Why would you have to cut wires?

Don't wrap the horn, it's a silly "tweak". Once mounted to the motor board it's fine. Now, if the thing was sitting on top of the speaker unsupported, that would be different.

Wow, I remember that Bruce - it was Mark Kaufman. I suppose I've really never heard a pair then.

Beyerdynamic t5p headphones, Fiio e17, iPhone 4s using Apple lossless.

I like the new format, what's the big deal?

"Those are the guys that fix something like this with a cabinet project, network tweaks, a room full of symmetrically placed treatments that appear to have been engineered, and $689.00 worth of new tubes from Brent Jessie." - People please ignore this statement, especially the part about network tweaks. Mark has clearly gone to the dark side, and visual representations of the sound are what you need when you can no longer hear anything. For crying out loud, look at what he subjects his

Mark, I was just jerking your chain - you should know better by now. :) I was serious about him dumping the CIII's though. We got to A/B the thing against the RF-7 when it first came out (in Indy), and I just thought it sounded dead and bloated.

"It's not about the money", say the people who have tried sixty amps looking for synergy. :)

"Less is more until less is just less."

That's messed up Mike. You're a gifted guy, so bringing that dead stuff back to life only makes it inexpensive for you - to someone who has to buy that stuff in good condition, or send it off to get repaired, it's anything but "cheap".