Those Big Black CDs......

It's all my grandson's fault!

We were cleaning in the garage, sifting through a bunch of stuff, tossing some, keeping more. I'm a real packrat, you know? Jordan (12) and Nick (8) were helping me. As I pulled a box of 33 1/3 LP's off a shelf, Nick shouted, "LOOK Jordan! It's a bunch of those BIG BLACK CDs!".

Well, l'm in the process of resurrecting those, and building a stereo system from vintage audio equipment..... the things I wanted in my youth but couldn't afford. Now I'm finding a whole new world, or old world, of classic audio gear. I'm hoping it's going to recreate the sound of music I remember from my teenage years, when music rally MATTERED to me. I know, CD's, MP3's and all the latest techie gear is so much more convenient now days, but it just doesn't SOUND the same. I'm betting that if I can re-capture that sound of old, I can relight the PASSION I felt about it all back then.

It's worth a try.

Plus, I'm a kind of a retro-tech junky in many ways. I like writing with fountain pens. I dig nice old arts & crafts furniture and decorating. I've got a floor model radio from the 30's... with TUBES. So why NOT start collecting audio gear from the "golden age", the 60's and 70's.

Stay tuned and I'll tell you more about it!