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I have been a HiFi fan for as long as I can remember. Have owned a lot of high end equipment over the years, and slowly found out that technology has progressed to a point where a lot of the electronics is at a very high level. Not so for the speakers: there is still a lot of garbage being sold, and the good old speakers that were built in the seventies are still going strong.
I have owned IMF TLS50's, until my high-school-graduating son blew them up on his party.
It took me a while before I went back to IMF, and purchased a set of TLS80-II's. Great, and I thought I would never part from them.
Until I found that we were going to move to a smaller house in time, and the IMF's were not getting any smaller.
So I sold them, person that bought them had been searching for 4 years and was even emotional when listening to them in my house.

After that I was planning to buy a high end soundbar with subwoofer. Never got that far, and decided to follow the heart and stay with IMF. I now own a set of Super Compact II's, mk2. They sound like the baby brothers of my good old TLS80's: sounds the same, except for the missing lower base.
But what can you expect from this size.
I plan to keep on the lookout for a pair of ALS40's. Not quite the TLS80, but closer and probably the size I can still afford to put in my house....
 
Welcome! I have a pair of IMF Super Compact II’s. I recapped them with caps from Falcon Acoustics and to this day I still love the sound in this diminutive three way speaker. I haven’t used them for a while but I always loved their synergy with my restored Advent 300 and Marantz 2230 receivers.
 
RDSChicago said:
Welcome! I have a pair of IMF Super Compact II’s. I recapped them with caps from Falcon Acoustics and to this day I still love the sound in this diminutive three way speaker. I haven’t used them for a while but I always loved their synergy with my restored Advent 300 and Marantz 2230 receivers.
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I've read this re-capping several times. Is it really noticable in the sound, or is this one of these marginal improvements?
Also, how much of an effort is it?
 
manjh said:
I've read this re-capping several times. Is it really noticable in the sound, or is this one of these marginal improvements?
Also, how much of an effort is it?
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Most older capacitors leak and fall out of spec. The sound improvement can be dramatic. Take them to a tech and have them check the capacitors and if necessary recap them. If you’re handy with a solder iron (which I’m not) they say it’s quite easy.
 
Ok, since I started this thread, I have been lucky and found a set of ALS40-II. They were already refoamed and recapped, and sound great. Initially I was disappointed, until I found that these speakers should NOT be placed on a stone floor, they need to be on stands. Made a big difference.
I was quite happy, until I ran across a set of ALS40-IIa. These are the last models that were made, with the bextrene "spokes" on both woofers. I have never heard them, since they are extremely rare. But I plan to listen to them tomorrow, and expect I will buy. Will keep you informed.
 
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