There have been many versions over the years.
Not being a typical Horn Speaker listener, I was frankly quite shocked at how much the Cornwall II took my breath away in 1987 when I hooked up a demo pair to a Kyocera system in the Audio Store where I was working. These were the later “II” versions with the round plastic rear plate containing 5-way binding posts for spkr wire connections. They were sweet. The next (last?) “II” version had a larger rectangular plastic plate w/5-way binding posts which I understand actually internally hold the networks as a single assembly using similar components. Finally fading out of production . . .
When the Heritage line was reintroduced (at the strong request of Cornwall lovers everywhere) Roy Delgado was not in the game as the new designs were done by Mark Kaufman in the mid 2000’s. The Cornwall III was what Mark was able to come up using the Heresy midrange/squawker instead of the original larger Cornwall arrangement - seems the original tooling was gone and . . .
Cornwall IV is all Roy including use of the new Tractrix® midrange 👍
With the right amplifier pairing, the IV can be embarrassingly good. While efficient, they still appreciate power & control. I’ve heard from two separate first-hand accounts that the Jadis DA88S is a magical pairing.
Not being a typical Horn Speaker listener, I was frankly quite shocked at how much the Cornwall II took my breath away in 1987 when I hooked up a demo pair to a Kyocera system in the Audio Store where I was working. These were the later “II” versions with the round plastic rear plate containing 5-way binding posts for spkr wire connections. They were sweet. The next (last?) “II” version had a larger rectangular plastic plate w/5-way binding posts which I understand actually internally hold the networks as a single assembly using similar components. Finally fading out of production . . .
When the Heritage line was reintroduced (at the strong request of Cornwall lovers everywhere) Roy Delgado was not in the game as the new designs were done by Mark Kaufman in the mid 2000’s. The Cornwall III was what Mark was able to come up using the Heresy midrange/squawker instead of the original larger Cornwall arrangement - seems the original tooling was gone and . . .
Cornwall IV is all Roy including use of the new Tractrix® midrange 👍
With the right amplifier pairing, the IV can be embarrassingly good. While efficient, they still appreciate power & control. I’ve heard from two separate first-hand accounts that the Jadis DA88S is a magical pairing.