Colin Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Has anyone heard the Cornwall Is with the B2 crossover up against a Khorn, specifically the ones with the AK-2 crossover? How does the treble, mid-range and bass compare? Does the Khorn have to be flush in the corner? How does the soundstage compare - my Cornwalls have a deep sounstage when they are pulled away from the front walls - how am I going to get this with the khorns? The ones I am looking at are listed as KB WO LF and LF 8937141 with AK-2 crossovers, any idea of what they are? Can the AK-2 crossover be bi-amped easily? The crossover links to a speaker wire binding post on the woofer cabinet, is this normal, or did someone mod the speaker wire connection I thought the speaker wire could run right to the crossover? ------------------ Colin's Music System Cornwall 1s & Klipsch subs; lights out & tubes glowing! This message has been edited by Colin on 08-09-2002 at 04:27 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InventiveAudio.com Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Has anyone heard the Cornwall Is with the B2 crossover up against a Khorn, specifically the ones with the AK-2 crossover? How does the treble, mid-range and bass compare? I have both speakers but my K-horns hdon't have the AK-2 crossovers. Overall the K-horns are the better speaker but not by much. The K-horn has much better bass and sounds fuller and warmer then my Cornwall. The treble on my Cornwall is in your face compared to the K but I believe the K to be a smoother sound. The disadvantge to the K is its size. They are HUGE! compared to the Cornwall which is not a small speaker either. The COrnwall is more versatile because you can put it in a corner or against a wall corn-wall. Again, the K-horn looks like furniture and has a cool retro look and the Cornwall looks more like a box speaker. Does the Khorn have to be flush in the corner? Pretty much. How does the soundstage compare - my Cornwalls have a deep sounstage when they are pulled away from the front walls - how am I going to get this with the khorns? I would say that the soundstage is pretty equal. The ones I am looking at are listed as KB WO LF and LF 8937141 with AK-2 crossovers, any idea of what they are? Can the AK-2 crossover be bi-amped easily? Yes. But there are no advantages to bi-amping according to research and testing done by PWK. The crossover links to a speaker wire binding post on the woofer cabinet, is this normal, or did someone mod the speaker wire connection I thought the speaker wire could run right to the crossover? I believe this is normal. Please post a pic so we can see what u might get into. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 The only way to get a k-horn out of the corner is to build a false corner to set behind them, out in the room. It would need to extend out 4 feet or so from the rear of the speaker. As for soundstaging, I think k-horns do lateral imaging just fine. Depth? I dunno, I don't hear much of that, but then, I didn't hear much when I had Cornwalls either. Maybe I am deaf to it! It just seems to me that image depth is either in the recording or not; and that the perception of increasing it by pulling speakers out away from room boundaries is merely a case of turning the bass down and increasing the ratio of direct sound to reflected sound. Maybe this let's "depth" information come through, I don't know. ------------------ JDM This message has been edited by James D McCall on 08-09-2002 at 08:50 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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