mike stehr Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 I bought a pair of '83 Oak Cornwalls about nine months ago from Jazman. They showed up at home last Friday. This is Cornwall 34Y254. (Sorry the pictures suck!) I have Klipsch again, and I am happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted June 11, 2003 Author Share Posted June 11, 2003 Here's Cornwall 34Y255. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Congratulations, Those look gorgeous. Peace, Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Very cool Mike -- you've got to be pretty pumped to finally get those in there. Ask Dave Hekert what he thought about my Cornwall mods -- and please, get some 10 AWG on that sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksdad Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 i am curious to get your impressions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig6519 Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Congrats, I've only had mine 4 days but loving it. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShapeShifter Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Congratulations...Nice looking Cornwalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 It took nine months to get them shipped - talk about procrastinating! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazman Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 rf3iicrazy, It was not a matter of procrastination, but one of economic resources. Mike paid for them 9 months ago and had initially planned to pick them up in person, spend time listening to my Moondogs and maybe spend a day or so in the Bay area as my houseguest. When that plan changed, I agreed to hold onto them until he could arrange statisfactory packing and shipping with reasonable cost. Everyone does not have a pocket full of cash or credit cards, but they still deserve to own Klipsch Heritage. I was glad to hold onto the speakers for him. Alls well that ends well. I hope he enjoys them as much as I did. I think he will. Klipsch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry N. Cruse Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Mike, Congrats....Welcome to the brotherhood of SLAM! As always....Look for Two More! I.B. Slammin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Congrats Mike. Have you broken out the BLO yet? - unless of course they're laquered. Cornwalls are definitely worth a 9 month wait. Let us know what you think once they're settled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 jazzman, It was just a joke, hence the big smile at the end. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted June 13, 2003 Author Share Posted June 13, 2003 All my tube amps sound good now. I sold a pair of Black '95 Chorus II's to get these. It's been awhile since I've listened to Chorus II's, but I think I prefer the Cornwalls. Looks for one, I like the oiled oak. The Cornwall's seems to have a smoother mid and top end, IMO. They may be more rolled off on the top end than Chorus II, I have no idea. I get rather good output from my Magnavox SE 6BQ5 console amplifier, It's strange looking at this little five by eight inch peanut amp powering a pair of monster cornwalls And sounding pretty damn good at that Boiled Linseed Oil project this Weekend. It's okay Tom, I'm not offended. That is quite the amp collection of yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonestarBlues Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Congratulations Mike on getting your Cornwalls. I am sure you will appreciate the Cornwalls even more having endured a long period of waiting and anticipation due to unforeseen circumstances. I enjoy my 1977 Cornwalls-birch plywood stained in a light cherry finish with the riser with SET tubes- Welborne Labs-Moondogs & Revellie preamp. And my 1983 Cornwalls in oiled walnut without the riser with either a solid state Mcintosh amp or Llano mosfet/tube hybrid amp & Mcintosh C38 preamp. The SET tubes win in quality of sonics & tone & actually can play pretty loud. The solid state gets the nod in unrestricted dynamics and high level headbangin' listening levels. Enjoy your Cornwalls & the sonic nirvana that they can give you. Regards, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Welcome back to the Heritage Club! Good things come to those who wait! Dean sure opened a can of worms on his mods for these. He is headed down the right path with his approach, to be sure. I do highly recommend picking Dean's brain on this.....these mods produce results, without harming the good qualities of the speaker. This is highly effective at eliminating resonances, which allow the speakers to just "get out of the way". I am usually reluctant to mod anything in such a fashion (especially when PWK designed them), but with such direct proof of results, it's hard to argue against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillmbil Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Where can I find a listing of your Cornwall mod's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted June 13, 2003 Author Share Posted June 13, 2003 Okay, on the back of a Cornwall they have the serial number stamped at the top. Off to the right of the serial # in the corner there is three stamped letters going from top to bottom, "USA". Are these stamps from the first name of the builders? Or is it just a indicator that they are built in the USA? Curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tungsol88 Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 You must be very happy...I look forward hooking some too...congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 ---------------- On 6/13/2003 7:52:30 PM mike stehr wrote: Okay, on the back of a Cornwall they have the serial number stamped at the top. Off to the right of the serial # in the corner there is three stamped letters going from top to bottom, "USA". Are these stamps from the first name of the builders? Or is it just a indicator that they are built in the USA? Curious. ---------------- When I asked Andy (HDBRbuilder, who built my '79 Cornwalls), he stated: "..."USA" was normally stamped into the rear of the cabinets during final assembly back in those days. The "S" below my initial ("A") stood for Steve, who was my helper...yours were built very early in his time helping me...because the "S" should have been to the right of the "A", not below it...and for a short while, whenever he did the stamping, I had to remind him to put our codes side-by-side...LOL! Yours are some built during this "reminding process"..." On the top left side of my cabinets are the stamped letters (from top to bottom) "ASZ", which represented the first letters to the builder's first names; "A" for Andy, "S" for his assistant Steve, and "Z" for the sander (Andy forgot his first name...I'm thinking Zack). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted June 15, 2003 Author Share Posted June 15, 2003 Then I would geuss Andy worked there when these were manufactured. Thanks, Jim. I picked up boiled linseed oil and gave them a workover, and that cleaned them up rather nice. The place reeks, and my girlfriend is chapped, but the speakers look good. I received some Relcap polystyrene and tin foil capacitors for coupling for the output tubes in my Magnavox SE 6BQ5 amplifier, breaking them in now. They were cheap. As far the Cornwalls breaking up at higher levels, mine are in a small room (12'X14'X7'). So I really don't have crank them in a nearfield situation. I know, Cornwalls are not nearfield speakers, but I'll have these Klipsch longer than this particular abode. So at 80, 85 to 90 decibels, they sound fine to me. No one to impress around here but me. I'm going to just get used to listening to them for some time before going hog wild with mods. And there is quite a few, trust me. At comfy listening levels, this little Console amp and the Corns do pretty damn good with just the variable output from the CDP. I here all sorts of things in material that I never did before. I like these speakers. Thanks for replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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