Klipsch Cornwall III
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General
- Manufacturer: Klipsch
- Model: Cornwall III
- Year of manufacture: since 2006
- Manufactured in: USA
- Color: Walnut, Cherry, Black Ash
- Dimensions: 643 x 908 x 394 mm (W x H x D)
- Weight: 44,5 kg
- Original price: approx. 4.000,- €/pair
Technical Data
- Construction: 3-way, bass reflex
- drivers:
- woofer: 1x cone (Ø 380 mm, K-33-E, composite).
- midrange driver: 1x compression driver (Ø 51 mm, K-53-TI, titanium) on exponential horn
- tweeter: 1x compression driver (Ø 25 mm, K-107-TI, titanium) on tractrix horn
power handling (nominal/music): 100/400 Watt
- Efficiency: 102 dB
- Frequency response: 34 Hz - 20,000 Hz
- Crossover: 800/5000 Hz
- Impedance: 8 Ohm
Special Features
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Reports[edit]
- Stereoplay issue 3/2008
- Overall rating: good-very good (72 points)
Sound: absolute top class (56 points)
- Price/performance: good-very good
- "The third generation of the Cornwall has been on the market for a few years now, but the fascination is still unbroken. It sounds as one imagines retro horns in wild dreams: as fast as an arrow, dry as dust, unfortunately also perceptibly discolored and spatially rather flat than three-dimensional."
- "Large-volume horn legend with two pressure-chamber drivers and conventional bass. Sounds tonally rather idiosyncratic with flat imaging, but extremely direct and gripping."
- Low Beats 8/2015
- "Conclusion: The Harley among the speakers. Chumming up to the visual zeitgeist? No way! The latest engine technology - what for? Rich sound comes from a lot of displacement. And the advantages of the 1950s - high efficiency and freedom from distortion - still apply today. In terms of sound, the Klipsch Cornwall III is a pure delight in dynamics, playing pleasure and pressure from below. Opera lovers won't be completely happy with it, but friends of pop and jazz will be very happy. But what makes the Cornwall III all the more valuable: it is one of the very few loudspeakers on the market that can get EVERYTHING out of small tubes at a still manageable price. A loudspeaker that is capable of reawakening the joy of handmade music."