Dr Morbius
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If your ever going to redo your Cornwall's you might want to look into upgrading your mid range horn from a LaScalla. It's then called a "CornScala". I have 2 pairs and the word that keeps coming to mind is incredible!
If your ever going to redo your Cornwall's you might want to look into upgrading your mid range horn from a LaScalla. It's then called a "CornScala". I have 2 pairs and the word that keeps coming to mind is incredible!
Or you could find a Altec 311 90 with a throat adapter to put on top and lower your crossover to 400 hz where it should be.
Well I am proud to be a Honky, I guess I use honky speakers too
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I tried two different mods to my Cornwalls. Each time, I ended up reversing the mod, and putting things back to original. I like my Cornwalls just as they are, and I will never change them again.
I have the Cornwall IIIs, so far I'm extremely happy with them. Naturally, like so many love affairs, ask me again in a yearBiscuithead has stated he removed updated crossovers and reinstalled his old crossovers in multiple threads about the cornwall in this forum.
However he never states why.
Just seems strange when most would agree that his crossovers have expired.
Biscuithead has stated he removed updated crossovers and reinstalled his old crossovers in multiple threads about the cornwall in this forum.
However he never states why.
Just seems strange when most would agree that his crossovers have expired.
Since it is purely my subjective opinion formed by my ears, I didn't bother with all the audio adjectives and hooplah...
I will elucidate :
After I brought home my Cornwalls I quickly hooked them up to my Marantz 8b and tried them out. I was instantly in absolute bliss.
So, my thinking was... I should make it better with the Crites upgrade...
I bought the Sonicaps for the Type B x-overs.... In the meantime, I kept listening to the Cornies...
The parts came and it took me a couple of weeks to finally do the swap.
EEEK! Holy horn fatigue PWK ! ...
I left them in for about a month, before I decided to do try dampening the horn ring with some DynaMat...
Installed the Dynamat. Listened for about another month or two...
I couldn't tell a difference... so I pulled out the mat and the caps, put the PIOs back in, and have been happy ever since...
*Expired crossovers? I don't understand this... If the PIO caps are still within ESR spec, and the inductors are not fried, Is it the wood mounting plate that has gone rancid, or maybe oxygen has gotten into the wires...?
Bottom line: I love my stock Cornwalls!
Now my Fortes have the caps and the diaphrams... And I love those about as much too!
Thanks for the explanation.
How do you know the old crossover are still within spec then?
What happens if they short while hooked up to that classic ampifier?