kukusz

This community is so cool... Here is what I have. Is it under the wood filler inside or are you saying the B and LL are the initials? Edit: That just looked like the code for the finish. Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

Just a minor update. After moving everything around, re-positioning, I am blown away. Not only am I getting good bass, I now have amazing detail and the imaging/soundstage are so wonderful. I even had my 7 year old and baby momma tell me where they think voices, instruments are coming from when they had her eyes closed to confirm it (separately). I fully upgraded to the ALK cross overs and that just made the horns sound so rich. The listening experience went from very forward and intense to something much smoother without losing what I love about horns. I'm so happy with the setup I'm in heaven... Cheers!

I did do that - bass was greater against the walls. I'm thinking of completely changing where I have these placed. I have an L shaped room. Still not shaking the couch so I'll work on changing the whole living room layout and report back. Thanks everyone!

Replying to a few. The woofers are original. Big square magnet, correct label. No damage at all, no cracks, rips. Magnet seems strong. I'm going with a mistake at the factory. I believe both owners of these were not audio folks (friend gave them to the couple I bought them from in 1996 and he bought them new in 1980-81). Crossovers are original based on Google searching of pictures. It definitely sounds way better now. I played a little with placement and direction coming out of the corner and now I feel it. One of the things that may be different here is the bass is much tighter. I may have gotten used to muddy bass from the KG 5.2 😕 I upgraded both crossovers now and although it didn't change the bass it definitely made the horns run smoother. I can increase volume and the sound is not as intense from the horns and it allows more bass to come through. Seems like my problem was polarity 🤷‍♂️

Hi All, First I will say I search the crap out of the forum and Google and I am still at a loss. I purchased some 1980 Cornwalls and when I hooked them up they had WAY less bass than my KG 5.2. This does not make sense, obviously. Here is my setup: BlueSound Node 2i for Tidal MQA streaming. Also functions as pre-amp. NAD 2200 (100 watts per channel at 8 Ohms) Cornwalls (previously KG 5.2) I also have the ALK Cornscala-Wall crossovers to play with. Speakers installed against wall or corners. Here is what I did: Update: reversed polarity on the woofer. Wtf why are the wires soldered wrong to the woofer?! Should have not assumed. It's MUCH better but still not quite what I would think. I have to max out the bass gain to get anything. Moving my ears around the room I get different feel. Could be room as well with these... I looked in the box and made sure everything was hooked up in phase, there was no damage, and that everything looked ok. The woofers and everything inside were all original and it does not appear anyone has even gone in the box before. There is some insulation in the box. Does not appear to be any air leaks. I also replaced one of the crossovers with a ALK Cornscala-wall Universal that I bought the same day from a different person. Same issue. I factory reset my BlueSound Node 2i just in case there was a weird pre-amp issue. The only way to get anything resembling the bass I had before was by cranking the bass EQ all the way up, lowering the treble (so as not to go deaf), and then raising the volume. I am at a loss. FWIW, I ordered a used tube amp (Yaqin mc13s) because I wanted to get into tubed sound. Not sure if the NAD is just not good at driving the Cornwall but nothing I found online would indicate that. Help!