In from Germany ...
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lini
just me...
Na, wen seh ich denn da? Freude, Freude! Du wirst doch nicht etwa noch Deinen Wirkungsbereich ausdehnen wollen auf Deine alten Tage?
To the others: Whom you can now welcome here on AK is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced members of the German Dual-Board (*). So I'm very happy to see him here.
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini
*) Which isn't supposed to mean, that Peter's knowledge and expperience would be limited to Dual stuff, though - 'cause that would be far from true. Mind you, however, that he's a technically oriented hifi guy and "voodoo stuff" is not his thing. Just so you know...
Hi Manfred !
I'd guessed that some of the Dual board members are around here too.
In particular I'd ran into a problem with old Sony gear - and Audiokarma members had been around with a simple, working solution for quite some time already.
So I joined in. I'm already listed on the Saba forum in Germany as well, which started when I had trouble finding infos on the 1963 Saba Telewatt TS-100 amplifier, which exists in two different versions ... with only one commonly documented. *And* it was possible with the help of those members to rework the amp from "unobtanium" PNP germanium power transistors to more common MJ15004 silicon types.
Maybe I don't manage to get the over 27.000 contributions in 14 years ... but mind if I try ... ?
I'd guessed that some of the Dual board members are around here too.
In particular I'd ran into a problem with old Sony gear - and Audiokarma members had been around with a simple, working solution for quite some time already.
So I joined in. I'm already listed on the Saba forum in Germany as well, which started when I had trouble finding infos on the 1963 Saba Telewatt TS-100 amplifier, which exists in two different versions ... with only one commonly documented. *And* it was possible with the help of those members to rework the amp from "unobtanium" PNP germanium power transistors to more common MJ15004 silicon types.
Maybe I don't manage to get the over 27.000 contributions in 14 years ... but mind if I try ... ?
Welcome to the Audiokarma community.
Welcome to AK!
WelcomeHi !
Didn't want to jump in without a brief note on the whereabouts.
I'm Peter from Germany, currently 64 1/2 years old. The area I live in is called "Kalletal". Next bigger city is Bielefeld. Or Hannover.
I'd became an electric gearhead since I got my first solder iron from my dad at the age of 8.
My father had occasions to be sorry about that decision, because his son lugged in old gear from street finds and crapyards for repair - which frequently ended for him to get up from the couch and reset the circuit breaker for the house when "something went wrong" upstairs in my room & workshop.
At some point I started collecting old Dual record players ... which make little to no sense without an amp and speakers. Tuners are nice and so are cassette decks and reel-to-reels.
And old computers.
Currently I have an appartment well equipped with old stereo ... and a 60 squaremeters storage room, filled almost to the ceiling with old stuff and houses my workshop.
People come from around my area to dump their defective stuff and hope I can fix it. Well - fairly often I can. But things take time. Particularly when you have old tube-gear or an early 1960s unit with All-Germanium-Transistors on the bench, where spares don't come that easy as for mid-70s - to early-2000s stuff. After that circuit board often turn into a sort of porridge with the dreaded SMD-stuff, processors or custom chips, which is complicated to repair - or not intend to be anyways.
Currently I have a Sony STC-7000 + TA-3200F on the bench, which needed some love and spares. Today it was intended to put them "in the wake-up room" and test the success - or the lack of.
The STC's FM Muting does not work while switch and wiring are perfect. Hmm. And all of a sudden the left channel disappeared with scratching and noise on FM. Ah. The dreaded Sony CX-0462 strikes again. Found a possible fix here and will report back later.
lini
just me...
Well, as far as I'm aware, there aren't all too many active German AK members at all - let alone active German AK members, who also are active Dual-Board(.de) members. I.e., myself aside, I'm currently only aware of Thorsten (@Thorsten R.) - while I haven't noticed any new posts by Stefan (@highwaychild) during the last six years or so...
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini
We used to drive from the Trier area all the way north through Holland to the North Sea and then back in a day... We went to Munich and back in the same day many times.Great. Bielefeld is fairly often my first target during the week, since the most spare parts are delivered there.
Then you might recall that nothing in Germany is really far apart.
A few hours in the car on the Autobahn brings you to neighboring countries, to the shores and into the mountains.
Hope you'd enjoyed the time.
West-Germany - at that time - had about the size of the US State of Oregon.
But it sounded bigger in the News and people often wonder how and why such a small country could cause that much trouble ...
Todays Germany after the reunion is half the size of the US State of Texas. (137.988 sq miles vs. 268.581 sq miles).
But there are 83 million people living here.
Just a bit bigger than my current residence of New Mexico, which is 121,590 square miles and has a jam packed population of 2.13 million (almost half of them are here in Albuquerque).West-Germany - at that time - had about the size of the US State of Oregon.
But it sounded bigger in the News and people often wonder how and why such a small country could cause that much trouble ...
Todays Germany after the reunion is half the size of the US State of Texas. (137.988 sq miles vs. 268.581 sq miles).
But there are 83 million people living here.
Thorsten R.
Super Member
Hey Peter! Nice to know you´re here!
(Bielefeld gibt´s doch gar nicht) (for the rest of the world - that´s a German internet insider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy)
(Bielefeld gibt´s doch gar nicht) (for the rest of the world - that´s a German internet insider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy)
Gruess dich! Ich bin als Auschtauschschueler in Hamburg gewesen von 1972-73 und danach oefter zurueck nach Deutschland gekommen. Und eine Neffe von meine Gastfamilie war damals neulich ein Braumeister in Einbeck geworden. Wir sind ziemlich oft dahin getremmt -- das Bier kannn man trinken. Und gleich neben an liegt Bad Gandersheim, heimat der Schroeders.