Hi All,
I am the original purchaser of a Hafler DH-110 preamp and an Amber Series 70 amp that are both in pristine condition although they have been out of operation for several years. Given their age, I am fairly certain I'll need to do some level of restoration - recap. I started looking into this and found some interesting threads specific to the Amber here at diyAudio and thought I should join.
But I'm really here because a couple years ago I got the bug to get a beautiful Marantz 2230B working again. It had been in my garage idle for over a decade and needed help. I did a minimal cleanup and quickly realized I was over my head, needed help and found a great tech that knew vintage Marantz well who completed the job. Meanwhile I needed speakers for this vintage setup and picked up a pair of B&W CDM 1SEs which I cleaned up and replaced the ferrofluid in the tweeters, bringing them back to life. Not long after I upgraded my turntable, purchasing a classic Linn LP12 which is currently a basic unit that I've managed to collect a few very reasonably priced components that should result in a nice upgrade in sound. I've built this system on a very limited budget by being willing to put some sweat equity into each component. Hopefully I can learn from the folks here with more experience and contribute some along the way.
I am the original purchaser of a Hafler DH-110 preamp and an Amber Series 70 amp that are both in pristine condition although they have been out of operation for several years. Given their age, I am fairly certain I'll need to do some level of restoration - recap. I started looking into this and found some interesting threads specific to the Amber here at diyAudio and thought I should join.
But I'm really here because a couple years ago I got the bug to get a beautiful Marantz 2230B working again. It had been in my garage idle for over a decade and needed help. I did a minimal cleanup and quickly realized I was over my head, needed help and found a great tech that knew vintage Marantz well who completed the job. Meanwhile I needed speakers for this vintage setup and picked up a pair of B&W CDM 1SEs which I cleaned up and replaced the ferrofluid in the tweeters, bringing them back to life. Not long after I upgraded my turntable, purchasing a classic Linn LP12 which is currently a basic unit that I've managed to collect a few very reasonably priced components that should result in a nice upgrade in sound. I've built this system on a very limited budget by being willing to put some sweat equity into each component. Hopefully I can learn from the folks here with more experience and contribute some along the way.
