I am sad to report that my basement took on about 18 inches of storm drain water as a result of the torrential rain we experienced on 8/11.
I lost my pride-and-joy Sony TAN-8550 V-Fet power amp (100WPC), recently restored to even better-than-new condition by Echowars at great expense, along with a 50WPC Tan-5550. Both were submerged in the floodwaters.
I lost a pair of JBL 4312 Control Monitors, L-45 Flairs (the super-sized L-100's), L100t3's (the speakers I brought to the last AK-Fest), and a single 4412 Control Monitor I had planned to use as a JBL HT-setup center-channel. The corners of the cabinets have all broken apart.
In addition I lost a pair of KEF 107's, a pair of Bozak 302-A's, my recently acquired Electro-Voice DIY project using a 10" woofer and a pair of horns, a pair of custom-built Subwoofers from Meniscus Audio systems in Grand Rapids. The cabinets broke on all of these.
Along with those, a pair of Magneplanar Tympani 1D's, a pair of MG-LR1's, a pair of SMG's, a single MMG, and a pair of Vandersteen Model 1's got wet but have yet to show catastrophic damage though it is likely that all of the crossovers may be damaged. I have yet to test any of them as I have been busy with the cleanup.
What's really sad is that I have spent the last couple of years acquiring many of them and money and time getting them checked out, re-coned, XO's rebuilt, etc., only to have them snatched away before I had much of a chance to enjoy them. I'm especially disappointed that I never hosted a meet or two and had the fun of playing them for the club.
Alas, time to go smear myself with ashes and whimper in a corner for a while.
After that, it will be time to start thinking about new stuff to get.
I lost my pride-and-joy Sony TAN-8550 V-Fet power amp (100WPC), recently restored to even better-than-new condition by Echowars at great expense, along with a 50WPC Tan-5550. Both were submerged in the floodwaters.
I lost a pair of JBL 4312 Control Monitors, L-45 Flairs (the super-sized L-100's), L100t3's (the speakers I brought to the last AK-Fest), and a single 4412 Control Monitor I had planned to use as a JBL HT-setup center-channel. The corners of the cabinets have all broken apart.
In addition I lost a pair of KEF 107's, a pair of Bozak 302-A's, my recently acquired Electro-Voice DIY project using a 10" woofer and a pair of horns, a pair of custom-built Subwoofers from Meniscus Audio systems in Grand Rapids. The cabinets broke on all of these.
Along with those, a pair of Magneplanar Tympani 1D's, a pair of MG-LR1's, a pair of SMG's, a single MMG, and a pair of Vandersteen Model 1's got wet but have yet to show catastrophic damage though it is likely that all of the crossovers may be damaged. I have yet to test any of them as I have been busy with the cleanup.
What's really sad is that I have spent the last couple of years acquiring many of them and money and time getting them checked out, re-coned, XO's rebuilt, etc., only to have them snatched away before I had much of a chance to enjoy them. I'm especially disappointed that I never hosted a meet or two and had the fun of playing them for the club.
Alas, time to go smear myself with ashes and whimper in a corner for a while.
After that, it will be time to start thinking about new stuff to get.