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'tis an SX-650 - well spotted!

Posted by ElbowGeek (A) on April 23, 2007 at 18:43:09

In Reply to: OMG... posted by Jeff TOJ on April 23, 2007 at 18:05:43:

You leopard, you. Yes, it is indeed built like unto the proverbial brick privvy. And the sound is extremely good as well as providing adequate amounts of juice for the B&Ws on the shelf above. And yes, there is *nothing* like the feel of the tuning knob; this is the *only* way to change stations, watching the meters to see if you're on the station's hot spot. This was in the mid-lower range of receivers, yet the quality would cost several thousands to build today, even coming from China.

It gets daily use in my studio and it's great to show the kiddywinks I teach that just cuz it's older than their dads doesn't mean that it's useless (most of my kids are really cool actually and like the thing ;-)

As for the keyboard - Compaq??!!?? May the Lord smite thee! Seriously, up until the great flood of, oh, a week or so ago I was using an old IBM 102-key, which had that typewriter feel to it - gorgeous. But some water got in somewhere and now it's not behaving :-( The thing is built like the SX - bomb proof, with a fantastic ergonomic feel. But the current one is an older Dell which is not an awful replacement. The newer ones suck toad poopie though.

Geez, sorry for the driveling rant. Now back to your regularly scheduled Central Asylum...

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