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Title: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: non-prophet on April 24, 2015, 02:39:31 PM
Here we go again, another swap meet at my building in Natrona Heights (15065).  Should be a little better than last year, a sold a couple vehicles in the garage and the office should make a nice dedicated listening room.   Let's get the word out this year and try to attract some new buyers/sellers.  I know one month is not a lot of time, but should be enough.  I am thinking a $5 outside spot, $10 indoor spot should be applied to all sellers, this is not for me, it will go to the food and drink fund.  Please feel free to ask questions through PMs and not here on this thread.  Thank you for looking, Nick
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Jim Pittsburgh on April 24, 2015, 03:17:55 PM
look forward to it Nick... please provide the address
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on April 24, 2015, 03:58:17 PM
I didn't get to see the facility last year, but put me down for an outdoor spot.   Thanks.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: OldiesButGoodies on April 24, 2015, 05:07:14 PM
Sweet...  will bring the speaker cable...

Klaus - what are you bringing so I know what I am buying?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: non-prophet on April 24, 2015, 05:15:42 PM
2875 Freeport Rd Natrona Hts PA 15065
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: MacGeek on April 25, 2015, 08:09:08 AM
Is this on memorial day Monday?  What is the start time?

Pepe-what do you want/need (my amps are not for sale)?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: MacGeek on April 25, 2015, 08:13:40 AM
Found the date in the header (still on my first coffee).
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: RuralTom on April 25, 2015, 11:31:29 AM
What kinda hours foed this run?  Unfortunately I will be working that Saturday, unlikely to get that far north until 5 or so.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Mongojustpawn on May 05, 2015, 08:46:44 PM
Hoping to make it and meet some of you.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: bmwr75 on May 05, 2015, 09:24:40 PM
Won't make it this year.  750+ miles is too far to drive.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: non-prophet on May 06, 2015, 09:10:02 PM
Please pm me for one of two reasons:

1st, if you want a spot

2nd, if you are coming

I need a head count to prepare (food, drinks, alcohol) and only four people have RSVP'd for spots.  I am not trying to be dramatic, but, I am a very busy man and this event is not helping my cause.  If there is not more interest, I would just prefer not to have it.  Thank you for taking a minute to read this.  Nick
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 06, 2015, 09:36:06 PM
PM sent.   Looking forward to this.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 06, 2015, 09:37:18 PM
If I can help you by getting flyers into some of the thrifts, etc., let me know that as well.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: OldiesButGoodies on May 06, 2015, 09:38:30 PM
I plan to be there.  Can send a food/beer/?? deposit to your Paypal account as proof.  I like turkey hot dogs, thanks.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: schwarcw on May 06, 2015, 10:01:14 PM
Nick,

Did you get my PM from two weeks ago?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: non-prophet on May 06, 2015, 10:15:31 PM
Carl, I did, thank you good sir.  I guess that one is on me for not returning the pm. 
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: schwarcw on May 07, 2015, 07:28:08 PM
No problem Nick!  I will see you there!
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 07, 2015, 11:46:46 PM
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/markshan/Swap%20Meet%20Flyer%20Small_zpsfoihgbwi.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/markshan/media/Swap%20Meet%20Flyer%20Small_zpsfoihgbwi.jpg.html)

This is the flyer I made to pass out at thrifts, etc..   I showed it to Nick and he asked that I post it here in case anyone else wants to distribute it.   Even if you don't print it and pass flyers out, you can always put it on your FB wall or use other means of electronic distribution.   The pic above is shrunk for the board.   Here is a link to the full size picture...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/markshan/Swap%20Meet%20Flyer_zps7hi9nzpi.jpg (http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/markshan/Swap%20Meet%20Flyer_zps7hi9nzpi.jpg)
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: EmperorNorton on May 08, 2015, 07:25:50 AM
When I followed that link,  the page with the flyer came up, followed by numerous pop-ups warning me that I needed to download 'updates' for computer protection.  Trying to close the "warning" page produced even more warnings. 

I would like to print and pass out some flyers in the Irwin/Greensburg area.  Any chance you can email one to novalis15642atyahoodotcom?

thx
Mike
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 08, 2015, 08:10:00 AM
From Photobucket?   Very odd.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: schwarcw on May 08, 2015, 09:01:41 AM
I didn't have any of those problems that Ed described.

What browser do you use?  Do you have any virus or pop blocker software?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: schwarcw on May 15, 2015, 09:38:53 PM
Just one week away!
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 15, 2015, 10:35:09 PM
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=8782516#post8782516 (http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=8782516#post8782516)
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 16, 2015, 03:23:17 PM
I'm getting my stuff together and am even surprised myself at the amount of crap I've accumulated.   I hope we get lots of buyers.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Anders on May 19, 2015, 11:57:31 PM
I should be there but I doubt I'll have anything to sell.

Anders
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: RandyD on May 20, 2015, 07:24:36 AM
I am planning to come and bring a few items
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 21, 2015, 10:22:25 PM
I'm really looking forward to this.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: schwarcw on May 22, 2015, 09:21:14 PM
I've got my stuff there:  wood Stereo rack with glass doors, Marantz cassette deck, Marantz receiver with wood case (2230), PSB subwoofer, Minimus 7 and Minimus 77 speakers, some records and other goodies.  Bring cash!  See you there!
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 22, 2015, 09:56:34 PM
I've got 7 receivers (mostly lower mid-fi stuff), two CD players, two tables, a tuner, two EQs, seven pairs of speakers and some records and other odds and ends.   When I open the car door in the morning it's all going to come flying out like a snake in a can.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 23, 2015, 04:10:33 PM
I had so much fun.   A big thanks to Tom and Nick for hosting and to everyone who made the day so enjoyable.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: schwarcw on May 23, 2015, 06:44:42 PM
It was a blast!  Great to see so many Vintage hifi folks there.  Like a reunion of sorts.  Thanks Tom and Nick!!  I am already looking forward to next year!
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Mongojustpawn on May 23, 2015, 08:27:34 PM
I'd like to add my Thanks to Tom and Nick, and everybody else who made a new guy welcome.
Gary
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Jim Pittsburgh on May 23, 2015, 09:40:36 PM
Really nice to see old friends and meet new ones!  We need to do that more than once a year.

Jim
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: OldiesButGoodies on May 23, 2015, 10:41:47 PM
A few pictures of the event are now available at the following link:

[url=https://www.flickr.com/gp/jsifontes/YgU01c]https://www.flickr.com/gp/jsifontes/YgU01c (https://www.flickr.com/gp/jsifontes/YgU01c)[/url]

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7766/18024350575_20d873093f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tsKvt6)IMG_9474.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tsKvt6) by Jose Sifontes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsifontes/), on Flickr
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Bunni on May 23, 2015, 11:31:24 PM
Pics are great as always Pepe, any chance I could get copies of the ones featuring Anders' 45 player?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: papabearjew on May 23, 2015, 11:39:56 PM
Anyone have a decent turntable left over. Without cartridge is fine. Thx

Bunni I had a 45 changer that looked exactly like that one when I was a kid. It was my parents and had tubes.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: MacGeek on May 24, 2015, 07:19:33 AM
Had a blast.  Wish I could have stayed longer.  Attendance seemed to have been better than in the past (and not just VHF members) and people were buying stuff.  Thanks Nick and Tom
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Kingman on May 24, 2015, 07:22:40 AM
Who had/ bought the Carver TX11b?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: EmperorNorton on May 24, 2015, 07:35:11 AM
I want to thank Tom and Nick for putting this together again.   I had a great time seeing the guys I met last year and meeting some new folks who I had previously on met online.  Its a lot easier connecting names, face and stories in person.

I agree that more once a year should be a goal.  Maybe a fall get together could be do-able.   
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Jim Pittsburgh on May 24, 2015, 07:39:46 AM
Nice pics Pepe... my compliments to the photographer (not you, your daughter).... bike  butt looks a little fat in the pic lol  but she is an old girl and has a few miles on her :-) as do I!
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: OldiesButGoodies on May 24, 2015, 08:42:59 AM
Agree, most photo creds go to my daughter (I had the smaller camera so do deserve some!).  Bunni - will send you larger pics of Anders TT,  I think there were more, just posted some.

Thank you Nick and Tom (Nick: I did try to go to Killians for lunch - they open at 4 on Saturdays :P)

Happy Sunday everyone...

Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 24, 2015, 09:12:49 AM
Anyone have a decent turntable left over. Without cartridge is fine. Thx

Bunni I had a 45 changer that looked exactly like that one when I was a kid. It was my parents and had tubes.

pbj, see the shout box.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 24, 2015, 09:23:43 AM
Who had the Dyna tuner and did it sell?   It would be a nice match for my PAS.

I was too busy selling to really take note of what others were selling.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: bearjew on May 24, 2015, 09:27:34 AM
got off work at 3pm, called Tom to see what was up because I was going to come to the meet, but apparently it was already over.  oh well.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Bunni on May 24, 2015, 11:43:36 AM
Anyone have a decent turntable left over. Without cartridge is fine. Thx

Bunni I had a 45 changer that looked exactly like that one when I was a kid. It was my parents and had tubes.

Anders has a few of them he worked on to display at a fairly recent PARS meeting.  They do have tubes.  That one was the best of the bunch so far.  If he ever has any time, he can get the rest finished. 

Agree, most photo creds go to my daughter (I had the smaller camera so do deserve some!).  Bunni - will send you larger pics of Anders TT,  I think there were more, just posted some.

Thanks so much Pepe, and your daughter has a good camera eye like her dad!

Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: non-prophet on May 24, 2015, 01:27:04 PM
I would like to thank everyone for coming out this year.  Nick
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: OldiesButGoodies on May 24, 2015, 01:42:56 PM
I would like to thank everyone for coming out this year.  Nick


Thanks for hosting the event!!!
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 24, 2015, 02:43:15 PM
Really nice to see old friends and meet new ones!  We need to do that more than once a year.

Jim


I agree that more once a year should be a goal.  Maybe a fall get together could be do-able.

If there is any chance of a fall sale, please say so soon (I guess it would be Nick's call).   I loved selling stuff that way and have a few things I had planned to CL, but will hold off if there is any chance this will be happening again this year.   I for one would love to do it and would certainly work hard again to build it up with flyers, social media, etc..
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: scorpio333 on May 24, 2015, 04:44:35 PM
Really wanted to stop by, but I've been so short on time lately it just didn't happen. I go away for one week and come back to four weeks worth of work to catch up on. Sounds like you guys had some good fun.

Did the maggot box sell?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: bearjew on May 24, 2015, 08:02:30 PM
the maggotbox did NOT sell somehow.  it's a great sounding amp though.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: gdv on May 24, 2015, 08:55:06 PM
I would have loved to attend this year, but just too many other things!  Life!!!   :P

Sounds like a great time, I enjoyed myself last year...

Thanks again to Nick & Tom...  maybe next year (or next time)...



George
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 24, 2015, 10:28:58 PM
the maggotbox did NOT sell somehow.  it's a great sounding amp though.

Nobody got to hear it that I am aware of.   I already have one.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 25, 2015, 08:26:17 PM
Who had the Dyna tuner and did it sell?   It would be a nice match for my PAS.

I was too busy selling to really take note of what others were selling.

I wish I had noticed that Dyna tuner.   Does anyone know who was selling it?
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: OldiesButGoodies on May 25, 2015, 11:27:05 PM
The gentleman at the table to the right of Carl's had the Dyna FM tuner; between Carl and Tom's.  Dale was the name?  I may be forgetting his name,  Carl can confirm.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: schwarcw on May 26, 2015, 12:48:18 AM
It was Dale, Forum name "Confused".  He lives in Monroeville not far from Anders.
Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: EmperorNorton on May 27, 2015, 07:08:30 AM
Was he the tall guy with the Hawaiian short or the shorter fellow with the shaved head?

I didn't get a chance to introduce myself, and, since we meet but once a year, I was doing my best associating screen names, faces and real names of folks I met last year.  .

Title: Re: 4th Annual Memorial Day Home Audio Swap Meet, Saturday 5/23/15
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on May 27, 2015, 07:36:31 AM
I think he was the short guy with the shaved head, though I'm not certain.