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This story is just so horrible, not sure where it belongs but I figured the guys that frequent this section should share my regret on this little story.
Approximately 10-11 years ago, I was about 15 years old. My father used to play in a rock band and at the time so did I. Some older guy that lived next door to the house that my father's band practiced in was moving away and wanted to get rid of some old stuff he had in his basement. My father said sure I'll take it. It turned out to be about a dozen or more preamps, power amps, and miscellaneous vintage McIntosh stereo gear. My dad took it home in the back of his pickup truck. Neither of us really had any knowledge of vintage rack gear and didn't know what to make of the stuff. My father did recognize the power amps right away and cleaned them up and began using them as speaker amps. These are old open top McIntosh tube amps 50 Watts each. He has two single channel units. I took one preamp just because I figured someone might know it was.
The rest..... we threw in the DUMPSTER... Probably between 6-12 working vintage McIntosh preamps and some other stuff.
I gave the preamp to my friends father who loves this stuff, he tried to buy the poweramps off of my father, but my dad was in love with his new amps which really pump out some nice sounds.
I did a cursory look around on ebay and some websites recently and noticed these preamps selling for if not hundreds of dollars each, but some sell for thousands. I just wish I knew then what I know now. I feel like such a moron. We threw this stuff in the dumpster.
Just thought I'd share...
Approximately 10-11 years ago, I was about 15 years old. My father used to play in a rock band and at the time so did I. Some older guy that lived next door to the house that my father's band practiced in was moving away and wanted to get rid of some old stuff he had in his basement. My father said sure I'll take it. It turned out to be about a dozen or more preamps, power amps, and miscellaneous vintage McIntosh stereo gear. My dad took it home in the back of his pickup truck. Neither of us really had any knowledge of vintage rack gear and didn't know what to make of the stuff. My father did recognize the power amps right away and cleaned them up and began using them as speaker amps. These are old open top McIntosh tube amps 50 Watts each. He has two single channel units. I took one preamp just because I figured someone might know it was.
The rest..... we threw in the DUMPSTER... Probably between 6-12 working vintage McIntosh preamps and some other stuff.
I gave the preamp to my friends father who loves this stuff, he tried to buy the poweramps off of my father, but my dad was in love with his new amps which really pump out some nice sounds.
I did a cursory look around on ebay and some websites recently and noticed these preamps selling for if not hundreds of dollars each, but some sell for thousands. I just wish I knew then what I know now. I feel like such a moron. We threw this stuff in the dumpster.
Just thought I'd share...
