CornTall

[wdecho]

And how do you know that?

Where did you get your engineer degree and where can I buy your horn loaded speaker at?

Sorry, I have a tendency to get defensive and say things I shouldn't. Forgive me.

 

[gberchin]

how you would compare your vision of the Corntall to the Forte IV?

Back on track; thank you.

I can only say that I've heard both the Cornwall IV and the Forte IV, and I liked the CW better. The CW was especially good in the midbass and midrange.

 

[opnly bafld]

I have never heard Fortes, but I really like Cornwalls.

 

[opnly bafld]

my Linkwitz-Transformed Legacy Focus

I owned a pair of previous generation neo ribbon Focus (and other older Legacy models), which version, tweeter/midrange, do you have?

 

[gberchin]

which version, tweeter/midrange, do you have?

The original, with three 12" woofers and yellow midrange, tweeter, and ribbon drivers. I think that most of the drivers were from Eton; ribbon from Technics.

 

[tadawson]

My only thought would be if the reduced width would produce a cabinet resonance/standing wave at a higher freq than the CW . . . (and lower in the vertical).

 

[DirtyErnie]

Would it raise the mid horn up to ear level? Haven't sat in front of a set of Cornwalls to know where that axis lies.

 

[gberchin]

Would it raise the mid horn up to ear level? Haven't sat in front of a set of Cornwalls to know where that axis lies.

Klipsch says that the Cornwall IV is 38" tall; I don't know whether that includes the riser. Regardless, that puts the axis of the mid horn probably less than 30". The greater mid and tweeter horn height is another reason that I'd prefer the taller configuration.

 

[DirtyErnie]

38" is about the center of the treble horn on the ones im working on. Yeah, build Corntall

 

[grindstone]

- Nobody mentioned Choruses (?)
- FWIW, w/ my CW2 (obv diff horns), I had to slouch or use a low chair (and they had risers)

 

[gberchin]

Nobody mentioned Choruses

Chorus is not current production. My sister has a pair of original Chorus; they're good but not in the same league as current Heritage, IMHO.

 

[opnly bafld]

@gberchin

Do you think it is possible that the wide baffle contributes to what you like about CWs?

 

[gberchin]

Do you think it is possible that the wide baffle contributes to what you like about CWs?

It's possible, but likely only in the upper midrange. Crossover is at 700 Hz, where the wavelength is on the same order as the baffle width. Above that, the baffle makes very little difference because of the radiation patterns of the horns.