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First cars - not fair
So 80BJr and I both got delivery on cars in the past few weeks.
Mine has something like 105HP and originally came with AM/FM cassette as an option. His has 440HP - and - get this - air conditioning - standard! After something like 27 years in the garage, and after about 18 months with the restorer, my first car, bought new a few months before they closed the factory back when Jimmy Carter was president and I was skinny. I got it running again with a lot of replaced equipment, from the seats to the brakes, radiator, wheels, transmission, carburetors (dual carbs, like the earlier MGBs vs. the one they used as British Leyland slowly strangled the brand), etc. The original cost in 1980 was $7,770. The restoration cost a lot more than that (no speaker upgrade this year guys!), but boy, it's fun to shift gears again in my baby. The paint job is original although the hood and trunk had been repainted back in the 80s due to dents. So 80BJr wanted an Audi S5. He bought a new one a couple months ago, then changed his mind and took the Masterlu route, trading it in for a new RS5 after more than making the difference in price and depreciation on some meme stocks in one week. At 24 I was living in a 450s.f. two bedroom apartment in Wanchai Hong Kong trying to keep the mama-sans across the street from bothering me at night when coming home late from work (or, honestly, just as often from Lan Kwai Fong, where there were a few bars). That's how I got my handle, 80B - 1980 MGB. Now for the kicker - I still have to teach him how to drive a manual. Paddle shifters are for wussies IMHO. I can't complain too much - as I write this he's taking his mom - Bossgirl the mechanical engineer - to the Shelby American facility in Vegas. Bart, I've broken my rule again and had a couple glasses of wine before posting - please let me know if I've gone overboard!
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Sources: Vinyl: Clearaudio Innovation Wood turntable with 9" Universal tonearm, Da Vinci V2 cartridge, Stillpoints SS & Stillpoints clamp, McIntosh MVP 901, Apple Mac mini via Benchmark DAC 1, Aurender N100C via Schiit Yggdrasil Control: McIntosh C1100, Mcintosh MX151 Power: Mcintosh MC2301s (front), McIntosh MC501 (center), Mcintosh MC402 (rear) Speakers: Sonus Faber Amati Futura (front and back), SF Vox center Power/connections: PS Audio Power Port receptacles, RGPC 400 pro (2) WireWorld interconnects and speaker cable Last edited by 80B; 06-30-2021 at 09:51 PM. Reason: photos |
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Oh, and to prove I was (relatively) skinny, here she is with our German Shepherd, Maxine. Maxine loved driving around with her nose above the low windshield squinting her eyes as we cruised around.
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Sources: Vinyl: Clearaudio Innovation Wood turntable with 9" Universal tonearm, Da Vinci V2 cartridge, Stillpoints SS & Stillpoints clamp, McIntosh MVP 901, Apple Mac mini via Benchmark DAC 1, Aurender N100C via Schiit Yggdrasil Control: McIntosh C1100, Mcintosh MX151 Power: Mcintosh MC2301s (front), McIntosh MC501 (center), Mcintosh MC402 (rear) Speakers: Sonus Faber Amati Futura (front and back), SF Vox center Power/connections: PS Audio Power Port receptacles, RGPC 400 pro (2) WireWorld interconnects and speaker cable |
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For some reason I can’t see any pictures.
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Tony D'Agostino Momentum S250 MxV & HD pre; Linn Klimax Organik DSM, SonicTransporter, EtherRegen; Acoustic Signature Typhoon Neo, Koetsu RSP, Boulder 1108; Sf Il Cremonese; Shunyata Everest, Altaira, Sigma & Alpha v2 |
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Me neither
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Pics are showing fine on my computer.
- Buck
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Library: Speakers: Avalon Acoustics Isis, Subwoofers: (2) REL Acoustics 212SE Amplification: D’agostino Momentum preamplifier, D’agostino S250 stereo amplifier Digital: dCS Rossini CD/SACD transport, dCS Rossini DAC/streamer/master clock. Analog: Brinkmann Taurus table, Lyra Etna Lambda, Audio Research Ref. Phono 3 |
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Paul, nice car!!
Your son's too, but yours has that 70s-80s soul...
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables |
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