ka7niq Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I haven't had any luck with 2 pairs of Klipschorns, Belle's, LaScala's. I found an old pair of 1978 Cornwalls. Initially, they sounded bad, hooked to my big Ashly FET 500, and placed right against the wall. I pulled em out about a foot or two, better, but still squaky sounding. I then remembered whar Dean G said about the Luxman M 117 amp, and fortunately, I have one. I hooked it up, and lookout! I like The Cornwalls, suprise, suprise! They sound warm and full even at low levels, and they look good in my room, flanking a widescreen. I JUST got them, and they ain't perfect, but so far I like them. I watched football for hours today, listening to them play music. I really wish I had the Luxman 117 when I had the Klipschprns. It really is a great sounding amp on Horns. I can't wait to pull the backs off these 1978 Cornwalls, and check out everything. I wonder if these are Alnico and oil caps ? Anyone know what I will find inside a old Cornwall, besides dust ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwhaples Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Round magnet K77 tweeters and K55V drivers. Great sounding Speaker! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhadamanthus Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 My 1981 Cornwalls had Type B2T crossover, K77M Tweeters, K55V Squakers/Horns, K33E Square Magnet Wooofers. I replaced the Woofers with some new round magnet K33E because one of the originals had a small hole poked in it. I also replaced the crossovers with a pair BEC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka7niq Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Round magnet K77 tweeters and K55V drivers. Great sounding Speaker! Larry Tubes are not out of the realm of possibilities. I own a Lite Audio Tube Dac, and a Moscode 600, and a Dared Tube Linestage. None are hooked up, at the moment. The Moscode 600 is getting all new input board caps, actually, it is done, as is the Dared Tube Preamp. The Dared's volume pot went south, and my tech, a fellow audio buddy, fixed it. Both it, and the Moscode are finished, ready to pick up. I recently purchased a big Adcom 585 amp because a friend swears by it. Mine arrived with leaky caps, and is awaiting repair, and some mods. I wanted to pick all of them up together, that is the hold up. Right now, I am just using the stock CD player DAC, an old Parasound PSP 1000 pre amp, and the wonderful Luxman M 117. The Parasound is a decent sounding solid state pre amp, w.o glare, and has a remote subwoofer level control. You can bypass all it's surround stuff in direct mode. It is not as good as my Quad 99 solid state preamp was, but it's close, and they are availiable cheap used. The Luxman M 117 for solid state is something special, for real. I havent even had a chance to have my tech go through it. Many Luxman owners crank in some more bias, and it get's even sweeter! I just got through listening to my "new" 1978 Cornwalls again, and WOW. Bob Seeger never sounded better! On the sone "The Fire Inside" there is an electric piano solo, and it gave me goosebumps. I just love the way these old Cornwalls are voiced, rich and warm in the lower mids. Hey, quick question, are you supposed to fire them straigt ahead, or aim them at you ? Mine are about 2 to 4 feet out from back wall so I could get them out front of my widescreen a bit. They are about 10 feet apart. Any closer to the rear wall and the lower mids sound too rich. I havent tried corner placement, but my room is wider then it is deep, but you KNOW I am going to try everything. The tube amp I might consider is a Dared 845 Integrated. A friend uses one on his Avant Gard Horns, and wow! Or, I may go SET Do you know if these 1978 Cornwalls have oil caps, or Alnico magnets ? BTW, never sell a Luxman M 117 short, it is magic on horns, for solid state. Ask Dean G, he let one get away, and he wish he hadn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka7niq Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 My 1981 Cornwalls had Type B2T crossover, K77M Tweeters, K55V Squakers/Horns, K33E Square Magnet Wooofers. I replaced the Woofers with some new round magnet K33E because one of the originals had a small hole poked in it. I also replaced the crossovers with a pair BEC's. I THINK the 1978 Cornwalls were a bit different, but I am not sure .. These have a set of Crite's tweeter diapraghms in them. They are so very different then the Klipsch Fortes. The original Forte's I owned had great deep bass, and were probably less "colored" then these old Cornwalls. In all fairness to them, i did not own the Luxman M 117 then, and with it, they might have been smoother. But, transparent as they were, they always sounded "a bit on edge" and too "up front" for MY liking. I just LOVE warm, and rich lower registers. That means you do not have to crank them to sound good. These 1978 Cornwalls are voiced this way, and I find I enjoy listening to them more then I did the Forte's. When I hook my Tube Dac up, I will replace it's Mullards, a warm and rich tube, with a bit thiner sounding tube, and it should be 'just right' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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