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Whoa! I fell asleep for a few hours and 3 pages of welcome from you folks - with nothing but good, kind and generous things to say! "Ouch! Hey that hurts! Why did you pinch me!?" I said to myself. "Oh sorry... just making sure you weren't dreaming." I replied. "You weren't dreaming, idiot! The internet can be nice.", I thought to myself as I reached for the handkerchief. Excuse me... damn pollens are getting into the eyes. I would, and probably should, reply and thank each of you individually. But that'd inflate my post count artificially and get me banned, Holy Cow!, before I get a chance to exhibit my foot-in-mouth symptoms. Seriously, I really appreciate the warm receptions! Now... I need to bear down to read, read & read some more... There are serious knowledge to be learnt here. Thank you all in advance... P.S. I really like the idea of "refreshed and upgraded" as stated by the learned Zumbini. The notion of able to breathe new life into old gear is extremely appealing and, if successful, satisfying. P.P.S. I hailed from Mcintosh Country of Upstate NY originally, then passed thru the Great State of New Jersey (please don't blame me... I have nothing to do with that reality show.) and now I pray for rain in California.

He lives closer to Bellmawr. Not too far from me. Camden area. Congrats, Bill! Me was founding member of the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden. Look for that 3rd stone on the left side at the entrance - I paid for that!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha... From reading other welcome posts, I knew this was coming... Thank you! Seriously, as the saying goes, "nothing to see here"! I really don't think I have anything worthy of bragging. P.S. Midcoast Maine! So what's your opinion? Are genuine Maine lobsters better than those from Canada? Wooden boats, lobsters and Maine - anything better!?

Congratulations to BillWojo (of NJ)! Wow! 200 posts! As a newbie, this is my post number 3, 200 posts seems like a long long way away. Congratulations for achieving this important milestone. What part of NJ, Mr. Bill? I used to live 15 minutes from the boardwalk of Belmar. I don't care what people say, New Jersey is a very nice place - no joke!

First off, very happy to have found this place. I have owned the CT-17 & TFM-25 since the 80's and, along the way, added the AV-405 amp as a better playmate for the CT-17. These 2 are currently playing with a set of Energy Take-5 speakers, plus an Energy subwoofer, for the 32 in (gulp!) Panasonic TV (we don't watch too much TV). The TFM-25 is now paired with a tiny tube pre-amp for the 'music system'. Feeding that is a Micro Seiki DD25 turntable with the Grado G1+ cartridge and a Pioneer Elite Laser Disk/CD player. Yeah, you may laugh at me - old guy with old gears! I haven't bought any new audio gears for awhile... Backtrack even further, I built, from kits, a Dynaco PAT-4 preamp and the SE-10 graphic equalizer mated to a Dynaco QSA-300 power amp and, what else, a pair of Dynaco A-25 speakers. This should give you a sense of what kind of 'audiophile' I am... chuckle, chuckle. On occasions, I dabble in building my own speakers which is a whole different ball-game altogether. Anyway, apologies for not introducing myself before making my first post - seeking answer to my problem no less (ha!) The excuse is I'm still finding my way around to try to get to know the lay of the land. The truth is... these old eyes are bedazzled by the fancy graphics of the site, although I was looking for it, I just didn't notice the 'Welcome Wagon' forum - until now. So here I am... Howdy everyone! I'm really looking forward to learning from you Carver experts! Not sure how much I'd be able to contribute here - beside being an avid fan of Bob Carver (really liked his challenging the 'status quo').