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    New Cornwall Midrange Horns

    in Technical/Restorations

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    I'm jumping the gun a bit here, but Gothover is working on new wooden horns for the Cornwall, I assume with a tractrix flare. I think his horns will take the K55 driver, which will really keep the cost down for the conversion. I'm sure the quality of his work will be up to his normal high levels. I'm anxious to see what he comes up with.

    What I'm wondering, does anyone think it would be a worthwhile project for me to develop a 2" throat horn for the Cornwall? It would be a kit with a template for cutting the motorboard and all necessary pieces and hardware for a reasonably simple installation.

    My thought was that if someone could drop in a 2" throat horn with the BMS drivers and Beyma tweeters, and the ALK type B crossovers, it would be a heck of a Cornscala without having to build a new cabinet. As is typical with most of the ideas I come up with, it's expensive! But I'm just thinking of what new Cornwall III's cost and how a modded pair of old Cornwalls would compare. Frankly I think they would kick butt.

    I'm going to try this sometime in my living room, by bringing my Cornwalls in and placing them in front of my Khorns (with the V-Trac horns) and wire up the bass drivers of the Cornwalls instead of the Khorn. I know the crossover point will be a bit lower, but still, it will give me an idea of what Cornwall bass sounds like with the V-Trac top end. I bet it would be smoooothe and so open in the midrange. A far cry from the little K600 horn and as much of a difference over the K400/K55 as I found with the Khorns. If this test works out well, I might make some horns for my Cornwalls and get them into a smaller room. My living room is just not that great for Cornwall bass for some reason.

    There's a lot of talk lately about Cornscalas, and this would be a simple (although pricey) way of getting even better sound than your typical Cornscala, especially for those people who don't have the shop or skills to build cabinets.

    Greg

    Like these, sorta? Been wanting to do something like that for years...

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    Tube amp with SS pre amp

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    In a tube and SS mix, it is usually the preamp which brings more tube flavor to the table. So the conventional wisdom would be to use a tube pre and SS power amp. Of course, the units still need to complement each other well.

    I agree 100%

    Nothing scientific here or objective, but I tried (two times) two ss pre's with two Push/pull tube amps and hated it, both times. Im not sure if it was an impedance mismatch or what. The opposite, for me, occured with the Tube pre and SS amps, every time. The amp adds a little signature and the pre-a lot of signature. Most people that I've discussed this with agree that it's about a 70/30 sound signature split between a pre and an amp. No offense to those in the other crowd: so don't hate on me...

    Ask Mark Deneen, there's probably a reason he made pre-amps before his amps, but that could be speculation, as well.

    And if you have a variable out on your CD player: hook it up straight to your amp. It'll make you wonder, a bit. At times, this sounded the best to me.

    Jubilee horn alternatives

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    There are some 2" throat horns that I guy hand makes in Canada.

    His name is Andrew Vanderkruk. If someone is interested in contacting him, just email me. I've met with him and heard his horns and also some pretty interesting systems he's built. I have a pair of his Bentwood horns, but I haven't hooked them up yet! Just no time. I've got a pair of JBL drivers for them too. Andrew claims that, on axis, these horns will cover the high end. He likes the TAD drivers, I can't remember the model number right now.

    Greg

    Thanks Greg...that's correct. I couldn't remember his name. Looks like good work, as well.

    Jubilee horn alternatives

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    There are some 2" throat horns that I guy hand makes in Canada. He's on Ebay all the time. Oh, but they are exponential...drats. Prolly won't work with 2 electronic crossovers and 12 amplifiers; they'd prolly sound terrible. I still don't understand about all this EQ stuff and don't really care. I heard passives on 402 Jub's at Rigma's. Also, you wouldn't get to debate about whether or not a passive can be used: why? because it could. And, it would be a nice simple two way crossover. Costs lots less, too. Use these horns, get some JBL 2" drivers, the Jubilee bass bins, and a simple crossover and then tell me it doesn't sound good.

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