[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson

[David Stinson]

Read-  Heed.
You'll be glad you did.
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From: "Bonds, A B via BoatAnchors" <boatanchors at theporch.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:22 AM
Subject: [BoatAnchors] An object lesson


> This is a farewell to a good friend, but also an object lesson.
>
> Nelson Weber was my best pal in High School.  We were both 
> wire-heads, and he showed considerable skill at circuit 
> analysis and design.  At age 15 (around 1962) he designed and 
> built a 100w mono amplifier around an Acrosound output 
> transformer and six 6HF5's in pp parallel.  Clean as a whistle. 
> After his visit to the Land of the Little People (elect tech at 
> Ton Son Nhut airbase) he went to work for Dolby labs, 
> acoustivoicing theaters.  We were thrown out of more than one 
> high-end audio boutique when he showed up with his calibrated 
> mikes and Altec spectrum analyzer.  His last job (to my 
> knowledge) was doing audio for Universal Studios in LA.
>
> Over the years he accumulated an enormous pile of gear, very 
> high-end and usually at fire-sale prices.  Think McIntosh, 
> Marantz, Fisher, Dynaco, HH Scott, Ampex.  It came to fill his 
> house and his yard.
>
> About three months ago he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 
> and entered a hospice a month ago.  He died (age 67) on March 
> 10.
>
> His sister and niece cleaned out the house and yard.  The gear 
> went to the curb and to a dumpster.  What did they know of it? 
> Fortunately someone emptied the dumpster and much of the gear 
> went to Apex Surplus in the San Fernando Valley  (some is still 
> there, if you are in the area).   But the relatives did not get 
> a dime from it.
>
> Have a plan, folks.
>
> A. B. Bonds
>
>
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