Greetings! I've monitored this site for several years, but this is my first posting. This community interests me because I enjoy DIY and learn best through active exchanges.
I enjoy the challenge of repairing and restoring analog, solid-state, discrete-component audio electronics. I look for (semi) obscure or boutique items, such as Spectron, Spectral, Bedini, Marsh, Acoustic Electronics, Threshold, H-CAT, Audio Refinement, and AVI.
Specifically, most of my repair queue is composed of items from the 1970s to 1990s; I don't have an interest in buying or working on tubes, vinyl, digital, or SMD.
I don't get Ford-Chevy political over audio technologies, makes, or models. I enjoy listening to music, but the challenge of repairing it is more fun for me. So, I play some Pink Floyd through my massive Rowe AMI SGF Discotheque speakers while struggling to troubleshoot a new problem.
I rank myself as an educated beginner. I understand basic analog troubleshooting, have a decent lab setup, and can read schematics (but often struggle to understand how some circuits function). I could use a few days with a seasoned bench technician to get over my learned hump.
As I get older, I hate to see electronics go to the landfill, so that is strong motivation to bring them back to life.
I look forward to the learning and hope I will be able to contribute meaningfully in some way.
I enjoy the challenge of repairing and restoring analog, solid-state, discrete-component audio electronics. I look for (semi) obscure or boutique items, such as Spectron, Spectral, Bedini, Marsh, Acoustic Electronics, Threshold, H-CAT, Audio Refinement, and AVI.
Specifically, most of my repair queue is composed of items from the 1970s to 1990s; I don't have an interest in buying or working on tubes, vinyl, digital, or SMD.
I don't get Ford-Chevy political over audio technologies, makes, or models. I enjoy listening to music, but the challenge of repairing it is more fun for me. So, I play some Pink Floyd through my massive Rowe AMI SGF Discotheque speakers while struggling to troubleshoot a new problem.
I rank myself as an educated beginner. I understand basic analog troubleshooting, have a decent lab setup, and can read schematics (but often struggle to understand how some circuits function). I could use a few days with a seasoned bench technician to get over my learned hump.
As I get older, I hate to see electronics go to the landfill, so that is strong motivation to bring them back to life.
I look forward to the learning and hope I will be able to contribute meaningfully in some way.
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