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Probably could. Since I doubt they have more than a millimeter or two of Xmax, it wouldn't take much...wooden phase plugs installed in the center of the driver would help with off-axis response too. Those are in pretty sorry shape, I've seen FC's for sale on Ebay for a lot better.

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Yeah, but they probably kick ass. The amps look good, even if the drivers look a little worse for wear. Field coil drivers were pretty common up to the '50s...not a lot of Xmax, but they're extremely efficient.

Welcome aboard

i can wait until september...the rest of the system it's going with won't be done until then anyway. but if it gets pushed back later, i'll be

mmm...pics.

Welcome, tadpole. I'm sure you'll like it here a lot.

Then it wouldn't need to be very rough, would it? 220 grit would make emos cry.

That's rough, man...that's like having Death as a father-in-law or something.

STICKUUUUURRRRZZZ!!! teh w1n.

What do you call people from Spain?

I'll probably seal mine. Don't need a lot of output.

I think it would be - considering that you'd probably be running into some clipping, but since it was tubed you could get away with some clipping vs. a solid state amp, also depending on what kind of tone you like to get. You can find refurbished/restored monoblock amps with or without tubes off Ebay for so cheap...it's crazy. If you really want a conversation piece, I could put you in touch with the guy who's building my integrated amp, using a 2A3 power triode for each channel, with a tube rectified power supply. I'm sure he'd build mono guitar amps, after all, the concept is the same if not simpler. Decware also makes a modified version of their Zen amp for guitars, and having owned the stereo version I can tell you it's a very cool little beast. Pretty low powered, though...EL84's running in triode mode, so only about 5 watts in mono.

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Is she hot? Stop wasting your time and post some pictures of her.

doooo it. And the 8" is small enough you can fuss around with the enclosure (which you will have to, with a TL ) and not really worry about it. A proper TL for a 15" or 18" will be much more of a headache.

but triode-strapped EL34's would give you around 12w...killer practice amp, at the very least. push-pull you could get that number up to 30-35w.

Add a quad EL34 amp to it, and it would be sweeter or 6L6's...if you wanted tetrodes...

That would be sweet.

Yeah, I think I'm getting rid of the TC9 soon, if this local guy gets back to me... The little sub would probably go with the tube/high-eff speakers, and I'll put the Rava on main HT duty.

It's either the RL-i 8" or an Eu-700, but I'm less than enthused about ordering...yeah, you know.

I'm thinking of picking up a new RL-i 8" when they come out in September...I have the perfect app for one.

I like actually having money that's available to spend on audio gear... It's just a very fleeting experience...because I know I'll be back to my starving-student-audiophool mode in a few months