Squishman

Oh, if it matters, it sits betwixt a pair of 1975 La Scalas that have all upgraded components (except original woofer) done by the previous owner.

I have not progressed yet on veneering my CW center in case you remember from a recent thread I posted. All components are original and sound fabulous. No issues whatsoever. I did change out all wiring to 14 ga. oxygen free copper and installed gold plated fork terminals at all eight xover connections. But as far as a titanium tweeter diaphragm or xover upgrades, I have done nothing. Opinions wanted: leave as is or upgrade? I know I did say it sounds fab, but could I improve it over what it is currently since it is a 44 year old speaker?

Great info 001. I will use this! But I imagine divide all of the above by 2 since I have one CW?

edit: seems the photos are not in order. But obviously, the one with my little dog was when I first brought it home. Here is what it looked like when I brought it home and you can see the color of my LS. And then what it looks like with the formica cr-p removed. I was able to salvage the sticker, which for me was very exciting to find under the formica! Yes, they covered the back too!

Staining is out of the question, even if I did get the glue off. It has approximately 9 screw holes in various places. I think that is weird that someone drilled into it for who knows what reason. I got the speaker for a steal though. It was about a 5 hour round trip and $375. So far, I have painted the front and back semi-gloss back. Also, the front of the pedestal was worn on the edges so I attached a 2" x 23 1/2" pine trim to it. I have the grill board. and a new era-correct badge, so hopefully it'll look great eventually.

I have a 1979 CW that I use as a center speaker. It had some heinous fake plastic veneer that I removed with a heat gun. Now I want to find some real veneer, preferably some peel and stick variety. I have never done this before, but I think I can do an ok job. Can anyone tell me how much sq. ft. I need for it? Sides, top and front trim and also the original 2" pedestal. Hoping to find a color that will come close to the stain on my '75 La Scalas which are close to mahogany I think. It has a thin film of glue on it, which was too hard to sand off, so I gave up, hoping it might not be necessary.

I was on the phone with Klipsch this morning. They are sending me a new plate, no charge. I have a 5 year warranty. I thought probably 2 years. It is back ordered. Might be 3-5 weeks. But actually, I didn't think to ask if they are sending the amp or a new subwoofer. Either is fine.

I don't see a fuse on the back. If it was a fuse, I would think the power light would not be lit. I just took the plate off and there is nothing that looks like a fuse to me.

Purchased in 2019. Power light is on, no output. Tried a new cable, etc. Two of these hooked up to an Onkyo AVR. Switched the cables, still nothing. What is usually the cause when this happens? Is there a remedy? Buy a new plate? You don't even get the buzz when you sort of accidentally touch the posi lead on the cable. The other sub, yes.

I installed new 14 ga. OFC wiring and gold fork terminals in the Cornwall. Plus, I cleaned up the xover connections with a wire wheel first. Is it my imagination that it sounds better? My first impression watching the 1993 movie "Gettysburg" was that the cannons, etc sounded punchier and just over-all more clear. Or do you think it is my imagination? It already sounded good before the new wiring. I had to solder the fork terminals and most everything else. The crimps (fork terminals) were not insulated and my crimper wouldn't accommodate that.

The input leads are terminated with tiny ring terminals that attach to those screws inside. On the outside, you see the stud coming through. Good point 001 about PWK designing (or at the very least signing off) the connectors. Anyway, I am slightly giddy about this CW as my center speaker. Ok, more than slightly.

I do not understand how PWK designed or signed off on that connection design. Can someone here who worked there or knew him explain? Or am I wrong that a screw should be a fine conductor? Perhaps it is zinc plated and that is as good as copper.... no clue here. But that could be it. If that were the case, then I would imagine you should clean up 44 y.o. screws or get new ones.

You really want your speaker signal going through 44 year old screws? Ha! It's a terrible design. Maybe it was the cat's *** of it's time, but it isn't now. Someone else pipe in here and give your comment. Did you change your lame screw terminals that use mounting screws (NOT WIRES!) as conductors too?

Not referring to the screw terminals. I am referring to the mounting screws. Those screws are the conductors between the speaker wire and the input leads. Not for me.

44 y.o screws... I can do better.