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Well, If I were forced to choose between a nice, hifi system or a nice coffee setup I'd choose the coffee setup and get by with the audio. Let's hope that day doesn't come. That said, I feel that you have to start with espresso (the method, not to be confused with the typical espresso roast label). From there, go with an Americano, Latte, Cappacino, whatever suits your taste. I use a Gaggia Classic manual machine and a Gaggia burr grinder. Probably the best investment I've ever made. Get the freshest beans available to you. Experiment with your grind setting and time the amount that gives the best tamp. Use soft water, not reverse osmosis, and descale your machine once a month or so. Let the porta filter get nice and hot before you pull your shot. I use a Cuisinart kettle with a thermometer to boil water if I am having an Americano. I prefer 175 degree water. If you don't have a 1/4" or so of cremma on top, keep practicing with your grind amount, tamp, porta filter temp, shot time, and water. The effort will be worth it. If you are on a budget and want great coffee and are willing to sacrifice conveinence for it, familiarize yourself with a french press. Common mistakes are pouring water that is at boiling temp and stripping the beans of their wax, giving a bitter coffee, and using too many grounds. Use course grounds, preferably from a high quality burr grinder so the grind is consistent. Grind just before use.

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Cleaning some things off the shelf that are never going to get used. I bought this pair of horns for a project that I'll never get to so time to pass them on. I don't know a lot about these horns other than they are supposed to sound quite nice and have been used in LaScalas at some point with some success. The horns were produced by EV for the Sentry III home speaker and the Sentry IV pro speaker. The "teeth" at the front of the horn are for mounting an EV ST350 tweeter for the Sentry IV. I believe these are a Constant Directivity design with 120 degrees of dispersion. Searching the web can confirm the details. Mounting is the same thread-on type 1 3/8" (?) design of the Klipsch K400, 600, 700, etc. In other words, a K55 and those similar will thread onto the horn with no adaptors needed. External dimensions at the mounting flange are 26 1/2"x10 1/8". Overall depth is 14 1/2". Depth from the back of the mounting flange to the driver flange is 7 1/4". $140 plus actual shipping cost. Paypal preferred.

I replaced these with Crites tweeters. Pulled from my 1982 Cornwalls. I don't have a meter to test the DCR but these were working just fine when I removed them. Very clean. $100 shipped to lower 48. Paypal preferred. Adam

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Hi All, I am reluctantly selling my Cornwalls. I have enjoyed these for several years now but have aquired several new projects, and in my eyes, this project pair are complete. These started life as consecutively numbered (33X001 and 33X002) 1982 raw birch Cornwalls. When I purchased them, the cabinets were still unfinished and one woofer had been reconed. I recapped the factory B2 crossover with Sonicaps purchased from Bob Crites and enjoyed them in that state for quite a while. Eventually I purchased a pair of Fastrac mid-horns and refinished the cabinets with red mahogany stain and a couple coat of satin Deft while installing the horns. At this point they sounded good but seemed to lack bass. Knowing bass to be a strong point of Cornwalls, I did some investigating and found both woofers were 8ohm, one round magnet, the other square. Not sure what happened there, but I found a pair of CTS woofers from a pair of diy Khorns installed those. I read somewhere on this forum that the CTS woofers were the best match for the Cornwall cabinets, and this setup sounds very good! Certainly not lacking in bass. I've also installed a pair of Bob Crites CT125 tweeters, and am including the original (perfectly functioning) K77's (square magnet) with the sale. I've listened to both at length and cannot pick a clear favorite, just a different presentation. My guess is that a preference for one or the other may be room or equipment related. To wrap up this lengthy sale post, I would rate the cabinets at 6.5-7/10 due to some chipping of veneer at the edges, mostly on the one. I would rate the grills 5/10, presentable but have snags, minor warpage, and a little dingy. This pair is not perfect, but if they were I wouldn't have modified them. They sound very good, and the sound has always been my main objective. Fwiw, my wife never complained of the looks while in our livingroom but ymmv as they say! I'm asking $1000 for forum members. I've got more than that in them but have enjoyed them very much and am pricing them fairly based on their cosmetic flaws. The pictures do a very good job of presenting their appearance in person.Local pickup in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Do you know if the speakers are 8 or 16 ohm? I am interested if they are 16. Thanks

Mine are mounted vertically. The tweeters in the TRX's are positioned vertically as well. It seems like that may help with the low positioning of drivers related to ear level. Have you listened to them in your Lascalas? How do they sound? I would imagine the 8hd would have a hard time keeping up with a K400, but maybe not?

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