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....Hey Guys,
I am new to this forum, but not to high end equipment. I currently have a Nad 320bee integrated amp connected to a paradigm ps-1200 sub and a pair of tower speakers that i built myself using silverflute woofers, peerless tweeters and custom built x-overs via solen of Quebec.
I picked up a used paradigm ps-1200 that is 15 years old!!! I was extremely timid about buying it. The guy i bought it from told me that he was easy on it. He said that he used it for ht use mainly with a little bit of music every now and then and that it was in storage for the last 5 years, because he had a new dog to his household, in which he didn't want to damage the dog's hearing.
I went to see it and it was in FANTASTIC condition! Not one scratch on it. It sounded good, so i gave him his $300 cdn firm asking price. I took it home and pounded it for a few hours with no problems. I took it apart and their was no "dry rot" around the woofer. In fact the voice coil-woofer looked to be in almost new condition!
My question is this.......As stated this is the " first generation" ps-1200 with the 120 watt internal amp that goes down to 24hz. with a stamped steel basket. paradigm made changes to the ps-1200 over the years. They went with a die-cast basket woofer and increased the amp to 200 watts rms, and eventually 250. Extension dropped from 24 to 21hz.
I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to trade up to the 200 watt amp with my current woofer, or trade up to the revised 200 watt amp and the die-cast woofer, or leave well enough alone. If their would be a "noticable" difference in output, i would do it.
Thanks...
I am new to this forum, but not to high end equipment. I currently have a Nad 320bee integrated amp connected to a paradigm ps-1200 sub and a pair of tower speakers that i built myself using silverflute woofers, peerless tweeters and custom built x-overs via solen of Quebec.
I picked up a used paradigm ps-1200 that is 15 years old!!! I was extremely timid about buying it. The guy i bought it from told me that he was easy on it. He said that he used it for ht use mainly with a little bit of music every now and then and that it was in storage for the last 5 years, because he had a new dog to his household, in which he didn't want to damage the dog's hearing.
I went to see it and it was in FANTASTIC condition! Not one scratch on it. It sounded good, so i gave him his $300 cdn firm asking price. I took it home and pounded it for a few hours with no problems. I took it apart and their was no "dry rot" around the woofer. In fact the voice coil-woofer looked to be in almost new condition!
My question is this.......As stated this is the " first generation" ps-1200 with the 120 watt internal amp that goes down to 24hz. with a stamped steel basket. paradigm made changes to the ps-1200 over the years. They went with a die-cast basket woofer and increased the amp to 200 watts rms, and eventually 250. Extension dropped from 24 to 21hz.
I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to trade up to the 200 watt amp with my current woofer, or trade up to the revised 200 watt amp and the die-cast woofer, or leave well enough alone. If their would be a "noticable" difference in output, i would do it.
Thanks...

