On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Bill Layer wrote:

> Heh,
> 
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:23:55 -0500
> "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> wrote:
>  
> > Buy yourself some old stereo equipment off ebay.  The round VU meters
> like
> > Harmon Kardon uses would be perfect, they have blue backlighting too. 
> Of
> > course, used Harmon Kardon is probably going to be expensive, but you
> could
> > probably find some old Marantz gear for cheap.
> 
> Heh, either is the domain of the tube streo collector guys, and being one
> of them, I will be extremely huffy if anyone butchers any vintage gear for
> a project like this. There is absolutely *no* need to do that, anyway. And
> trust me on this - for what you would pay, you'd rather put it on the
> shelf and look at it :)) If you must butcher, butcher some junk old power
> supply equipment, they are often resplendent in their meterage.


      I agree wholeheartedly. I too am a lover of "boatanchor" equipment
and I love the old Collins and Hammerlund shortwave type equipment. That
stuff had "soul". I want my computer be like that. So, if I can join in
somehow, let me know! I have wanted to do this for such a long time!!


      - Jamie





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