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Same thing happens to me on my 5th drink of Canadian whisky! Everything in my room disappears! I wake up and it's all back. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

I always turned on my Mac amp before my C46 preamp. Never had an issue or pop. Usually I'd just leave my amp on most of the time, sounded better when I did that. Both pieces were transistors not tubes though. Looks like one or both pieces will need looking at. Try disconnecting the monster cable power, to be sure that's not part of it. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

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No your not nuts. The Jubilee is like a cornerhorn on steroids. A bit much for some rooms due to the fact their made for loud commercial playing. But tamed down with the right amp, and room taming, and you've got as close to live music as it gets. Their not made for a small or overly live room for sure, but do it right, and your jaw drops, and heart can skip a beat. It amazing what 120 plus decibels can do cranking out Tower of power or any live album. Devil went down to Georgia also gets me going! Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

They look flawless from the pics. Is that tweeter and mid an updated version or just from that year and a factory piece? Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

What him say? And yes Dean you did. I thought my first Stereo sounded pretty good way back in 1968. The original speakers that were part of the all in one Stereo with the fold out/removable units were too small. Think I paid $40.00 at the old White Front store .So I built my own cabinets out of particle board, bought some 8 inch two way speakers from the old Zack electronics here in SF. Weren't even the right impedance. Probably why they kicked butt. My old speakers were 3 inch by 6 inch, and 16 ohm written on them. I thought they said 1.6 ohm, so the man said 4 ohm was closest. Amazing the amp never overheated and fried! Back then I thought that was the best my Beatles records ever sounded. Used to play it constantly. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Voice coils get burned if you overpower. That being said, I've learned in my old age, if it sounds right, runs right, don't rock the boat! You can't imagine how many here, and on other sites, keep trying this, trying that, just to find it's never right. Our ears get weaker and weaker as we age, especially listening to loud music/ loud cars. Your one of the lucky ones that is happy with his system! Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

No truer words were ever spoken. You've first have got to set a budget, even the wealthy do that. Do your homework first. Find the best that the money you want to spend can offer. Some favor features over ultimate sound. You might look into some of the excellent 2 channel receivers, and integrated amps from the 70's and 80's. I had a Concept 5.5 receiver back in the later 70's, that blew away all but the best stuff out. I had a friend that tried 3 different integrated amps that sounded good, but had no bottom. I brought by my receiver, he was so impressed he bought one that week. His speakers were the highly coveted Ar Lst2 speakers. If you don't need a full home theater setup, a great 2 channel for video works pretty good. Besides the Concept, look at Pioneer and Yamaha, as well as Sansui. All top shelf stuff, available relatively cheap, under $500.00 in a lot of cases. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

2 connections on each raw driver, that's a dual voice coil. Why not get out your volt/ohm meter and check between pos, and neg on both terminals, starting with woofer. See what your ohm readings are! Do you have two sets of binding posts on outside of cabinet? Sounds like this speaker was designed to be bi-amped. I had a 12 inch woofer in my home built cabinet for my car stereo. I only used one set of the 2 sets. Try eliminating the switch box first. If the amp plays ok with other speakers it's got to be a speaker cross over connection, or driver itself. Try powering one channel of woofer direct to terminals using jumpers. Your going to have to eliminate each driver/crossover, to find culprit. My guess is you've got a capacitor or 2 that's dead or leaking Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

I remember way back in 89, I bought a set of ADS tower speakers, a good speaker for $900.00. Well I needed an amp since my trusty Concept 5.5 from the now defunct Pacific Stereo was having amplifier issues. Anyhoo I went to our local stereo shop and brought home a Onkyo amp around 150 wpc. Had a month to return it if I didn't like it. About a week later I went to another store in San Francisco and took home a Yamaha mx800 amp. About 170 wpc. The Yamaha was so smooth and so much better, than the Onkyo. The Onkyo was nasty through the upper mid-range and especially the high end. Luckily these days amps are closer in sound, and don't have the nasty's that the Onkyo had. My point though is amps can and do make a big difference, especially when you climb up the price scale. If you don't believe it hook up a bargain Sony/Yamaha receiver under $500.00, then hook up same speakers to say a McIntosh mc275 with a matching preamp. If you can't hear a difference, you don't need a new stereo, you need your hearing checked! Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

I'm assuming you already have a preamp? What about a vintage Conrad Johnson mv52/60/70 tube amp. Great sounding amp, availabilable for under $1500, no problem. Very warm mid/high-end great playing jazz/ reggae. Been one of my favs. Oh yeah good bottom end too for a tube. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Well if you can go up to the $699.00 price, the Lp gear the vessel R3Sm is the best for the buck. If your budget is a little lower try Audio Technicas VM740MI. These 2 were rated as best sounding under a grand. Be sure to have cartridge aligned professional, along with weight and balance. Just a little off affects sound, and will wipe out your records way ahead of normal. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Wow 61 posts and counting. If the op wasn't confused before, his head probably looks like Linda Blair's from exorcist now. I've tried so many different Rca interconnects on my old Yamaha preamp years back, I broke the connection. My 2 favorites way back then we're Monster 500, and Kimber cable blue. I think each was around $50.00 to $70.00. About $100.00 to $150.00 in today's price. As far as speaker wire don't go crazy. Try some used ones from your local high end stereo boutique, they always have at least 4 or 5 sets to try out. Make sure you can bring them back. I go with the guys here that say leave copper ends copper, no terminal ending, unless they already have been. Keep in mind, you'll need to listen to each set for 2 days or more. Your new speakers won't sound their best for at least 50-100 hours. You might want to wait on any wire investment till then. You know nobody here ever made the comment what did PWK use for speaker wire during 50's through 70's on his heritage line of speaker's. I'm betting he said speaker wire didn't make much audible difference. A quality 1 watt amp was what made the biggest diff. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Used cornwalls would be my choice. Yamaha amps traditionally are not bass punchy. Their thing is clean mid/high end. Room acoustics of course will be important. The Cornwalls have great bottom end oomph. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

I used to have the Mac Mc754 for awhile. Used it with Kef 102 monitors. Ok but not great. Tubes can be amazing or horrible, depending on how good the tubes are, the electronics, the match to the speakers. Like the rest said, don't expect miracles with an old tube setup of unknown condition. The tube will be smoother through mids and highs, but a drop in the punch of the bottom end. The ideal setup is bi-amping, the Mac for the bass, and the tubes for the upper end. Or you can add a clean subwoofer, which has always been my favorite. Fills in below 50 hz. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

I like it! Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Capacitors are like anything in your system. It is subjective. One guy will say I love the sound of Klipsch cornerhorns, another guys in the same room, sitting right next to the other guy and says their too loud, too strong. Second guy likes a softer sound, like maybe a soft dome mid-range/tweeter combo. Caps and coils are subtle, but also can be a big jump in transparency, separation, realistic sound change. I had kef 102 monitors years back, and despite what everyone said was great, I didn't like em. We had a store back in the 90's here in San Francisco called just speakers. Well I told them I wanted a much better sound. Gutted the kef driver's put in Dynaudio 17w75 woofs, m.b Quart tweeter, and built new crossovers 1 percent caps, air core inductors. Huge difference. Should have built with higher x over point though. I used 2.5 k, should have done 3.5-4k, but still sounded amazing. I ran 2 m&k 200wpc subs, and Yamaha separates. Better electronics would have been better still. Bottom line, it's gotta sound right to you, and sound right 2 weeks later. Too many systems sound good in the store, but wear on you 2 days later. Anyhoo that's my story, and Im sticking with it! Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Our op still never stated how old these speakers are. I've read and reread but the only member that stated year was Gary rc with his 2005 Khorns. As far as the silver and gold Mundorf, that price of $762.10 was for 4 different value 2 percent caps. It shows 4 in the pics but doesn't say it's for 4. That was madisound. So yes Deang, their price each ranges from $125.00 to $250.00 depending on value of cap. Still a lot, but if you want a no compromise crossover, that would be the ticket. Our op has a set of speakers around 1995 vintage. almost 24 years old, so I'd say what the heck at least swap out the caps, and any fuses. The fuses and their connection can cause more trouble than the caps. But if you can operate a solder iron/gun go for it. Parts wise for some new 5 percent caps is under $30.00, unless you go crazy and want to put in the esoteric stuff. Not necessary on a speaker at your price point. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Newer caps are called mylar. They don't break down like ones of the past. Although ironically the top 1 percent tolerance caps, Mundorf available from Germany are silver and gold, and oil filled and ridiculously expensive. Like $150.00 to $800.00 each, Yikes! At that price point you've got the 10 bedroom mansion, and money is just an item that your accountants keep track of. Bill Gates kind of money. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

I'm with wirunna, but do a visual, and a sniffer test. If you smell something burnt, or leaking, replace them. That being said, 13 years your fine. Unsoldered and testing each cap is too much work. Keep in mind your ears get weaker with time, especially listening to speakers that are capable of 120 decibels. Save your money, make an appointment with ear doctor, have ears cleaned and checked. I'm 63, my right ear hearing is half of my left, you just live with it. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Well I'm probably going to be bashed or maybe not. But I've found that electronics can make a noticable difference. I don't know your budget, but if it were me I'd look into either a Conrad Johnson tube amp/preamp setup with Russian tubes. Or maybe McIntosh mc275 with a matching tube preamp. The Mac offers bass and treble controls but the CJ has such a forward mellow sound, best I've heard in a while. The Mac is 75wpc, the CJ about same. Replacing caps with 1 percent tolerance and high grade air core inductors help some. The Crites I think use 5 percent caps. A top shelf moving coil cartridge like clear audio, along with matching step up is huge but costly. Bottom line in any stereo is how much you have to spend? Whatever way you go, be sure it's returnable. Most shops only offer trade up not refund. Best buy here in California has refund if not Happy. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Fruit you can sample before you buy, reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when Kramer says this fruit has no taste! I too am old enough to remember Stereo stores that would play a few cuts of an album on their Ess heil speakers, or JBL. But it always seemed like it was such an imposition for them. Especially if it didn't sound right and you said no! Oh the look on their face when you walked out. You didn't dare suggest a second album. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

You might even be able to buy corners to augment your room, if you don't want to build them. I remember awhile back online seeing them Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

I've never had any problem with bass loss on Lp's. Actually on older recordings like Beatles and singers like Sinatra and Tony Bennett, the albums sounded better. I have a Tom Jones album I recorded to cassette years back, that blows away my CD version of same songs. Problem with a lot of albums, is the person doing the recording didn't care. Can't tell you how disappointed I was after purchase. Just sat in my collection. Back in the days Tower records or whomever wouldn't take it back just because it didn't sound good! Like buying fruit, no return. Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk

Put a set of thick drapes over windows. It will make the bass sound better, and keep out pesky neighbor's! It's your house, crank em up! Sent from my N9131 using Tapatalk