I recently became interested in vintage audio equipment. I'm in my thirties, so I'm more of the generation that used boom boxes and mini systems, and more recently earbuds and Bluetooth speakers. Over the years I've been interested in vacuum tubes but they never seemed practical/obtainable. I lived in Japan for a couple of years and I would regularly see tube amps for sale at even "regular" electronic stores. It was always in the back of my mind as something I wanted to get into. I currently work at a musical instrument museum, and I have some real audiophile coworkers. This inspired me to start looking again.
I picked up a pair of C36 Viscount cabinets a few weeks ago. The previous owner had painted them white for some reason, maybe WAF, I don't know. Most of the goodies-- the legs, crossovers, tweeters had already been pieced out on eBay. All that remained were the cabs and a pair of non-functional D130s.
I'm going to slowly rehabilitate them (I hope). I'm probably going to return them to their original 030 configuration, so I'll need to find a pair of 075s and a pair of N2600/N2400s. Maybe I'll luck into the aluminum legs too (one can dream, I'll probably go with wood legs or repros). The prices on eBay of some of these parts kinda frighten me, but "at least" they're not as nuts as some of the other JBL.
But for now I need to tackle the finish problem and reveal that beautiful walnut veneer!
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