Kindly allow me to hijack my own thread and bore you guys a bit. When I was a whole lot younger and the "Hi Fi" craze first erupted I built a Klipsch cabinet, stuck a 12" University speaker in it and powered it with a Heathkit amp. Had one of those AR 2 speed belt driven turntables with a fairly good cartridge in it and I was just styling man. The point being that I'm not entirely unfamiliar with this stuff but admittedly nowhere near the level of experience and knowledge as those of you on here.

I have the curse of being an anal perfectionist. I would very much like to avoid having that lovely trait get involved with this little project of mine or I'll end up like the worst (or best depending on your point of view) of you chasing after the most realistic sound I can get. I'll want to close my eyes and be there.

So in trying to keep this at a casual DIY dweeb (ignorance really is bliss) level I gather from what you guys have posted that a N1201-8A CO would be the choice for my collection of stuff, keeping in mind that the phasing will be off, it might screw up HF rolloff and God knows what else that eludes me, as opposed to the 501-8A I'm now using.

As one who is always looking for a free lunch all I want is for someone who knows more than I to tell me "keep your 501's or get a pair of XXXX's". Puhleeze do me this small favor before I pick up my lance and go looking for windmills. After having fallen down the rabbit hole.

Heh heh heh