05-13-2019, 03:03 PM
@JohnnyBravo
OMG.
I had such a wave of nostalgia when I saw your pic I had to sit for a minute. W-a-a-y back when Kennedy was president I build a 1KW amateur radio transmitter using 866 rectifiers and 304TL triodes in the final. All parts were scrounged from military surplus. The blue glow of the Hg-vapor, the red glow of filaments, and the yellow glow of the dials on my receiver made it a joy to work in a darkened room.
My HiFi ambitions were more modest (teenagers didn't have much money in those days). Eico and then Dynakit audio gear culminating with the Dynakit PAS3 preamp and ST40 amp and KLH6 acoustic suspension speakers (I bought the first one year and the second a year later as I accumulated funds).
In those days, Klipschorns were these ginormous boxes sitting in the corners of the audio store's listening room and lusted after by we mere mortals.
Good times. Thanks for the memory.
Regards,
Kent
PS - I still have those KLHs!
OMG.
I had such a wave of nostalgia when I saw your pic I had to sit for a minute. W-a-a-y back when Kennedy was president I build a 1KW amateur radio transmitter using 866 rectifiers and 304TL triodes in the final. All parts were scrounged from military surplus. The blue glow of the Hg-vapor, the red glow of filaments, and the yellow glow of the dials on my receiver made it a joy to work in a darkened room.
My HiFi ambitions were more modest (teenagers didn't have much money in those days). Eico and then Dynakit audio gear culminating with the Dynakit PAS3 preamp and ST40 amp and KLH6 acoustic suspension speakers (I bought the first one year and the second a year later as I accumulated funds).
In those days, Klipschorns were these ginormous boxes sitting in the corners of the audio store's listening room and lusted after by we mere mortals.
Good times. Thanks for the memory.
Regards,
Kent
PS - I still have those KLHs!
