Eric H

Those look beautiful, and I'd guess they look even better in person. Whatever they cost I'm sure they were worth it! Wish I had a space for K Horns but my CW's do me pretty good, too... []

I'll try to follow your instructions and persuade you not to buy them... I think the price is still a bit high considering the condition (cosmetic damage, non-original parts) but not unreasonable. Make sure they are 100% functional, too. You might want to consider bringing your Scott amp and a few musical selections that you know well for a listening test. Beyond that, a push-pull tube amp like yours can rock your world with CW's. They should amaze you... CW's can also be hard to come by and as others have said you usually need to move fast. I live within an hour of 6 million people and I've seen exactly one local set of CW's on ebay/craigslist in the past 5-6 months. I snagged them by sending an email within an hour of when the ad was posted (my lucky day!). You won't have any trouble reselling them, either...

Great story - thanks for writing it up! I got a pair of cwII's last week myself but I only had to drive 40 miles each way sunny CA. I would have driven quite a bit farther, though[] I think I'd agree with your comments on the sound being full and clear in the midrange and maybe a bit reserved by comparison in the treble. Not lacking for treble detail, however, which works nicely, I think. (I listen 100% on a vinyl/tube system) I'm considering rebuilding my crossovers, too, but I'm just going to listen for a while first. There's a great thread about the cwII crossovers here if you haven't seen it: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/thread/774610.aspx Question: did you go so far just for cwII's, which I guess might be harder to find since they were only made for ~5 years? Seems like you probably could have found cornwalls of some vintage a bit closer...

Thanks all! I'll take your advice and not do anything with them - there's no reason. At this point they have no problems and sound totally awesome so I will just leave 'em alone and enjoy the music. Darrell - as you figured out these were indeed Greg's speakers. I've been looking for a pair of Cornwalls for quite a while and these were the first ones I finally saw advertised in the bay area so I emailed Greg within an hour of when his craiglist ad was posted (lucky timing!). Greg later said he had many interested parties which I don't doubt for a second... For the condition (NM+) and price I couldn't be happier. I was actually getting nervous that some other buyer might offer more $$$ (that's how houses are sold around here, right?) so I moved fast and was pretty psyched when I pulled out of his driveway with the cornwalls! Eric

Hi all, This is a great forum that I've used for a lot of research before managing to grab a pair of '87 Cornwall II's (CBR) recently. The are very near mint and I love the sound. I acted fast and got them off of craigslist locally for $650 as advertised - first cornwalls I've seen listed locally since I started looking a few months ago. I'm considering rebuilding the xovers as documented in other threads and possibly adding some damping material (batting?) inside the cabinets like the older cornwalls. The crossover has cheap caps and messy wiring and if I put my hand on the speaker I can feel which bass notes it resonates on. Not that they sound bad at all but it seems like maybe there's some room for some tweaking.... any thoughts or advice? Thanks! Eric H