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Klipsch Cornwall IV

Hello all,

I'm interested in what people who have heard the speaker feel about it. I currently run spatial M3 turbos and have an all tube analog setup ( line magnetic, hagerman ) with an oppo 105 being the digital front end.


Previous speakers have been acoustic zen, reference 3A, Maggie 3.6, and triangles. I am more concerned with a huge immersive sound stage than I am with pinpoint imagery. I have a big room and have plenty of space between the back wall and my speakers if I need it.


Any thoughts?
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terancemahoney
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I have owned Klipsch Heresy 1's (which I updated with Crites crossovers) and then B&W CM9s and now Heresy 4's. I have demoed Fortes also. All Klipsch, I believe need a subwoofer (I use REL) because their horns take over but I even found that with my B&W's the Sub help the staging immensely 
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roxy54
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mahlman,
I share your affinity for Klipsch speakers, but it's a bit contradictory to hear you say that cheap amps and zipcord are fine, but that streaming through an ipad isn't. 
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atmasphere
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Although I do wish a bit more bass than the Spatials can deliver.
@simao Do you have a standing wave in your room? If you listen to your system at placed other than the listening chair does the bass get better? If yes, look into a Distributed Bass Array. If bass is your only complaint of the Spatials, consider that if you are dealing with a standing wave it may not get any better with a different speaker. A DBA will solve that.
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jjss49
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i cannot speak for older/smaller/lesser models in the line, but in my experience, the spatial m3 sapphires deliver absolutely world class, full, powerful, tuneful, deep, airy bass -- it is the towering strength of the speaker -- if someone has these spatials and lacks bass, there is a serious problem with room/placement or some other significant implementation issue
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simao OP
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@atmasphere Not that I can tell - unless I stand against the back wall, of course. But it's something I can look into more. @jjss49 How much more of an improvement on this is the Sapphire over the Turbo?
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