Greetings all. I recently picked up a pair of first gen. 2ax's (alnico magnet/linen surround woofer and dark red phenolic tweet) in beautiful condition. Many thanks to all the contributors on this site for (inadvertently) helping me select which model to get, as I am very pleased with the sound. After reading MANY posts on this and other sites, I felt confident enough to perform a minor recondition by recapping with Daytons and working on the pots. I am using somewhat modern but mellow gear (AES AE3 tube pre/Bedini 150/150 mkII amp) and love the laid back, lush sound. As I move forward with the never-ending quest for improvement, I have a few questions: When I recapped, I also eliminated the tweet pots. No resistor was installed to attenuate the high frequencies; the tweets are running wide open. It sounds great, but I'd like to hear what the experts think about it. I don't need to adjust the mid level and have been thinking about eliminating those pots as well. My plan would be to install Miller resistors in place of the pots, shunting about 1/2 an ohm to approximate the "sweet spot". Any thoughts on this? I'm a noob when it comes to this stuff, so any input is welcome. I love the sound, but definitely see why people don't think these are great rock speakers. They simply refuse to be rude! We mostly listen to acoustic/vocals, so no big worry, but listening to rock for the first time made me wonder if the tweeters had degraded over time. Are the old phenolic tweets subject to degradation? If so, can anything be done to help them out? Thanks very much for your input! Cheers.