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Just wanted to say that it was a real pleasure doing business with Dkalsi. Communication was easy, the packaging was excellent and the Merlin arrived in perfect condition. I am listening to it now and couldn't be happier.

Just bumping this thread wondering in the DAC1 is still available?

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Have you checked the polarity of the woofers to make sure they are hooked up correctly? I've swapped the speaker wires inadvertently in my haste to hear new speakers or speaker modifications. It's easy enough to rule out.

The EV sm120 horn from the sentry 3 and 4 speakers fits the bill. Made for a one inch screw on driver and IIRC was used by EV down to 400hz. They usually be found for reasonable money.

I second Paul79's suggestion of diy switchcraft and mogami. I use the exact same setup between my pre and amp.

I've been curious about the Ohm's for some time now. Looking forward to your thoughts.

without a doubt, Frank Zappa's Inca Roads. Oh wait, it's wife acceptance factor, not wife annoyance factor. The artists I gravitate to for her pleasure are Ray Charles, Taj Mahal, Jason Isbell, or the phenomenal John Lee Hooker's It Serve You Right to Suffer.

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I sold a friend a pair of rough heresy's, here's what he did with them...

I've got a Philips 7851 receiver that I'd part with. I recently cleaned all controls with deoxit and a t is currently powering my Forte 2's quite nicely. Really nice tuner. Fully functional and all lights light up. Have original manual. I'll take a 100 bucks for it. PM if your interested. I'm in Little Rock.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you have a tonearm that the is a natural match to the 103 than the body probably won't have much effect. If you have an arm that is a little light for the 103 then a rebody may help if the body adds mass.

I couldn't detect any difference at all. At the time I was using a Lenco L75 with the Atp-12t, a diy sut using beyerdynamics transformers into a NOS Valves restored Scott 299C mated to Altec Lansing Model 18's. That system should have revealed any differences. Just today I pulled out the Lenco and hooked it up to my McIntosh MX113/MC2100 combo, feeding Forte 2's and the combo freakin rocks! Everything from Pink Floyd to Flaming Lips to Kyuss to Gatemouth, it all sounds great. I think the story may be different when mating the 103 to tonearms that may not be a perfect match. I have a technics 1200 and a JVC ql-y66f with straight tonearm that I could put the cartridge on to try to compare but it just works so well with the Lenco/ATP-12t combo, I haven't found a reason to go through the effort.

I used this video as guidance,

I did the mod on my 103 using an aluminum body from a ebay seller, similar to what Zu uses. The procedure is delicate but not hard to perform. I also epoxied the cartridge into the body. I really could not tell any difference in sound quality with the mod. The cartridge is considerably heavier now and would probably work/sound better on a medium mass arm than a stock unit. I am using it on a Audio Technica atp-12t broadcast arm so the cartridge was a good match to begin with.

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Here's a couple of pics of my recapped crossovers. It took a little work getting the new caps to fit. We all love pictures, right?

In my case two changes really helped even out my Forte 2's frequency response. 1. Changed amplification from Musical Fidelity A5 integrated to McIntosh MX113/MC2100 combo. The Mc combo really brings out the bass in these speakers. As many of us have learned over and over, system synergy is key. 2. Replaced caps in crossovers. Initially, I only replaced the mids because I hadn't decided on the other caps yet. A fresh capacitor on the mid just made the problem worse. After replacing the remaining caps the speakers are now very even handed and I am happy with the balance. I used now Russian k75 caps for the mid, sonicap gen 1's for the tweeter, and a Mundorf electrolytic for the woofer.

Thanks for the reply, that sounds like a very fair offer. I ended getting a MX113 from the auction site a few weeks ago so am no longer looking.

May want to include the NAD 7020 in your search. It is the reciever version of the 3020 and can sometimes be had for less than its more popular cousin. I had one for several years and years t always sounded good regardless of speaker pairing.

I am looking for an MX112, 113, 114,or 115 to go with the mc2100 I just bought from Forum member duder1982. Just thought I would see if anyone had one in their stash that they'd like to sell. Thanks Adam

I'm still using the factory crossovers at this point. I began replacing capacitors today starting with a 1.5uf Russian k75-10 hybrid pio on the squaker. I am hoping to smooth out the mids a little. I will replace the other caps soon, just wanted to try one at a time to get a good idea what each is contributing. I will probably build new boards to have room for the new caps so I may get Bob's autoformer at the same time and try moving the taps. I think there is huge potential in the forte's with some minor modifications.

I can't answer your question but also find the squaker just a tad forward on my forte II's. I would love to have a definitive answer from the more knowledgeable members. I'm sure a phone call to Bob Crites could clear this up but maybe a member here has already worked this out?

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