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GONE Original box and original packing material are included A copy of the Soundsmith invoice will be included. A printed copy of the manual will be provided. Shipping will be paid by you. If you don't know, ask me. I am happy to help Please discuss pricing and offers in private messages(PM) Description of the service work completed by The Soundsmith Corporation on June 2015 Sumo Electra serial #: clean chassis of dust & dirt, replace defective pre-out and tape in/out RCA jack assemlies, replace all electrolytic capacitors with upgraded parts, locate & repair fatigued, cracked or overheated solder joints, replace burned/out of spec components, test all inputs, reliability test performed, 1 tamper proof label affixed. 6 hours labor charged Completed rebuild cost from invoice $813.50 plus shipping Link to the video report on Soundsmith by Stereophile https://www.stereophile.com/content/soundsmiths-peter-ledermann-building-mastering-and-giving-back Designed by James Bongiorno who's long and storied career spans two entirely distinct eras, from Hadley, Dynaco, Marantz, and SAE in the 1960s, to Constellation Audio in the second decade of the 21st century. Bongiorno designed amplifiers in six different decades, working alongside other industry legends such as Richard Sequerra, Sidney Smith, David Hafler, Morris Kessler, John Curl, and Bascom King. Bongiorno will best be remembered for Great American Sound (GAS), the company he founded in 1974 after leaving SAE. The GAS Ampzilla power amplifier was an instant classic, outperforming many much more expensive amplifiers and sending ripples through the industry. Bongiorno was eventually forced out and the company folded a few years later. He quickly founded a new company, Sumo Electric Company, Ltd., to bring his circuits to moderately priced products. As with GAS, disputes between business partners led to Sumo’s premature demise. Everything about Electra's design underlines Sumo engineering's fanatic attention to detail. While other preamps give you volume controls, Electra provides laser-trimmed stepped attenuators for volume, bass treble and balance. These controls will pass high frequency square waves with no apparent distortion, and offer near-perfect channel to channel tracking. 1% metal film resistors are used throughout the signal path. The phono preamp stage for moving coil cartridges is both fully complementary and DC coupled, as is the FET magnetic phono stage. The entire preamplifier remains in phase from input to output. Even the circuit topology has been configured to reject stray magnetic fields, which can introduce hum and noise into the system. When Electra is used with other Sumo equipment, such as the Andromeda, the interaction is synergistic. The whole is greater than the parts. You will hear a wide, accurate soundstage, incredible dynamic range, astounding definition throughout the audio band. In short, the natural, effortless purity of live music. SPECS Frequency response: 2Hz to 100kHz +/-3db 20Hz-20Khz +/-0.1db Low filter (Quasi-2nd order) 20Hz -3db Total harmonic distortion: 0.01% Gain @1KHz: 68dB (MC), SNR 65db 42dB (MM), SNR 70db 20dB (Tuner, Aux, Tape), SNR 100db Input sensitivity 3V RMS-1KHz: 0.115mV (MC), 2.3mV (MM), 315mV (line) Crosstalk @20KHz -60db, @below 1KHz -80db Dimensions: 19" x 3.5" x 9" Weight: 12lbs. More literature, links, downloads, etc. available upon request

SOLD All original Extremely hard to buy today Subjectively one of the best bang for your buck in vintage speakers you can buy today 240Ti ts (1).pdf

Not affiliated. Look nice from limited pics. Priced near current average. Not original owner. Crites tweeters. https://rockford.craigslist.org/ele/d/rockford-klipsch-cornwalls-ii/6838182197.html

sold A second Academy is available if you want a pair. My location is Fall River, Wisconsin 53932 Let me know if you require accommodations on getting these to your location. Free Delivery is available within 100 miles from zip 53932. https://f072605def1c9a5ef179-a0bc3fbf1884fc0965506ae2b946e1cd.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/product-specsheets/Academy-brochure.pdf Selling one very clean Klipsch Academy. This one comes with options. 1) Decide if you want the original box, packaging materials, with 2 matching serial # tags. +$50 2) Decide if you want Bob Crites titanium tweeter diaphram installed to timbre match your own front left and right channel. +$25 3) Decide if you want Bob Crites Klipsch Academy crossover board installed. +$95 4) Decide how you want to receive this. Shipping is at your expense. I will drive up to 100 miles, or meet you halfway.

This ad is for 2 items sold together. Original boxes and original packing material are included Shipped double boxed and packed very well. Each item will be packed and shipped separately at the same time and manner. As far as I know, all of the original owners manuals have been lost to the ages, and none can be bought. A printed PDF copy for each will be provided. Shipping will be at your discretion Please discuss pricing and offers in private messages(PM) If you don't know, ask me. I am happy to help Description of the service work completed by The Soundsmith Corporation on June 2015 Sumo Andromeda serial#: clean chassis of dust & dirt; locate & repair fatigued, cracked or overheated solder joints; rebuild main power supply with upgraded parts; replace intermittent RCA jacks with upgraded parts; adjust bias & test for thermal stability; check DC offset; Power, THD, mechanical integrity, & reliability test performed, 1 tamper proof label affixed. 8 hours labor charged Completed rebuild cost from invoice $1021.20 Sumo Electra serial #: clean chassis of dust & dirt, replace defective pre-out and tape in/out RCA jack assemlies, replace all electrolytic capacitors with upgraded parts, locate & repair fatigued, cracked or overheated solder joints, replace burned/out of spec components, test all inputs, reliability test performed, 1 tamper proof label affixed. 6 hours labor charged Completed rebuild cost from invoice $813.50 Total service cost including shipping $1939.70 Link to the Oct. 2nd 1982 Sumo Andromeda review https://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/sumo_andromeda_power_amplifier/index.html Link to the video report on Soundsmith by Stereophile https://www.stereophile.com/content/soundsmiths-peter-ledermann-building-mastering-and-giving-back and HERE Designed by James Bongiorno who's long and storied career spans two entirely distinct eras, from Hadley, Dynaco, Marantz, and SAE in the 1960s, to Constellation Audio in the second decade of the 21st century. Bongiorno designed amplifiers in six different decades, working alongside other industry legends such as Richard Sequerra, Sidney Smith, David Hafler, Morris Kessler, John Curl, and Bascom King. Bongiorno will best be remembered for Great American Sound (GAS), the company he founded in 1974 after leaving SAE. The GAS Ampzilla power amplifier was an instant classic, outperforming many much more expensive amplifiers and sending ripples through the industry. Bongiorno was eventually forced out and the company folded a few years later. He quickly founded a new company, Sumo Electric Company, Ltd., to bring his circuits to moderately priced products. As with GAS, disputes between business partners led to Sumo’s premature demise. Sumo's class AB Andromeda has a full wave, four quadrant balanced topology exercising total control over any loudspeaker connected to it, regardless of load type. It's four independent push-pull feedback loops maintain your speakers in absolute phase with the musical signal, resulting in perfect imaging and a wide soundstage. Andromeda achieves its astonishing accuracy through a combination of high power output - 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms and up to 350 watts into 4 ohms, and a complete lack of current limiting. Rather than introduce invasive circuitry to protect the amplifier, which leads to restricted dynamic range and increased distortion, Sumo engineers put extremely wideband, extra high dissipation power transistors at the output. The dynamic range and awesome deep bass response of Andromeda was unapproached by any other amplifier of its time. SPECS Power output in watts RMS per channel 2 channels driven 20khz-20khz @8Ω 200Watts @THD<0.05% Power output in watts RMS per channel 2 channels driven 20khz-20khz @4Ω 350Watts @THD<0.1% Damping factor: 300 from 20Hz-1Khz Input sensitivity: 1.8V Input impedance 100K Ohms Signal to noise ratio: 100dB Dimensions: 19" x 8.75" x 7" Weight: 35 lbs. Original MSRP $899 Manual available upon request Everything about Electra's design underlines Sumo engineering's fanatic attention to detail. While other preamps give you volume controls, Electra provides laser-trimmed stepped attenuators for volume, bass treble and balance. These controls will pass high frequency square waves with no apparent distortion, and offer near-perfect channel to channel tracking. 1% metal film resistors are used throughout the signal path. The phono preamp stage for moving coil cartridges is both fully complementary and DC coupled, as is the FET magnetic phono stage. The entire preamplifier remains in phase from input to output. Even the circuit topology has been configured to reject stray magnetic fields, which can introduce hum and noise into the system. When Electra is used with other Sumo equipment, such as the Andromeda, the interaction is synergistic. The whole is greater than the parts. You will hear a wide, accurate soundstage, incredible dynamic range, astounding definition throughout the audio band. In short, the natural, effortless purity of live music. SPECS Frequency response: 2Hz to 100kHz +/-3db 20Hz-20Khz +/-0.1db Low filter (Quasi-2nd order) 20Hz -3db Total harmonic distortion: 0.01% Gain @1KHz: 68dB (MC), SNR 65db 42dB (MM), SNR 70db 20dB (Tuner, Aux, Tape), SNR 100db Input sensitivity 3V RMS-1KHz: 0.115mV (MC), 2.3mV (MM), 315mV (line) Crosstalk @20KHz -60db, @below 1KHz -80db Dimensions: 19" x 3.5" x 9" Weight: 12lbs. Manual available upon request More literature, links, downloads, etc. available upon request