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stuwee
07-25-2008, 10:26 PM
This little gem called my name and was only $25 bucks on the bay, It's bakelight, the meters work like a MacIntosh, fast rise slow decay, uber cool vintage pointy ends, moves so fast they blur, I just hook it up to the speaker outputs on any of my soild state amps, and have fun.

I actually bought it for my Pilot tube console with the famous SA-232 power amp, EL84 output tubes, sweeeet sound, the console was my Grandfather's and was my first taste of Hi-Fi as a wee laddie. I'll be needing a nice vintage tube RtR to get that glow, I can hook up any cassette deck to it of course. Maybe one of the Luxman's and the NAK for parties *devil* *Hi5*

The console pics are coming soon, the cabs are in excellent as new condition, the electronics and most of the tubes are 50 years old this September, the build date is hand stamped on the back, anywhoo this meter should look puurfect *drool**drool*

Scorpion8
07-25-2008, 11:10 PM
That's cool. Can we get a better close up pic and the model number?

stuwee
07-25-2008, 11:49 PM
That's cool. Can we get a better close up pic and the model number?

My dig camera sucks, here's the original ad with much better pics
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370056509698&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=024

MacGyver
07-26-2008, 06:35 AM
hey, stuwster! you got that meter from kennewick!! that is only 30 miles from me!! we go up there regularly all the time for kicks&neccisities as it's part of Tri-Cities, wash. and the only major city for 200 miles!! the once had a great comics&collectables shop up there were i got many of my japanese import robot model kits back in the '90s...

stuwee
07-26-2008, 07:58 AM
hey, stuwster! you got that meter from kennewick!! that is only 30 miles from me!! we go up there regularly all the time for kicks&neccisities as it's part of Tri-Cities, wash. and the only major city for 200 miles!! the once had a great comics&collectables shop up there were i got many of my japanese import robot model kits back in the '90s...

Small world ain't it?!?? There's lots of great folks up in WA, some of them are here on TH *Hi5*.
I forgot to mention, if you look at the bid history, stuwee won the item for .30 cents, that has to be the closest win in my meager 72 items bought on the bay. It's my favorite small purchase to date. I found it looking for a holster for Dale's gun see here:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150253463701&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005
That's why I always view sellers other items, ya never know!