Klipsch Cornwall IV

CWs, all iterations, could drastically use some tweaking to rid them of their nasties. Every Klipsch I have worked on has improved significantly and cannot be duplicated by other speakers at the price ranges, doing what they do best. I am a devotee, for sure. There are a few posters above whom I just cannot respect, and I believe they know who they are. My best! MrD. 

I invite you all to play, Joe Satriani "Cool # 9, the studio album version....and crank it. If you do not like the music, just move on. Satriani is a master guitar player and composer. This is music that should be played loud, and my system delivers. Loud, clean, dynamic, tuneful, honest, raw, exciting, involving, accurate, all representing the best in "musicianship". I cannot get over the number of listeners that do not listen to the most significant and important aspects of recordings. Composition, a story to be told; Musicianship, the musical expression of that story. I dam Harry Pearson (really loved the guy), for putting all of these "audiophile words" into our vocabulary. Sound staging, imaging and localization where the characteristics most listeners were going after, and it stuck. A speaker should be able to do a bit of everything, and most importantly, cater to the wants, needs and desires of the listener. I hear all of that. There is NOTHING, zero, zilch, my system could not play. Enjoy! MrD.

Some simple things I did with my Cornwalls - Punched out some .75 inch circles of black duct tape to adhere to the outside faces of the mid-range horn. Also, put one of the circles on the tweeter. This technique seems to be the perfect damping without over-damping, and you can play with it to your heart's content with a minimum of fuss.

Placed an 18 pound bar of lead with self-stick vinyl feet on the inside bottom of the cabinet (access via the middle front port) to dampen the cabinet low frequency resonances. More than this weight begins to over-dampen the upper frequencies.

Flanked the speakers with REL S812 subwoofers.

Did some work on the listening room.

Voila.

I bought mine new as B-stock. The woodgrain didn’t come out “book matched”, which I couldn’t care less about. I got them for $4900.00 out the door with free delivery, so that’s part of the problem with your sale offer. That said, I think yours will sell given some time and good local pickup advertising. Don’t listen to the haters… nobody ever hears my system and thinks anything negative about the sound😄

Certainly is a fair price for these speakers.  Anyone who jumps on to give their negative opinion of CW’s is on the wrong thread as that’s not what you were asking.  CW’s are a niche because of their size, but patience will pay off here.