New Heathkit AS101 owner - First post.

[Earl K]

So I finally got my vinyl front end installed, and yes, the chime is definately more pronounced and forward. Before it was muted and farther back.

They still don't "sparkle" with 18K+ highs, but they sound more lively that the 806As. I wouldn't call it night and day, the 806As were pretty good too. These are a cut above though.

Thanks for that reply .

Sometime in the future you might want to use your existing test setup ( & maybe some virtual EQ ) to help narrow down the range ( that you believe "sparkle" comes from ) .

Then that knowledge can be applied to a building an "effective" RC compensation network for your 802s .

This is another way of saying , I doubt you need flat, extended response all the way out to 18K , to be exposed to sparkle .