I recently purchased a Yamaha R-N2000A receiver and paired it with my Cornwall IV's. In my opinion, this combination is incredible. I would strongly encourage you to listen to this combination. I believe that you will be impressed.
Amplifier for Cornwall IV
I’m trying to decide between this amps
1. CLASSE CA-M600
2. PARASOUND JC5 and
3. PARASOUND JC1
I have the speakers next is amp and then Preamp follow by source
I have Cambridge Azur 851N and cocktail Audio X45 for DAC and streaming duties also has classe SSP800 and Parasound Hint6 to use as Preamp only for now
100% streaming and this set up is going to be in my garage MANCAVE
I listen to almost everything but blues , old school country , jazz and reggae mostly thanks I appreciate any advice and recommendations
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FWIW.... I tried the Schiit Aegir2 on my Cornwall IVs, and while it sounded very pleasant, I found the bass to be too loose and uncontrolled. All kick drums sounded the same. I’ve tried other SS amps. My 2 Brystons sounded horrible. My 20yr old Rotel sounded nice, but thin in the lows. I’m now using a Prima Luna EVO200 integrated (6550 tubes) and it sounds perfect to me. (The EL34's did not sound good, and i'm using the 4 ohm tap!) Soundstage is deeper and wider than any of my Solid State amps, and it's more dynamic. I would like to try a Pass Labs. The biggest improvement was putting my CW_IVs up on a pair of 4x4’s. Raising them that 3.5" really opened up the low end, and made the image bigger! I don’t think I’d keep them if they were still just sitting on the floor. At 59, I’ve owned all sorts of audiophile speakers in the $3-10K price range. I still own a couple other pairs, but I’ve gotta say, if I had to keep just one pair, it would be these Cornwalls. They simply make me want to keep listening to music. |
I would highly recommend Angela Yeung’s solid state designs for higher sensitivity speakers, if you don’t mind the lead time. https://www.angela-gilbert.com/integrated-amplifiers https://www.angela-gilbert.com/product-price-list IME, her stuff can be a great fit for high sensitivity speakers (in general) including heritage klipsches.. ( You can easily make klipsches offensive, fatiguing, etc by getting the wrong SS amps. On that note, the parasound is looking a lil dangerous)
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