[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson
rbethman
rbethman at comcast.net
Wed Apr 15 17:29:05 EDT 2015
I have long ago handled the disposition of those items of any *REAL* value!
Only thing I consider of *real* value left is the Amp Supply LK-500ZB.
Should I not wake up one day, it can go where ever the XYL decides!
The books on the shelves are only worth something to anyone that can
understand TUBES and how they are used.
As I look at any Amateur Radio Operator that "may" have any interest,
He/She wouldn't have clue one what in the world to do with the 100THs,
2A3s, 250TH, 75TH, nor the load of 0D3s, 3B28s, and most likely would
electrocute oneself if they were to try!
Then there are the Audio Fools that "may" try and make an audio
amplifier from the 4-1000A that is in the cabinet.
Regards, Bob - N0DGN
(Have spent day working on the soffits of the shed most of the day!)
From: "Bonds, A B via BoatAnchors" <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> To: <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> 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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