not that any of my gear is or ever was for sale. hhmmmm...how do i word this without sparking a 4 day free-for-all rant questioning my motives?? went out to the "drop 'n' shop" (a fairly local garbage dump that has a staff that puts all the good looking stuff in a quonset hut and takes offers) yesterday for a browse, as i often do when i have a few bucks and the car is running ok, and what do i spy? the sweetest, rarest, most beautifully designed '50s (i think, one great website says the company operated from 50-58, they also made "fleetwood t.v.'s") tube-powered shortwave/am stereo in a big cabinet with 2 big speakers and 2 little tweeters behind shiny gold cloth. made in canada by the "electrical products mfg. co. ltd." cabinet designed by "dumont custom stereo hi-fi." robertson screws throughout! paid $10 canadian for it!!!!i wish i had a digital camera!! i googled it and could only find a couple of references to the company that made the radio, and none about dumont. in the interest of "contributing," i'd like to provide any information anyone wants me to check out on this thing. i can scan the card i found inside that has the tube layout if anyone has any interest in hearing about it. i did see in my searching an old harmon kardon with a very similar tube layout. best part: it works like a hot damn! i've been bathing in the glow of the tubes all night! listening to the lovely tone on both the am (or b.c. as it's called in gold on the glass) and shortwave. can't sleep because my cheeks are too sore from grinning! i think i'm starting to feel some karma!! or maybe satan wants to oscillate my metallic sonatas. in any case i'm loving the sound and will continue to do so as long as we both shall live. just wanted to share. hopefully all of the people who could appreciate this haven't got me on "ignore" already.
