Road to Cornwall - My Klipsch Cornwall IV experience.
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- My Loudspeaker trip continues with a crazy experience demoing Klipsch Cornwall IV.
0:00 Intro
1:08 This is my Media Room
2:26 My Rack and components
3:42 My Setup for watching movies
4:06 Setup for music listening and problems
5:45 Coming up with a solution
6:59 Cornwall 4 Easter egg
8:25 Demo!
14:27 Conclusion.
15:43 Starting a Patreon
15:52 Thanks for watching, credits and outtakes
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My Cornwall IV Review (I bought them!!!)
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Cornwall IV:
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Steve Guttenberg Audiophiliac's Cornwall IV Review:
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Joey G's Audio Channel's Cornwall IV Review:
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Do it Brother !!!! Great vid keep up the great work !
Thanks for watching Nolan!!
Damn. I'm kicking myself for not unravelling that Cornwall IV easter egg!
Loved the intro, I foresee you gaining subs very quickly with your enthusiasm, humour, and polished content. Great taste in music, too. As regards HiFi then as you're already quickly discovering, you need oversized pockets with this hobby!
I currently own a Hugo TT DAC but after your denafrips video I'd love to hear an r2r DAC also, especially the Venus. Arrrgh! It never ends..
Keep up the good work. I'm enjoying the journey.
Hey Anton, first off - Thanks man! Your comment made my day 👍🏻 I’m just happy you noticed the obscure attempt at Easter egging 🤣! I think I flashed it up there way too quickly for the majority of people who watched. After hearing what this Chord Mojo 2 can do, I’ll bet the TT2 sounds amazing. Seriously impressed with Mojo and listening as I type this with Dan Clark Aeon 2 Noire’s. Next vid will be all about Mojo 2! May have to demo the TT2 and perhaps Dave down the road. Definitely give R2R a try and let me know what you think compared to your Chord. 👍🏻🍻
Loved hearing about your experience with these speakers. For me ive never found a klipsch speakers i liked including the Cornwall, i guess its just not my sound. Really glad you liked it!
Thanks Neil! One thing Sean @ Zero Fidelity said when I mentioned I’m going to demo the Cornwalls was, they need to be set up right. I think that room we used couldn’t have been any more perfect for acoustics. Who knows how they would sound in my media room.. Even if I get 70% of what I got there, I’ll be a happy Chibs!!! 🤩👍🏻🍻
@@MisterChibs I think its also musical taste that plays a big role in enjoying Klipsch. If you primarily listen to rock, its a thoroughly enjoyable speaker. For all other genres it lacks refinement. I can completely see how people love it though.
@@dajikbatarang1 I do love rock but the demo music I played was all over the map. That Cantique de Noel track was church music & just blew us away! I get that their not for everyone though.
I have the Cornwall IVs and am delighted with them. The remark that they’re only good for rock is nonsense! I wonder whether he’s actually heard these Cornwalls. I play almost every genre on my Cornwalls including lots of jazz and classical. They are superb in every genre. I have an integrated Rogue Cronus Magnum 2 and the are amazing together. This is a great speaker!
@@ericlubow4354 can confirm, Cornwalls are end game amazing to my ears. With all types of music too! You’re a lucky man, Eric!! 🍻
Thanks for the shout out Bro ! Gonna do a response Video tonight. Your channel blows mine away and I mean that. I hope this Video gets you passed 1k subscribers !🙂
Thanks Sensei Joe!! Not sure wtf to do. I can’t get Cornwall out of my mind. Fricken awesome!! It’s just money, right? Hahaha
Another entertaining video! Great job.
I'm definitely curious to hear any klipsch heratige speaker. So many people love them so much. I have a Decware tube amp, and apparently they are a match made in heaven. Your Hegal is definitely way more power than the klipsch need, but its cool to hear its a great combo.
Thanks Mike! Let me know what you think of Klipsch when you check em out! 👍🏻🍻
i want the hegel now
great video sir.
Great synergy! 🍻
Yeah, I had similar experience. Had the original Klipsch Forte for thirty years. Finally was able to get the Klipsch Belle a few years ago. If you think those Cornwalls are good, buddy, you ain't seen nothing. I really, really like the Cornwalls. So congrats. Enjoy them. Well done sir. Welcome to the Klipsch family. Great choice!
Thanks man! Yea, after that demo buying was totally inevitable. Such great sounding, fun speakers. Would love to hear the Belle / Lascala some day. Thanks for watching! 🍻
hello, could you tell me if these klipsch cornwall iv boxes would sound good in a 28-meter room, would it be 7 meters x 4?
The room I demoed in was larger than that and they sounded amazing. You should be fine with your room size. They need to be placed 6 - 15 feet apart. You’ve got just over 13 feet so your good!
You should try the ATC SCM19 speakers. They are a closed speakers (no bass port) so are easy on the placement. They are also a great match with the Hegel 190.
They've been using ATC speakers in recording studios since the seventies. They have a very live and transparent sound. They are very revealing and the timbre is very natural, close to the original instruments.
Thanks for letting me know! 🍻👍🏻
My white maple CW IVs are being delivered today. I'm outta town and won't be able to set them up until mid-June.
Congrats but that’s a cruel form of punishment! 🍻
Great video man! I'm trying to buy my first home and make a small theater room. I have a system now but plan to upgrade. The Cornwall's are great speakers
Thanks!! Yea, I'm completely smitten with em. If I were to use those Cornwall's for my HT I think I'd still want a center channel and surrounds though. Would be an awesome setup. 👍🍻
@@MisterChibs I'm planning on doing the forte's for LCR, with the 502sii surrounds/Atmos. If not that the 600m mark IIs. They share at least a similar Tweeter in terms of sound. I do work for Klipsch so I'm very fortunate to be able to test and trial speakers 😁
@@SpencersStuffTV that’s sick!! It’s only been a brief introduction for me but Klipsch is my favourite company for speakers right now. Checked out some similarly priced Sonus faber and they were great but not as fun as the CW’s. I didn’t demo the Frote’s but if they have a similar sound signature to the Cornwalls, they’re going to be eff’n awesome for LCR!!! Enjoy man, let me know how it turns out!! 🍺🍺
@@MisterChibs I was going to say, if you want to afford speakers sooner, the forte's have the same mid driver and tweeter as the Cornwall. You'd be getting 85% of the Cornwall's sound in the forte
@@SpencersStuffTV but as they say, the heart wants what the heart wants 😉. It’s happening!!! Stay tuned.
I saw the Easter Egg! But wasn't expecting it to actually mean something, haha. Nice one. Will be looking out for future ones! About the audition, as someone who has treated his room, the difference is night and day. Maybe go for some treatment while waiting for the corn + wall + 4?
Yes Filip! 👍That room was bonkers. Completely designed for making speakers sound their best. If my room sounds Half as good I'm a happy Chibs. Hope to sound treat my room at some point but It's always going to have a bigazz screen on the back wall though. I toss a big blanket on top like Steve Guttenberg does, and it tends to remove some reflections. Would like to get some panels for the walls though. Just curious, how did you treat yours? 🍻
@@MisterChibs I see! I did the blanket-thing as well when I started the treatment journey, it’s definitely way better than no blanket. However in the end I actually decided to get rid of the TV. I realized I watched most of the HBO etc on my laptop with headphones anyways.
Sure! :)
I started out buying diffusors for the wall behind the speakers as a natural next step up from the blanket, I got cheap ones from t.akustik just to sort of test the concept and learn about how it would affect the sound. I got six 60x60cm panels, for a row of 3,6 meters of panels that stretches from left of the left speaker to right of the right speaker. This made a huge difference for the soundstage, it was as if it was all there all of a sudden. Everything was now much more defined and in their right places. Singers, guitars, sounds… The panels I got are in a wave pattern and made to put in a certain sequence. For fun I tried another sequence, and the sound was now like looking into a broken mirror. It was still all there, but something was (horribly, horribly) wrong. Very interesting!
Next step was getting absorbers for first reflections. For the wall to the right of the right speaker I got a 60x120cm panel, and for the left speaker I got a 50x150cm floor stander because there is much more room in the room left on that side. Both panels are from GIK, btw. This was another huge step up in clarity, especially for the center image. But also for things floating outside of the speakers. My test tracks for this are ”It Happened Quiet” by Aurora (at one point the choir sings from outside of the speakers and inwards towards the center, when I heard this the first time it blew my socks off!) and Nils Frahm’s ”Says” from the album Spaces. At 6 min 25 seconds a powerful pulsating piano comes in from outside of the speakers, and if things are set up right, it’s like the soundstage just expanded about 15-20% on each side.
And for my latest and probably final addition for a while, two 30x120 cm absorbers and one 30x120 absorber/diffusor (all from GIK). My right wall has two windows, so I have double curtains and a roll down… blind-thing. Don’t know the word in English but it’s fabric and you probably know what I mean. On the opposing wall I have the absorber/diffusor and the absorber hung vertically. This balances things nicely, but probably not perfectly. Behind my listening position I have one 30x120 absorber hung horizontally at ear height. I sit about 65 cm from the panel. This was the final touch in center image clarity! A single violin or cello sounds remarkably real. And Aurora sounds like she is there. (And in the future when I have done another round of upgrades I will probably use the same words to describe how even more amazingly real it sounds… haha)
Could also be noted that I have a thick rug that goes all the way to the speaker stands, and a big heavy sofa. Also double layers of fabric on the table (is it really called table runner?).
Looking forward to following your upgrade journey!
Really looking forward to the mojo review, chord are the only dac brand I’m looking at if it’s not R2R so your thoughts will be interesting.
Very excited for this review myself. Lots to do and test still! Thanks for watching!
You should try the ATC SCM19 speakers. They are a closed speakers (no bass port) so are easy on the placement. They are also a great match with the Hegel 190.
Thanks for letting me know! 👍🏻🍻
It would be interesting to know how many hours were on those Cornwalls. I recently auditioned a pair in my home and I was underwhelmed. I was comparing them to my ESS AMT 1a's that I have had since 1975. The Cornwalls weren't giving me the highs as well as my ESS's unless I cranked up the treble on my pre amp. Of course the Heil AMT's in the ESS's also produce the midrange. I don't know about the Klipsch's. I'll have to hear another pair sometime. I wanted to like them but I actually wasn't impressed.
Thanks for sharing your experience. From what I understand, Cornwalls need to be broken in a few hundred hours to sound their best. Wow, you’ve had those 1A’s 47 years!!! That’s amazing Russel! 👍🏻🍻
Man my nearest dealer was a company that does industrial security solutions . I was like “ is.. this the place?”
Turned out the owner wanted to sell Klipsch and converted a back corner of the company to a showroom. Had to walk through a cubicle farm to get to the jams. They were super cool and I walked away with my prize:)
Enjoy em!
I might upgrade to the Cornwall IVs too! I already own the Forte IVs. Btw your not imagining Klipsch Fortes and up do piano very real in the room. I grew up with piano too!
That's cool! Not to sound CORNY 🌽, but stay tuned for my next video 😉
@@MisterChibs I certainly will!😊
hola,sabria decirme si estas cajas klipsch cornwall iv sonarian bien en una sala de 28 metros,seria 7 metros x 4 ?
If you get them, please let me know what you think!! 👍🏻
@@MisterChibs ok,y gracias por el comentario
@@antoniogarciasanchez9132 mi placer!! 👍🏻🍻
I’ve owned my Cornwall iv’s for a bit over a year now. I LOVE them. I would however, like a bit more PUNCH out of them. Working on trying different amplification on them. I do have two REL S/812 subs. They do supplement the low base nicely (think upright bass, electric bass, deep synth). Still gotta work on the hard slam though.
Do not pass go, do not collect $200….. just go buy them. They are pretty awesome.
Love this!! What type of amp do you run with now? My H190 was a crazy good combination to my ears! Cornwalls will be mine!!!!!! Thx for watching!👍🍻
@@MisterChibs currently running a pair of PS Audio M 1200 mono blocks….. hybrid class D. In the market for a heavyweight class AB integrated. Maybe Hegel, Musical Fidelity M8, McIntosh 9500. Not sure yet. Gonna be a while before I pull that trigger though.
@@TM-fx2pi Hopefully they'll let you demo with your speakers @ home so you can do an A/B with your current amp (no pun intended [sorta]). A lot of nice amps in that list, Good luck!
@@MisterChibs it will be a journey for sure. Thanks.
I’ll be watching to see how your journey progresses as well. Cheers 🍻
Golf Town, I love it! And my KLH Model 5's... I like my Ping and Vokey gear... ;-)
The Cornwalls, you will need them out in the room too, but would work good with your amp, which you already know. I would see if you can demo these in your house first, especially at that price point. Then your subs... Put one in the corner up by the left side of the TV, put the other back behind your listening area, kitty corner of the other sub. I run a pair of SVS SB3000's like that, they sound incredible, blend right in with the Model 5's, you do not even know they are there. The Metas? I'm not a boofshelf fan, and I looked at the Klipsch, the Cornwalls, no matter how good they sound, to big for my room. I'm kind of waiting for the new KLH Model 7's to hit the market... Same footprint as the 5's with that 13" woofer... Around $3000 for the pair. More than what I paid for my new car, LOL!
Nice, how big is your listening room Michael?
Here is the room and system...
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@@michaelwright1602 Just realized the above comment was "held for review". Nice Setup man!!
I bet the Danley Hyperion would ruin you for every other speaker though, even the Cornwall IV
looks interesting, didn't know about these. Have you tried them?
@@MisterChibs wish I had. Definitely promising on paper and I did hear one youtube reviewer.
@@TimpBizkit there’s always something better but I feel like Cornwalls tick all the right refrigerators for me 🤣 Thanks for watching!
Nice speakers. Not cheap though. You could sell a kidney or eat Bologna sandwiches for 2 years to make it happen
Hahah I actually edited out the part where I discussed selling organs. Soooo good though!
sux to be poor ...lol
RIGHT?!? 🤣