On Feb 18, 8:53*am, Kevin Alfred Strom
wrote:
On 1/28/2012 6:36 PM, wrote:

* In rec . antiques . radio+phono *there's a discussion of a Western
Electric ERPI *audio power amp that sold for north of thirty grand to
some rich oriental collector. Have you looked into the phenomenon of
Audiophiles in general, and this Japanese/ other Asian obsession with
this old Western electric theater gear, from the perspective I know
you have and which I somewhat share?

* It wasn't something Dr. P ever talked about because he had way bigger
fish to fry....but it is interesting, yes?

Yes, even old Western Electric and RCA intercoms -- and knobs, for
heaven's sake -- are going for crazy, astronomical prices. Some of
the old gear sounded really good, to be sure. But it's become a
tulip-bulb-craze type phenomenon -- a mostly psychological
money/status thing...

With all good wishes,

Kevin, WB4AIO.
--http://nationalvanguard.org/http://kevinalfredstrom.com/

Anything American-made ,prior to about 1970 was of exceptional
quality . Ever seen an Andrea television from the inside ?
Personally, I never liked RCA . Most of their stuff was mass market
oriented . Majority of their transformers (both power ans well as
audio) looked and behaved appropriately . The vacuum tubes were much
better, most of the time, but not always ... Now WE was the real
stuff . It was meant to be run around the clock . And it did , with
flying colors . And it still does . Fifty+ years later.