What's especially nice about Quad equipment is that they will still service/repair every item they ever made. My 303 will probably need new capacitors in another ten years or so. Not bad for a design that came out in the 60s.
John On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:46:31 -0000, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John > my question crossed your answer :-) > I once saw I guy I know from the flee market in Zurich getting a pair of > quad (mono) amps for nothing at an auction because > the auctioneer announced them as faulty computer powersupplies :-) I let > him > have the deal and nobody in the large audience noticed the wonderful > deal he > just made. > > The best part of my audio equipment today are 2 pairs of John Bower > active > speakers and still the Stax electrostatic headphones back from 1984. > > greetings > Markus > > > > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von > John Forbes > Gesendet: Montag, 27. November 2006 23:43 > An: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Betreff: Re: PESO:High Fidelity 1984 > > > Newer than mine, too, or some of it. My Quad 303 dates back to 1976, and > has been serviced once. They don't make 'em like that any more. > > http://www.polmed.co.uk//Misc/IMGP9632.html > > John > > On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:19:43 -0000, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> That stuff is new than what I have now. Probably better too. >> >> --graywolf >> >> >> Markus Maurer wrote: >>> Hi Pentaxians >>> Would you mind supporting my nostalgic feelings by showing me some of >>> your >>> first or just very old Pentax photographs >>> right now? >>> Sipping Havana Club and Coke at the moment I would really enjoy seeing >>> something of "the good old times". >>> >>> One of my fist shots with the ME Super in Switzerland. I had only two >>> small >>> rooms in an old house at lake Zurich when I returned from the Swiss >>> ship MS >>> Silvretta for the first half year and this was my first "real" stereo >>> equipment with a Harman Kardon Receiver, Swiss Thorens record player >>> and >>> Stax headphones and Allison speakers and lots of good Jazz and other >>> records >>> ;-) >>> >>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5262576 >>> >>> greetings >>> Markus >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
