Yes, it is I--Number 6. (aka Jon.)
(Bonus points to anyone that gets the reference...)
Thanks for the nice words of welcome. I'm kind of a closet vintage audio nut, with my primary interest (some might say fetish?) being in vintage speakers. I not infrequently find myself trolling eBay just to look at the diversity of designs.
Currently I don't own anything really interesting in terms of gear (I'm pretty limited both in storage and listening space). but in past I've had SAE, Phase Linear, an early 70's Sansui receiver, a modded DH-500, and some Marantz gear along with a pair of Heresy's purchased new in the late 60's by my father, a pair of AR LST2's, some AR4ax's, and currently a bunch 80's vintage Boston stuff (T830's/A60's/A40's) as my music/HT setup. I'm driving them off a modern HT receiver, though.
The only semi-interesting SS stuff I still own is some Audio Dynamics pieces built in the late 80's--CA-2000E integrated and the matching tuner + cd player. (which I purchased new at the Montgomery Ward in Salem, OR in 1990--for about 10% MSRP for all three pieces). If you haven't seen them, they look a bit like Adcom pieces, but all three units are very slim in height--the amp is also much deeper than a typical component.
They've been in storage for a number of years, and during that time the speaker-selection relays seem to have gone faulty. I live in Seattle--so if anyone can recommend a good shop that would be able to replace them (and isn't Hawthorne), I'd appreciate it. I've heard of a good man out in Redmond but unfortunately lost the name of his shop.
I'm hoping to find a different house within the next 1-2 years that will allow me to have a dedicated 2chan setup in one room and the HT setup in another. I'd love to steal my father's (basically unused) GFA-555 and Forte II's, but also am interested in auditioning both the a/d/s L1230's and Vandersteen 2ce's (I've always wanted a pair of a/d/s speakers--not entirely sure why, but I do). No room here for any such thing, unfortunately, so until then I wait and learn.
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It looks like there are a number of folks here from the PNW--I'd be interested in knowing where y'all are and where you find your stuff. I occasionally look at Craigslist but given my storage limitations I've not pulled the trigger on anything more than the T830's of late.
I also have other expensive habits--erm, hobbies--including cars (I'm currently down to just one) and boats (specifically an Ericson sailboat, which has a Nakamichi mobile CD unit installed in it with some nice a/d/s box speakers).
