easyone Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Hello all, I have a friend that bought some 1977 Cornwalls that are not sounding clear when we get them hooked up. These speakers were bought last week and have not been used regularly for some time. The speakers seem to me to sound muddled. We have a pair of Heresy's in the room that sound much more crisp or clear. I guess the point of this post is to seek some help for my frfiend on what needs to be done to hopefully get these Cornwalls to rock again. Anyone got an opinion on where to start for the fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Stick a sock in the mid horns and determine whether the tweeters are working. If they are, order new capacitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyone Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Interesting, so what type of socks should we use? Types of socks available to us are as follows: dirty, not so-clean, tube, dress, ankle, athletic, thermal... you get the drift. Seriously, if we stick the socks in the mid range we will hear the problem? We wiil give it a whirl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 My wife always tells me to "stick a sock in in it" when she thinks I'm not being clear enough to her liking..... [6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 check polarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis419b Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Hello all, I have a friend that bought some 1977 Cornwalls that are not sounding clear when we get them hooked up. These speakers were bought last week and have not been used regularly for some time. The speakers seem to me to sound muddled. We have a pair of Heresy's in the room that sound much more crisp or clear. I guess the point of this post is to seek some help for my frfiend on what needs to be done to hopefully get these Cornwalls to rock again. Anyone got an opinion on where to start for the fix? How big is the room and what wall do you have the Cornwalls on. I have had severals sets of Cornwalls in my living room and the bass always sounded boomy or muddied as you call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrod Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 djk wasn't kidding. My CWs are from around the same time and I thought they sounded muddled as well... I listen to them for about 10 seconds and thought the tweets might have been blown. Sure enough, with the help of a sock in the mids, I soon realized they were blown. Both of them. Popped in a set of 77s I had laying around from my LS upgrade and BINGO! Sweet, beautiful CW sound. Give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyone Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Thanks guys. We will switch out the Heresys and see what the old sock trick does. We will report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyone Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Hello all, I have a friend that bought some 1977 Cornwalls that are not sounding clear when we get them hooked up. These speakers were bought last week and have not been used regularly for some time. The speakers seem to me to sound muddled. We have a pair of Heresy's in the room that sound much more crisp or clear. I guess the point of this post is to seek some help for my frfiend on what needs to be done to hopefully get these Cornwalls to rock again. Anyone got an opinion on where to start for the fix? How big is the room and what wall do you have the Cornwalls on. I have had severals sets of Cornwalls in my living room and the bass always sounded boomy or muddied as you call it. The room is approximately 15 x 30. Speakers about 15 feet apart in each corner facing forward at a slight angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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