Hello here is my first post, I have lurked for a little while and finally dropped in to say hi.

Well...a big "HI" right back at ya!! Welcome!

Hiya booger, plenty of kleenex around here. Welcome to life outside of the closet :D

welcome.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome to AK, Sniffbooger (Jake?)!

Always good to see more San Diegans around here.

Regards,
Sigurd

Welcome to AK!

Tom

Hello and welcome to AK!

Welcome to AK sniffbooger!

Gohan

Hey thanks for the welcome y'all! Its really cool to be a part of AK. Heck, I think you guys are more fun than the local micro-brewery... well, maybe thats a stretch... but thanks for the spirits:thmbsp: anyway!

Welcome to AK

May I suggest an Avatar...:D




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you're gonna hafta change that username, sniff, or i'll never, ever crap on one of your threads

Welcome to the party, pal! Glad to have you aboard! The California contingent is pretty large here. I'm hoping to head down your way for a little R&R sometime soon.

I'd definitely take thisOne up on his excellent avatar offer. Of course, it might lose some of its impact when reduced in size, but an excellent choice nonetheless! :D

Howdy!

Welcome aboard. Tell us what kind of audio components you use.

Welcome to AK, sniffbooger! :music:

Any friend of Sigurd's is most welcome here.

Welcome aboard. Tell us what kind of audio components you use.
Hi all, thanks for the welcomes, I am having fun here at AK.

As for the equipment I use, well I am always playing around with different pieces, usually finding something at a garage sale or CL that I bring home and try out, and I don't really have the bucks to purchase a high end unit ever since my divorce, so I just make do with what I find for cheap and make the best of it. My interest in music and vintage electonics is pretty much all that I have left!

Currently I have a Marantz 4300 in my bedroom paired with Sansui SP-X8000s (really like this set up, it thumps hard at high volumes and sounds clean at low volumes too), an Onkyo Integra A-809 with some Kenwood KL-777A speakers running off my PC in the den (not sure this is the best set up, probably going to improve on it sometime), and in the garage I have a Kenwood 1100u tube receiver in fair shape hooked up to some JBL LX-55 speakers (this set up sounds decent), and I have a pair of Eico HF-20s paired with Sansui SP-3500s which also sound pretty good when paired with the JBL LX-55s. I've also got an 1980's Fisher CA-885 amp with the full rack of complimenting pieces and a Kenwood KA-94 from the same era. I'm currently selling the Fisher component system right now on CL.

Basically, I just keep hooking up different components with different pairs of speakers and I keep the ones I think sound the best- and sell the ones that don't. I have had a lot of fun and met a lot of cool people who appreciate music and vintage electronics. You vintage tube guys are something else. I can't believe some of the tube amp setups I have seen & heard!

I also have some pieces in need of repair including a Fisher 1800 being repaired in a friend's shop, an old Kenwood KR-9400 in need of some work, and my Kenwood 1100u could use a make over. I am just starting to realize how good tube systems can sound if they are restored and set up right. I just don't have the money to fix them or upgrade them, so I may end up auctioning them off sooner or later... :worried:

Welcome to AK!

Welcome aboard...



Bill