Thursday, December 13, 2007

Vintage Leak TL12.1 - Original vs Clone




What make the Leak TL12.1 sounded great are the original power and out put transformers as well as the orginal TCC capacitors. Recently, there has been a great deal of change as there are now Sifu who advocates using of new capacitors and even new output/power transformers in repairing 12.1
At the end of the day, the fun in vintage amplifier is in its originality and its authenticity, i.e. original components. the prices of the amplifiers will much depened on how original are these components. With the complete change in the capacitors and resistors plus output and power transformer, is the Leak 12.1 still the Leak? or has it become a clone 12.1?

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