Sansui9090 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Hello I'm new to this great forum, I just picked up my first pair of Cornwalls and I am totally blown away. Love em, question is: this pair sure looks like it was re finished by the original owner in a oak veneer (very pro job) but from the type code BB it should be all black birch no oak correct? Also he must have made the front covers as well because the Klipsch badging is on the black birch, does this de-value the pair? I paid $1250.00 Canadian also with the original manuals, and a pair of re cone kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Can't answer the question from the limited views displayed. Take a full front pic with the grilles removed. The previous owner may well have built a mitered cabinet AROUND the original cabinets, but the views shown do not allow me to comment further, except that: These cabinets appear as drop-in motorboard cabinets, but if they were really CDBB, they would have started out as flush-front cabinets. The pic you have showing the tweeter hole area leads me to believe that a mitered cabinet was built around the original cabinet, OR the original cabinet motorboard was used in a replacement mitered cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 14 hours ago, Sansui9090 said: I just picked up my first pair of Cornwalls and I am totally blown away They look nice and sound great. You got a good deal, no matter what they looked like 40 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansui9090 Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 I think I got a great deal for sure. Just an amazing sound. They definitely had the oak built around the birch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Do the serial numbers on the label match the SN stamped in the rear, top edge plys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansui9090 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 21 hours ago, Khornukopia said: They look nice and sound great. You got a good deal, no matter what they looked like 40 years ago. Yes both numbers match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 This is what a "D" style or Decorator Cornwall looks like. In this case you are viewing a CDBR (birch raw) pair. A CDBB is the same thing but painted black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansui9090 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Ok thanks makes scents now, the pair I have are all black CD-BB. Just the previous owner made oak cabinets around the units and built covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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