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    Outbid on CW's

    in Technical/Restorations

    Posted

    That's getting up there for CW's. If you can't wait any longer, prepare to let yourself get extorted a little. If you were in Houston, I could tell you where you might get a pair for around $600 or so..... maybe. Did not look at 'em real close b/c I was busy buying KHorns from the guy. They seemed nice. He said a tweeter was out in one of them, if I recall correctly. How would you ever get 'em to Alaska?

    Introduction

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    HornFan,

    Tom got lucky to find KHorns for $1000. I was happy paying $1650 for mine. He's incorrect on the retail being double the $1000. Retail is somewhere around $7,000, from what I hear.

    Anyway, if on a budget for money or space (either one), go CW. If budget or space are not issues, go KHorn. I like the KHorns better, but I will stick to the agreement Colter and I share - that CW is the best bang for the buck. Again, I'll stick to my earlier comment that I would have been happy dying with my CW's but just bought the KHorns cause I had the bucks to satsify my impulse.

    CW's come up for sale all the time. Keep watching this site. People will actually help you find them and get them to you - just because they are Klipsch fans and want to help you enjoy the fun. Post a new thread titled "Wanted: Cornwalls within 200 miles of XXXXX." You'll find them. Also, check e-bay and audiogon.com.

    Get solid wood (in case they were ever made with MDF). Don't worry what the grill fabric looks like. Re-grilling is easy. At least on mine, all you do is remove the front little trim boards, remove old staples and cloth, and put new cloth and re-staple. Depends on how patient you want to be. If you're patient, good ones will come up that need no work at all. Count on $600-800.

    And NEVER..... NEVER have them shipped. You best pick them up, or you could very likely be crying over a 12-pack at the scarred, marred CW's you had held out for with all your anticipation and excitement.

    Introduction

    in General Klipsch Info

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    There you have it. Colter has 9 CWs. Nobody would buy that many if they weren't that good. Considering Colter has all sorts of LS's, you also can count him as a serious authority on the comparisons. Colter and I both agree the CW's are the best bang for the buck.

    Stick w/Heritage. Get 'em used and in good shape - they are MUCH cheaper that way. You should never wind up ruining them, unless you drive them hard with crappy equipment - or you just push them to the brink with a "too killer" amp. But with a good amp, if you ruin them, you probably ruined your ears at the same time.

    Also, the older Heritage line is solid wood, which IMO is a huge plus over the more recent veneered MDF versions. Get a little dampness on MDF and see what happens! [:(]

    The advice you'll get on this forum is generally good. Good luck! [:)]

    Introduction

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    I pretty much would agree with Colter, except I would stick with Cornwall over Chorus in all categories. Also, the LS will knock your socks off as he says, but so will the CWs. It seems most people agree the bass in the CWs is better than the LS. But the mids in the LS (given that they are bigger than CW and the LS has less bass than the CW) means the LS's will knock you harder in the mid-range than the CW.

    At this level, though, we're talking shaking the house. If you don't intend to shake your house that much, the CW's are probably more well-rounded.

    I'd stay with the Heritage line. My friend bought Chorus some years back, and they did not compare to my older, and prettier, birch CW's.

    How much should I expect to spend?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    I'll second that! Get you some mint Cornwalls for around $700-800. You'll spend alot less and be very amazed. Since you have never heard them, here's a little advice. Many times people have these speakers and have no clue what they'll do. They have crappy receivers running them. So, if you get to audition a pair, as long as you like their condition and the drivers work well, get them. That's the way I bought mine 20 years ago on the same advice..... and it WAS a leap of faith because they were being run through a mediocre Marantz that alot of people would probably consider good.

    Introduction

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    I have had Cornwalls for about 20 years. They have been so good that I never had any desire to upgrade - feeling I finally got a stereo set-up I could die with.

    Okay, 20 years later, I got an impulse to get KHorns. I knew about them back then, but could not afford them. So, I got my KHorns about 2 weeks ago.

    Here's my opinion: Cornwalls are still a speaker I would have been happy to die with. For the approx. $700-800 it takes to get a good used pair, it's probably the best model for the bucks. There is a definite distinction between KHorns and Cornwalls. THe KHorns definitely deliver alot more bass. I think there is "some" more mid-range - although there is supposed to be alot more from what comments I see on this forum. I think there probably is, but the increased bass balances it all out.

    Oddly, it seems that the "feel" of the KHorns is that they put out the same performance as the Cornwalls (same drivers after all) but with more bass and alot less "effort." The music sounds like it delivers with less effort, although I would imagine the effort must be physically the same since the drivers are the same.

    But either one is fine. I just bought the KHorns as more of an impulse.

    The Belles are most closely compared to LaScalas. The talk on the forum shows alot of controversy on the LaScalas. Critics say the bass is deficient. I have heard them, and I don't recall my having been anything less than impressed, as with both the KHorns and Cornwalls.

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