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No adjustment on the baffle

Congrats on your new speakers @Fido 😉

That's a big delta between 2500.00 and 800.00 😮 Good luck.

Looks like a pair of thousand dollar speakers to me. And that’s being kind. 2500.00 should get you a pair of excellent condition 70s -80s LaScalas. One need only look at the environment where that picture was taken to get an understanding of what you are getting.

Bump and new price for the woofer section.

As mentioned already, much depends on the size of the room you are dealing with. Cornwalls will work better in a medium to large space and they also benefit from having some distance between you and the speaker. They are not good near field monitors. If space isn't a premium for you, go for the Fortes.

So @Isshinryu ghosted me. This framed poster is still up for grabs to anyone who is so inclined.

No, I was thinking of either separates or a good integrated amp.

I can taste that picture…….

Congrats on the sale. Are you still digging the single driver speakers you had?

Why a receiver? Wouldn’t you rather have better performance?

Man what a s&**ty website. Looks like something from 1995.

Not sure what your definition of "good" is. But if you go from a high quality high powered amp to an equal quality of lower power amp, you'll probably neither gain nor lose anything when it comes to absolute volume or dynamics. The Cornwalls will play as loud as you please with a handful of watts. Now unless you are in the "all amplifiers sound the same" camp, going to a different amp will certainly yield a different sonic outcome. It could be better or worse, but it won't be the same. I am a fan of low wattage tube amps when it comes to horns. They just sound more "right" than even their higher powered brethren. So it depends on how critical your listening skills are and what's important to you. Some can listen to any amp and be happy. That's not me.

@yamahaSHO From my experience, my money is on the ALKs…

@Isshinryu Do you still want to pick this up?

Bump for new price on the woofer section.

Another suggestion. Is there any way you can put this heritage/tube two channel system in the office? If you get it out of the living room you'll probably have more options for speaker placement and room treatment.

I would try as hard as possible to find a different location. I know sometimes we have to deal with what we got, but that's a terrible place to set up speakers. That doesn't look like a room that you will be allowed to add any sort of treatment, so you already have all those hard, reflective surfaces to deal with. Add to that the small amount of real estate between the speakers and you've really got issues. If you only want background music it would be ok. But for serious "sit down and focus on the music" listening, it's a thumbs down from me. I hate to sound discouraging and I wish you the best of luck. I guess it all depends on your priorities and your expectations.

Can you post a pic of the area where the system will reside? I'm having a hard time visualizing it. If I understand right, the wall you will have the speakers against is only 6 ft. wide. So if going with something like the Forte, you would have less than 3.5 ft. of space between the speakers. Not ideal in any stretch. Am I understanding that correctly?

So you have enough gain and I assume a volume control on the DAC? If so @hanksjim1 suggestion is a good one. But to digress. I would suggest addressing the room and/or system issues that make you think you need tone controls. Because I assure you they aren’t needed in a well thought out system unless you are on a steady diet of 1920s music.

The beauty of it is until you put that ring on the finger, you don't have to justify anything.....

Now that's a tweak I can certainly get behind......

I have the option of using diffusors or absorption on the wall behind the speakers. I tried both and slightly prefer absorption there and a combination of absorption and diffusion at the first sidewall reflection points.

I have no answer to your question but I’m curious about this preamp of which you speak. The only one I’m familiar with like that was one produced by Antique Sound Labs. Is there another?

Yeah I got this poster from Paducah when I bought my CW IVs a few years ago.