Just got back from picking up all the free stuff. The guy was an old hippie and he was super cool to meet. He was kinda way out there.
A really interesting story behind why he is giving it away too.
I got the Kenwood integrated amp, the matching tuner, a TT with a cart/headshell in one combo, a tape deck, a vcr, a tv, a tv stand, a bunch of wires, the remotes to go with the gear, and a pair of two way speakers. (no name, but probably sound decent)
He also gave me a big box full of old records that weren't in the post. All have pretty worn looking jackets, but I am excited to hear all the various music regardless of the condition. I got some sort of record cleaning brush to go with those, needs some solution though. He ended up keeping some of his favorites; the Beatles, most of the Hendrix stuff, Greatful Dead, etc. He told me that he had been to 19 Greatful Dead shows, and 4-8 times for each of many others in that stack, IIRC.
And lastly he gave me a print of a photograph he took. A nice sunset on the beach near where he lives. Great colors with some birds flying through the scene, and bit of surf in the foreground.
I offered to bring him some nice beer, but he doesn't drink... only
, so I gave him a little bit of cash towards that as a show of appreciation for keeping the vinyl and TT for me as promised, even after he got an offer for those.
I will get some pictures later, all of it is still in the truck.
Thank you Susurus for posting this... at least half the fun was meeting him.
