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Re: Klipsch Cornwall II not in my tastes.

Posted by H/K900+ on January 26, 2003 at 12:25:05

In Reply to: Klipsch Cornwall II not in my tastes. posted by Rdc on January 22, 2003 at 18:12:29:

OK...I am gonna give you some FREE advice for your listening pleasure with Cornwalls...you can take it or leave it...but I know what I am talking about here!

1. You stated your Cornwalls were sitting directly on hardwood floors with a carpet or rug ahead of them. Part of your bottom end problem is the fact that the speakers are not making proper floor contact as they are. If you look at the bottom of them, and there are either metal gliders pounded into the bottom or into the bottom of the risers, then remove them. Go to your local Wal-mart, and look in the hardware section for the areaz where furniture feet and such are. There you will find black peel-and-stick "Grippers". These are dense black neoprene "feet" bases designed for use on hardwood floors. Get a couple packs of the 1" diameter ones. Then put one of these on each corner of your risers on the cornwalls...if no risers, then put one on each corner of the bottom of the cabinet..and add one more to the center of the bottom of the cabinet. then put the speakers back on the hardwood floor...and listen to the difference...it will surprise you!!

2. You are driving those Cornwalls with WAY TOO MUCH POWER!! The reason the mids and highs are so ear-splitting is that you are overdriving the drivers of those horns with all of that excess power in complex musical transients!! You should NEVER drive any of the Klipsch Heritage speakers with any power source exceeding 120 watts RMS!! Otherwise you stand a chance of overdriving the drivers in the top end...especially the tweeter, eventually blowing its diaphragm!!

First...try out the "cheap fix" of the grippers...then try out a good lower-powered CLEAN amp...and you will fall in LOVE with those Cornwalls!!

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