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I'm checking out a pair of Chorus 2's on Wednesday and want to be well prepared before I go to test before purchase. I'll be bringing some of my favorite music and ultimately my ears will be the deciding factor. I guess my biggest question is, are the Chorus 2's equal to the Cornwall, what are the pros or cons, strength or weakness, etc? I may end up using them with my Heresy 1's in my HT someday, but initially, they will be paired with my Dynaco ST70 stereo and just might end up there permanently. Thanks.

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Popular opinion is that the Chorus II are better than the Cornwall. Cornwall goes only slightly deeper, but people don't like that the cabinets resonate so much. 

 

I have Chorus IIs, which I love, but I must admit that the Cornwall is probably my favorite speaker. The soundstage is much larger. That being said, Chorus IIs are a fantastic speaker that most prefer over the rest. It's got a smaller footprint than the CW and the sound is "less muddy" on bass heavy hits. You will not be disappointed with the CIIs, they are fantastic. 

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Agree with Mr. Mr_Clark, directly upstream.  ^^^  The consensus opinion that I've read is that the C2's are better than the Cornwalls.  C2 owners love them and they have stood the test of time.  I have never heard either.

http://www.klipsch.com/chorus-ii-floorstanding-speaker/details#pr-header-back-to-top-link

 

Arguably the C2's in the Heritage food chain fall just below the La Scala, and above Cornwall, Forte and Heresy.  Although large it's considered to be more versatile than the LS in terms of placement because it doesn't need a corner or wall.  If I was looking for a speaker to replace my CF-4's, the C2's would be at the top of my list.

 

Forget taking taking your favorite music, take your favorite checkbook and if the price is right, take those puppies home!  B)

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I"ve owned a bunch of CW and they were my first and only Klipsch for such a long time.. I hate to speak poorly of them, but after spending time with forte II in my home office, and hearing some CH II, that Tractrix horn makes soooo much difference, an open, airy and non-'horn' sounding mid is what is to gain. 

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Thanks for the input, it's exactly what I'm looking for! Smaller footprint is a big plus. At this point I'm just going to buy them, the guy has upgraded the mid diaphragm's with titanium units from Simply Speakers, treble diaphragm's with Crites titanium units and Crites crossovers as well as reconed the original bass speakers at Simply Speakers, due to an accidental puncture in one of them. The upgrades alone are probably equal to his asking price, which I'm not even gonna try to lower. Cabs and grills look to be in very good condition, based on the pictures. The finish is black, which means I'll be refinishing my Heresy's the same. He's including a pair of Eminence Kappa 15 C's, that he used while the originals were being reconed. I can't wait to get them home and wind them up.

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Thanks for the input, it's exactly what I'm looking for! Smaller footprint is a big plus. At this point I'm just going to buy them, the guy has upgraded the mid and treble diaphragm's with Crites titanium units and crossovers as well as reconed the original bass speakers, due to an accidental puncture in one of them. The upgrades alone are probably equal to his asking price, which I'm not even gonna try to lower. Cabs and grills look to be in very good condition, based on the pictures. The finish is black, which means I'll be refinishing my Heresy's the same. He's including a pair of Eminence Kappa 15 C's, that he used while the originals were being reconed. I can't wait to get them home and wind them up.

Just a FYI Bob Crites does not have a Titanium mid diaphragms for your Chorus ll mid he only has a new phenolic diaphragms and while better than the stock phenolic IMO it is not near as good as the Titanium diaphragm by Klipsch which is available through Simply Speakers. You do want to brace and stiffen your cabinets. Best regards Moray James.

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I"ve owned a bunch of CW and they were my first and only Klipsch for such a long time.. I hate to speak poorly of them, but after spending time with forte II in my home office, and hearing some CH II, that Tractrix horn makes soooo much difference, an open, airy and non-'horn' sounding mid is what is to gain. 

Yea, Michael unloaded (almost) all of his pathetic, mistreated, scratch and dent Cornwall's on me, then made me load them into my car by myself in the snow and rain.....this after I had just had surgery and was hobbling around with a cane..... :pwk_bs:

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Hey Stump...

Well I tell ya I'm with camp Chorus II for sure. I owned some Cornwalls a few years back and I did like em....But when it comes to pumping out the sound there are not many speakers that can stand with that Chorus II. 

I love my Chorus II's....it's my #1 go to speaker at the house.... I've said this many times " they are my chest pounders"  Yea I know just a few watts gets em bumping.....but man when I put the power to em they just ask for more....and I'm talking over 380 watts of Carver power....when those needles start jumping over 300 the whole sound stage is in your face....now I don't play them like that all the time cuz I would go def...lol lol

Yea when I want that concert level sound in the house.....the Chorus II's are called upon....

Best of luck....you'll love em

MKP :-)

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Thanks for the input, it's exactly what I'm looking for! Smaller footprint is a big plus. At this point I'm just going to buy them, the guy has upgraded the mid and treble diaphragm's with Crites titanium units and crossovers as well as reconed the original bass speakers, due to an accidental puncture in one of them. The upgrades alone are probably equal to his asking price, which I'm not even gonna try to lower. Cabs and grills look to be in very good condition, based on the pictures. The finish is black, which means I'll be refinishing my Heresy's the same. He's including a pair of Eminence Kappa 15 C's, that he used while the originals were being reconed. I can't wait to get them home and wind them up.

Just a FYI Bob Crites does not have a Titanium mid diaphragms for your Chorus ll mid he only has a new phenolic diaphragms and while better than the stock phenolic IMO it is not near as good as the Titanium diaphragm by Klipsch which is available through Simply Speakers. You do want to brace and stiffen your cabinets. Best regards Moray James.

He did say the mid diaphragm's and reconed woofers were from Simply Speakers. The tweeter diaphragm's and crossovers were Crites.

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Moray, that was my mistake. In my original post I should have said that the titanium tweeter diaphragm's and crossovers were Crites, the titanium mid diaphragm's and woofer recones were Simply Speakers. Sorry for the confusion. I fixed that post to reflect the correct info.

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Moray, that was my mistake. In my original post I should have said that the titanium tweeter diaphragm's and crossovers were Crites, the titanium mid diaphragm's and woofer recones were Simply Speakers. Sorry for the confusion. I fixed that post to reflect the correct info.

No worries> You might want to try the ti mid diaphragms. I have used stock phenolic then Bob's new phenolic and then the Klipsch ti mid diaphragm in a good number of different Klipsch and I have to say the ti mid takes the speaker to a whole new level of performance. Ti diaphragms are what they use in the pro speakers, very nice no comparison between the two. Best regards Moray James.

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I've been listening to my Heresy's, with a sub, for about 6 hours today and can't wait to get the Chorus 2's home tomorrow. I placed them in the front left and right positions of my HT, in place of my Polk's and listened to mostly music in stereo. What an incredible sound these boxes produce! Now it's kind of difficult to listen to my main HT rig with the Polk's back in place. It's like I lost a chunk of my hearing going back to them, not from the volume, but the lack of detail. I guess the Chorus 2's and Heresy's are going to the main HT position, which is where I spend the majority of my listening time these days. The Heresy's have been in my workshop, and I haven't been in there much lately, so today is the first time in quite a while that I've fired them up. It's amazing how quickly we adjust to one thing and forget another sound wise. It's not like the Polk rig sounds bad, just different. Hopefully I'll be able to swing a proper matching center channel and better sub sometime soon. I hate when that happens.

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I've been listening to my Heresy's, with a sub, for about 6 hours today and can't wait to get the Chorus 2's home tomorrow. I placed them in the front left and right positions of my HT, in place of my Polk's and listened to mostly music in stereo. What an incredible sound these boxes produce! Now it's kind of difficult to listen to my main HT rig with the Polk's back in place. It's like I lost a chunk of my hearing going back to them, not from the volume, but the lack of detail. I guess the Chorus 2's and Heresy's are going to the main HT position, which is where I spend the majority of my listening time these days. The Heresy's have been in my workshop, and I haven't been in there much lately, so today is the first time in quite a while that I've fired them up. It's amazing how quickly we adjust to one thing and forget another sound wise. It's not like the Polk rig sounds bad, just different. Hopefully I'll be able to swing a proper matching center channel and better sub sometime soon. I hate when that happens.

You get them home yet, Stump?

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