DavidF Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 You've got a frikin drum set in the house and your mom only complains about big box speakers? Hmmmm. The drivers and cabinets look like they are in fine shape, modifications notwithstanding. Well cared-for perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestef Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 i havent had the chance to open them up, been busy. but do cornwalls normally come with raisers? mine have 2" risers. not really sure what the point is, since theyre pretty much listening height already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestef Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 from what ive seen on the forum, i believe these are the original speakers. not too sure about the crossover thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestef Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 crossover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Everything looks original. Enjoy them as they are for a while. Eventually you might consider new caps for the networks. Bob Crites is a good person to contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Congratulations! Enjoy your new Cornwalls! [8][8][8][H][8][8][8] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestef Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 what would new caps do? what other sorts of upgrades are common with cornwalls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 The capacitors in your CWs are old. New ones will restore the sound to as new. The cost is minimal. Other "upgrades" could include new Crites tweeters, new squawker horns, etc,. The cost benefit ratio drops off rapidly after new caps. Use the search function to find more threads about "upgrading" Cornwalls than you'll ever read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestef Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 :] feels good on a rainy day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 :] feels good on a rainy day With my Cornwalls, it is in my opinion that they just thrive on vinyl. Digital can and does sound good, but there is something to be said about the CWs with right rig and a good LP... Did Klipsch bypass the oil caps with film foil or metalised foil capacitors? (a question for the forum in general) That crossover in the images has a plastic cap bypassed across the oil cap. No big deal, it my be a low value bypass cap for the midhorn or tweeter or some such. If anything, it may sound better that way. Bottom line is how the Cornwalls sound to you. Is there anything objectionable about the overall sound of the speakers to you? Do the seem screechy/sibilant, or too attenauted in the midhorn or tweeter? I would gander a bad cap with high ESR would attenuate the part of the network the cap is used with...like the midhorn or tweeter. The Cornwall sound on the YouTube video seemed good to me...but it's a little different than being in front of them listening for little anomalies. Unless you are experiencing the things like mentioned above, the stock oil capacitors may be fine. But there is to be improvements to be had with using modern film and foil and metalized polypropelene capacitors. Or mylar for that matter, which is quite often used with cheap low cost networks. One can get deep and measure ESR to see if the resistance is too high for the cap in question to used. LCR meters can be cheap, but the ones that measure ESR can be spendy. If you desire better sound from the Cornwalls in spite of them sounding good to you, cap upgrades is one way to go. Personally with my taste in bass, I don't really like oil caps used with the woofers. Too soft, rounded. A good film or metal poly cap always tightens up and makes a snappier bass to my ears. I don't mind oils on the midhorn or tweeter, but there is better sound to be had, IMO. I guess it depends on the type of oil cap used, and one's taste. I like film and foils for the midhorn/tweeter. Metal polypropelene caps seem too harsh. Solens are good for use with a woofer circuit, like a shunt cap for a low pass circuit, but are too harsh with midhorn and tweeters to my ears. One could go whole hog and spend big bucks on Teflon V caps or something to that regard, but they aren't esoteric speakers, they are just Cornwalls and do what they do. It's all subjective. And everyone has their own taste for how things sound. If they sound good enough to you not to warrant any sort of crossover mods, or if you don't really have the cash, (it can be done on the cheap part by part over time) then you saved a bunch money by not bothering with it. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 radio shack sells yellow terminal connectors.....you crimp them a little...and they slide right in under the screws....you have a short waiting to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestef Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hi, I do feel like there is some weakness in my system, but to me I think it is my amp. It's a pioneer sx-34b from the early seventies. It's a tube amp and i have to toggle between phono and other input setting to get it to stop making distorted noises. For example the right channel bass will get crackly but it goes away after I mess around with the amp. And it is just a pretty loud amp in terms of hissing when nothing is playing. I don't think there is a problem with my turntable or cartridge. It's a technics sl-d1 and a Shure m97x. It's not really audiophile but it's pretty decent. This is the only pair of Cornwall (with old caps) that I've ever listened to so I dot really have much to compare them to, so I'm really sure how they should sound. The bass sound full but it sounds a little round and not as tight as I might like, but it still sounds great compared to what I had before. Is it just my pair or are your guys Cornwalls really sensitive to crackling and popping when playing records that are a little beat/scratched? I guess the tweeters on the Cornwalls go higher then my old speakers because I can hear more cracking in the really high frequency range than I used to. Anyway im sure a new set of caps would help, from what I've heard from you guys. What are they exactly? And how much do they cost? Where can I get them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Contact Bob Crites, BEC on this forum. He can fix you up with new caps to fit your taste and budget. http://www.critesspeakers.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestef Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 ok ill message him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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