ordinaryAverageGuy

This is my first post, but Chuck seems like an appropriate place to start since I'm in the region as well. I had a run-in with him a while back. I messed with him by playing dumb on a few things and schooling him on a few others. After about 15 minutes he finally got frustrated enough to stop pontificating about how much he knows and how terrible my equipment is. He hasn't bothered me since. The part about demanding contact information is concerning, but the Luxman ad seems to have way too much detail to be him. Right now his CL offerings seem to be a rare Optonica, a big Marantz, and a never before seen on that popular auction site Pioneer. There is also one about vintage receivers in the Midwest. The comment about the Pioneer being extraordinarily rare is to try to justify the $1000 asking price for something that is otherwise quite modest. At any rate, I was actually debating a R-117 vs a 1060 myself. I took a flier on a damaged R-117 and am waiting for it to arrive. Right now I'm hoping that it is truly just cosmetic damage to the back of the case. If it's good, I can't wait to find out how it compares to my recapped 2270 with the Forte 2's.