Ballylongford

This is a subject near and dear to my heart: I agreee w/ HDBRBuilder: "A few years ago, one could go into a pawn shop and pick up a tube item for a song...but since then these shops have discovered computers(for the most part) and with that have discovered eBay...and they pretty much KNOW what the "good stuff" in tube equipment is going for lately...so when they get it in and somebody defaults on payment...it ends up on eBay pretty quickly" I went to a local pawn shop (SF Bay area) owned by a friend of a friend looking for tube gear: the pawn shop owner told me outright he directed all tube gear to a local vintage audio dealer and got top dollar for it. This guy could even rattle off some of the classic gear model #s, even though he was no audio buff. OTH, I think thrift stores, especially non-Goodwill thrift stores, have that needle-in-a-haystack potential: A friend of mine who owns two pair of Klipschhorns told me she saw a pair of Klipsch speakers with built-in tube amps (excuse my ignorance of the Klipsch line here, but do these sound like production models, or custom?) at a St. Vincent dePaul store in San Jose a while back: asking price: $100. Sadly I heard about these long after the fact, but still it does show the possibilities. eBay has all but swallowed up the good deals in stereo gear anymore, but it does still happen. As to Goodwill, I don't know how they operate nationwide, but here in San Jose, I've known at least one former Goodwill employee who told me he had tube amps he bought up as they came into the Goodwill he worked at (the timeline here would be over ten years ago), and there was a major scandal in San Jose several years ago about Goodwill managers selling premium donations out the back door to corrupt dealers. From my personal experience (too long to go into here), I have reason to believe high-end audio was on the dealers' shopping lists. On another note, I have a restored Dynaco ST-70 which I have waffled about selling for some time. If you are interested M00n, drop me an email and I can give you details

Checked out your ad: Lookin' Good! Good Luck w/ the auction!! Here's a bump for ya! Sent you an email too Later

I still have it. ---------------- On 11/11/2002 10:14:26 PM NOS440 wrote: Is this still available ?? ----------------

Still got this beauty!

You should have an email from me in reply B ---------------- On 11/4/2002 7:28:41 AM RSTRAUTMAN wrote: I would like to talk to u seriously about your amp. I have a Sansui 1000A with 7591's, and I would like to add a stablemate. I just came back from a San Francisco vacation on the 21st of Oct., Seeing some friends on Broderick off Haight St.. BTW my Sansui is using a Denon 370 HDCD and a pair of Klipsch Forte' II's. ----------------

Sorry Tom, don't know what the problem is (I am a newbie here) Got what must be your 2nd email, and replied to same B ---------------- On 11/2/2002 5:40:43 PM Tom Mobley wrote: Bally, I sent you an email via your profile here but haven't heard from you? Tom tmoble@earthlink.net ----------------

Thanks for all the interest Guys. Time to up the ante: If anyone out there is in the SF Bay area and seriously interested in this unit, I'd be willing to set up this little miracle through a good TT and my Klipsch Cornwalls. Lemme Know Thanks

Good Morning All

---------------- On 10/31/2002 3:16:47 PM Mike82 wrote: NR ---------------- Thanks for the bumps, but as a Newbie, what's "NR"?

Hello: I am a newbie here, so please be kind. I have an amp that would go great w/ your classic Klipsch speakers. I have an amazing Scott Integrated Tube Amp I'm offering for sale. Pics available (EMAIL DIRECT PLEASE) EVERY capacitor, EVERY resistor in this unit has been updated to modern high spec units. Tone controls have been by-passed. Internal wiring has been re-grounded. This started out life as the tube version of the famous 299-C with 7591 output tubes. The original owner was owed a favor by a custom electronics house and they put an estimated 40+ hours of work into updating this beauty. I have NEVER seen a unit with so much painstaking craftsmanship: The guy who services my gear has 25 years in the business and he's never seen one like it either. Truly a one-of-a-kind item that's too good for eBay. I'd like $250 for it plus shipping from SF Bay Area. Let me know if interested. Thanks