So what did your Secret Santa send you?

[Army]

I'll start...

OK like Ernie I hate to wait, and since Christmas is two days away and I received a rather large box that had some weight to it. I just had to know what was inside.

So I open up the box with my wife and daughter present and peek inside, theres a manual and just under neither is a black face peeking out at me. I pull it out and it's an SAE 8000 tuna. Now this is the first black face piece of gear I own.(bear with me here comes some karma) Yesterday I was talking to a few of my buds in chat and told them I had just found the Amp that I had been looking for, for the last year, since I'd lost the guys number! And I was going into seperates for the first time. And wouldn't you know it, my new to me Amp that I pick up next week is a black faced beauty, just like this 5 gang tuna I just pulled out the box from Secret Santa

Secret Santa whoever you are you hit this one right out of the park! This will match perfectly :thmbsp:

Thank You very much!
Army

[jguzman21]

I got mine yesterday and like you Army I couldn't wait :D . My Secret Santa did their homework because inside my package were 2 Johnny Cash LP's on 180g Vinyl. OH YEAH!!!! Now the look on my two daughters' faces was like "oh no, not more Johnny!", but the gift couldn't have been better. Thanks Santa!!!

john

[elroymcgee]

I got an airpop popcorn maker, it makes nice sound and all, but it does generate a little heat, I gotta keep it in a well ventilated area, paybacks are ok cause I got my wife a vacuum

elroy

[RichPA]

My Secret Santa sent me an Amazon gift certificate, which will be put to good use in getting some new music for the new year - thanks, Santa! :thmbsp:

[cabinover]

Haven't heard from my SS but I'm sure it'll be here any day. More interesting to me is the fact that mine hasn't been seen or heard from yet. It should have made it with plenty of time to spare as I think it went out 2 Tuesdays before Christmas. Darn USPS anyways. Have a Merry Christmas anyways all!!!!

[piece-it pete]

I got a box from elusivedisc a number of days ago, it's been driving me nuts, I figgered it'd be a cd or two, BUT WAIT -

It's an Onzow Zerodust!

:banana: :banana: :banana:

Thank you SS! It's grrrreat!

Pete

[Bogframe]

Here it is Christmas morning, we have christmas music on my wife's 2002 vintage stereo, the yule log on channel 11 and I'm finally allowed to open my AK Sectret Santa boxes that have been taunting me for a week! I open the first one, and I see RCA jacks and speaker jacks...No F*cking way! It can't be! There nestled between Fedex bubble packs was a mint Pioneer SA-8800 amp! With a manual, no less! After I was able to stop saying "Holy Sh*t" and "No f*cking way", I opened the second box..."No f*cking way...Holy Sh*t"! My wife was asking what I was yelling about...There nestled in more fedex bubble packs was a mint Pioneer TX-6800 tuna that matched the amp perfectly! With trembling hands, I ripped the wires out of my wife's stereo and transplanted them into my new 1979 vintage beauty. Golden sound poured out of the Sound-Labs. My wife wanted her stereo back because this one is "too complicated". She'll learn. Thank you, thank you, thank you Secret Santa, whoever you are!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andyman]

Damn, I must have been way gooder than I thunk!!

I got a WONDERFUL bunch of LPs from my AK Secret Santa!!

Jethro Tull "This Was", looks like 180 gm, mint sounds super! Very bluesy first LP w/ Mick Abrhams (went on to lead Blodwyn Pig) on lead :thmbsp:

CCR, "Cosmo's Factory", sealed 180gm virgin vinyl, AcousTech mastered by Steve Hoffman. A classic!! :thmbsp:

Steeleye Span, "Parcel of Rogues" sealed. Not real familar with this, but I think it's English folk stuff in the flavour of Fairport Convention and The Pentangle, so I'm very geeked for it

Midnight Oil, S/T, mint LP and cover. Don't know these guys, but if it runs with the others, it should be killer. It goes on next

THANK YOU, Secret Santa 2005!! :ntwrthy: :ntwrthy: :ntwrthy: :ntwrthy:

[Mark B]

There seems to be a theme here - Secret Santa is kicking @$$. My Secret Santa had a package of 6 large ribeye steaks and 1/2 case of fine Belgian ale hand delivered by one of his elves on Dec 10th, and mailed a package which I've just opened. It's a Sheffield lab lp: "I've got the Music in Me" by Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker. Gave it a cleaning on the VPI, and the vinyl is spinning on the CS 5000 and sounding awesome.

Thank you Secret Santa!

[SPL db]

My Santa sent me an AR Music Enhancer (reminds me of the old BBE Sonic Maximizer).

Haven't had a chance to hook it up yet... got family here and I snuck away for a little bit! :D

Thanks Santa!

Happy Holidays!

Scott

[passion4audio]

The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz - 4 CDS!!

Oh wait, there's more!

Another CD - "Classic Jazz Book"!

But alas, there was a beautifully typed personal note inside that rounded off this extraordinary gift - a gift that will "keep giving" over the years!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, my friend!

[mhardy6647]

Marky's late to the thank-you party, as usual! Finally got the four (!) CD's from Santa together in one room today. Two'd been downstairs, keeping me company during the last, frantic hours of giftwrapping. The other two'd been upstairs. The four CD's from my SS?

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra "The Christmas Album"
Thom Rotella "Spirit of the Carols"
"A Sheffield Christmas Collection"
Ray Brown Trio "Christmas Songs"

Fabulous additions to our voluminous collection of holiday music! Thanks Santa!

[Wardsweb]

Goodies to eat, pankcake mix, maple candy, maple syrup, etc... :)

[RuSsMaN]

My gift JUST now cleared customs (the 27th), I hope the recipient gets it soon. I sent it Global EMS (3-5 days supposedly) on the 20th.

[jimbecky48001]

Mine has not arrived as of yet, but I am still holding out hope

[Inspiribomb]

Mine has not arrived as of yet, but I am still holding out hope

Me too :wave:

[radioactive]

Mine has not arrived as of yet, but I am still holding out hope

same here .im sure itll eventually get here.

[Inspiribomb]

And its cool!!! I got a Sonic Impact T-amp from Mark (AKA - Ski). Thanks a lot!!! I hear the thing to do is make custom cases for them, could be another fun winter project. I'll try to get it hooked up tonight to play with it :banana: Thanks again!!!

[luvvinvinyl]

...right church, wrong pew.

Posted here (http://206.225.95.32/forums/showpost.php?p=527725&postcount=118) and then it goes on for a few more.

[merrylander]

Nothing here as yet, but there is always Little Christmas yet to come.

Rob

[jimbecky48001]

:thmbsp: I just checked my email and my SS sent me a note about my gift a couple of days ago(I should check my email more often).A 2 yr subscription to Sound and Vision which will be coming in the next few weeks.Thank You Santa for the perfect gift :banana: :banana:

[Kamakiri]

I got a new camping grille, tongs, and cleaning brush :thmbsp:

Santa must have seen the trash picked one that I was using :para:

[RuSsMaN]

QED Silver Speaker Wire - I'll hook these up between the Aragon and the DQ-10's in the video rig!

1 pair LE25 Foam - I'll use these on a pair of 4311's I'm restoring!

1 pair Billet Knobs - I'll swap the stock volume knob on one of my Melos SHA-1's!

Thanks Santa, cool grab bag of audio goodies, I like it!!!

(still no word from my recipient, this really chaps my ass)

[radioactive]

dont worry about it russ it was worth the wait. :thmbsp:

i got mine today finally.russ sent me an absolutely beautiful example of a heathkit fm4 tube tuner which will look nice amonst the rest of my vintage tube gear collection .(russ i dont think any more detailing was possible as its as clean as can be expected)i hope to try it out later tonight or tommorow when time premits.if that wasnt enough i also recieved a couple of cd's which i definately will be spinning later on tonight the first is "the john mayer trio" and the other is keb'mo' .thanks russ i appreciate the gifts greatly . :yes:
chris
oh ya ill post some pics later to show it all off. :D

[radioactive]

heres the tuner and cd's cant wait to give them all a listen.

[RuSsMaN]

Awesome! I had 2 FM4's, and you got the cleanest of the two. I figured you'd at least enjoy static'ing it, as I would have. It does play very well also, I was just thrilled about the condition, inside and out. It doesn't look like a 40+ year old peice of gear, that's for sure.

Track 8 on that Keb Mo cd - if you only listen to 1 track. That John Mayer, which I have since spun - tell me if you don't hear a little SRV, moreso in the voice.

Glad it all arrived FINALLY.

Cheers,
Russ

[radioactive]

It doesn't look like a 40+ year old peice of gear, that's for sure.

i agree russ .it's definatley cleaner than my other fm 4 which i intend to rob the heathkit logo from which is about the only thing on it in excellent conditon.after that it'll be a true showpiece.the only other 40yr old piece of gear that comes close to it in conditon is my scott lk72b.

as for the cd's i'll be giving them a spin shortly.ive always liked blues music but have not really bought any and really dont know who;s who but that might change soon as im trying to get back into listening to the music aspect of this hobby rather than the collecting and swapping out of gear.once again thank you for your generous gifts.regards,
chris

[RuSsMaN]

My pleasure friend, enjoy. I'm the same way right now, 'hungry' for new music, ready to enjoy my gear for a while, vs swapping, demoing, trying everything under the sun.

[merrylander]

Well I found out where mine went - Kam my house number is 4045 not 4050, my SS must have been wondering what sort of ungrateful slob I was, not posting anything until the one above.

Rob

[Kamakiri]

All I did was copy and paste from others emails....perhaps Santa made a goof.....

[Wardsweb]

QED Silver Speaker Wire - I'll hook these up between the Aragon and the DQ-10's in the video rig!

1 pair LE25 Foam - I'll use these on a pair of 4311's I'm restoring!

1 pair Billet Knobs - I'll swap the stock volume knob on one of my Melos SHA-1's!

Thanks Santa, cool grab bag of audio goodies, I like it!!!

(still no word from my recipient, this really chaps my ass)

I hear from Santa's elves that there are more of those billet knobs if you need a match set of more. Also some dense black LE25 foam for non-4311 or L100 use.

[merrylander]

Finally resolved the address problem and met a neighbor (Realize that the smallest lot here is 3.5 acres, so neighbors are not exactly close). They had the box and were happy to have the mystery solved (we are not in the phone book either). My Santa thoughtfully realized that getting dust out of the stereos I service can be tricky and so he sent me a truly neat hand vacuum with more attachments than these old eyes have ever seen. Now I do not dare send a unit back with a speck of dust in it anywhere. Thank You Santa, a truly neat gift.

Rob

[cabinover]

I got my SS gift yesterday, darn slow PO both US and Canadian. 3 great old audio books just chock full of interesting stuff. Started into the first one last night because it had pictures and read a lot of information about speakers that I had no clue about, like different frequencies coming from different parts of the cone. Needless to say, I pretty much devoured that one in one sitting much to my wife's "Are you coming to bed yet?"

Thanks Secret Santa!!

[radioactive]

i'm glad your enjoying the books paul.they should keep you busy for awhile.