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Hi Dave-- Didn't know you were a Klipsh fan. I bought a great AR ES1 TT from you, and use it with a pair of 1982 Cornwalls. I know you like to tweak, so let me offer you four things that I have done that have improved the sound of my Cornwalls. First, the crossovers are probably on their last legs--oil filled capacitors and all that. Several folks make replacement crossovers, and others offer designs, if you want to build from scratch. I bought mine from Dean G, and they improved the sound--more from shifting the crossover points I think than my crossovers being worn out. Al Klappenberger designs great ones, and Bob Crites also sells great crossover updates. All on this forum. Second, many feel the cabinets resonate a bit and I solved this with a 1" maple strap running across the motorboard horizontally, glued and screwed. Others have added another panel on the outside of back panel, glued and screwed. Third, I have applied caulk rope to the driver frames. The woofer frame on the K33 woofer is stamped and while I couldn't hear it resonating, I can hear it not resonating. If I had it to do over again, I might have used silicone rubber caulk for deadening, but if you do that, use ventilation for 24 hours--I expect the acetic acid curing agent of the silicone rubber sealant might do a number on voice coil metal as it cures. Finally, I built the channel in the port which is designed to drop the bottom frequency from 36 hz to 28 hz...again, I am not sure that's a distinction my ears can recognize, but what is clear is that very low bass is much tighter and better defined. You can hear the instrument better, not just the note, if you know what I mean. Together, these tweaks have given my already great speakers tighter definition, and a more realistic sounding bottom end. There are articles about all of these in the Cornwall mods threads. Anyway--welcome to Cornwalls--you will love them. I have had mine for 25 years, listening carefully for something I like better, and I still have them.

John Coltrane - Ballads CD Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys LP Band - Big Pink LP Dire Straits - Communique LP Faces - A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse LP Beach Boys - Pet Sounds LP Delbert McClinton - Cost of Living CD Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense CD

Loving it. Neutral, open, tracks beautifully. My ear leaned more towards the old Stanton 681EEE products, pre DJ...I hasten to add, I am not current on what is out there in the same price range, but Dave recommended it, and I can see why... Really opens up old vinyl, and many of my old albums had only been played once--to tape them. So sitting back and enjoying these old records with this cartridge is a treat.

Dave at VinylNirvana.com. Great guy, fair prices, updated to whatever spec you desire, modded, or stock, delivered exactly as described. My SME is mounted on an AR ES-1, with the Ortofon OM Super 30.