Klipsch Cornwall IV

So when my wife turns off the small singer songwriter stuff and goes in the treadmill I sometimes cue up the electronica or Floyd. One track that comes to mind is Welcome to the Machine. Do these pressurize the room on that track? Are you guys using subs with them?

I’ll likely be in a position to demo the CW’s this coming week. 

The bass is not super deep, but I am satisfied and feel no desire to put my svs sb2000 pro into the system.  I would say it is impactful bass, but not super deep.

I have multiple sets of older modified Klipsch Heritage so unable to comment on current Cornwall but I am a fan of older CWs. In my experience, horns are initially kind of shocking, but grow on you. After a bit, other speakers tend to sound flat. I have sold many sets of speakers but my Quartets have always been in use. I assume newer Klipsch models have been improved. I run them with a Vincent hybrid integrated and between the dampening material and preamp tubes they impress anyone who visits. 

I had an opportunity to listen to the CW4’s today. The initial amp was the Luxman SQ150 el84 amplifier. I found them to be very dynamic with a great presence. I really like the way they let the music flow. There was no box sound to identify and the coherence was very nice. I noticed the music seemed a bit tightly wrapped at first- not strained but I realized that from experience I liked el84’s most for vocals and strings and simple music, not for a speaker demo. So I asked for another amp and they had a Primaluna el34 handy. I’ve never heard PL do have much opinion but the el34 opened up the reach of the music much more for me. The “tightness” disappeared and presentation warmed up and relaxed more. The flow was better.My impression of the bass great but a little lacking BUT they were inside of a pair of the monster horns and right up against the wall. The room was packed with speakers and boxes. What bass I heard was great but I’m concerned about them not reaching 30hz. Any thoughts about the placement?All in all found them excellent. I listened to Paradigms right after and it was hard not to hear the individual drivers in the boxes. If I want more dimension and tonal warmth than the PL what tubes and amp would you guys recommend? The little 15 watt Luxman seemed to have enough power just didn’t care for the 84’s. 

See my system profile for how I have them placed. I’d say they are pretty solid into the mid 30s but roll off pretty quickly after that.

I am using an Aric Audio Super KT88/120 SE and the 14 watts with KT88s seem to be the perfect match. But it sounds like you get the gist of what these speakers are about.