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Bobby Z

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  1. Thanks, that's pretty much what I thought when I saw the pictures. He also has them listed on Craigslist. with no asking price.  These are local to me and a Cornscala build is just what I was thinking. I offered him $150 for the cabs and $175 for everything. He claims he already had a offer for $400 for the just the cabs. I recommended he take the offer and gave him some basic info on trying to identify the drivers/crossover and suggested he check the Klipsch forum if he wanted to do some more research.

     

    Amazing how hard it is to not to talk about Klipsch when somene asks some questions. LOL

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  2. I sent a quick e-mail to the seller and he said it is for a pair of Belles, and would update his CL post. I'm tempted to drive the 2+ hours to just to check them out, always loved the look and never had a chance to hear Belles. But I'm happy with my Cornwalls, have absolutely no place to put them, and I don't want tempt myself.

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  3. I have a pair of '73 Vertical Cornwalls also (love them, classic Klipsch Heritage sound).

     

    The CWO15 stands for Cornwall with a walnut oil finish with a 15" woofer (both should be the same).  The serial numbers mean that they were the 2384th and 2385th units produced to that point and built in 1973.  Vertical means that the long axis of the tweeter and midrange horns are mounted in a vertical orientation when the speakers are placed on the short side.

     

    These were designed so they could be placed on the short or long side depending on the users space requirements. This is also why the they were made in mirrored pairs with the drivers offset from center. There is some debate as to which position sounds better, but I personally don"t think the difference is very much either way.  Mine sit on the short side on factory risers.  If they are original they should have K-77 tweeters, K-55 midranges, K-33 woofers and type B crossovers.

     

    If they still sound good your drivers should be OK, but being 48 years old you may want to consider replacing the capacitors on the crossovers (2 on each crossover).

     

    Hope this helps. Enjoy.

  4. My preference tends to be harder  progressive/symphonic rock.  Kamelot, One Cold Winters Night (live in Oslo), is one of my favorite CDs. Though I'll listen to any well recorded music from Mozart to Metallica depending on my mood that day. To me good music is about the artist making an emotional connection to the listener irregardless of the genre.  My ex played classical piano in school and she turned me on to classical and orchestral music.  My youngest son played in a death metal band for a while and he's gotten me into some of the newer heavy metal stuff.  I graduated high school in '75 so of course I'm a fan of a lot of music from that era. Rock, blues, soul, country,  jazz, classical, pop, I enjoy checking out any "new to me" music.

     

    Unfortunately the one problem with Klipsch speakers is that if the the music is poorly recorded, you will hear it, and it makes it hard for me to listen to some of it.

     

    Experiment, then listen to what you enjoy.  To hell with what anyone else thinks!!

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