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Hoppin John...Yumm, yumm!!!Thank God I married a girl from the South. My parents ate pickled herring on New Years for good luck. Years later found out why when I went to Asiago Italy and every restaurant served some variation of pickled herring! Much prefer Hoppin John, with chopped onion on top, and a little Tabasco if you're up to it!

Excellent!!! Sometimes karma just works. Now you can refinish them with the money you've saved! Herb

Don't sweat the possible focus on the certain. IF you sell them for $350 on eBay you will net about $300 so you've spent $150 and have nothing. If the seller agrees to take them back you will have to pay shipping plus all your time which will be at least $100, and again...you've got nothing!Await the arrival of "cognitive dissonance"! Soon you will be rationalizing that you got a pair of speakers that work the way you want them for a price you were willing to pay. IF, after listening to them for a week or so you percieve a problem, you can spend the $125 to replace the passive and then for $25 more than option 1 or 2 you will have something to listen to instead of a hole on your wall where your speakers were. Feel better now?

The finished product: Switched from the original brass nameplates to the PWK pies. Replaced the rickety rattan stand with an 64" HDTV table to highlight the old gear. Picked up a Panamax to power up and down the Mac gear, while leaving the TD-124 and iPod charger unswitched. WAF is now a solid 10! Thanks everyone!

How are the new VRD's different than your previous ones? Glad to hear you are enjoying your 45 amps. I do the same thing. When I'm by myself I listen to the 45 amps exclusively. When I have someone over and they want to play a DVD music video on the loud side, I hook up my 300B amps. Mike-Tell me more about the VRD's I am curious to learn about them. Thanks, Herb

Capzark-LOL With five pair you could live in the Cornwalls!

Sounds like you got a steal! CWR stands for Cornwall Walnut Rubbed oil.Enjoy! It that were the case it would be CWRO and there is nothing like that. It would be CWO. There also is no CWR that I could find either ! You are right. I know that the raw birch Cornwall is a CBR, Iand I've seen CBO, but no CWR. Could it be that they are a rare raw walnut version?

Sounds like you got a steal! CWR stands for Cornwall Walnut Rubbed oil.Enjoy!

Sounds like you got a steal! CWR stands for Cornwall Walnut Rubbed oil.Enjoy!

James, Those are beautiful cabinets! What do they cost? Herb

Nico,I read your description of your delight when you replaced the K-400 with the Fastrac horn. I had the same reaction. I decided to build Cornscalas from scratch and bought a pair of K-400's off eBay. I couldn't figure out how to mount them outboard without the wife's approval, so I bought a pair of Fastracs from Dave. At once I discovered the pleasure of the wooden horn, the tinniness was gone and vocals were much more natural. The tonality of reed instruments also were much more pleasant. Of course, the CT-125 and the crossovers also made a big improvement, but not nearly as much as the Fastrac! The ability to mount these inside a stock Cornwall cabinet was also a bonus. I found a pair of stripped stock cabinets for next to nothing and all I had to do was route out the bigger horn opening and they dropped right in. The more I listen, the better they sound. Thanks, Dave! Herb

Dude...TMI!Your personal life is none of our business![6]

Robi- You are correct. Fastslappy's pictures are the same as my 84 Cornwalls, no damping on the motorboard or under the port shelf. Almost finished. Enjoy! Herb

It's good to see this thread reappear. It was the thread that gave me the idea for my Cornscalas! Thanks everyone! Herb

Keep us posted on how you like the VPI, I am looking for a cleaning machine myself!Herb

Hey Groom...See you got around to putting a picture of yourself on your avatar! Are you up to making another pair of grills for me? I am thinking of going with cane this time?? Herb

Robi-Non preoccuparsi, troppo damping è non problema! I don't remember what drivers you are using, but I think you said you are going with the Crites tweeters and crossovers. I have the CW 1.5 and it still has the paper damping material inside. The area below the port shelf is not damped. My crossover uses a 1.3 mH solid core inductor and is crossed at 600 Hz. and I get plenty of output from the woofers. Are you using Crites woofers? Once you get the drivers in and the box sealed you can judge for yourself. You can always change the taps on the autoformer for the squawker and tweeter to reduce their output. I would try that before removing the damping material. They look bello! Ciao, Herb

Check out: http://www.needledoctor.com/ Nice selection

Mystery solved! Thanks, Greg![]

A 1973 crackle is much more mellow, whereas a 2010 crackle had is much more edgy, or seismic...

Dennie,the Gentleman bought it in 1956, he paid the princely sum of $1250, plus $525 for the TV that matched it. NO! I didn't get the tv..wish I had. The store I bought it from has just given me all the paper-work/manuals for it along with the price he paid.You could buy a new Chevy for $1250 in 1956! A fantastic pickup! Herb

I bought my quad Gold Lion (reissue) KT-88's from bnb_tunes on ebay. $200 shipped. I would recommend. Link. No affiliation. He is also the best source for Mullard CV4024 NOS tubes, one of the best 12at7 tubes out there. I second the recommendation of "bnb". I got some CV4024's from them and they are excellent!Herb

Gartenman- I just sent you a PM Herb

Can these be modified to fit into a stock Cornwall cabinet?

Greg,I went to the Wendell Fabrics website and found the cane style cloth but not the #CS9002. Do you have to contact them for that? Herb