kentamcolin

I think the change is good for me and my wallet. I used to brouse the site often, which sometimes led to a purchase. I hate the new site and haven't looked in weeks, and hardly ever think to any more.

Cornwall's hands down over Heresy's, IMO.

I've had several vintage tables but always seemed to have one mechanical problem or another crop up. About a year ago I bought a used Rega P1 and fitted a new Denon DL-110 cartridge. This thing sounds great and simply works all the time. Total cash outlay was $400.

300B was too lush for me, not very exciting. 2A3 is very nice, but if you're looking for an amp that does not need to blow the roof off, my favorite would be a 45 SET. About 2 watts of tube magic. I used a Moth 45 SET with my Cornwalls and the sound was wonderful. Unfortunately for me, I more often want to blow the roof off and (regrettably) sold off the Moth. My favorite tube was the EML (Emission Labs) 45.

That's good news...I've been using a Zu Denon for almost two years now, after selling a Dynavector XX-2 in favor of the Zu!

I also say the Cornwall III, hands down. I've heard all three in a dealer demo room. The Cornwall is so dynamic, just really makes a big sound to match its size, and made it really fun to listen to music. You may also want to consider a different amp, though I've not heard yours. A solid state amp needs to be pretty darn smooth to sound good on these. They are extremely efficient and love tubes, however many have had great results with SS and I'm currently between amps and running mine with a Trends 10.1 T-amp.

Sweeeeeeet!

I'd recommend a Manley Stingray integrated. Run in triode for 20W which is more than enough power for your Khorns. This is one sweet sounding amp, cool looking and you can find the latest version with triode/ultralinear switch and sub out for well under $2K used (dealer demo just sold for $1650 at Audiogon).

Klipsch & McIntosh; hmmm, sure is a nice ring to that.

I too am looking to replace a 3 watt SET with something more powerful. The SET amp sounds wonderful but just not enough volume for really jamming. I'm actually thinking of giving a Trends digital amp a try.

I have a decent phono rig; VPI Scout, Zu Denon DL103 with step-up transformer, all playing into an Adcom GFP 565 preamp using the phono stage and out the tape loop. It sounds great and is dead quite. I've never felt the need to upgrade this piece and they can be found used for around $250 pretty regularly.

I've been in thrift stores where everything is junk, absolute junk. I've also found some good ones along the way. There was one a few years ago that had a bunch of LP's and they were all priced at $2 regardless of title or condition. Some were junk but I walked away with about 25 records in great condition, some almost unplayed, for $50. There were hundreds of titles and I spent a good hour or more looking thru it all but I was sure glad I stopped. If I'm out and about and find a thrift store I'll stop, run in and have a quick look and leave if I see nothing. Generally I'm only looking for records and they're pretty easy to find. I have about 500 records and at least half were bought second hand. I only buy records in great condition and I've built a nice music collection for not a lot of money by taking the time to scroung around.

I've got the same amp, and Si2A3H, switchable for 2A3 & 45 tubes. I use mine with Cornwalls and Grado GS1000 headphones.

I have Moth Cicada speakers in my living room powered by a restored Fisher 400 receiver. They sound good; really good considering I paid only $300 for them. I also use an Axiom sub to bolster the bottom; not using much volume from the sub, just enough to heare the bottom of the music and for some added bass impact. The Axiom sub was under $200 and the Fisher around $400, so for around a grand it's a great system.

I'm happy with my Cornwalls and am not in the market for speakers. Had I seen these in time however, I'd have grabbed them immediately (and asked for forgiveness later)! Congrats, that was the deal of the century.

+1 on the Classic Records, try acousticsounds.com. They are expensive but I've never been disappointed. I have "Pysical Graffiti" and it sounds great. I have a couple other Zep records from the 70's and as long as they are in excellent condition they should be good.

Thanks! Good advice about over analyzing. It can be easy to lose focus on the music. I didn't realize that it's basically just the magnet that is different. I tried alnico tweeters and love them, and hope to soon try the alnico midrange.

I'm trying alnico tweeters and mids in my Cornwalls. I have Crites crossovers, are the crossover points the same or do I need to change something in the crossover?

SOLD: Thank You. Purchased one month ago, I ran these in my Cornwalls driven with a Moth 2A3 SET. In the end I decided in my system I like alnico tweeters best. The Crites tweeters are to my ears very smooth and easy to listen to and they do integrate well with the other drivers. I really have no issue with them except a personal preference for the older drivers. Price offered is $125 OBO shipped within the continental US. Payment by PayPal or money order. I'll cover the PayPal fees. Feel free to check my feedback at Audiogon and eBay under the same user name.

I have a Denon deck I use only occasionally but I used to have an HK (back in the '80's) and it was always my favorite. GREAT score there!

I still use film, primarily B&W film, but am days away from switching completely to digital. I love B&W film, tubes, vinyl, mechanical watches, etc. All the cool old stuff.

OK, Installed the CT125's. Harsh? Bright? Not a chance, not in my system. They sound very sweet. Their output seems to be less than the stock tweeters, so I'm getting used to the balance here, but I certainly have no complaints about the sound. They have plastic horns which to me hands felt cheap compared to the heft of the original metal ones, but that shouldn't matter, and once they are installed who cares as long as they work. I haven't had much time to listen yet so I'll give more impressions later.

You running different tweets in your Cornwalls? Tell me more.

I just finished installing Bob's cast woofer and B-3 crossovers in my '84 Cornwalls. The woofers replaced Electro-Voice EML15's that were installed when I gott he speakers. Wow, now they sound like they should!! Bass is perfect, not boomy but deep and really there when it's supposed to be. No more searching for the low frequencies like I had to with the mis-matched EML's. The new crossovers really brought the tweeters to life as well. I also purchased Bob's tweeters but I'm going to listen to these for a while and get used to them before installing the new ones. Don't want to change to many things at once. The crossovers are beautiful, nice job Bob! I'll post impressions when (if?) I do decide to swap tweeters.