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Jim, I am interested in the 4 into 1 manifolds for the mid range, and the 2 into one tweeter manifold. My email is rgordon@watchtv.net My phone number is (419)-358-0137, or email me your phone number and I will call. I am very interested if you still have any TSCM parts. THANKS>>> Roger

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Paul, I am surprised that we haven't heard from BEC yet, he must be buisey. Bobs email is bobcrites@mac.com Roger

Paul, I have never heard of anyone complain of to little trebble with a propperly working system. I agree, first check that all drivers are working propperly. Next, considder repacing your capacitors or upgrading the entire crossover all together. Also, try another, better amp, low distortion figgures were a marketing gimick in the 80s and it isn't the full picture of the amps capabillities. If your amp section is making noise with the volume turned off, there is a good chance the amps capaciters are bad, it needs a thorough cleaning, and or solder joint problems. Finally, a forum member here named Bob Crites / forum name BEC, sells titanium tweeter diaphrams which increase frequency extension of the factory tweeters. If you still need an equilizer after all of this, I can recommend one, but a better recomendation would be that you see an ENT and get your hearing checked, high frequencies are the first ones we loose as we get older. Small cilia in the proximal end of the Cochlea either lay down or get broken off. The proximal cilia see abuse from all frequencies our entire life, but only register high frequencies to our brain, since they see more frequency and amplitude, they are the first to wear out. Roger

B. Althaus, Here you go!! Roger[Y][] outSite Map Categories MotorsExpressStores Advanced SearchBuySellMy eBayCommunityHelp ##1####2## Back to list of itemsListed in category: Consumer Electronics > Home Audio > Amplifiers > Power Amplifiers > 2-Channel Nakamichi PA-7 PA-7A PA-7E Statis power amp Threshold Item number: 290247510570 You are signed in Watch this item in My eBay This item has been added to My eBay for Guests. As a guest, you can: Track up to 10 items on this computer in My eBay Receive an email reminder for this item a few hours before it ends View larger picture Current bid:US $42.99 Reserve not met Your maximum bid:US $ Place Bid > (Enter US $43.99 or more) End time:Jul-27-08 19:14:22 PDT (6 days 3 hours)Shipping costs:Check item description and payment instructions or contact seller for details Ships to:United States, CanadaItem location:San Jose, California, United StatesHistory:3 bidsHigh bidder:c***o( 243) You can also: Bid with Bid Assistant Get SMS or IM alerts | Email to a friend Listing and payment details: HideShow Starting time:Jul-20-08 19:14:22 PDTStarting bid:US $9.99Duration:7-day listing Payment methods:PayPal, Money order/Cashiers checkSee details Meet the sellerSeller:audio_nostalgia( 1130) Feedback:100 % PositiveMember:since Aug-18-98 in United States See detailed feedbackAsk seller a questionAdd to Favorite SellersView seller's other items Contact the seller instantly Buy safely1. Check the seller's reputation Score: 1130 | 100% Positive See detailed feedback2. Check how you're protected Description Item Specifics - Amplifiers and Preamps Condition: Used Channels : 2 Amplifier Type : Power Amplifiers Nakamichi PA-7 Statis power amplifier Up for auction is a Nakamichi PA-7 Statis power amplifier. I believe most bidders would also know what the PA-7 power amplifier and its merits are. Why am I selling it? Because I do not need two PA-7's whilst they are great for bi-amping but I hardly do that. I am keeping one for sure; so while one of the picture shows the 2 units I have, this auction is only for one PA-7. Pictures depicted is of the one auctioned. I am pretty much a tube aficionado and prefer tube amps most of the time. I have had a lot of solid state amps (including a Threshold S/500 Mk II) but have only retained a McIntosh and the Nak PA-7's. I personally found the Threshold a little too sterile and analytical for my taste. The power amplifier is rated at 200wpc into 8 ohms. I am not sure if it is suitable for electrostatics. Nakamichi licensed (Nelson Pass now of Pass Labs) Threshold's Statis technology and used that technology on PA-7. There are some cosmetic imperfections on the amp and I will mention them. Some of heat sinks have some nicks on them. I have used a black marker to touch them up but at specific angles, they are still visible. A skilful thin coat of paint might work better but I'll leave it up to you. From a listening position, none of the flaws are really visible. The top of the right rack handle has a someone driver's license inscribed (but very faintly). None of the heat sinks are bent. It is also important that the amp, since it's a variant of a class A amp (Threshold's sliding class A), it tends to run more on the warm side. Be sure to leave ample ventilation for the amplifier. A fan blowing on it would be great, but make sure you do not put in on the rug without it sitting on a solid slab of something. And it is not inadvisable to house them in a cabinet as well. Unit is in excellent electrical condition. Comes with the original owner's manual (some writing on the manual). Lastly, this is a heavy amplifier. Packaging will be done right, cost of shipping may be a little on the high side but the intent is to get the amp to you the way it leaves my home. Please see my other auctions for more Nakamichi-related products. 00147 Shipping and handling Services available Check item description and payment instructions or contact seller for details. Ships to United States, Canada Return policy Return policy not specified. Read item description for any reference to return policy. Payment details Payment methodPreferred/AcceptedBuyer protection on eBay Accepted Money order/Cashiers checkAccepted Learn about payment methods Help Take action on this item Item title: Nakamichi PA-7 PA-7A PA-7E Statis power amp Threshold Place a bid Current bid: US $42.99Your maximum bid:US $ (Enter US $43.99 or more) Place Bid > You will confirm in the next step. eBay automatically bids on your behalf up to your maximum bid. Learn about bidding. Other options Back to list of items | Report this item | Printer Version | Sell one like this Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item.

TimmiKid, Good stuff!! Good luck on duplicating the recordings. Let us know what you find and how it turns out. Roger

DownUnder73, Sorry, $400 was for the RC-7 used and the guy lived about 8 miles from where I was working at the time, so I just drove over and checked it out in person and took it home. I took the RC-3II I had gotten them and gave it to my brother. For $400, it was a major increase in performance. My brother later gave back the RC-3II as he wasn't using it, and I sold it for $200 plus shipping on ebay, so a $200 upgrade for my parrents system that I don't believe could be sonically touched for the money in any other fashion. RF-7s were getting let go new in the box for under a $1000 a while back for a pair. Used are still bringing this now. Roger

----You are welcome. I wish you luck in obtaining those goals in the future. ----I would finish by saying that my mother is a world traveler. Myself, I had the continental 48 US states and most of Canada and alot of Mexico in by the time I was 15. I have since added Alaska, Hawaii, and a few caribean places. I have no want to travel anymore, but the one off continent place I would like to see is Australia. I am a scuba diver with multiple certifications and would like to see your reef as I hear they say it will be dead by the year 2020. My mother has been there on one of those crappy little follow the rope dives. I envy you that and hope you take advantage of it before it has dissapeered if you have not done so already. Roger

I dont think that would benefit him much given his current reciever. In fact I am sure he would need to upgrade the reciever if he was to go with bigger and better speakers. I believe his current receiver is a entry level, mid level at best. It would be a vicious cycle of upgrades. I dont think it is very sound advice. Just my opinion. Hold the phone just a minute there!!! I absolutely agree with wsu99999 and think you are 100% wrong kelA, Back in the pre surround sound days of stereo, they used to say that 80% of your total investment should be in your count em "2" speakers. Speakers didn't get smaller for better quallity sound, they got smaller becase people did not have room for 5 large speaker and a sub, plus they could not afford 7 big speakers. If anything, better electronics are cheaper today compared to similar quality speakers of yester year. You will absolutely hear more of a differance per dollar spent in upgrading the speakers first. I would first get an RC-7 and sell your current center channel as the center will affect the system the most for the money, I would then get a pair of RF-7s, move the RF-35s to surround duty, and sell your surround speakers. The better speakers are more sensitive, and will play louder with less of the amp his receiver has now, acting as if he already has a bigger amp, then when he does upgrade to a larger sepperate amp, he will be able to better appreciate the differance in the two. Call me crazy, but as far as I am concerned, the smaller Referance speakers are too far down the food chain to worry about sepperates, but then again, my idea of seperates isn't a 7 channel amp either. I run better quality 2 channels with a mono block for center. Roger

MaxG & Kev, Your two stories remind me of one of my own. My faternal grandmother died better than 20 years ago, and a few years ago I was at my parrents house. My parrents kept an all in one TT, cassette, tunner settup of JC Penny origin that was kept for why, except that it is pristine and sentiment, I know not why. Anyhow, in going through some of my grandmothers Albums and tapes, I came across a tape made by my grandmother. She used to tape letters and send them to my great Aunt instead of write letters. On the tape was my grandmothers voice, my own from about age 14 or so, and my brother and sister. Can't place a value on being able to hear her voice now that she is long gone. Roger

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B. Althaus, The McI gear will always hold it's value and is also a safe bet if you can swing it. It is ultimately your descission. I have a buddy that has $22,000 in his Harley, that couldn't see the expenditure on his gear, and I asked him how many hours do you spend on your bike a year (we live in Ohio) and how many hours do you spend listening to music or watching movies. Some people don't understand paying for a feather down tick or comforter and 500 or 1200 count sheet set, or even a high quality mattress set, but how many hours of or lives are spent in bed?? Good luck in your search, and I will try to post in the forum if I see a PA-7 or PA-7II for you. Roger

Quality of sound??? Realism??? You prefer tubes, and we all know tubes color the sound. I doubt you have ever heard a Nakamichi amp, but you sure act like you know something. Your post with namecalling "head cases" shows me how very little you do know about the subject matter as you make statements that you cannot propperly articulate to bolster your possition. It still takes 4 times as much power in a Forte to get the same level output as a Cornerhorn! That is directly pointed at your position that 200 watts is 2 much. It is too much if it has poor realism and you are trying to compensate for poor realism with SPL. The pro technitions run anywhere from 3 to 5 times the RMS rating of the speaker. What is the objective? What kind of technicians? PA, Monitor system, recording engineer, audio equipment development? Further, the Nakamichi is said to have a warmer tube like sound, and solid state is always more accurate in a better amp than similar quallity tube settup. Don't point fingers at others in a realm you seem so innept to argue. Roger You lack credibility at the mere number of posts you contribute coupled with the fact you are not serious enough to even fill out your signature or equipment profile so no one knows what you own or listen to. Gee you found one SS amp manufacturer I never owned; maybe I listenend to one in the 70s but not enough to make an impression. My street cred going back to the 70s is I was a poor musician. Due to my technical skills being rather sound as noted by my talented musicain firends, they asked me to record them in a studio they subsidized me to build in my parents basment in 1980. I repaired equipment in a very basic sense and built PA systems. I have nearfield experience with: -Music Man, Hi Watt, Marshall, Vox and Fender(countless models) guitar amps -Telecaster, Stratocaster, Les Paul(love the pre 60s), Gretsch Country Gentleman, Gibson ES 335 and dozens of lesser electric guitars -Hammond B3 and M3 organs with Leslie speakers - Gibson, Guild, Taylor, Ovation( hate them) and Martin( love them I am a CSNY devotee) accoustic guitars -Gretsch and Tama were my favorite drums ============ Currently I hear un amplified live orchestras 7-8 times a year. My four children play in my house(in largest number of hours per year): -french horn (meleophone in marching band season) -trombone -drums - piano -flute -bells(xylophone) ; my oldest does a killer version of Sleigh Bells for the holidays ====================== Why is high power SS so fatiguing? -cymbals never sound real but edgy and biting; a ride cymbal should draw you into the rythym not chase you away -soundstage smears while the room overdrives and something in the room will add more distortion by vibrating than either amp or speaker will at somewhere over 105 db at one meter in a 15 x 15 room; in addition you cannot talk to your wife or friends without shouting(maybe talking is to be avoided in some circles) -never heard an SS amp have the detail of attack or the extended realism of decay that a tube amp can provide -Jitter magnifier, SS is less fatigueing with analog but I personally can listen to no more than 2-3 CDs at a sitting with SS compared to 8-10 CDs with tubes So pound away on us wimpy amp old guys that are clueless; in your bold font with multiple exclamation points. We do have time to joust with you on occassion. Waiting up as my twice monthly spot check of my 20 year old sons curfew allows me to be long winded tonight. No, you were already full of hot air prior to waiting up!!!You may have more postings, but it seems you must have done alot more posting than listening and learning from others. You spout off about guitar amps... Stay focussed!!! The discussion is home audio amps. You spout off about minor repairs and a recording studio in your PARENTS HOUSE!! Stay focused... The discussion is home audio amps. You run on about going to live performances and the instruments your kids play. Your making me loose focus!!! What does that have to do with home audio amps??? I have heard VOTs = Voice of the Theatre (did not want to confuse you) on both SS and tubes and I have to admit that I was never impressed with the VOTs on SS, but they were enjoyable on tubes. I would equate this to "less fatigueing", but by no means were they more articulate. I don't care if you have 10 million posts or your name is Jesus Christ, that does not give you the right to start name calling, but it is easy to be brave behind a keyboard. old timer is correct in my opinion. I owned quartets that I bought new in 1989 (my second set of home speakers ever/ I was 25) I believe the Fortes are the most articulate speakers in the Klipsch line up that I have ever heard. Tubes may very well make for an easier listening venue, but many would argue the same of Bose as they feel horns are bright, that lack of brightness or edginess has nothing at all to do with how articulate or accurate the sound is. Start listening to others post instead of spouting off, and you will find that old timer and myself are not the only ones here that feel that a larger SS amp helps the sound at moderate listening levels. Just as you named off a bunch of guitar amps, I could name off a bunch of non Klipsch speakers, and it still wouldn't have anything to do with the discussion at hand. I am still scratching my head to wonder what your kids do has to do with this conversation, should I list my families accomplishments or lack there of to try to stay on track with your wandering mind??? Roger

Audio Flynn, Alot of tube guys like the tubes because they have better bass at low listening levels. What oldtimer is referencing to you, is that if you take two amps of the same quallity like a Nakamichi PA-5 at 100 watts per channel, and a Nakamichi PA-7 at 200 watts per channel, is that you get a better down low bass hit at listening volumes, as well as cleaner and better sounding music when you are pushing your speakers. You don't have to push them, but the potential is there as well as better sound reproduction at lower levels, and as he said, if someday the guys future allows for a larger sound stage, he will already have the extra headroom, but that doesn't mean that there aren't possitive atributes of going larger that he can enjoy now. Roger

Quality of sound??? Realism??? You prefer tubes, and we all know tubes color the sound. I doubt you have ever heard a Nakamichi amp, but you sure act like you know something. Your post with namecalling "head cases" shows me how very little you do know about the subject matter as you make statements that you cannot propperly articulate to bolster your possition. It still takes 4 times as much power in a Forte to get the same level output as a Cornerhorn!! That is directly pointed at your position that 200 watts is 2 much. The pro technitions run anywhere from 3 to 5 times the RMS rating of the speaker. Further, the Nakamichi is said to have a warmer tube like sound, and solid state is always more accurate in a better amp than similar quallity tube settup. Don't point fingers at others in a realm you seem so innept to argue. Roger

thebes, Have you heard about the latest in burn care treatment?? As you may or may not be aware, live skin tissue is hard to come buy to work with. Doctors frequently have to use grafts from pigs and/or the patient themselves. The skin is removed and perforated in order that the graft may be stretched to help heal a larger are. The healing donor site can be very painful, as well as the orriginal burn site. Recently in medicine, we have taken to use the circumsized foreskin from infants to replace eyelids. The only problem thus far is that the patients keep ending up c*ck-eyed. Roger

So a baseball card huh??? Did you ever get arround to second base?? Roger

BigDaddy, I read in another area that you got that second set in kansa city. I know you are using several Adcom amps, but do you have a surround sound souce?? If so, just hook one up as a center with your old surronds. You already know how 4 Forte sound in stereo and as surrounds, so it should give you a real idea of the worth of that 5th Forte you need yet. Roger

Mike, I love the look of the Chaparel. I am also very aware of draining the oil and a few other tricks to give false readings on the dyno as you can't run an engine like that. Besides, the Can Ams were dry sumped and no oil wouldn't give that much of an increase like it would on a wet sump. 575 HP out of a 427 that has 8 stack fuel injection vs: 427 ford with 590 non fudged HP with a single 4 BBL or 630 with dual 4s. My Iron engine is a blower settup. The aluminum engine I am working on now is capable of going over 600 cubic inch, but I will be in the 528 cubic inch turbo charged range, and it will weigh less than an iron SBC. Roger

EWWWWwwwwww!!! [+o(] No Contest, YOU WIN!!! I'm not touchin your speakers!! Roger

There are no meters on old Nakamichi Amps to go bad, but there are plenty of places that specialize in working on older Nakamichi gear if you were to have a problem. If you want mon blocks, I'll tag on a little site 4 you www.mjraudio.com He has upgrades for the Adcom GFA-565 mono blocks going up to $2500 each. My point is that you can get anything serviced, you just have to be willing to actually look. My sister now owns my old Nakamichi TA4A receiver and had to recently have it serviced. I run early 1950s woofers that I have had fully reconditioned in my 1998 and other Klipschorns. Roger

Tim3, If you are looking for more high frequency, why not put in Bobs titanium tweeter settup. If you want a more sensitive speaker, why not a Klipsch MCM 1900 at 108 Db efficiency (KINDA BLOWS 106 Db out of the water), then you can replace ten tweeters with Bobs titanium diaphrams. Another option for more high frequencies out of your CornScalas would be the Electo Voice T-350 tweeters. These are alot larger and more efficient than the T-35, K-77, etc. variants used in the Heritage line up. ROGER

I put together a surround system for my mom with 4 Klipsch KSF 10.5s and an RC-3II. Next, I upgraded her to an RC-7, and then a pair of RF-7s. I bought her a Velodyne HGS-10 dealer Demo subwoofer in clear acrylic. I think I remember you refrenced to possibly owning a Velodyne but can't recall model if so. Anyway, she now has an all R-7 series front with KSF 10.5 towers for rear surrounds. I think the higher Heritage equipement will surface a substandrd piece of equipement faster than the Reference series, but the Pioneer Elite sounds alot better to me on her system than the Sony 777ES did. Roger

Looks very similar to the 777ES. I bought the 777ES as it was the flag ship at the time and I was tired of 9 seperate remotes, so I went all Sony gear. I liked the Macro function remote capabilities, but what a downgrade in sound capabillities (my god), especially in the 777ESs amp section. Sound improved immensly by adding a seperate Adcom surround amp, but was still way down from what I am used to. I hope the DA5ES sounds better for you. My brother in law also bought a Sony 777ES at the same time. They were $1600 each at the time, and like I said, Sonys flagship receiver at the time. Of course the dealer didn't have any Klipsch to hook it up too, but a worse sounding piece I have never heard hooked to my K-Horns. Roger