@Barn Stall Owner 101

[MadInNc]

Originally Posted by mrvette

My folks had a Fisher console stereo from the 50's yet, with the inevitable Garrard turntable, and so that introduced me to the electronics hobby, and so joined in with the local schools 'ham' radio clubs, and got into building my own amps/preamps/control devices, even FM tuners......I grad HS in '62 so obviously this was all fed off of the local .mil surplus electronic gear shop.....then a local NEW parts house....basically next door, right on a good path when walking home from Jr. Hi and HS so for some 7 years a good hobby......my last audio amp was using KT88 output tubes good for about 50? watts/channel RMS heavy as hell......today a 5 lbs auto radio has that mutch power......

KT88, EL34, 6L6, 12ax7, 12at7, 6u8, 6cw4, 6gh8, etc.......then on to the likes of 2n107/etc.......

YUP, I'm a GEEK!!!!!!!

OH, I forgot about my stereo speaker building, many sets of speakers, ending with a pair of cabinets over a yard tall, 2' wide and some 18" deep, FOUR 8" speakers in each, along with a tweeter array.....

some years later, when I had a REAL job, I started buying McIntosh gear,....fron tuners through speakers.......

ya are old, we've seen how ya adapted

[Rikki Z-06]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

ya are old, we've seen how ya adapted

[Bill]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

ya are old, we've seen how ya adapted

What are you on about? I'll have you know that Gene's home phone now has touch tone dialing. He (reluctantly) gave up the circular dialing phones. Not being able to catch the free rides on 9's and 0's is why he is sometimes grumpy today!

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by mrvette

My folks had a Fisher console stereo from the 50's yet, with the inevitable Garrard turntable, and so that introduced me to the electronics hobby, and so joined in with the local schools 'ham' radio clubs, and got into building my own amps/preamps/control devices, even FM tuners......I grad HS in '62 so obviously this was all fed off of the local .mil surplus electronic gear shop.....then a local NEW parts house....basically next door, right on a good path when walking home from Jr. Hi and HS so for some 7 years a good hobby......my last audio amp was using KT88 output tubes good for about 50? watts/channel RMS heavy as hell......today a 5 lbs auto radio has that mutch power......

KT88, EL34, 6L6, 12ax7, 12at7, 6u8, 6cw4, 6gh8, etc.......then on to the likes of 2n107/etc.......

YUP, I'm a GEEK!!!!!!!

OH, I forgot about my stereo speaker building, many sets of speakers, ending with a pair of cabinets over a yard tall, 2' wide and some 18" deep, FOUR 8" speakers in each, along with a tweeter array.....

some years later, when I had a REAL job, I started buying McIntosh gear,....fron tuners through speakers.......

Right there with you, Gene. These are actually deeper than they are tall. Scan Speak Revelator drivers with Hiquphon tweeters. Amazing sound out of such a small package. Crossovers right around 2,500 Hz.

[Bill]

No replacement for displacement!



Had to take mine in for repair once....used them for a barn dance and the top facing tweeters actually melted inside. Oddly, the forward facing ones were OK.

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

No replacement for displacement!



Had to take mine in for repair once....used them for a barn dance and the top facing tweeters actually melted inside. Oddly, the forward facing ones were OK.

Monkey coffins are so '80's. They're using 6" drivers for subs these days.

[MadInNc]

somebody need to invite @WOEII here....

0pps, I just did

[WOEII]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

somebody need to invite @WOEII here....

0pps, I just did

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[Ol Timer]

Someone say tubes?

[Grey Ghost]

Originally Posted by Bruze

It's a tube tester? I know what they are.

But I never saw one like that (where do you plug the tubes in?) The only ones I remember were big things in drug stores.

No, that's what I thought when I first spotted it at the sale.