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Thank you.... will do. Live in Tucson, AZ with central air.... very, very, low humidity.

Does anyone know of a product or process for maintaining and perserving NOS cane grills? I have a pair that just arrived and they are immaculate... would love to keep them that way! Thanks to all. -Scott

Noah, whatever happened to those grills of yours? If they are still around, I'd be interested. Scott

I'll weigh in, too. Although I have never listened to Forte's or Choruses, I have had KG4's and Cornwall I's and Cornwall II's. I sold the II's and kept the I's and gave one pair of KG4's to my nephew and another pair to my brother. I will say this: the Cornwall I's I bought were ridden hard and put away wet-- I could pretty much tell that by just looking at them. They had grilles that were not original, and plywood boards with wheels drilled into the bottoms (NIIIISHH). So if yours looks great on the outside, that's a great sign, in my book! Mine needed some work on the insides, not just the outsides. I soldered all new caps bought from B&K (Bob Crites) onto the B-two xover boards and had a spiritual moment when I hoooked them back up again and listened to the result. I also ended up replacing both woofers. Got Bass? I do, now-- these were also procured from Crites and were a great add. I eventually redid the tweeters, also-- again with replacements from Crites. I have the K55 midrange drivers and compared to the II's I prefer the sound of the K55's. That's just my own opinion, though. I will say that even a pair of KG4's that are souped up with brand new crossovers or even ti-drivers are no match for a functioning pair of Cornwall anythings. I'll argue the toss about K this or K that, but I cannot comment on Cornwall vs. Fortes or Chorus. I think it has to do with the timbre of the whole Heritage series. Will say the Cornwalls sound great at low volume. At anything more than half mast on your volume control, you will cause structural damage to all of your surrounding neighbors' units. But you will go out blissfully...... I also think the cabinets on the cornwalls are amazing. Not exactly sightful, but amazingly tough. I think the ones you are looking at may be the obvisously plywood construction and they are very durable. My Cornwall I's are connected to a Primaluna tube amp. I have never heard Cornwall iii's but I did have a pair of Heresy III's. Came a day when I had to decide between the Heresy III's and the Cornwall I's. Took me forever to make up my mind on that one. I would think that a pair of Cornwall III's would blow me away based on the Heresy III's. But, the durability of the veneering on the cabinets would make me terrified about ever moving. Whereas the Cornwall II's I had were oak-veneered and no matter what you did to them they just added character and still looked fine. And my current Cornwall I's ...well the condition they're in you couldn't really do very much more to them to make them look any worse. And actually a friend of mine on this forum has seen them and said he didn't think they were in all that bad a shape. Plus someday I'll get mine veneered. I think that buying a pair of pristine Cornwall I's would be a dream come true, but mine have tales to tell. I think they were used in live concerts like quartets performing in malls. I think they've been cranked up for everything from Mozart to the SuperBowl. Now they just sit in my living room and say, "hey would you turn me up a little I feel like stretching my legs....." I like that.

Dan I have a new Prologue Two integrated amp driving my Heresy's and I have tried the amp with a pair of Heresy I's and a pair of Heresy III's and a pair of Corwalls as well. The Prologue Two uses KT-88's and at 40 watts has way more juice than you need. It sounds wonderful and is a great deal with lots of new features...circuitry inside corrects the biasing automatically and has lots of failsafes for drunken mistakes like well... Also have not tried but don't think your high level input to subwoofer would really be an issue if you have really thick guage cabling. The integrated amps don't have phonostage cards but you can buy one for a couple hundred if you need one and there are only speaker outputs for two channels, either 8 or 4 ohms. just my 2 cents (and I believe it fits your budget) -Scott

Yup. Thank you very much. 1981 Cornwall I's by the info. And plenty more info to look up on the drivers inside. Thanks again.

Greetings and salutations. New to this forum, new to vintage audio. Have a pair of Cornwall I's found at local used furniture store. serial numbers 28W029 and 28W030 stamped on wood rim at top of back. Who can tell me when they were made or any other useful info? Thanks!, Scott