ImolaRed

Sonicaps from Crites, ordered his kit. I'm sure I could have ordered them on their own but I didn't want to screw anything up.

Replaced the caps today, first time I've ever done anything like that. Trying to stay reasonable with what I'm hearing as the mind can play tricks but the soundstage finally came together on these and seems a lot more focused. Seems like my mids finally came alive too, tight and snappy. Replaced the squawker gaskets too, they were totally fine once I unscrewed them but might as well replace them while I'm there for $2.

Ha! Was one of the first things I tried, loved it. My wife, not so much. I don't blame her really, if these speakers didn't sound so magical I would get rid of them as they look like horrible. I'll probably end up doing veneer on the tops and sides and cover the front with custom grills.

The black paint on these is faded pretty bad so something will have to be done, he had almost all the chips of wood in a plastic bag for me! So now I need to do some work there. I've thought about the veneer route, never done anything like it but was thinking of just doing the top and sides and make my own grilles. I'm going to open them up in the next day or so to see what I'm playing with but had planned on buying repair kits for the x-overs just to do a nice overhaul.

Thank you! I'm going to flirt with the idea of flipping them on their side with risers but will probably leave them vertical. They for sure sound better than my Heresy II, not really close in the mids and seems like the highs are clearer without being as harsh as the Heresy can be. I love my Heresy but one thing I didn't like was that I had a hard time getting the soundstage right, so placement was tough. The soundstage on these is another level for sure.

I get it, I'm a newbie so there wasn't much to offer here jk I'm the proud owner now of a pair of 1974 CDB15 in the ever so sexy fir plywood and black paint........ They've only had 1 owner and have their share of splinted wood in the corners but sound FANTASTIC. My wife almost kicked me out of the house when she saw them but then I put on some recordings of live Dave Mathews (she's not a huge fan but loves their live shows) and she just sat their in amazement, barely got away with this one. I'm no wood or furniture finishing expert but looks to me like these are just plywood that's been painted black? I think Klipsch called it "Theater Black"? So I should be able to fill the chipped areas and sand everything down to refinish? Might just paint black again. Now to research grills too since I have little ones running around.

Big fan of Mojo Pin from Jeff Buckley to show off the system. The way his voice lifts at the start and then you can literally hear his lips smacking on the opening verses......it's pretty amazing. Listening to it on Qobuz right now.

I'm going to look at these speakers in the next day or so, https://reno.craigslist.org/ele/d/sun-valley-early-klipsch-cornwall/7122349245.html Any tips on what to look for or if these are a good deal, would be appreciated. I have a pair of Heresy II's right now and wouldn't mind something a bit fuller in sound but I've never heard the original Cornwalls so not sure if it's a major upgrade or not.