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Nice to see a person with a positive outlook on life.

If I had the money, I'd buy them because they sound great.

I haven't checked your channel completely, but have you done other upgrades in the electrical path, such better inductors, capacitors, resistors, and replacing steel terminal parts, etc.? Following the logic of your horn dampening, I was wondering if packing a singer's nasal cavities with cotton would improve their sound by reducing resonance in the mask..

Good afternoon from Toronto ☕️ I run the Wiim Pro feeding a Denafrips 12-1 DAC …and it’s damn nice. I run the Wiim as not only a dedicated streamer …but the parametric EQ is very nicely appreciated…especially since I use it in a headphone stack . Great video 👍👍

I've been buying listening and owning Klipsch speakers since 1974 and I've also used other speakers from other companies from about 1978 to present day August 2024. And I truly loved them all because I owned them all and always coming back to Klipsch. Specifically the Klipsch forte model 3. The model 3 of the Klipsch forte is the absolute sweet spot of all four versions released. And I never had them modified there's no need to if you have a really decent AVR or amplifier the Klipsch forte model 3 will dance for you and give you the most wonderful Sonic abilities you've ever heard depending upon the room size recently I've had The Good Fortune of being able to put together a 9.2 surround sound system of which the LCR is forte model 3.. and then using the 8060 Faz for rear channel and finally the 8000 f Mark II to round out hype channels surround sound channels. However the speakers are built and come to you in boxes leave them that way.. and if you ever have the chance to do what I've just mentioned in this post please do you will be very pleased and very happy with your listening stage or what some may say a wall of sound. Klipsch is keepers of the sound.. now may we have everything sonically smooth enough all the time everywhere. Thank you and enjoy.. please don't obsess about upgrades too much because in time it just may ruin your ability to discern to own to possess greatness in sound😊 .

t nuts are used in most speakers, no big deal , what !!...only two (2 by 4) for bracing , cheap materials...poor design...for that price for one...no way !!

I'm not sure that what you're hearing as distortion at volume is from the speakers per se. I got the Cornwall IV a few weeks ago and I've noticed that too with certain recordings, say, of a female vocal from around 2001, but I don't hear it when I play, for example, the Italian remastered extended version of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly soundtrack. It seems to me like it's revealing or amplifying some defects in the original recording.

Do you know if the versions in 2024 have any improvements damping and reduced distortion from the factory?

I am curious if you ever put the dynamat on the metal frame extensions on the woofers? Thank you!

By push-on connector, do you mean the entire terminal? I wonder if by testing it you have now magnetized that part, making it worse.

I've been using automotive dynamat in many of my home made speaker projects and it makes a huge difference in sound quality

Excellent review. BAD loudspeaker. If it has to be Klipsch…. la Scala or Jubilee. Thank you very much, doing well here at B&W.

Mush! I wonder how it would work with higher quality external microphones? Although like speakers, microphones have their own sound "personality/flavor", as well as, the sound conversion resulting "personality/flavor" of the internal iPhone's own DAC and/or latency. Bet it as it may, I'm sure the algo adjusts for latency, including at differing frequencies.

Welcome back! You are right about the room tuning only working with an iPhone, because it is the only standardized device that many people own. I’ve been using a Wiim Mini with a Schiit Modi DAC, and I have been thinking about upgrading to the Pro Plus, as I have heard that the digital output is significantly better than the Mini. So you have just added fuel to that fire! 😂 P.S. I followed you into the Klipsch Heritage line, this year, with a pair of Forte IVs, which are every bit as good as I hoped they would be.

Hey! Great to see you again. Do you still have the Cornwall's?

Joey G's Audio Channel mentions you in his Cornwall vid

You are mentioned in Joey G's audio channel.

David, would you be so kind as to tell us how much you enjoy or do not enjoy the Cornwalls after living with them for a couple years.

Common mode choke, ham radio has used them for years.

What was wrong with the bass will it not get down low

Welcome back, looking forward to your next video. Did you ever experiment with adding braces or any dampening to the cabinets?

Did you ever determine the values of all the inductors?

your description on inverted vs non-inverted is pretty much spot on ime .... i just wouldnt nessecary call the non-inverted "warm" imo more direct and natural sounding specially with instruments you mentioned... depending on your taste this "direct" sound can sound funny too at first if you are used to listening to inverted phase, but if you kinda try to compare tones in real life vs speakers you will quickly find that correct absolute phase sounds more in line with what we hear in real life :)

shocking people believe this matters.

Designed by accountants. Bring on the fanbois.

Built for maximum margins. Go DIY and stop getting hosed.

Is there any empirical data that shows magnetic binding posts degrade sound quality?

Wow, this is shocking. Klipsch are really medieval in some respects. *Thanks* for showing us, easier on my vascular system than if I had bought a new pair and made the discovery myself. While I have no doubt Klipsch Heritage Series are wonderful sounding speakers, the obvious route for me would be to buy a used pair and spend money on doing the details right. Klipsch, 78 years of experience; 30 years behind.

I have a pair , I think they sound live

It's been a minute. Welcome back!

Would a spray on damping material have any downside? I just acquired a pair of AK5 and converted them to a B profile and plan on trying a mini dsp 4x10 with 6 channels of old McIntosh tube amps and see how that goes. The Khorns will be used mostly for old movies with optical soundtracks. I would have loved to use Western Electric horns but they are the size of a car and cost as much as my house.

Piece of crap!

Has anyone tried damping the diaphragm? Taking it out and coating the inside with something to reduce resonance? I’ve already damped the back of the plastic horns to good effect. Just wanted to see if this tweak can be brought even further.

Boston, indeed. Did you ever meet Mr. Absolute Polarity himself, Mr. Clark Johnsen? I have a signed copy (well, actually inscribed personally to me) of his classic "The Wood Effect", proudly in my shelf. ”It’s important.” /J. Tamlyn Henderson, Reference Recordings ”Absolute Polarity of the system is quite important.” /William Conrad, Conrad-Johnson Design ”It’s very solid, and it’s demonstrable to just about anyone, if you get them focused on it.” /George Cardas, Cardas Audio ”... when your system doesn’t sound quite right on a record, the first thing to check is Absolute Polarity. Otherwise, you’ll be scratching around for some mysterious thing that won’t fix it. I always start with Absolute Polarity.” /William Firebaugh, Well-Tempered Lab ”My equipment has Absolute Polarity switches. It’s alot of trouble to put them in ... I put them in, because you can hear it under most circumstances.” /John Curl ”I have rarely been able to tell the difference immediately, but eventually I always do!” /Harry Weisfeld, VPI Industries ”Absolute Polarity is absolutely valid ... I was the first, in 1973, to start talking about it. I didn’t call it polarity then, I called it absolute phase ... The ear knows whether a wavefront hits as a rarefaction or a compression. The brain hears it ...” /David Fletcher, Sumiko

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Have been interested in the Klipsch Cornwall, but if I see the horrible build quality of these speakers that cost $6500 a set. The woofer with that horrible stamped metal frame with small breathing openings😳 The horns of resonant plastics 😵‍💫 The box with to little bracing and the complete lack of dampening materials🤦🏼‍♂️ And the crossover with solid iron core inductors ☹️ I am sure that with your modifications you can bring out way moreout of this speaker, but for almost 7 grand I would expect a better speaker right from the factory 😢

Man…If I’m willing to pay $6K for a nice set of speakers, then I’ll pay $7.5K for a nicer one. I wish Klipsch would have used some better parts.

I bought Cornwall iv and Heresy iv because of all the fans. Wanted a large sound for my 30 foot ceiling great room. At higher volumes with standing waves (lots of echoes), these speakers actually hurt my ears at higher volumes. I only spent $7000 on both sets for left-right-dual center. They suck though. Hurting ears? Never happened and I play a Marshall guitar amp on 8. Ringing ears? Sure. Hurting? No. It's from distortion of the horns. That's why no one else makes that style

Brilliant idea, even with new models years after this video would be helpful too. 2023 RP-8000F II with the rubber on the front, but nothing on the back. 💯 👍

That is basically my conclusion from 20 years ago. Good horn speakers, especially large horns, need a big space (like theaters have). If they are too close, they will bark at you and sound tunnel like.

you can tell Paul Klipsch is gone he really disliked accountants, the capacitors etc on the crossover the pennies and nickels stuff he would have told them no spend a few more pennies and step it up he probably would not have sold his company either

Looks like I found your video 4 years later,LOL!Very good explanation and hope you are well.I just got a pair of the Cornwall iv speakers a few weeks ago.My room really sux and I have a big coffee table between me & the speakers.I really can't pull the speakers out more than a foot from the back wall and I have 2 rel subs between the IVs with my rack/amp/dac/TT in the middle.I am gonna try to toe them like you suggested.So far,the sound the best almost flat to the wall/listening area.Thanks again,TK

Very good review but I went with the Forte's only because the Cornwalls were just to large for my space. I look at the Fortes as a jr version of the Cornwalls.

Great info.I was thinking of upgrading the caps on my new Cornwall IVs.Not now,Thanks for your video.I may do some sound deadener after I have em for awhile like you did.

I’m going to try this on my 1990 klipsche Quartets. Also, What type of crossover capacitor would you recommend as a replacement?

Is this alleged improvement objectively demonstrable? Can a 1" compression driver produce enough energy to excite a horn wall? Note that many Altec enthusiasts report that simply bolting a 511 or 811 horn to a baffle damps resonances caused by tapping the horn. And Altec used freestanding 811 and 511 horns without damping on the horns. However when using large format 1.4" drivers such as the 288 Altec did apply damping to horns, going so far as to use tar filled enclosures for early multi cells. I think many people damp horns because they can. I put little stock in reported subjective improvements--having bullshitted myself I'm confident in the ability of others to do so.

Good description. It's the compression driver don't play loud well.

You're right. They have no bass

Ive been doing this for over a decade on PA horn HF drivers. Ive noticed a significant change in quality and i apply this method on all my horn waveguide twitters. I personally recommend this method for better quality sound especially PA for the joy of making this hobby sound better.

hi! anyone know what is the midrange driver throat size? thanks