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Still no power.

Still no power at our house. It seems the entire area went down at 11pm on Friday. Thanks for your concern Larry. You guessed correctly and we're holding up well here at our beach house in DE. We don't have cable or internet here but Redbox is full of movies we haven't seen and I managed to find a weak signal to steal. My generator won't run AC so we packed the important stuff and hit the road early yesterday. Looks like I'll be taking vacation a little earlier than anticipated. Good luck to everyone still waiting it out.

Post some pictures and we will help answer that question. There are plenty of older threads with refinishing tips if you do some searching. I'd also hold off for a while on mods, particularly since you're happy with the sound. I happen to be a fan of the K77 over the CT125. It's a personal preference thing. I bought a pair and sold them a couple weeks later to a guy who also sold them a couple weeks after trying them. Get your crossovers refreshed at some point but for now just enjoy your new speakers.

They come with risers, not stands.

Never. However I bought my Cornwalls from Myer Emco in July 1980, just moments before they were to be set up as demos. They were lifting the first out of its box when I pulled a sweaty wad of cash from my pocket and politely asked them to put it back so they could be loaded into my Dodge Tradesman. They've been with me ever since.

Art's comments are right on the money. I had a TD160 and it sounded terrific, especially for the $100 it cost me. It had the stock arm and I used a cheap Grado Black cart. That made for one heck of a (+/-) $150 table. I ended up settling for a Shure V15 and couldn't beat the sound without spending a good bit more money. If you've been here a while, you might remember how much trouble Fini had with his Black Widow/TD125(???) combo. The arm was too light and he couldn't seem to keep it from jumping around the vinyl no matter what he tried. I believe he eventually solved the problem by "accidentally" knocking the table off a dresser or some other equally creative solution.

Congrats! I became a grandpa last August. There's nothing like it! My daughter was 6 weeks early, weighed just 4lbs and that was almost 25 years ago. Nothing to it these days. She's the one who gave me my grandaughter. Keep us posted if you can. More importantly, enjoy the time with your family.

I use Murphys on my laquered zebrawood Cornwalls and it brings them back to life. I don't think it is supposed to be used on oil finishes. I'd stick with boiled linseed oil as Klipsch recommends. Others here use tung oil and various other products. If you do a forum search you're sure to find many recommendations.

Thanks for all the comments gents.[] Sorry, but she's my only daughter. It does feel good to share a nice system with a family member, especially one who really appreciates the gesture and will enjoy it. My daughter grew up with Cornwalls in the house and at first was not too keen on the idea of having a pair in her basement. The first thing she asked was if she had to keep my grandaughter away from them. She didn't think she could handle that. She was so used to me freaking out when anyone would go near my Zebrawood Corns (especially with vacuum cleaners, drinks and Christmas decorations) that she figured all Cornwalls were sacred and couldn't be touched. I thought that was hilarious. Michael - Do you know if the decorators with trim kits had a black motorboard? The tags just say CBR with no reference to decorator. Very strange indeed........

As some of you know, I've been slowly putting together a 2-channel system for my son-in-law now that they have a new home and a nice big finished basement. Last weekend it finally all came together. I purchased a minty HK430 off of Ebay for under $100 ($120ish with shipping). It was from Atlas Audio in Pittsburgh (highly recommended) and was recently serviced and looks/works like new. Finally last weekend, after a couple months of searching for speakers, I found a pair of '76 Cornwalls (CBRs) on CL (had been in storage for years) with trim (regular shoe molding) to cover the plys on the front edge. I would say the trim must have been installed by the original owner but the motorboard is aligned so the grills line up with the edge of the molding. Anyone else seen this before? I'm guessing the trim had to be installed at the factory. I don't have pics but will take some next time I'm out at their place. If you took the molding off, the grills would stick out in front of the plywood edges. And no, they aren't decorators. Gotta love those laser logos too. They have their share of dings but not too bad at all. My son-in-law is a pretty handy guy and I'm guessing he'll clean them up and refinish them at some point.. I gave him my old CD changer so the entire system cost around $500. When I hooked it all up, I had no idea if it would even work. I hadn't tested the HK or the speakers before purchasing. I figured I would be lucky if only the tweeters were dead and the volume knob needed some deoxit. To my surprise, everything worked like new and sounds amazing! Who would have thought Ebay AND CL purchases would both turn out so well??? Those HKs really do sound great. I was going to give him my old Kenwood KR9600 that I bought new in '76 to match the '76 Corns but that beast weighs about 70lbs and is just too darn big for his (and my grandaughter's) space. He's absolutely thrilled with the system (who wouldn't be?) and I'm still amazed at the sound you can get for $500 if you're patient enough.

Just because someone else paid $300 for a pair of Cornwalls or $1,000 for Khorns doesn't mean anything. That said, $1,250 is way too high for 1980 CBRs with a nice shiny finish and no risers. For that kind of money they would have to be something special....exotic veneer, mint verticals, etc. Those should be in the $500-$700 range if you ask me.

Post photos and we'll be more than happy to help you put it back together correctly. In fact, I'm sure someone here with a similar model will show you a picture of their properly connected Khorn if necessary.

I don't expect they had made over 5,000 Heresys by 1963. If I had to guess, they were probably #s 529 and 531 or something close to that.

Can you imagine????[:$] I think I'm coming up on two thirds.

Wow. I'm speechless. I don't know if that post was due to ignorance or immaturity but either way, totally uncalled for. I have enjoyed classical music most of my life, maybe due to piano lessons at a young age,my father's influence or possibly because it's just great music. I got away from it as I grew older and it was Larry who helped bring it back into my life after we met through the forum. Turns out he lived just blocks from my office and once a week or more he was kind enough to invite me to his home and we'd listen to various classical pieces while following along with the score (Twisted - please let me know if you need "score" defined). Needless to say, this gave me a newfound appreciation for the great composers (along with others not so well known but still great) and opened my world to a whole new genre of great tunes. Spending half of my life listening to little but Grateful Dead, I'm very familiar with folks who don't see eye-to-eye musically but will never understand those who belittle others because they prefer Beethoven to AC/DC.

Good low-level listening? They're in a townhouse. Also, they would be paired with an HK430 and a cheap CD player. My leftovers.... At least the HK will give him tone controls.

That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks for the info everyone. I was thinking Shorthorns also. I assume they need corners which could be a deal breaker. I'm setting up a system for my son-in-law and I don't think their basement would work well if that's the case. Larry - I'll let you know if I decide to go for a listen. Edit: Says corner OR flat against a wall. I might have to go check them out.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/ele/3023845214.html They're in my backyard and I'm curious. Anyone here heard these?

I pulled this from an AK thread. It looks to be pretty accurate from my experience. Again, LarryC is the resident expert when it comes to all things classical. RCA was an all-out audiophile label in the early days of stereo, with some of the greatest musical artists in the world on their roster. They offered stereo open-reel tapes starting in 1954 and stereo records starting in 1957 or 1958. The earliest stereo LPs have the dog-and-gramophone logo surrounded by red shading. These so-called "Shaded Dogs" generally command the highest prices in the used market. Later issues, including the "No Dog" and "Late Dog" pressings from the 1970s, can sound nearly as good at far lower prices. From an audiophile perspective, RCA made a major blunder in the mid-1960s. They introduced a process called "Dynagroove" that supposedly made their records sound better on cheap phonographs. The process included dynamic range compression, static equalization, and pre-distortion of the signal to counteract the distortion that a typical ceramic cartridge would introduce in playback. Dynagroove pressings sound pretty bad on a quality system and are best avoided. Thankfully RCA abandoned Dynagroove after a few years and went back to making un-gimmicked records. RCA also made "Dynaflex" records in the early 1970s that contained less vinyl than their earlier issues. These tend to warp easily, but can sound just fine if you use a record clamp or weight in playing them. Victrola was RCA's budget classical label, where recordings from the back catalog were reissued at bargain prices. Many of these are excellent. The earliest issues had plum-colored labels. Later pressings used a pink label. Mercury was also an audiophile label. Their early pressings can sound amazing, though J. Gordon Holt noted that the cutters had a high-frequency response peak that unfortunately lined up with a response peak in the company's favorite microphones. As a result, the highs on these LPs can be somewhat aggressive. The "Golden Imports" reissues from the 1970s, re-cut and pressed by Philips in the Netherlands, have less of the HF peak, but the re-equalization that Philips applied may not be to everyone's taste. The best-sounding Mercury reissues I've heard have been the CDs that Wilma Cozart Fine transferred for the company. Mercury issued some back catalog items on a budget label called Wing. Angel, a division of Capitol, pressed and marketed EMI recordings in North America. Capitol made some remarkable classical recordings of their own in the late 1950s, but left that business to concentrate on popular music in the 1960s. Many collectors claim that the British EMI pressings sound better than the U.S.-pressed Angels. I would tend to agree, though I have quite a few Angel records that sound very good. Angel also released some fine recordings from the Soviet recording company, Melodiya, in the 1970s. Angel's budget label, Seraphim, could be a mixed bag sonically, but offered many fine performances on LP. Columbia, like RCA, had some great artists on its roster. The earliest stereo Columbias sounded quite good. By the mid-1960s, Columbia had adopted a house sound with a boosted treble and a rolled-off bass, and most of their recordings of that era had that house sound. Columbia's Epic label was home to the Cleveland Orchestra and a number of other top-flight classical musicians. Their budget label, Odyssey, made the Columbia and Epic back catalogs available to collectors at low prices. London was the North American distribution arm of British Decca. There are rumors, never definitively confirmed but often circulated, that the London issues were equalized for more "boom and tizz" than the home-market issues on the Decca label. Decca specialized in opera recordings, but also had some top-flight orchestras and soloists on its roster. London's budget label was called Stereo Treasury. Many of the early Everest recordings, issued before Harry Belock lost control of the company he founded, are musically and sonically superb. By the 1970s, Everest's pressing quality was so-so at best. The major European labels were Deutsche Grammophon and Philips. Both were known for silent pressings and good sound quality, and both had noted artists such as Von Karajan (DG) and Haitink (Philips) on their rosters.

Happy birthday Lawrence! I was wondering why we had such spectacular weather today. I hope you were able to get out and enjoy the day. Here's to many more.....

Just saw this thread. Glad you got it solved in time although I would have been more than happy to let you swap one in at my place as you passed through the Baltimore area. Enjoy the trip and congrats to your son!

Really? 21 volumes already? Allan - Are you home recovering from the big fundraiser? You haven't posted this much in years!! Hey Patrick. The good old days indeed! Hope all is well with you and the rest of the CA crowd. Me and Scotty need to plan a visit soon to make sure you are all behaving.

KG4s are so inexpensive, why not get 2 more pairs and use them in a 6.1 configuration? That would have to be the best sounding option, no?

I might be able to catch up if I just stop buying records. It's becoming a real problem......OK, it's been a real problem for quite a long time. Unfortunately, stopping the presses will do nothing to help me since I seem to be going backwards in time.

Don't just turn it down. Turn it WAY down. In fact, turn it ALL THE WAY DOWN until you think you might have a good signal. You have no idea how little power those speakers require. BTW - When my son was about 3 (he's now 29), he decided to play with the knobs on my 160wpc Kenwood receiver that was hooked up to my Cornwalls. That's back when 160 watts were really 160 watts! He turned the volume up to about 3:00 (I'd previously blown my tweeters at about noon on the dial). Well, of course he flipped the on switch with the selector on FM and to this day I'm not sure which was louder - his screaming or the music coming from the speakers.