mcp Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Bought a pair of Cornwall II's locally this week. When I heard them at the seller's house, I noticed that they sounded out of phase, but I chalked it up to his less than stellar receiver or that he reversed the wires. I finally had a chance to hook them up today and guess what? Anemic bass. I reversed the polarity of the left speaker and the bass returned. I'm now thinking that I should open it up and check out the wires. Either the binding posts were replaced and reconnected in reverse, or only the woofer was connected in reverse. I don't hear the mids and highs as being out of phase now. Are the driver wires marked for + and - or will I have to remove all the drivers and follow the wiring to the crossover and binding posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Wires should have red and black stripes on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcp Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 Opened them up today and the connections at the woofer were reversed. The guy I bought them from swore that he never removed the grilles, let alone the drivers. Sure seemed like I was the first one to remove the woofer as it really took some work to loosen it. Could it have possible left the factory this way? And the previous owner certainly didn't have golden ears as he listened to these speakers out of phase for years. Anyway, the bass is back! This is more like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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