Bob Carver meets Klipsch Cornwall

by zufan on Ever Evolving
Cornwall in the house!
downsized room, alas
Wharfedale up at the cabin
You break it, you buy it
decades of concert tix

Description

My eternal chase for point source sound has taken me from Innersound to Vienna to B&W to Tyler to Sanders to Tannoy (Churchill) to Golden Ear to Zu (Druid IV) to Tannoy (DC10T) to KEF (Ref 1) to Sonist to PMC to Fyne to KEF (Blade 2) back to Zu (DW6) & now the Cornwall. I'll review the new Klipsch in Q4 as they need loads of break in. 

Many amps & preamps along the way. Merry go round; but for me that's what makes the hobby fun.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 15’ × 9’  Small
Ceiling: 8’

Components Toggle details

    • Klipsch Cornwall IV
    My helper fine tunes the toe in
    • Zu Audio Dirty Weekend 6
    Superfly edition in 'cosmic carbon'
    • Wharfedale EVO 4.4
    Easy on the ears, balanced top to bottom.
    • Bob Carver Black Magic 25
    Sound so moist I bought another to vertical bi-amp (then sold 1 to downsize).
    • Class D Audio Mini GaN 5
    5 lbs of pure miracle. Bought 1 then another a couple weeks later to vertical biamp in the summer.
    • Pioneer PLX-1000
    Keen to have a direct drive in the rig. Talk about punching above it's weight. Under $800 & sounds delish. Have Zu modded Denon 103 on it.
    • Zu Audio Denon 103 Zu mod
    Best cart for the bucks around
    • Parks Audio Puffin
    A phono pre from the future. Astoundingly fascinating. Shames all others regardless of price.
    • Schiit Skoll
    Phono pre, just bought 9.25 used for comparisons.
    • Quadraspire SVT Bamboo
    Nice rack. Earmuffs.
    • Richard Gray 400 Pro II
    anyone else using this?
    • Blue Jeans Cable Canare 4S11 Speaker Cable
    Competes with anything, including Fidelium at a fraction of cost.
    • NAD D 3020
    Great for a simple TV system
    • NAD C658
    Amazing combo unit. I own 2 actually.

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Great looking speakers! I’ve never had the pleasure of hearing the Blades (I’m still in love with my 207’s), but being KEF, I’m sure they sound as beautiful as they look!

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