During a recent holiday dinner the topic of living a lifestyle that is more green, that reduces our carbon footprint and that wastes less was suggested by my daughter who had just achieved her undergraduate degree. We let her go on, as we all nodded our heads in agreement. Then I praised her for noticing the example that I had worked so hard to set for nearly thirty years. She immediately became sceptical.
"Listen to that music. Take a look at that old Dynaco gear. It was made before your mother and I were married. Every Christmas since before you were born, and indeed every year since we have enjoyed great sounding music from our hifi system. We have recycled the old Dynaco chassis' several times with the help of Frank Van Alstine in Minnesota. If not for Frank that electronics would have seen the landfill decades ago."
Well, they all rolled their eyes and groaned the way they always do about "dad's music". They have heard me speak with pride many times before about my custom made gear and Frank's design concepts, your business model, and your hospitality when I would visit you.
So, Frank, thanks not just for 29 years of bulletproof gear and great sounding music - thanks for helping me make the point that some folks have been thinking GREEN for a long long time.
Here is a pic of the gear and the labels from the preamp. Those are my beloved Dynaco Pat-5 and Stereo 120 chassis. They were upgraded to Superfet and Mosfet circuits in 1984, then in the mid-90's I took them to the Omega III circuit set. Now they have Frank's Insight circuit set. The tuner has been kept running strong by following Frank's article in Audio Basics way back when.
