Giveaway
I donated a pile of stuff to a charity yesterday, hopefully the 1st of many. The receivers were units that I have not been able to sell, nor give away. Mostly Sony 5.1 units from package systems which I have no other parts to. I also gathered up 15 large speakers that had no mates, (I only robbed one tweeter from a pioneer). Also several pairs of speakers from small box systems. I got rid of a box of outdated computer items (wish I had taken a pic). It took 2 men 20 minutes to load it all up. Thankfully I have avoided buying many tape decks, cd players, or turn tables, so I don't have any to give away. My obsession has been speakers and amplifiers the whole time. The junk I have taken pictures(page 4) of is mostly in boxes, which are covered in sets of speakers. Most of these speakers & boxes are inside because I worried about mold forming on them before I sold them. I had a friend tell me, once "we don't own the audio we have, we are only stewards of these item and eventually they will find new homes". I didn't argue with him, but didn't agree with him either. However I realized I don't have any of the audio I started out with, some was sold, some was traded, some was damaged, but none of what I started out with, I still have. Now I do have an amplifier and EQ that was the first I ever purchased, from a pawn shop, but there was audio I had been given before then, which didn't last. That's the stuff that lit my fire, my first amp, a Pioneer with large chrome knobs with a giant volume knob, a pair of UV needle meters and 100wpc. I don't have a model number, but it damaged countless speakers and I loved it. Well hopefully I will continue to donate and sell more until I'm down to the bare bones. On an unfortunate note, only a small amount of items came from indoors, most of the items I donated, came from my garage, not my family room. I cleared about 6 feet indoors, 4 times that in the garage.
