[watts abundant]

Hi all.  I've been interested in Audio since the mid 70's.  First hi fi systems was a Marantz2220B and some Utahs and a Dual 1228 in 1976.  Went to tech school hoping to work in Audio.  Had a job in pro sound in early 80's.  Got really good at fixing amps.  Sound company crashed, I ended up in industrial power supplies and that still pays the bills.

The sound company sold Phase Linear 400s to a lot of R&R bands.  The amps clicked with me.  Mid to late 80's I moonlighted as a bench tech for a local mfr who resurrected some Dynaco and Hafler gear and designed their own tube gear.  Since then my day job has taken me all over the planet, except for Antarctica and Australia.  Today I do mostly client training on the power supplies and tech support.

I've still got the Phase Linear bug and my 70's room has all P/L amps, preamp and tuner.  For those persons who like to trash Phase Linear, please spare me.  I got to liking JBL's at the pro sound job and have 4412's and a JBL sub in the 70's room.  The family room has 4408's for the theater system. 




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I do a few Phase Linear repairs here and there and whatever else comes in.  I have a primitive web site with support information.  Not much for big social media.  I've done  a little brewing and more BBQ.  Built an outdoor kitchen.  The image I put up is the test equipment rack I use for amplifier repair.  It's efficient and doesn't take up valuable bench space.

[FullRangeMan]

Welcome Old Guy this a great rack wow
Nice to see someone still preserve these gems.
I had Silver 9T two times in the 90s not impressed with construction and sonics, but I hear say the best from Bob was the Sunfire stereo amp.

[Phil A]

Welcome!  I'm an old guy with the rest of the old people in FL.  Phase Linear were my first separates (about 40 years back when I was 5 years old of course ).  Owned a large portion of their separates (most things were series 2) over that early time period, including amps, preamps, tuner, autocorrelator, turntable (the last one I owned - think I sold it around the middle of 1985 or so).

[Digi-G]

Welcome, Watts.

I'm in Ohio too and my first speakers were Utahs that I bought second hand from a friend of a friend while I was in high school (late 1970s).  I didn't have them very long - once I got them home I realized the previous owner had abused them quite a bit and the tweeters were fried.  I hadn't thought about those in years.

Anyway, welcome to the forum.

[watts abundant]

In Central Ohio in the 70's Sun TV sold Pioneer and Marantz.  They were masters of bait and switch.  The Utahs were cheapies.  I took them to a party once.  They sat in the car during a summer day.  The glue loosened up on the cabinet and it came apart.  I had to glue it back together.  To get the good dela on Marantz and Pioneer gear you had to buy a system with crappy speakers.

Sun also sold JBL.  JBL's were always on a shelf 7-8 feet off the showroom floor.  They compared them to RTR's at ear level and convinced a lot of people to buy the RTR's.  When I worked at the pro sound shop, Sun sold JBL 4311B's below our dealer cost.  More bait and switch.  As we were a JBL rep, occasionally someone would buy a pair from us.  We went to Sun and bought them and then sold them to the customer.

[watts abundant]

Welcome Old Guy this a great rack wow

Nice to see someone still preserve these gems...

I recently had the HP 204 oscillator act up.  It's only about 40 years old.  Power supply caps were the only problem.  It was fun to work on because of the construction quality.  Great engineering.  90% of my test gear is 30-40 years old. 

Just the other day I fired up (actually walked it up slow with a variac) my Tek 503 scope for the first time in 10 years.  The trace on it is still razor thin.  It beats the pants off of the Rigol 4 channel DSO I bought for $350.  I sent the first one back because the trace was so fat.  I'm used to looking at little noise and stuff riding on waveforms and it doesn't show up on the DSO.  However for capturing waveforms the DSO works great. 

I attached a captured image of the inrush current to an amplifier at turn on taken by the DSO. 

[Speedskater]

Welcome from a much older guy in Northeast Ohio.

[ArthurDent]

Greetings & Welcome to AC watts abundant   

[Wind Chaser]

Welcome to Audio Circle. 

[FullRangeMan]

No that Iam younger than you but these equipments are really special and rare nowadays, without mentioning that they never were cheap, salivating...

[J Payton]

Where at in Central Ohio.

I'm in Dublin.

Welcome aboard.

[Jazzman53]

Welcome Watts,

It's great to have another Bob Carver gear enthusiast join up.  I don't own any Phase Linear stuff myself (although I do lust mightily) but I do have some Carver amps, preamps and tuners.  There are quite a few Phase Linear guys on the  CarverSite forum, and a bunch of us meet up every year in September to party with the Bobfather at the Carverfest retreat in Bryson City NC.  You might want to check out the Carversite-- you'd fit right in, I'm sure.

Enjoy the AC!     

[Returntomusic]

Hi-
Back in the 80s had a Carver TX11, C-2000, running into an a/d/s electronic crossover feed ing two Carver M-400Ts in biamp mode that drove a/d/s 1230 speakers. Probably the most dynamic system I ever owned and was a lot of fun. Started having kids and downsized. I think Bob Carver is a hoot and a true outside the box thinker.
Welcome

[Returntomusic]

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