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Ok, I got one. Its a karma story but its funny. By the way, I am just an observer about the karma thing. I know its real but have no explanations or real understanding of it, any more than you do, probably less. This guy named Tony who worked at my shop several years ago as a Tool Maker, was at a wedding in a church. He was a bit hungry and noticed that in the church refrigerator there was a snickers candy bar.. He thought, "I'd sure like to eat that damn thing, but no, I can't steal it, especially in a church". So he has his own little battle going on between good and evil in his head.. Finally evil wins out and he says Phuck it! He grabs the candy bar and rips open the paper, takes a big bite, and hears a crack noise. As he pulls back the candy bar from his mouth, one of his front teeth is still imbedded in the snickers bar! Standing there with his broken smile, looking like a jack o lantern says " damn it, I knew I should not have taken the candy bar"!! Cost him $600.00 to fix his tooth. Instant Karma..

Yet another chapter of Life and Times of HiFi in South Jersey! I picked up a Celestion 5 in black, about three years ago, and just put it to the side, thinking someday I'll take apart a bunch of speakers for eBay, selling drivers and crossovers, as a single speaker rarely sells for much. Yesterday I was at the Goodwill store near work and found an identical match! $4.99. I looked around a bit for it's mate, but none seemed to be there. At the time, I thought it looked familiar, but what are the chances? First thing I did when I got home was dig a little, sure enough, it was the same! That just doesn't happen everyday! Last summer, BillWojo gave me a single KLH SIX, a couple of weeks later while at the local flea market I saw another SIX, but it was painted black and the bottom was peeling off(displayed upside-down?)! When I inquired as to the price, the little old lady said $25.00, but I have to take both, as they are too heavy for her to lift. I got the pair for a twenty dollar bill. That's kind of the same 'orphan uniting', because the black painted one was so rough. All three SIX's work fine, BTW. I have to test the new Celestion. I hope it works! Parts are not easy, especially the tweeters. I'll go back today and look for more. They don't all make it to the floor together. Supposedly the 5's are a damn good sounding speaker. The SIX's are legendary, sounding better to me than Original Advent Loudspeakers. Anybody else have a good orphan story?

What are the odds? Thanks for sharing bro.. The story you are telling is a karma story.. It all comes around. Even the help or price break that you may give to someone like Steven, who is recovering from surgery. You may consider the help small or no big deal, but its pretty cool when it comes back around, for no apparent reason! Seen it a lot in my life.. No surprise when good things happen to you Kevin, its the good coming back to you. Best part is, your old and set in your ways.

Raise a glass in salute!!

Yep was thinking of the snake charmer just the other day

I asked just a few days ago about AndrewJohn he has been gone for about 6 months. I met him at AXPONA last year. Nice guy

First thing I'd do is hit every switch, pot and connector with DeOxit and articulate them vigorously. Dirty tape monitor switches, balance pots, etc can almost eliminate the output. The least used ones are most suspect as they can build up a layer of crud that will not conduct. Oxidation on connector pins inside will do this, too. Hint: take pics if you are going to unplug a lot of connectors. Some will fit in multiple sockets. Clean the input/output jacks, too. Let us know if this helps.

Just got back from a jam session at a local bar, Dr Lou's in Roebling NJ were my brother and a bunch of other musicians that he grew up and played with in local bands gathered for a night of jamming. Almost every year when he comes into town from Atlanta Ga for the holidays he has a get together with his old friends. I can remember as a kid when he started playing and his group of friends would practice at our house in the rec room, all the musical instruments, the drum set, just taking over our space. We never minded, it was free and cool entertainment. Tonight almost every one of those guys were there and a few others I remember that he hooked up with in our later teen years. My brother played in a lot of local bands in the area and toured the country playing at different clubs. When he got married this all stopped until about 10 years ago when he dusted off his red hot Gibson guitar and started playing again. Tonight was just awesome seeing him and the guys I remember as a kid jamming away and they were having a blast. Thanks to Facebook and other social media the place was packed as a lot of folks came to see him and the guys play. It was the highlight of my holiday, a great memory. For those interested in checking him out, he is on YouTube, look for Jim Wojenski. Ok, I got a pic in. The fellow with the white hair is my brother, he's playing a borrowed gold Les Paul. Don't know much about the guitar, he borrowed it from one of the other band members. Not as pretty as his old 1957 Les Paul that was his regular axe for years. Sold that one to buy his first house.