Colin Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 I live with a big old pair of 1982 Klipsch Cornwalls (serial # 32x57 and 32x58) with the horizontal horns that came later. The label says they are type Walnut Oil (CWO). They include the original K-33-E woofer, K-51-V metal mid-range horn and even the original K-77-M metal tweeter horn, not the K-79 tweeter, which came later. Yet, they also have the later B-2 crossover, so I guess that makes them something like 1 and 1/3 models. (There are "Cornwall 2" and "Cornwall II" speakers with the "vertical horn." option from the late 60's to about '74.) Just checking, but before I open them up, can I bi-amp with this cross-over? Do I have to cut any wires or unscrew any connections? ------------------ Colin's Music System Cornwall 1s & Klipsch subs; lights out & tubes glowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacs2000 Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Hi Some steps to do it : A. Disconnect completely the woofer from the crossover. Meaning that you have to have two wires going out from the woofer directly to the power amp. B. Disconect the woofer part on the crossover. Meaning isolate the two wires that are connected to the inductor. C. Leave everything else as is and have two wires coming out as part of the mid-tweeter combo that should stay as is in the crossover. Connect these wires to the power amp (for mids-hi). You need of course an active crossover between your pre-amp and the power amps at 6db, 600HZ. Like that it works fine with me. regards george ------------------ --------------------- Fisher 400-CX pre-amp Fisher 100 (EL37) monoblocks (3) Fisher 101R tuner Fisher 100-MPX Sony SCD-333ES Ampex 1260 reel to rell Garrard 401/SME3012R/Grado Speakers... ------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 thanks, guess I will have to bite the bullet and look inside to see if anything needs clipping, you have some great classics there ... ------------------ Colin's Music System Cornwall 1s & Klipsch subs; lights out & tubes glowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InventiveAudio.com Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 Call Trey at Klipsch. He can look up your crossover and tell you were to snip the wires in your crossover. There are different ways to bi-amp. I recently read two article from PWK about bi-amping and his tests showed that it didn't do much to make the speaker sound better. I was going to bi-amp with tubes fror HF and SS for LF. My friend brought over his tube stuff and we actually liked my SS amp against his tube monoblocks and thought it was a tie with a tube pre-amp and tube amp. If u have the amps then why not? However, if u don't u might want to invest your dollars on a new DVD player ro upgrading your speakers, etc. ------------------ My Klipsch Page www.nyonline.com/klipsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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