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Thank You theaudiotweak TomRob  
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TomYour information about erse coils is depressing and frustrating but on their website they state they are using CDA 101 and Solen states they are using ≥ 99.99 % Purity Annealed Copper. But so far these are the purest copper coils I can find ,st... 
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MCGreat and enlughtening conversation , while I have read many of yourposts I find that your skills are much greater than mine when it comes to making / upgrading tweeks , but I do get a lot of ideas of things to try .DIY'ing has it's own special ... 
Rank the tweaks, geeks!
While upgrading componets ( external and internal ) generally give you better or more pleasing sound . Two tweeks that suprised me were replacing the weight on my Rega RB300 tonearm to an Expressimo that lowered the center of weight and replacing ... 
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To expand on my statement of interesting and dangerous ,I had expereimented with steel ballbearings after reading a short article in The Absolute Sound using steel shot in a box placed on a DAC .So using boxes out of wood I tried it on my Carver a... 
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theaudiotweakI had experimanted with parallel wires outside and inside of the speaker,I then went back and twisted the wires .To me the parrallel wires externally were a little better sounding ,but internally I found the twisted wires to be smooth... 
Clean AC power
You need an occiliscope to see the dirt i.e. what looks like little lines going up and down along the AC arc making the sign wave look thick and scribbly because they are very small voltages .These lines can be in the mega Hz range and down to the... 
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Thank You Tom 
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TomYou mentioned the coils on the 2.4 not being as tight as original ,after removing both mid/tweeter crossovers at the same time I discovered that one has the original ERSE coil and the other has the newer version ( repair or that's all the new T... 
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Wow 10,000 posts , congradulations jafant you started one of the most followed threadon audiogons forum ! 
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johnhh" what I wanted back then "When getting back into listening to vinyl I tried to go back and build my dream system from the 80's  all Carver electronics and all Americanwhere posible .  I had re-capped both the amp and pre-amp ,installed new ... 
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One Man's Dream - Ken Fritz DocumentaryGreat way to spend an hour on a Sunday morning .The ulitmate DIY'er . 
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@tmsrdgERSE sells direct erseaudio.com , I've also found that partsconnexion has the best prices when you wait for their sales and the best sellection for USA postage ,HiFi collection is another great source but with higher postage rates .@beetlem... 
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@beetlemania I too replaced the posts with the Cardas rodium/silver with the gold plated nuts , a lot of work for little if any gain .To clarify I replaced the new Thiel wire and made the assumption that your 2.4se's came with Striaghtwire 18 guag... 
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TomThank you for passing on your information about speaker production #'s.I am pleasantly suprised that there were 1500 pairs of 2.7s ,way more than I thought .Going back to internal wiring , after my trials and errors I totally agree with you tha...