Vintage HiFi Audio Forum
General Banter => Welcome Wagon => Topic started by: tube_dan on February 21, 2011, 04:50:28 PM
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Hello Everyone!
Just found this site and am eager to meet you all ftf!
I grew up in western PA and now live (Bloomfield) and work (UPMC) in the city.
Up through the mid-1980s, I thought "serious" audio was mass market Japanese and Bose 901s. Then a friend (audio mentor) got me reading TAS and Stereophile.
He got me started with modest Conrad-Johnson (PV5, MV50), then later ARC SP10-MkII and D90. He pointed out to me that Japan's FANATICS(!) went crazy over vintage American tube gear -- anyone with money can buy the latest/greatest, but FANATICS sought McIntosh/Marantz/etc.
So I started accumulating stray McIntosh (mc240/275), Dynaco's (pas, st70, mk3, mkiv), and the occasional Eico's, others.
The 90's were golden times for tubes; great quality tubes at "reasonable" prices -- NOS Mullards (!) were not scarce. Matched pairs/quads of el34, kt88s etc. today -- YEOW!
My house in Beaver County was different audio setups in each room -- mostly tubes, but my reference (living room) was solid state.
Got married (am getting divorced now), and sold most of my gear. Still have a pair of ST70's (1 with Sutherland's mosfet input replacing the 7199s), and what I call the '63 Stingray of American amps, an HK Cit II. I love that amp -- will bring it to your meeting if you'd like to hear -- she's a sweetie!
BTW- my house was burgled and they took my Levinson 12 preamp, and 23 amp. If you hear anything...
Have a pair of Calipers on CL:
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ele/2153285850.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ele/2153285850.html)
And a pair of maggie's:
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ele/2153258115.html (http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ele/2153258115.html)
I'm thrilled to find you who love audio!
Cheers!
Dan
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Wow nice gear!! Welcome to the forum!!
Nice pics by the way. :o
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Mike
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Welcome Dan
Ron
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Welcome! Sorry to hear about your loss (stereo, not the divorce). Great looking set-up with those Apogees!!
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Welcome Dan!
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Welcome Dan!!
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Welcome Dan!!! Nice vintage gear!!! How did you find the Apogees???
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Welcome to the forum, Dan!
Now get your self to a meeting! :)
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Welcome Dan - anymore pictures of the Apogees with the model?
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Welcome Dan!
A lot of good hifi folk here!
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Welcome Dan!
A lot of good hifi folk here!
Maybe you'd like to introduce us to them, Carl! ;D ;D ;D
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Welcome to the forum Dan. Good luck on finding your Levinson's.
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Welcome to the club!
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Welcome aboard. hope too see you at a meeting soon!
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Thank you everyone for such a warm welcome.
Kingman,
Lived in Detroit/AA-ypsi from '85-91. Audiomart was a trading newsletter at the time (Crewe, VA?). A guy in Kansas had them listed, and I bought them never hearing them. Absolute love from the get-go! Spent the previous year auditioning CLS's, Mirage, Quad ESL, B&W, big infinity's -- lotta nice speakers (really nice) but none "grabbed my soul/core".
I'm selling them because I'm planning on moving to SanFrancisco in a few years, and don't want to move them. I'll pick up a pair of Diva's that I've worshipped (think primates at the Obelisk in 2001 lol) since first hearing them -- Mark Weiss (had a pair w/a pair of 20's), known for his JBL Hartsfield reproductions.
(btw- Smithsonian Institution's music display was a pair of diva's and a pair of 20's.)
Steve_Rynn,
That's funny! "It's natural and wonderful!" :) 8)
So when's the next meeting?