dgheck

Just normal lemon oil. Nothing like the BLO treatments I see described here.

As you can tell by my many posts of late I am reaquainting myself with my '84 Cornwalls. I have no need to take the backs off...but was wondering what I would find there if I did. Any pictures out there of the innards of the Cornwalls of that same (roughly) age? Thanks. DG Heck Texas

Rick: Thanks for the quick reply. I had some sort of mental block trying to date the speakers because i was pretty sure that i had purchased them closer to 1980 than the obvious (now) 1984. My new problem is that I have oiled them several times over their life and I find out here that you shouldn't do that to the laquered finishes. I am wondering if there is something I should "undo" concerning the oil or just leave it be and use something else...like what don't know. Thanks.

I have attached a photo of the two Serial Number paper tags on the back....but I cannot match them up with the "official" S/N patterns. And do you suppose either of the guys who signed it still build speakers for Klipsch? Any help would be appreciated. DG Heck Texas

I am glad that I have found this forum....it looks like I have come to the right place for some advice. I purchased a pair of Cornwall I's in/about 1982 (back when I was a single man and still free to purchase furniture-sized floor speakers rather than only furniture-sized furniture) and have managed to hold on to them ever since. They have been in service for the roughly 20 years I have owned them and have been well-cared for the whole time in the sense that they have always been in a climate controlled environment, and have never been abused either cosmetically nor through over use nor extreme volume levels. In short, they have been inside the whole time and have experienced relatively light duty. But they are 20 years old and West Texas is pretty dry... So my questions are: Other than oiling the cabinets from time to time, is there anything else I should be doing to extend the life of or upgrade the performance of these speakers? Do cones dry out? Was there some much better crossover/woofer/driver/whatever that is available that would dramatically increase the sound or performance of these speakers? Also, these speakers get an increasing level of use in a Home Theatre app and given my particular room/cabinetry config it would be handy if I could lay these units on their sides (floor level) and space them about 12' apart (center to center). Is there any reason I shouldn't do this?** Thanks for any advice. DG Heck Texas P.S. I have always had an uncanny attachment to these speakers. I am glad to know it was not just me. ** Please forgive this question. I can almost hear the grimacing from the purists as they read it. I sense that this is not a great idea, but I don't have the technical knowledge as to why.