Has nobody yet told that dufas that horns are honky??

However… the traditional downside of horn speakers for the majority of audiophiles has been unacceptable levels of horn coloration, with tinny, honky and forward midrange, sizzly, peaky treble, and a flat spatial presentation. This is the ugly sound of most PA speakers, and we've all heard it and cringed. The better high-efficiency speakers get away from the dreaded PA sound, but there's enough residual coloration that the mainstream audiophile won't accept them into their homes… due to size, colorations, or just a general dislike of that kind of sound.

Looks like the mid-horn (err, waveguide, lol) in these is pretty similar to the design used in the JBL M2s. If I didn't already have speakers I was in love with, I'd probably give them a shot.

That said, I read some "reviews" on another forum and there were a lot of people pontificating about how much amplifier power to pair with them. Way too many folks were suggesting not to overpower them or "the bass becomes bloated" or the highs "get honky". Ugh! Guess those morons have never heard about input sensitivity and level matching.

I bet the all new Bakoon amp-13R Integrated amp would make these speakers SING!..

https://www.facebook.com/pg/bakoonintl/posts/

horn speakers are usually mated with tube amps, outputting a whopping 2 - 8W.

Looks like it was a Cary Audio SLI-80HS tube amp.

https://www.caryaudio.com/2019/09/05...the-2019-rmaf/

From a Stereophile review of that amp:
The output impedance from the SLI-80HS's 8 ohm tap was fairly high in both Ultra-linear and triode modes, at 4.35 ohms, Ultralinear, and 3.2 ohms, triode...

So would likely add quite a bit of warmth to the Cornwalls compared to a typical solid state.

If you can't afford these new Cornwall's you can get these Cornscala's for a lot less money and they are said to be even better!



https://critesspeakers.com/cornscala.html

My local dealer sells the Klipsch Heritage Speakers series. I heard both the new Heresy which is now rear ported instead of front. Much better base response. The new Cornwall IV has a big dynamic sound w/nice tight base. Both were powered by the Luxman SQ-N150 Integrated tube amp. 10wpc but plenty of power for both speakers. You can have normal listening levels at just 8:00 on the volume dial. 11:00 will chase you out of the room. The combo was smooth and dynamic. Excellent improvements on the Heritage line.

I have Heresy 111 and have also owned other versions. None had ports.

I heard them today. They showed me the rear bass ports. New design.

What do you think you actually listened to?

The new Hersey IV is rear ported. You can check out the new design. W/proper position gives you more bass. Also heard the Cornwall IV best Cornwall ever. Excellent upgraded designs.

Very inteeeeristing. Thanks for the info. They needed more bass. Still older versions make an excellent clear sounding center.