Hello Everybody

[catnip]

My name is Chuck and I hail from Marietta, GA.

First, let me say thanks to Sonnie for creating this forum (and its predecessor). It's what led me to the DSP1124P and a very pleasing improvement to my sub-woofer installation.

Like Sonnie, I grew up a country boy in the south but somehow managed to find my way to towns and cities like Mobile, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis and now near Atlanta.

I've been in and out of hi-fi since the 50's (along with ham radio and a lot of related electronic stuff). We've pretty much always had a "decent" sound system starting with DIY JBL corner horns, Harmon Kardon amps and a Weathers turntable, and progressing (or regressing) over the years with components from Garrard, Luxman, Bose, McIntosh, Nikko, Belles, Sony and Pioneer. We dabbled in surround sound for 10 years or so with a simple Dolby decoder but didn't get serious until last year when we decided to "do it right" (mostly more, maybe a little less). Our current HT setup is in my profile.

I spent enough time in school to get a post-graduate degree in EE but spent most of my career doing technical work, sales and consulting work in the I/T industry.

A quick scan of this forum tells me it's off to a terrific start, and the quality of the posts looks really good as well. I look forward to sharing what little I have learned but mostly learning more from you good folks. Thanks for letting me join this journey with you!

[Sonnie]

Hey Chuck... welcome to the Shack! Good to see ya!

Thanks for the comps and look forward to hangin' out with ya for a long time. I know you got a lot to share with us.

[JCD]

I'm glad you decided to join our little party!

Interesting equipment you've got there. How and where did you pick your Acoustat 3 speakers? or your Perreaux PMF 5150B Main Amp?

Enquiring minds wanna know...

JCD

[catnip]

Hello, JCD. I wondered if anyone might notice the fairly antique equipment.

I've had the Acoustat 3's since they were new in 1982. Though no perfect, I've not found anything I like much better at anywhere less than many K dollars. I've even done a little DIY electrostatic work; they can be tricky but the results can beat almost anything out there. You need to couple them with a Transmission Line low-mid/bass driver to get the most from them, but when you get it right, they are almost unbeatable.

I found the Perreaux PMF5150B in 1991 in Atlanta. It terrific for driving the Acoustats since it can put out over 90 volts at very low distortion into a capacitive load without any strain. And it's built like a tank weighing in at over 90 pounds!