How long do you or should you keep your gear.

fiesta75

I have a 3rd torn meniscus in my knee from moving my 80 lb McIntosh 2250 amp. Sold the beast to go back to tubes, only 45 lbs. 3 herniated discs, other back problems, Donna and I move it together these days. Took it to VAS to have the internal bias done by Steve.

I designed a self-ventilated unit that allows me to leave my amp (anything up to 125 lbs) in place on top and slide my preamp out from under it, you might like it, shown here

dirgordoncole

gordon?

thanks for the compliment and teaching this 73 year old some modern lingo. why goals plural?

jerryg123

Well, mr. fixit just lost one. Bought a replacement laser for a Denon SACD player, knew exactly what to do, lost 1 of the 3 springs needed to re-install. Trash.

I grew up with no tools, no father, grandparents, uncles, had to teach myself everything. I cut lawns as a kid, didn't even know the spark plug came out, I just yanked the wire off to stop it. My 1st tune up of my 1st car was laughable.

My father in-law believed "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Wise Indeed.

asvjerry

those feet have had 7 surgeries, you don’t wanna see them up close. someone told me people pay for feet photos. my foot dr. is already rich.

did you ever take a 8 track player apart? take an 8 track cartridge apart. Oh my.

the 8 track player works, and anyone who has a working 8 track player must know how to adjust the height of the moving head so it aligns with the tracks, replace the rubber band, clean the roller and heads like any tape machine, not much else can go wrong.

problem is the tapes themselves. the most common problem, nearly ever one, is the pressure pads were foam that dissolved, then the tape doesn’t contact the heads. replacement pressure pads. metal strip that made the head move falls off, and the glue joint holding the tape in a loop dries out and falls off.

then you have the propensity of hunger, they loved to eat tapes, a form of self-canibalism now that I think about it.

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when cassettes came out, 8 tracks were on sale, every payday I bought 6 for $5. + tax, .88c each, thinking, I’ll buy things I would never pay ’real’ money for, then listen when I retire, see what these guys were up to, probably find some gems, right?

boxes of foam dust anyone?

then you have the propensity of hunger, they loved to eat tapes, a form of self-canibalism now that I think about it

That is the attribute I mostly think of when 8 track is mentioned. I got pretty good at splicing them using scotch tape. Always worked fine, til it broke elsewhere. I lost a lot of music during that time. But I love driving and listening to music and don't remember any recorder for 8 track. Thank God for cassette. I could buy the vinyl and record to cassette for the car/truck