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In Reply to: Re: Link to a new forum request... posted by Monkeypunch! on May 2, 2003 at 04:53:16:
As one poster previously stated, vintage collectors enjoy the engineering quality and artistic statements created within each piece of equiptment! Doing cap/resistor/diode/driver mods will pay sonic dividends both now and in the future. And as these units become more scarce with time's passage, potential buyers won't mind if the gear isn't stock. No one ever complained when this hipster replaced blown stock woofers in AR,Criterion,Pioneer,or Sony speakers.Nor did they seem to mind stock 4.7 mf tweeter caps being replaced with 12,13,or 15 mf nonpolarized caps,which added a lil more thump into da bump and a slight midrange peak. Upgrading caps and bias resistors,plus replacing thin stock wiring in amps-n-receivers helped them operate more efficiently; sounding crisper,cleaner,and louder at lower volumes. Imagine metalheads complaining about a Marantz 2226B(all 26 watts per channel) sounding too loud through generic speaker cabs loaded with auld Utah guitar speakers. They'd never heard Tesla sound that loud or clear, not even at their live shows! Donated a modded Realistic STA-65C to KDVS's listening room, and station djs found its' 15 watts per channel more than adequate. After a year or so, replaced it with a Fisher Studio-Standard integrated amp. That Realistic couldn't be destroyed even after a year of high decibel hip-hop,electronica,grundge,industrial,et al;and it still blasts a tubesque 15wpc without straining. Vintage is about salvaging gems which caress yer ears with a quality unobtainable from theses mostly computerized modern contraptions.Wooden cabs add a mojo to speakers their contemporary plastic bretheren can't obtain at any volume. But then again, in a few decades, there'll be some retro industrial or electronica or musique concrete fanatic who considers today's modern electronics ideal for delivering their musical fix. Perspective!!!
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