobody would buy them based on aesthetics.