The KLIPSCH Cornwall IV is even better than I thought!
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- Living with the Klipsch Cornwall IV for well over a year I'm still learning more about the sound capabilities of this speaker. I feel like I still have a long way to go before I hear its limitations.
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Having bought a pair of Cornwall IVs because of your original review, I really enjoyed your update with this video. I continue to revel in their sound. Thanks Steve.
Many Klipsch converts are out there b/c of the CWIV. That said, plenty of haters on the forums: "I once heard Cornwalls in the '80s and hated them" this kind of asinine comment.
@GeneralCurtis3LeMay I like the Legacy series Tannoy's like the Arden and Cheviot, had the CWIV not existed I would have bought one of these two Tannoy's. HOWEVER, in direct comparison which I was able to do at uncle Kevvy's place (Upscale Audio) the Tannoy's def have a suck-out in the mid-band region that is not noticeable at first until you directly compare them to CWIVs. Another observer thought the handoff from a dome tweeter to a 12" woofer was too abrupt (Cheviot) and I tend to agree with this statement, in fact its a fatal flaw in most Tannoy models, IMHO. Off axis the Tannoy's midrange sound like its coming from a different room. Its a one-person speaker (listening position).
@@Carrera6rennsport I lived 724 between a pair of Klipch horns and a couple of hundred records in about a 10 ft.² space and that means I slept there too, amazing speakers - no matter where you sat in the room
Steve should review the Teckton Double Impact or even the Moab. Former Klipsch owners preferred the Tecktons.
@Colton Castiel you and roman are the same person. Thanks
Steve’s apartment rearrangement has essentially transformed it into a boutique hi-fi showroom.
@GeneralCurtis3LeMay stfu
I think that he's feeling the heat from his buddy in Texas!
No doubt!
My Cornwall 4s are feeling like they may be my last speaker. I have had several Klipsch Heritage speakers.... These are really special. I really appreciate you, your reviews and all that you do for our community Steve.
Same here.
Have you heard Khorns? I'm curious if the CW4 with a quality sub can compete with the Khorns
@@asplmn I personally think the Cornwalls sound better thank K-Horns. The K-horns are brighter and the bass can be hit or miss. I am not running subs either.
@@asplmn If you play around with speaker positioning, you will find a point where the bass clicks into place just perfectly for your room. Generally, you need to be close to walls on the side and rear of the speakers. Some room treatment may also be required.
Hey Sean! Is CW IVs better than La Scalas AL5?
An update to my earlier post..... the Cornwall iv’s are in da house!!!
Drove ninety miles to listen to them. I had listened to them a few weeks ago locally but the vibe from that showroom wasn’t working for me.
Anyway, spent over an hour playing different stuff through them...... Sinatra, Melody Gardot,Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Mariah Carey, Michael Giacchino, Dream Theater,Amy Inoi, Segovia, Bob James......the sound was fantastic!!
I had a crowd of customers huddled behind me listening as well !! The staff LOVED listening to them. Most had never heard them. They said the sound filled the room. A pretty good size show room
Anyway, boxed them up n loaded em in the pickup. Now they are in my living room. Setup tomorrow 😬
What amp do you use in your setup? If I get a set I am fairly convinced going with a tube amp(would probably with any Klipsch).
@@juleswinnfield6930 PS Audio M 1200 mono blocks and their GainCell DAC/preamp
I am so excited!!! My Cornwalls will be here Wednesday, the next 4 days will be the longest ever!!! I was going to settle for afford Forte IV's but I really wanted the Cornwalls bad! Space is a little limited and money is tight as well but I decided to move my current speakers to the basement and I will make more money! I cant wait!!! Thanks for helping me in my decision.
In what way are CW better than Fortes ?
@@frankl5772 I listened to them side by side in a friends house and the CWs were just sounded better, a little more roomy or fuller if that makes sense. Not by all that much though.
@@bchboy1206 Thanks Jim for sharing your thoughts on both speakers!😃
Steve, your excitement in this video was second to none. The smile on your face during this video is like a child watching Santa come down the chimney with a new sled! It was fabulous.
your rooms are getting better and better by the day ! absolutely beautiful space
Because of your thorough reviews Steve I recently purchased a pair of Cornwall IV's and a Heresy IV for a center from Cory and Steve over at Paducah Home Theater in KY - Absolutely fantastic transaction and speakers are AMAZING!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR!!!
Awesome. Can I ask what you have on the front end?
It truly is amazing what a difference a little change makes. I moved one speaker inward about six inches and was stunned by the improvement
Steve, you are so lucky to be able to experience and play with these wonderful pieces of equipment!
Actually your 2 watt amp is really a 2000 milliwatt amp..LOL As an amp/pre amp designer and long time Klipsch fan I agree with your assessment. My favorite combo is my home designed 45 mono-blocks for 2500 milliwatt amps with my highly modified 1979 Hersey speakers.
I know the high-end audio snobs look down on Klipsch, probably because they are affordable by the rest of us.
The Cornwalls are probably my favorite of the Heritage line but in my modest sized listening room are just too large. Even though, I had a pair of K horns in the same room once and they were just too much speaker even at 2 watts. Our windows rattled and ears HURT at and below 2 watts/2000 milliwatts.
Paul Klipsch once said, "What the world needs is one of my speaker sets and a good 5 watt amp....To which I say...BRAVO Mr Klipsch !!!
Another thing about speakers is not to worry more about the specs on paper than how the same speakers move your soul. AS an engineer, it took me a long time to believe this but out of the Heritage line of Klipsch speakers, they all can take me places that other speakers just sound too sterile.
Music is very fluid with all sorts of things happening at once. To look at just specs/graphs is pointless to a large extent.
So, you sir, know what I'm talking about. It is so easy to get totally lost in the music with Klipsch speakers, at least the Heritage line. And after all, isn't that what we are all looking for, that is, TO ENJOY THE MUSIC !!!!!!!
I love that you re-reviewed this! The size and composition of the Cornwall said to me that it would 'mellow' (in the blending sense, not the dulling sense) with a larger space. I currently have a problem that all the speakers I either own or really really want to own/try out are probably best for rooms of MUCH larger size than I currently have. To solve this, I'm designing a house.
Excellent update, Steve. And I’m really digging your new digs!
Steve, you're the best! Hearing you describe recordings is the a treat.
Another musical sounding speaker. Fabulous!
Thank you Steve , Guttenberg for doing this re- review on the Klipsch Cornwall..i don't own a pair but i am a big fan of this company.You nail the review of this speaker is spot on.Keep up the good work.
I think im going to move my system around this weekend. Thanks for being so cool steve!
My Cornwall IV’s are sounding better every day...they have great scale, presence and an addictive sense of dynamic contrast. Authentic to the music...Klipsch delivered with this Heritage speaker!
I just got Forte III - and have a similar impression as you guys describe about the Cornwall IV... and they are like 40% the size!
The forte 3 ,iv Cornwall iv are all fantastic . I would own any of them as I own the Cornwall iv
Wish I could afford. Love your enthusiasm, almost makes me want to pull the trigger anyway.
I'm happy that you found something you like so much.
Thanks for mentioning the early Moody Blues. I still listen regularly to their early albums that I purchased 50 years ago. The first Klipsch speakers I ever heard were the Cornwalls back in the 70's. I've had Klipschorns for 25 years now and Moody Blues sound great at low volume, as you mentioned.
Another enjoyable one Mr Steve! I'm kinda of old school using 4 Klipsch RF-7's with a pair of McIntosh MC-75 mono-block tube amps. Boy, after your enthusiastic description of the Klipsch Cornwall Fours I'm very tempted to purchase a pair myself. I'll tell them you sent me. I love Sinatra and got to play with his fabulous Model Train set up in Palm Springs back in the mid 70's. Cheers!
The beauty and magic of tubes and Klipsch - I'm on board!
This room looks great! I also agree about the rug "effect" .
Klipsch , ftw!
You really got it right with that Moodies album! Especially the mellotron explosion in the beginning of higher and higher. I though my speakers exploded when I played it in 1972!
I have the albums you mentioned tagged for this week's work commutes. The bigger joy was the shirt Steve was wearing this episode... Simply wow! As for the Klipschs... They'll have to wait until I'm richer.
Great presentation Steve! I am joined by a few friends each weekend on the Klipsch forum "Right This Minute". This past Saturday, we all synced up (in our various time zones) that My Fair Lady recording !!! VERY enjoyable. I believe that you and Herb should plan on a very special mission to visit the Klipsch Heritage facility and give us an updated tour ((O:
NICE to see so many here that are about to purchase the CW 4 or have bought them recently on YOUR recomendation !
Your enthusiasm is addicting!
Nice job. I’m glad you brought up the Moody Blues. I had all their early records and have been a fan for more than40 years, my brother who’s about your age led me there. I would recommend just listening to the threeJustin Hayward tracks on each album. I have a cd with just his songs from those first seven albums. It’s one of my favorite discs. “Dawning is the Day”, “The Actor”, “It’s Up to You” I never get tired of. He still tours regularly and if you have a chance to hear him you won’t regret it. He’s one of the few guys from that era still making new music I want to listen to. Him and Keith Richards.
The Moody Blues masters of incredible songs.I listened for years then found For your children's children children what a masterpiece
Love your enthusiasm in general and for the Cornwall in specific. Interesting to see that when you listen for your own pleasure you are picking up vinyl.
I would love to go down the horn path in the future. I use BIG open baffle speakers today and can relate to what you describe.
Thanks for your review Steve! The really frustrating thing for those of living in Australia is just how outrageous the pricing of Klipsch Heritage speakers is here. The Cornwall IVs retail for around $6,000 dollars in the U.S., whereas here they sell for over $14,000 U.S. dollars!! Even allowing for shipping and import duties this is a crazy price. Most other speaker brands sold in Australia are pretty close to their U.S. dollar price, which makes Klipsch' pricing all the more puzzling and out of step with the local market. Come on Klipsch, how about a fair go for us Aussies who would love to own your speakers!
Start an importing business
Plus one. Thank you again for what you do, these ARE my retirement speakers. I hope you do more tube amp reviews with good iron, maybe a single ended parallel if anyone still makes them. Oh, and now you can do some speaker cable reviews lol
Great review, and great selection of albums! Gonna check those out tomorrow, and may be purchasing some vinyl 😀
Just like life, audio is all about the journey, Steve, not the final destination!
You have such a wonderful space
Why be embarassed by your enjoyment of the Moody Blues? That is a GREAT album from my youth.
They always had terrible recording quality though. Great music-terrible recordings
Loving your new setup Steve.
I got about 3 weeks in to mine... They are my babies
I am a Moody Blues fan. Big time! It took way to long for the group to be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame! But, they are IN! Oh, don’t be ashamed to admit you like the Moody Blues. Ever.
In search of the lost chord is a great album
The Moody Blues are /were an epic band!
I had a pair of the Heresy speakers & I was blown away with the Quality. Klipsch has always Nailed the best image-- at least for me. Really good by pairing them with a small sub-woofer (from Klipsch also). I just fell in love with their sound !!!
Your explanation of the subtle nature of the Cornwalls bass at 6:30 is the exact reason I decided to get Cornwalls and not Heresys even though they were headed for a small dorm room at the time.
Hi Steve, excellent review as always. Your comment about how the sensitivity of the Cornwall IVs helps to reveal the subtle differences between amplifiers reminded me of the comment I had left in your first review of these marvelous speakers (your Dec. 19, 2019 posting) - namely, that their sensitivity can be leveraged to shape their sound spectrum by changing the thickness of the cables (note - this is not a reference to the design nor the cost of the cables - only their overall effective gauge). In short, the thicker the wire, the more bass-centric you will move the sound spectrum, the thinner the wire, the more the sound spectrum will focus on the mid-/high ranges. The difference is very pronounced and is NOT subtle with Klipsch speakers. In my experience, very few speakers have this pronounced trait, but heritage Klipsch speakers do which I believe is associated with their high sensitivity and dynamic depth. I'm certain all speakers can be modulated a little, but no where near as much as a highly efficient speaker. Years ago, I had mentioned this to the owner of the audiophile store that I purchased my Carver amp from and, while intrigued, he was in disbelief. So I brought my Tangent 40s (the predecessor of the fabulous Forte line) into the shop with both a regular speaker wire (10 gauge Monster cable) and my mammoth cable (4x10 gauge wires per terminal for a total of 8x10 gauge wires per speaker) - the difference absolutely blew his mind. I estimate at least a 2-3x increase in dynamic bass depth when using my mammoth cable. The point is that highly sensitive speakers, like Klipsch speakers, have this amazing, and under-appreciated, trait that allows you to shape the speaker's sound spectrum in significant ways so that it matches your listening preferences - cost of entry is only limited by your willingness to try different speaker wire gauges - be bold. Klipsch speakers may indeed be the ultimate shape-shifters in the industry!
Steve your room redo turned out great. Sounds like you're more excited about listening lol. I'll be right over 🙂. Greg
Hi Steve. I'm considering purchasing this model. I'm currently using an MC312 amplifier. I know it's way more than I would need for these but would it be fruitless to pair the two? Thanks
Great video, Steve. I wish I had the space for the Cornwalls, they must be amazing. I've always been a fan of larger speakers since the 70's..............
I know I will never own a set of these. My dream is to just hear them someday. I am sure they are amazing. And thanks to you I have expanded my playlist on Tidal from your mentions of groups and albums. Thanks. I love the show. keep them coming. I live my dream life through you. LOL
Guilty you are! New Cornwall Owner here.
Cheers Steve :-)
What a dream hi-fi setup you now have in your apartment, Steve.
Gorgeous shirt Steve !
Three systems in your place? Man, that's awesome!
@GeneralCurtis3LeMay stfu
Love your sincere love for music
Klipsch heritage speakers, the vintage and the reference ones like RF 63, 83, Palladium Made in USA are beautiful things and are also heirlooms.
Love the music recommendations
Love the Moody Blues, saw them 4 times in Concert.
Yep, they are legends.
Great show!
I have been thrilled with my Cornwall III's driven by an Akitika GT-108 (50 watt/8 ohms) and Schiit SAGA S preamp. This combination of components has opened up my sound stage and my eyes/ears as to how good HiFi can be. Now I spend my time searching for LP recordings that can do these components justice.
Don’t ever be embarrassed to love the Moody Blues, they were an excellent and legendary band. I have that album you had in your hand. You are right, it is excellent! Really like the song “eternity road”
great entertaining episode!
Indeed. You can never go back from a large speaker with 15” woofer - nothing else sounds real. It has something to do with the instantaneous compression of the entire room - just like a kick drum. You feel it as much as it is heard.
Dear Steve I cannot agree more on the Klipsch Cornwall. I was recently at an audio show and had a listen to the Cornwall in the distributor's room. Although the room may have not been exactly the size the big Cornwall would deserve, I was amazed at the smoothness of the sound delivered by the Klipsch, the wide soundstage and that bass, so natural if compared to the bass as squeezed out from those floor standers with tiny "woofers" that was hard to believe. If I had not had a chance to listen to the Cornwall, which happened by a case, I would have left the show quite depressed. Thanks Steve.
I know exactly what you mean Steve.. when I switched from a crappy generic solid state amp to my Prima Luna Dialogue int amp, my Cornwalls came alive! It was like I bought a new amp AND new speakers.
Got my new pair of Cornwall IV last tuesday. It sounds awesome combined with my Denon PMA-A110 and the Bluesound Node 2i. Love it!
Wow, sounds like you have an amazing system! Do you have any issues with volume adjustment from the remote of the PMA-A110? I am finding that the volume increases/decreases more than I would like when using the volume control.
@@CaptainCrunch823 I don't use the original remote because i control all my stuff with a Logitech Harmony Elite. Here i programmed smaller steps for the volume because they were to big in first case. Problem solved. But yes, the steps are to big if you have such efficient speakers like the Cornwalls. They are loud as f*** ;) Greets from Germany.
@@usaguitarmaniac thanks so much for the feedback! I’ll give it a try😊
listening to my cornwalls now. They are great.
Thanks Steve! 🥰😎🤩✨
Absolutely, Steve! I have a stereo 3-way pair consisting of 15” woofers and it’s hard to give up the completeness of sound you get from it. I can’t listen to smaller boxes after listening with those 15’s lol
Zeppelin II (early 70's pressing) sounds amazing on my Heresy IVs. Anyone who hears them can't believe it's vinyl! I've only had these for a month and your review is encouraging an upgrade.
Thanks Steve, it would be great if you could include your music recommendations under the video to make it easier for us to find them
My first commercial speakers that I brought back in 1974 were some Klipsch Hereseys. Loved their dynamics but also wanted more of a natural sound, so I moved up to Magneplaner MGIIs. They gave a much more natural sound but were missing the dynamics of live music. I highly modified the MGIIs by using concrete resin to the Masonite side panels and creating wedge shaped phase lensing between the holes of the front sheet metal panel that supported the bar magnets for the magnetic planer action. After this I built many successful dynamic speaker designs always using 8 to 9 inch drivers thinking that the smaller cone would give tighter bass such as the quality of the modified Magneplaners. However, I soon realized that the best route was to go with larger more efficient bass drivers that use less wattage and less cone excursion to achieve the same amplitude as multiple smaller drivers can achieve. Hence my current system per channel uses two custom modified pro 15" woofers, one on the bottom and one on top, with a custom tractrix horn in the middle driven by a planner magnetic driver, flanked above and below with two horn loaded ribbon tweeters. So the efficiency of this system is 95db/watt at 1 meter and has the detail of my old Magneplaners with dynamics of better efficient speakers like the heritage Klipsch models and with better low and top end frequency response. Few speakers come close and cost many times the price that I invested in this build. I'm very fortunate to have achieved what I love and could not have ever afforded a commercial product that comes close.
Steve, you shouldn't be embarrassed by liking the Moody Blues. On the cornwall's try the first cut of "Question of Balance". It opens with an acoustic guitar centered between the speakers. Then suddenly the rest of the band comes in and the soundstage extends beyond the edge of the speakers and a kick drum that should sound awesome on the cornwalls. It is also a brilliant song combining an anti-war and love song together. Enjoy!
Got my first Cornwalls new in 1982. Still, one of the most enjoyable speakers ever made.
Those were probably Cornwall II's, which I too used to own. Bought mine used in 1997 for like $700, and I really liked them. Rebuilt the crossovers and updated the wiring which really made them shine. Powered them with a 16W × 2 integrated amp that used a pair of EL84/6BQ5 tubes in push-pull which really got loud, although the lowest bass notes were always a little lacking. Positioning was everything with those, but once you got them just right they sounded amazing - or at least as amazing as a $700 pair of old speakers could sound. But to my 16 year old ears they sounded magical.
Steve, about 30 years ago I followed the plans to diy a Klipsch speakers and I sent a friendcto build the cabinets and installed a 18 inches woofer and mid and tweeters a horn for each. A simple lc crossover but well calculated for values and two strong and hard plywoods finished the proyect. WOW, I had never experienced such powerfull bass and the speakers were very loud. i had a Sony 30 Watts per channels amplifier that moved those speakers like hell. I remember that I thought that the speakers were defective, because if I put the volume pot
The speaker made the house shatter with Bach's organ concertos. NOTE something happenedcthat I had to continue in another part here. Sorry
The Cornwalls are great. Open baffles are a must listen as well...
👍I have all the Moody Blues recordings from the late ‘60’s and early 70’s. Everything up through Seventh Sojourn.
Love to get a comparison between the Cornwalls and the La Scala's. It's very cool to hear your vinyl choices and reviews. Thousands of your viewers, all at the same time blow up EBAY. Gotta be quick with the credit card...
I have the LaScalas and man I love them
Hi Steve you alway give great music recommendations. Over the years many of your suggestions have become my absolute favourite albums. Great work 👍
Just subed. I like what you do kind sir!!
I bought Mishima. It was a Stereo Review Award winner I think. The review about it was stunning. I like the way you cast rate yourself on your gushing of the Sinatra album with the word "this".
Made me laugh.
Thanks for a great video. It would be very interesting to hear your thoughts on the klipsch RF-7.
"Children's Children's Children" along with "On The Threshold of a Dream" have always been favorite guilty pleasures for me, probably due to my age when the albums came out. By the time of "A Question of Balance", I had moved on to heavier rock, but those two records still take me back to a place that's pleasant to visit.
Agree!... I have those titles on SACD with the 4.0 Quad mixes. Those vintage quad mixes are really great, and allow you to hear more inside these songs. I'm not saying they are better than the 2.0 mixes, but really fun & interesting. The sonics are compromised by the multitrack technology of the day, along with the dynamic compression of that period, but they are still amazing productions.
Great review. ...I’ve had a similar experience with my Klipsch original Fortes.... new amp, repositioned based on your recommendations and pulled my Technics SL 1800 out of hibernation. Perfect comments on Led Zep I (Sorry Jimmy) - I still have my original LP copy. Best regards.
My Klipsch dealer is an hour's drive but they have a pair on demo. I can't wait to hear them for myself!
I'm confident that one hour drive will be memorable and likely your last speaker drive. As they say, once you experience Klipsch, you never go back. I had that experience when I bought my Tangent 40s 30 years ago and their still rocking hard every day. Best of luck.
Tangent 40's here, too...they pound like no other speakers I've owned!
I think they were the pre-Kg4.
Thank you very much for your album recommendations! I am a “sonic explorer”... :)
One of the beauties of klipsch heritage speakers are their efficiency effortless sound I am a fan, but I also love the sound of other speakers that are not horn driven so I have three different sets of speakers depending on my mood
You have a big room so you can make a box in box in order to isolate and have a nicer noise floor level. You can install also a double double glass window and a big isolated door. And still you would still have a large, naturally lit audio room with a warm and inviting décor but with a background noise of less than 30 dB. Ideal for listening at medium-low volume and obtaining a universe full of details and small musical nuances.
Hey Steve, thanks for the Sinatra recording recommendation. I found it on Tidal masters. Sounds very lush coming from my Zu Dirty Weekends. Wish I had the space for the Cornwalls.
Yes, Sinatra Sings Only for the Lonely is probably my favorite Sinatra record! Look for the early Larry Walsh cd remaster. Sinatra thru those Cornwalls sounds like As Good As It Gets! I can't get over only 2 watts!
Steve, great info on those Cornwall lV's. I really want to check out the Mishima movie and soundtrack. I've been a Paul Schrader fan for years but somehow never got to see that movie. Have a great week.
I like what you do.
15 “ woofers are so much harder hitting. And I am sure the Cornwall’s are tuned well. But I built open baffles with a 15 and a wide range ribbon with a mini dsp HD active crossover. I Bi amp with tubes and class d. Total cost way under 1000. Nothing for far more cost even comes close to them. Glad to share the plans with anyone who wants to see. Yes they need space. But like the pure audio project that you liked so much and other full range ribbons dipoles are just amazing.
Size absolutely matters! I got some very cheap Yamaha speakers (NS-777) but they're big! Not audiophile quality but paired with my Sony bookshelf speakers they sound amazing for how little money I've spent on my system.
I found a pair on CList for 700 bucks. Not sure, but I think they're the original version. Upgraded (?) to Crites tweets and new caps by the previous owner. They sound fabulous so I can only imagine what the newer versions sound like. They are a huge improvement over my completely delightful and more than adequate Fortes. They're my last set of speakers, unless I win the lottery. I am a bottom dweller and don't have unlimited funds so I am pushing my gear with 70s SS gear...Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui and a Fisher 500B. Good enough for my old ears.
In the 1960's you could have Cornwalls, tube amp and a decent turntable. Today my source is digital and sound is great but really we have not come very far in the last 60 years. We traded sound quality for features, price, ect.
Keep the content coming Steve. It is good to hear the opinion of someone who has heard and experienced a wide range of gear in terms of price, performance and designs. It is laughable that the self professed arbiters of all things audio who have pretty much become measurement zealots have tried to high jack the entire hobby when they often have never spent enough time, lived with or much less own the variety of gear I know you have. They tinker with with their mics and DSPs and suddenly they are experts. They compare your speakers results using a Pass amp with their own experiences using a receiver and ridicule your opinion. Thats like driving a Corolla and saying your AMG 63 cant do what you say. LOL
Glad to hear the shout out for Contemporary Records. People go on and on about Blue Note and Rudy Van Gelder but if you want to hear jazz recorded extremely well Roy Dunan and Lester Koenig at Contemporary made some extraordinary recordings.
You like a large vibrating surface area to produce sound so there is less audible stress in the music making process. The woofer is 15", so it probably has over 800 square centimeters of cone area, which is almost as much as dual 12" woofers. You like horns because they couple the sound of the tweeter and midrange to a mass of air, which has the effect of synthetically increasing the surface area of the vibrating membrane. Again, the result is an effortless, stress free sound. The large radiating surface areas of Magnepan speakers does the same thing in a different structural format.
True, and well expressed---for low and mid-bass anyway. It's not volume displacement but 2d radiating area that is critical. Whether a big cone or horn mouth, long (bass) waves need lots of radiating area for clean and effortless "wave launch". A broad baffle helps too!
Love your passion Steve - and your ability to put it into words. 15" bass drivers? yes! (my Spatial M3 Sapphires have 2 - each - no need for subs here ;) Guess you now have enough space for some OB speakers? ;¬D Greetings to one and All.
I'll try some Spatials in a month or two.
Recently bought the Cornwall IV and paired it with the Luxman L-507z integrated amp.....God tier
Klipsch or Altec Lansing new or vintage or any manufacturer that makes large speakers once you start listening to these and realize what you have in front of you, it is very difficult to defend yourself. I have heard many people say that you have to have a sub for the speakers to get the last bass tones, but a sub puts on a carpet of sounds that drown out every layer of sound that the big speakers perform. If you enjoy discovering or just enjoying music you should try big speakers. I've had my Altec Lansing for three years and still discover new things in my record even though I've heard the records before, it's magic every time, I've influenced some of my friends and they say they'll never switch to smaller speakers again or that these are the last speaker they will have for the rest of their lives.
That Moody Blues album sure brings back memories. I'll have to dig it out of the ''stuff I don't listen to anymore because it didn't age too well'' pile along with Strawbs, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Soft Machine, etc
Free Hand by Gentle Giant is still on heavy rotation at my house.
@@alm5693 I find it refreshing when GG pops up on one of my random playlists
@@alm5693 Be a giant for a day!! lol
Looking forward to your review of the 40B
Steve, I hope you read this. Bernie Grundman says never play a record more than once in a 24 period. He says it ruins the grooves. It’s out there if you want to check this. It certainly explains your zep 1 story. I have taken this to heart and live by it now. The physics of records is why Bernie says what he says. Peace.