DTO Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 I did a thing. And someone close to me isn’t thrilled about that thing. I jumped on a pair of C3s for two channel. Turns out my SO thinks they are unwieldily beasts that to do not fit into our modest urban home. I admit to being a little smitten with these beasts though. I currently have chorus iis in my basement theater with a quartet center. I’ve been daydreaming of rf-7s for a while and have started trying to sell my chorus iis locally. Question is is if I put my c3s down there would it be a waste of their talents? Am I better of just getting rid of both the chorus and Cornwall towards rf-7iiis? Anyone use c3s in HT? As heavy as all these are I figured I’d ask experts before trying to swap back and forth. Onkyo tx-rz730 pre outs to three outlaw 200 wpc monoblocks. 1 Quote
polizzio Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 I purchased the Indian Rosewood CW3 specials new at a really good price back in April or May 2019. I employ them for mostly 2 channel music reproduction but also have them wired to a Yammy AVR for bluray movies and tv broadcast audio (just finished watching last night's "The Voice" auditions dvr recording) sometimes. Also have a SVS SB-3000 sub in the mix for BR movies too. For action and music bluray playback it is a very powerful combo. Live Die Repeat BR you think you are on the beach with Tom Cruise, the V-22 aircraft, and those monsters. The opening extreme LF pulses which gives some systems/speakers fits........no problem here. Or the live concert scenes from A Star is Born bluray.....awesome. They may not be regarded as the best or shear favorite Heritage but I really like my CW3 for both duties. I don't play my music over maybe 90-95 db music peaks on a sound meter (modest in room levels really). Their power efficiency and ability to reproduce down to 30hz without a sub. And the rosewood specials are simply gorgeous with the silver metallic grill cloth. Drawback......that 25.5" width but oh well, I made it work. I wanted a PWK designed loudspeaker actually made in America (in production since 1959 off and on actually) with big 15" LF transducers. yeah WAF is probably a problem. She'll get over it. 1 Quote
polizzio Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, DTO said: Well damn that’s sexy! ↑ Got to like a menage a' trois! 1 Quote
USNRET Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 I have since swapped out those subs for two SVS PB-4000s Quote
polizzio Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, USNRET said: I have since swapped out those subs for two SVS PB-4000s Wow, you must have some serious thunder for sure! Quote
eq_shadimar Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 Well they are not Cornwall III's but I do have 5.3 Cornwall system for my home theater. They are pretty damm aweseome. Laters, Jeff 1 Quote
schwock5 Posted February 28, 2020 Posted February 28, 2020 sort of related...how much of an improvement / "different" are the cornwall iv's? Since good deals can be had on the 3s now i've been potentially looking to add these into my system as well Quote
Moderators dtel Posted February 28, 2020 Moderators Posted February 28, 2020 The Heresy 3 is a perfect match for the Cornwall 3, same mid and high frequency drivers. Quote
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