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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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ozzy62
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@jimob

I had the Spatial Audio X3 and sold them for the Cornwall IV.

Oz
bjesien
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I'd be careful what you wish for with upgrades and parts. I've had several speakers with great parts that made my ears ache or ring when played at much lower than safe levels. Frequency has much more to it than can be easily measured. 
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donsachs
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Yes, I have the X5 with ODAM caps (I got Clayton to try them) and the Cornwall IV. It is a tough call and I have to put the X5 back in the system in a couple of weeks when the Cornwalls are completely run in with the new caps and resistors.  Again, it really depends on what sort of sound you are after. The X5 are just dead accurate and they don't editorialize at all. The bass is phenominal. The Corwalls...horns are fun and these now have all the attributes of horn speakers, and the bad things are gone.  First thing I did when I got them was make a set of jumpers for the two rear terminals out of some nice 12 gauge Duelund I had on hand. Never listened to the stock jumper plates.....
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ozzy62
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I am running Duelund speaker cables and made jumpers of the same.


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donsachs
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from above:
I'd be careful what you wish for with upgrades and parts. I've had several speakers with great parts that made my ears ache or ring when played at much lower than safe levels. Frequency has much more to it than can be easily measured.


Trust me, the difference between the stock crossover parts, plus the damping of horns and woofer frames, plus the isolation from the floor on even the cheapo rubberized cork pads....  all of these make the speaker FAR better than the stock one.  Not even close to my ear.  The stock version is very dynamic, but it is a tad bright.  These changes actually improve detail, realism, tone and imaging, and eliminate the brightness.  I know people with stock ones don't think they are bright, but they are way better this way and retain all of the things you love about them, and you dont' realize they are bright until you get those cheap caps and and resistors replaced with much better parts.  My 2 cents, enjoy your Cornwalls, however they are:).
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