Save a few more pennies and get the new La Scala AL6 instead.
Try it passive. You could also try out the active crossover/DSP unit Roy Delgado sells for it, the latter could make you happier.
Cornwall doesn’t sound very good.
Cornwall IV V-Cap ODAM and Path Audio resistor modification
I had Cornwall IIs bought new in 1983, loved them. Got rid of them during a downsize a while ago.
Now considering a set of Cornwall IVs that already have the V-Cap ODAM and Path Audio capacitors and resistors installed.
I’m wondering how much this mod changes the basic character of the Cornwall IVs, if at all. Do they still have the Klipsch Cornwall sound, but more refined? If they don’t sound generally like Cornwalls then I probably won’t like them.
wrm57 and kclone (and others who have done it), what do you think? Thanks.
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I can’t speak to how the modified IVs sound, but I did own a pair of CW IIs from 1987 and I can say the Cornwall IV is a completely different animal. More refined and resolving with very little horn “honk”. Still has that horn magic, but better in just about every meaningful way over earlier versions. |
@ephan , If you like the sound of stock CW4, I don’t think you’d be disappointed. I can’t really imagine why anyone would prefer the stock to ones with the Sachs mods. I went a bit beyond those but the meat of the upgrade is in the superb caps and resistors. Still, it is unnerving to open a new speaker and wreck its warranty, I get it. And while it’s not very hard to do, you still have to trust yourself to do it right. But for me it proved to be well worth the risk. |
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