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"100% adequate" I love that phrase! Some dumbazz (not me this time) decided to put nice speaker posts on the Heresy 1's I now own... He put them smack dab in the middle of the mid driver location so when he went to install the back on the box again he had to turn it upside down for the posts to clear. DOH! No matter I guess but I could seal up the holes and move them. The original terminal strips are still there.

We love to beat dead horses around here! Make no apologies! I have a short memory so it's all new all the time to me

Looking for a Niles AXP-1 rca switch (or "auxillary input selector" as Niles calls it) if anyone has one available. Thought I'd try here first. Thanks!

Hmmm... I could use something similar in reverse. One input switched to 6 outputs.

That is a little worse than I imagined. That makes me hesitate more but you might be able to close that up. I don't consider you wrong and I'm right... I'm just giving some things to think about and a person can decide for themselves what is right for them. How often are used Cornwall III's available in his area? I don't often care about resale because I just almost never let anything go. By the time I do if I lose a couple hundred that is a pretty fair trade for 10 years of use. I've bought dinged speakers and kept them that way and I've also repaired and installed new veneer which is a lot of fun for me. I agree that most people would want Special Edition to be in excellent and original condition. Your veneer job would have to nicer than the original which could be difficult. I always have at least one flaw somewhere.

I'm pretty picky but I'd consider them. Are the grills in good shape? Looks like a bit of a mark on the left one. Buyers often try to talk you down as much as possible and will come up with any excuse possible. Screw 'em! They can go elsewhere unless you are desperate or just don't want to mess with them anymore.

These might not have as much value as special editions but I would consider them. I like the idea of corner protectors otherwise I'd factor the cost of epoxy wood fill and a complete re-veneer job which I would NOT want to do.

That's what I do with vintage equipment. I turn the volume all the way down before I power off with the power strip.

Here is another way to go... Thanks @thebes and @michael hurd (and others)! I made one of these myself but I made it a bit shorter which put it a bit closer to the tubes than I intended. To improve the heat flow I made small black acrylic footers for the case so that air could flow freely under the case from both sides. Raised it only about an eighth of an inch but was much cooler. It was my first project with acrylic and took way longer than it seemed like it should. Drilling the holes was quite tedious but I managed to not have any cracks. The secret is to practice on scraps first so you know how much pressure you can exert (or not).

I love the labels he used for the amp! My dad labeled just about everything with that stuff

Wow, your strong! Seriously, nobody likes to eat rust so a little refurb sounds like a good idea.

I've found that I can't tell time anything!

I would add that "better" isn't always better... sometimes it's worse or sometimes just different. It's all about synergy. That said, it wouldn't have even occurred to me to worry about what wire I'm using to demo a pair of speakers to sell. Depends on what all the other components are I guess.

Yeah, that's some nasty stuff! Not sure what it starts out as but it turns into black tar of some sort. I scraped it all off and replaced with 1/8" thick gasket tape

uhhh... yeah... the Brick Supply place has been looking for you. Did you see it next to that big stack of "free" lumber?

See! Even they know it needs to be elevated!

Tom Keady can build one for you!

If the drivers work and crossovers are untouched I'd say 600. Maybe more if there isn't too much fill work on the cabinets.

hmmm.... "tweete, woofers, upgraded already..." What does THAT mean?? I bet they had some fun with that Pioneer on top!

A Technics 1200 in good shape is going to last a long time! See KAB (https://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/m1200.htm) for some worthwhile modifications (some more worthwhile than others). Tom here on the forum ( @tk49 ) made a beautiful cabinet for my 1200 a few years ago! He made it slightly taller to accommodate the footers I installed. I'll bet he still has the measurements... mine came out perfect. I had the Shure M97xE which is a basic but good cartridge that was pretty cheap. They stopped making them so they jacked up the price on the remaining stock. Google will find you a bunch of opinions on cartridges for the 1200!

Pulling air through your amp could cool the heat protection so that it doesn't shut down when it should. I'd suggest that you pull the hot air away from amp to keep the ambient temp surrounding the amp cooler.

I kind of like the patina you are starting with! I had some old Adirondack chairs with green stain that had weathered quite a bit and the finish was completely gone in places. I simply sanded them lightly and gave them a bunch of coats of spar varnish or maybe it was poly... don't recall now. The look was great! They had that weathered patina but were now protected from the elements. (not suggesting varnish or poly for your speakers)

The fix for mine was when Craig went through and started reheating every solder joint. One was probably broken or had a bad connection due to being slammed around in shipping.

Gotta keep 'em clean! Store bought tapes require a cleaning after one play it seems.