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Offline papabearjew

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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2016, 12:53:23 AM »
I'm familiar with the White Oak stuff, just can't justify putting that much into a 43 year old amp. Plus I already got my wife to give me her blessing on buying a new amp!

Once hooked up I'll let everyone know and I'll gladly give auditions.

Carl, I'm counting on your critique!

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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2016, 07:04:00 AM »
Quote from: bmwr75 on January 05, 2016, 07:56:21 PM
Rebuilding a PL400 using Whiteoak and Don Imlay parts runs in the $450 range if I remember correctly.  That includes all new output transistors also and a new light bar.  May or may not include new power supply caps, I can look that up tomorrow is need be.  They are a killer amp after these upgrades.

That costs more than the amp though.  I think the best bet at this point is to just get it running again and sell it.  Like PBJ said, it's 43 years old, so it's not worth fixing.  Man, I should start a health insurance company for audio equipment.
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2016, 01:03:39 PM »
The Eagle has landed. My new Emo amp is here!. BJ will hook it up for me later today. Way too heavy for me to handle ~75 lbs. Very well packaged. I also ordered an Emo ET-3 which in conjunction with my wireless device will toggle the amp between standby and on by sending a trigger signal to the amp. 
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2016, 01:30:00 PM »
Excellent!!!  Many happy tunes!  Enjoy...

George
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2016, 01:50:12 PM »
BJ is coming over tonight to hook it up. Can't wait!
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2016, 05:01:26 PM »
Quote from: papabearjew on January 08, 2016, 01:50:12 PM
BJ is coming over tonight to hook it up. Can't wait!

Thanks George
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2016, 06:16:18 PM »
Looking forward to a report.  I love the Emo stuff myself.
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2016, 06:42:23 PM »
Bliss!
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2016, 10:58:33 PM »
So BJ came over to set up my new amp and to have pizza. My wife has been sort of complaining about the size of my speakers. They are a good size; tall and wide. But they  sound incredible and we do have plenty of room for them. I keep saying when I'm gone she can get rid of them. That just kind of pisses her off. Anyway the conversation continues through dinner. I leave the room for a minute and when I return I hear BJ say to his mother "you know he's not going to get rid of his speakers". Now is that an awesome son or what?!  He always has my back.
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2016, 02:48:55 AM »
I hooked up the Schiit SYS this evening and it does exactly what I want. Of course this time I did remember to turn off everything. Thanks RuralTom!
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Re: Spending my kids' inheritance, and loving it!
« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2016, 12:52:58 AM »
Enough with the blurry hints. Does the XPA-2 do the job or not? 
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