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NAD 1600 pre and 2700 amp; opinions?
Have mine NAD 1600 hooked up to Mark Levinson ML-9, sounds wonderful, much more dynamic and detailed than the Adcom Preamp GTP-600 I used to have. 
Celestion A3 tweeters
I second the info posted by Robert and thank you for that. I have a pair of A2 with blown-out tweeters. This week I was lucky to find not 1, but 2 pairs of Celestion 5 (for just $30 for both, yes that's true) and used their diaphram with the old A... 
celestion a2 tweeter blown or not
I'd like to correct an earlier post that said the faraday was reused, actually, it was only a piece of wood that allows the F-series tweeter driver part which is of different size, very small and not thick enough to be clamped on by the old metal ... 
celestion a2 tweeter blown or not
This week I was lucky to find 2 pairs of Celestion 5 for a price of $30 for both, locally through Craigslist, both have the tweeters in very good shape. I used one pair of tweeters to replace the F-series currently installed in my A2. The other pa... 
celestion a2 tweeter blown or not
Got them replaced by F-series tweeters as suggested by Celestion/KEF of America. Sound acceptably OK. Able to retain the housing, so outside will look unchanged. But inside, behind the housing, the tweeter is one piece, you cannot separate the dia... 
celestion a2 tweeter blown or not
Measured the tweeter and all are zeros ohms. So they are blown. Looks like the hair line tiny coil is broken off. I wonder if replacing only the diaphragm part of the tweeter is good enough or do I have to replace the whole thing, diaphragm plus t... 
Celestion A3 tweeters
Do they sound right like before, may I ask ? And where did you get the model 3,4,5, .. tweeters from ? Are they used or new from Celestion dealers ?Thank you. 
Is a Sub worth the bother?
IMHO, a sub is only needed for watching movie since it needs to produce a continuous and wide bas. For listening to music, if you have a decent pair of speakers, it will beat the sub outright.I have a 5.1 Polk system with a 10" Polk sub to watch m... 
celestion a2 tweeter blown or not
First, thanks for all the responses. I really appreciate them all.I looked at the crossover circuit board, it looks very clean, no altered color and no smell, I did not see any fuses there.I am a nobody when it comes to electronic stuff, so I gues...