Klipsch Cornwall IV

Thanks. Sounds interesting, but that price is a tough pill to swallow....lol

Fun fact...dug out some old cables I have on hand just to check my ears.  They all sound different...sorry Audioholics 😔  Reminded me why I love MIT products...just so much more realistic sounding on every level!  My REV MIT loom delivers better tone, articulation, clarity, dynamics, bass definition and extended airy highs.  Everything sounds muffled and constricted comparatively!  The MIT cables delivered most of the improvements sought by other audiophiles via extensive and costly tweaks.  Get the room and cables right first...then tweak 👂

@jayrossi13 Are you on a suspended floor with joists, etc? The reason I ask is, I've had my new CW for a few days, situated on a concrete slab (covered by wood flooring glued down), and I have not been experiencing the bass boom and distortion you've mentioned. Perhaps the woofers' cajones haven't dropped yet, though. lol.

Just because Klipsch speakers are voiced with low-fi cables doesn't mean that everyone should follow suit and use the same thing, or that expensive cables are BS. Klipsch is not marketing exclusively to a high end niche. The designer needs to make sure that the speakers sound good for a wide range of users and not just for tweaky audiophiles who treat cables as if they're another component. So whatever Roy Delgado uses in the factory doesn't really have any bearing on what listeners prefer at home. 

Placement of the Cornwall was, for me, surprisingly more difficult than I expected.  At first, the sound was so big and beautiful that I thought they were easily positioned.  I was wrong.  

I literally had to get out the tape measure to ensure they were equidistant.  That resulted in a big improvement--like a new, better component.  

I find them more sensitive to equal/precise placement than a specific distance from the side/front wall or toe in.  Those things still matter though.  

At some point I'll re-evaluate my positioning to ensure I'm right on and to satisfy curiosity.  For now, I hate to change them because things sound so comprehensive, large, and dialed in. 

My room is about 15.5' wide.  I have them about 20" from the side walls. 

I only have them 8-18" from the front wall.  They are towed in so that's why one corner is 8" from the wall and the other longer.