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I'm just mad because I don't have any :-) You nailed the others! How could you tell that they were Forte I's? Most of the forte's look the same to me.

No, it's two RTA 15tl. More of a tower loudspeaker design without the dimensional array nonsense. http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/polk-audio-rta-15tl-87.html I rebuilt the crossovers and replaced a few tired drivers.

Hey! I made it back okay. No interactions with los federales in mexico thankfully! That's really cool of you VSAT! You're a stand-up guy. Lee - you need to verify that Gene keeps his word ;-) Valerie is alive and well! I did end up pairing her with an SVS SB-2000 pro sub because I wasn't happy...

I'm still in Mexico! I only had that one long evening listening session before I left town. I'll be back this weekend.

I was looking for 12" drivers ideally.

I listened to Valerie for 8 hours last night. My ears are still ringing, but it was glorious. She really brings every kind of music to life. I'm surprised at how much I prefer the Acurus over the modded C1. I do miss the C1 phono pre though. The Mani 2 is competent, but a bit recessed compared...

I have four sets of speakers in this room, all rated at or over 90db sensitivity. Now that I have all this power I want some hard to drive speakers to dominate! Klipsch KLF 20, Klipsch Forte I, Polk RTA 15tl, and Polk monitor 10.

Thanks! Yeah, I'm going to enjoy this one for a while. It sounds great. Feels like unlimited clean power on tap. Kinda wish my speakers weren't so efficient ;-) My next little project is going to be to upgrade this Rotel Phono preamp. Having a bit of trouble locating a suitable opamp to fit the...

There is no distortion at all, which is good. I must have just been hearing the left VU meter bouncing.

Yep, meters are good! I turned on the loudness on the C1. That brought the punch factor up a notch. I'm going to swap out the pre and see how the Acurus pairs.

I let my 12 yr old son pick the first album we listen to on the amp and he selected MoFi Breakfast in America. Excellent choice.

Yep. That'll do it.

Joe - can you elaborate here? Anything that I can check/verify to indicate whether it is a preamp coupling issue? I have literally a stack of pre's right here that are not currently hooked up to anything. Beyond clearing up the potential VU meter short, do you have any other suggestions for me?

The speakers have a rated/published Frequency Response of 20Hz to 26kHz. I don't have any scientific way of evaluating what I'm hearing, besides having the 70wpc Yammmy in place and listening for the past year plus with the same setup, then only swapping out the amp and noticing a distinct...

Overall, while I was not blown away with the bass response, I was impressed with the separation, clarity, and imaging that I got out of my short 2-3 song listening session. The dual mono setup is obviously a vast improvement over the separation I was getting out of my old Yamaha 70wpc amp...

I could easily shift that plate over using the other mounting hole. I could also add some electrical tape to the backside of that meter input stud. I'll take the top plate off and get a good pic before I remove the face. I should be able to determine immediately if there is contact or not...

Wow, you guys are good at this. You could DEFINATELY be on to something here... Take a look at the attached. I took this when I was about to close it up on Tuesday evening. It does appear that there is the potential for a short of the meter input to the capacitor hold down plate.

The meters seem to be responding in synch with the music. They are steady at 0 (-20) on power on through the start of play back. Then when the music starts the left meter has a sweeet spot where if the volume is low enough (background music level), it appears to have accurate movement. It's a...

Something isn't sounding quite right to me. Seems like I'm missing frequencies below 40hz and when I turn it up there seems to be a bit of distortion. Or maybe that was the left meter pegging...

These were all commercial units. I have no doubt that they have been extensively abused for 40 years straight.