Yes, I have thought about that a few times. I can get the 418s reconed at GPA for $130 each plus shipping shipping both ways. So I would have around $350 or a little more invested. That's not outrageous but I can get reconed and guaranteed set of 421a for $250 shipped to the door. That's more of what I can afford to put into them right now. I don't hate the 418s sound at all. I think they sound really good especially running them with an old Luxman 120 watt per channel receiver from the late 70's. BUT, they seem to bottom out really easy on bass heavy recordings. I can make them hit their xmax limit fairly easy. I hook them up to one of my Altec 9444a/sa amps and because of the high damping factor, they still sound good but have no real solid bass; only mid-bass and up.