[R-390] Another satisified Ebayer?

[Michael Melland]

>...I wonder if anyone here has purchased one of the
> Miltronix LS-206 A/U "replicas"?   

I have one of the first batch he manufactured.  Paint
is perfect, back is a sort of fiber board... perhaps
technically a cardboard but it doesn't look
corrugated.  It came with the speaker jacks instead of
the correct switches and it has black handles.
Lettering isn't painted but more like Datak transfer
lettering, but it looks correct.  Overall I'm
extremely satisfied.

Rick was up front when he was telling me about his
LS-206 speaker copy project so I knew these weren't
exact copies.  When I first mentioned I saw the
speakers on his web page and started asking about them
I remember getting the lecture on how these were
copies and how "anyone knowing what they were looking
at" would know that by the photo's. We discussed the
speaker jack vs. switch issue and he told me he used
speaker jacks thinking people would find them more
useful.  Further he said that it would be easy for a
buyer to install switches if they wanted them
themselves.  I had sent my R-390A to Rick for
refurbishment, received it back in museum condition
and was surprised to find a new speaker delivered free
of charge a week or so later.  So.... my cost is $0

BTW the web page with the Miltronix information etc.
isn't maintained by Rick.  IIRC Fred Osterman at
Universal Radio put that page up quite a while ago as
a favor because he thought he'd help advertise for
Rick.  The prices etc haven't been update for at least
5 years as far as I can tell.

My dealings with Rick over the past 6 or so years has
always been positive and enjoyable. 

Mike, W9WIS



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Michael Melland, W9WIS
Redgranite, WI USA
"Non Sibi Sed Patriae"