Stefan Wood
Active Member
My father is moving back into the Northern Virginia area to be close to me and my 2 year old son. Just closed on a place yesterday. Mom passed away a few years ago. I knew that he was always moaning about not having the music library he once had,so I decided to build a system for him for his new place. A housewarming/birthday/Father's Day gift all rolled into one. I had strongly considered getting him one of the new integrated Yamahas, especially with the cd player built in and the wireless, but remembered that he struggles with computers, and especially the wireless HP printer in his office. So I went the other route, scoured the craigslist ads until I found a pair of Kenwoods. A KA-2500 and a KT-3500 in excellent condition. Traded a Pioneer PL-50 turntable and some cash for them. The seller even tossed in the Kenwood KL-440 speakers as well. The cabinets were beat, but I decided well for free I could try to strip and revarnish. It came out all right. Photos enclosed. For a media player I gave him a Fiio X3ii player with a 128 gb card full of music of what he used to have. We are both jazz junkies. The Fiio works because he has an iphone and an ipad, so he know how they work. He was very moved when I presented them to him.