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Probably been covered before but could use some help.Have a couple sets of cornwalls and a pair of fortes as centers. For the last ten years I ran an older Denon amp and everything was great. The bass was enough to rattle things around the house and I could turn the volume a quarter the way up and that was usually enough. Well the good times ended a week or so ago when I turned on the denon and it had finally expired for good. Did some checking around. Kind of liked the idea of the new network recievers. A ton of bells and whistles plus one that could control two zones like inside and outside and stream online music right through your router. Bought a yamaha reciever in the 5-600 dollar range. Just a little less power than the denon but all the goodies. Well I'm sure everyone knows where this is going. Hooked it up twice and it sounds terrible. Zero bass, sounds hollow if that makes sense. Lost the richness. The tv sound system sounds better. My wife says buy a sub. I say not a chance. I do know that tube amps are the best but isn't there a decent reciever with all the new tech that sounds good with heritage series? One that I can afford? All comments are welcomed and appreciated.

I really appreciate everyone's input. If you guys say raw birch, I believe you. Went ahead with sanding this past weekend with excellent results so far. The grain is nice even in an unfinished state. I will use the wood conditioner and probably a lighter stain as advised. I will be taking pictures the whole way and will post all of them when I'm done. I will use a friends computer to do it if I need to. Also, I spoke with Ralph over at Duracrest. Wouldn't even let me order the new grill material till I took the old off. Very cool, know's his sh#t on klipsch that's for sure. Will end up spending almost as much for the new material as I did for the speakers.

The serial #'s are 35Y589 & 35Y590. On the tag it say's C-BR whatever that means. I assumed it meant Cornwall brown. Shows how much I know about Klipsch. I eventually will get some pic's posted. D.

The thing is, I'm not talking about trim on the grill's. It's on the speaker itself. Along all the edges, up, down, side to side. It must be factory. The work is flawless and matches perfect. This is original stain on them. I would be able to tell if it was an add on or been stainded to match.. I've tried to post some pictures but this site must not like my browser or something, it keeps freezing. Damn.

Just happened to walk into the right "out of the way" thrift shop and spotted a couple of buried cornwalls. I've owned and treasured a pair of forte's for several years now, but I'm new to the heritage series. Needless to say, the price was right and with a little help, and probably a double hernia, I drove off with them. Let me ad, the components are as perfect as the day they were made. The speakers must have been placed under a window or something. The tops are extremely faded. Also, one looks like candle wax got on the top of it, as well. My wife loves the sound of them, but thinks they are an eyesore. There is no way around it, they must be refinished if I'm ever to get them into the family room. What is the best way to refinish them? Not sure I can pay to have it done. I've fine sanded good pieces of furniture before with excellent results. Is this possible with these cornwall's? How does this affect their value? Is it best to keep them their original stain color? (They're an ugly dark faded brown that doesn't go with the other furniture in the room.) There are a few nicks that may not fine sand out. Is it alright to use a wood filler?... Also, I'm a little confused whether they are one's or two's. The sticker on the back says cornwalls, but someone wrote a "2" next to it with, (it looks like) the same pen as they wrote other things on the sticker, when they were made. It says they were made in 1980. I'm assuming that means they are one's? Also these have trim pieces on them. Two of my friends have cornwall's and neither have them. Is this unusal? The work is excellent, so I'm pretty sure it's factory? I've heard that the outside cover material is still available for heritage, is this true? Do you get it from Klipsch directly? Sorry about all the questions, but I want to do it right. All comments are welcome and appreciated. Would anyone out there who really knows their heritage, maybe take a look at some pictures I could send you and give me any advice and possible plan of attack? Thanks. D.