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Title: Pittsburgh expat exiled to eastern Pa.
Post by: c.coyle on March 30, 2014, 03:20:38 PM
Just found this forum.  Spent 8 years in Pittsburgh in the late 70's and early 80's.  Went to school, met my wife, owned my first home in Pittsburgh. Now in the Harrisburg area.  I miss Western Pa. and try to get back at least 3 or 3 times a year. 

I have just rekindled my interest in electronics of every kind.  Currently restoring an old Marantz 2230 that has been boxed up in a closet since 1987.
Title: Re: Pittsburgh expat exiled to eastern Pa.
Post by: geoffr on March 30, 2014, 03:24:37 PM
Howdy.
Title: Re: Pittsburgh expat exiled to eastern Pa.
Post by: schwarcw on March 30, 2014, 03:25:40 PM
Welcome to the Forum!  The 2230 was the first receiver that I purchased while I was in college.  Great little receiver!  Tell us more about your musical interests and equipment.  Thanks for joining!
Title: Re: Pittsburgh expat exiled to eastern Pa.
Post by: c.coyle on March 30, 2014, 03:39:45 PM
I have totally been out of audio for 20+ years, and am re-starting from scratch.  Right now, my system, if you could call it that, is the 2230, which I am recapping, and a pair of Sony MDR V6 headphones.  I'm waiting on a pair of Pioneer SP-BS41-LR speakers from Newegg, just to have something to play the 2230 into.  They were $80 for the pair at Newegg this week, with $1.99 shipping.  I couldn't resist.

Long term plan is to get a decent DAC and play flacs off my computer.  Maybe a CD player, maybe not. No interest at present in vinyl or a TT.

I like all kinds of music except classical.  Rock, blues, soul, jazz, country, basically anything good.  I am a big Billy Price fan.  Used to see him regularly at Mancini's in McKees Rocks and the Decade in Oakland.  I saw Robert Cray on Friday night in Bethlehem.  Nothing beats live music.

I also hangout on Audiokarma.

Chris
Title: Re: Pittsburgh expat exiled to eastern Pa.
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on March 30, 2014, 03:43:14 PM
Welcome, Chris.   I've seen Robert Cray twice.   Once was a very long time ago at the Lowell, MA Auditorium during his Strong Persuader tour.   It was easily the best blues show I've ever been too (alas, I never got to see The Iceman Albert Collins before he passed).
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Post by: Kingman on March 30, 2014, 04:02:49 PM
HELLO!!!!
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Post by: hewlew1 on March 30, 2014, 04:06:13 PM
Welcome to the forum
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Post by: bmwr75 on March 30, 2014, 04:31:30 PM
Welcome!!
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Post by: OldiesButGoodies on March 30, 2014, 04:45:10 PM
Welcome to the Vintage HiFi asylum of Pittsburgh!
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Post by: SunnyDaze on March 30, 2014, 06:07:37 PM
Welcome.

There ain't nothin' wrong with MDR-V6's.  >:D
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Post by: Reverend on March 30, 2014, 07:41:52 PM
Welcome to the forum!
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Post by: MacGeek on March 30, 2014, 07:49:39 PM
Welcome from another Billy Price fan.  He is still playing mostly smaller venues around town.  We may have been at Mancini's at the same time, back in the day.
Title: Re: Pittsburgh expat exiled to eastern Pa.
Post by: schwarcw on March 30, 2014, 09:29:04 PM
Quote from: c.coyle on March 30, 2014, 03:39:45 PM
. . . at Mancini's in McKees Rocks and the Decade in Oakland. 

I also hangout on Audiokarma.

Chris

Chris, Mancini's is now a strip bar "Club Erotica" - recommended  >:D  :angel:

Most of us also are members on Audiokarma and Steve Hoffman.  I frequent the Polk Forum routinely.
Title: Re: Pittsburgh expat exiled to eastern Pa.
Post by: GraphicFX on March 30, 2014, 11:46:03 PM
Howdy and welcome
I too am looking and just posted my interest in a dac

Welcome again, These guys are cool.