Hello from Oklahoma!

Turboj5525 said:
Thanks!

Friends have called me turbo since I was a kid and my lucky number was always 5 lol. Somehow it ended up with more numbers to be useable on certain large interweb sites.
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Also of note I would like to someday own a air cooled turbo 911! Lol. But currently my car issue as my wife calls it, involves a 79 Chevy C10 factory 454. Affectionately called "Melba Toast" lol
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WELCOME! I'm new here myself, but the folks at this forum are some of the most helpful carbon based life forms currently infesting this flat planet! I've been obsessed with Phase Linear amps since 1974 when I smoked a tweeter in Pacific Stereos most expensive Infinity speakers with a PL700/1 in their premier listening room with a salesman encouraging me to "turn it up, those speakers can take it!!" That was right before a large puff of smoke enveloped the front of that impressive loudspeaker. I was speechless!! As a married 21 year old who craved high wattage in stereo gear, I was in love with that Phase Linear amp- but there was no way I could afford a Phase Linear 700 at that time, I decided that night that some day / some how I would own a Phase Linear 700. I finally bought a well used PL700/1 30 years later. It finally died in 2018 after rockin' my world for many years... . Then I started hanging around this forum a few months ago hoping to find a way to repair my dead PL700/1 , and now I own a beautiful- recently built WOPL 700B. Watch out Turboj55- this website may cause you to act all patriotic & goofy!, there are guys actually HOARDING old Phase Linear amplifiers, with plans to upgrade them all with White Oak components. These patriots will prove that what was MADE IN THE U.S.A. can be RE-MADE IN THE U.S.A. even better & end the current trend toward disposable cheap Chinese made digital Hi-Fi domination of the audio enthusiast market.
:wav: WOW! Those guys are my heroes! :blob4::blob5::blob2::hello1::blob8::blob6::blob7:
 
Floyd Loonie said:
WELCOME! I'm new here myself, but the folks at this forum are some of the most helpful carbon based life forms currently infesting this flat planet! I've been obsessed with Phase Linear amps since 1974 when I smoked a tweeter in Pacific Stereos most expensive Infinity speakers with a PL700/1 in their premier listening room with a salesman encouraging me to "turn it up, those speakers can take it!!" That was right before a large puff of smoke enveloped the front of that impressive loudspeaker. I was speechless!! As a married 21 year old who craved high wattage in stereo gear, I was in love with that Phase Linear amp- but there was no way I could afford a Phase Linear 700 at that time, I decided that night that some day / some how I would own a Phase Linear 700. I finally bought a well used PL700/1 30 years later. It finally died in 2018 after rockin' my world for many years... . Then I started hanging around this forum a few months ago hoping to find a way to repair my dead PL700/1 , and now I own a beautiful- recently built WOPL 700B. Watch out Turboj55- this website may cause you to act all patriotic & goofy!, there are guys actually HOARDING old Phase Linear amplifiers, with plans to upgrade them all with White Oak components. These patriots will prove that what was MADE IN THE U.S.A. can be RE-MADE IN THE U.S.A. even better & end the current trend toward disposable cheap Chinese made digital Hi-Fi domination of the audio enthusiast market.
:wav: WOW! Those guys are my heroes! :blob4::blob5::blob2::hello1::blob8::blob6::blob7:
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Man that is the kind of story that makes me love all this stuff so much!! And although I was just a twinkle in my Dad's eye when this stuff was new I remember even as a small child seeing a lot of this equipment and knowing nothing but being fully aware it was really awesome stuff. For whatever reason I may not have even been able to articulate at that point, I was drawn to it. Today listening to music on this type of equipment is some of the best times I experience next to my children lol. I definitely feel the patriotic side of things too!!! One of my sons is in the Air Force and I have served the public of the greatest country in the world in one form or another for my entire adult life. I definitely feel a great sense of pride when I see the "Made in the U.S.A." logo on a lot of my favorite vintage gear. That fact about Phase Linear if I hadn't already, made me fall hopelessly in love with it even more. I agree with you completely the feeling of being MADE IN THE U.S.A. and RE-MADE IN THE U.S.A. is outstanding! The first thing I tell people about some of my favorite things is they don't make things like this anymore and I wish they did. I can imagine the young person who was maybe working their first "real" job going to work and helping produce, design, or engineer these awesome products and it takes me back to a simpler time when at least in hindsight things seemed better lol. I definitely have a tendency toward nostalgia. I love to hear the stories of those of you who were lusting after this stuff. Every time I use it I feel those stories when I'm fortunate enough to find and own a piece of history like these amps. And you are right this forum is outstanding. Been a part of many different forums over the years and this one and the members here are a standout! :usa2::usa2::usa2::usa2::usa2::usa2:
 
Nice to see you, to see you nice. Welcome to PHOENIX . No Rabbit hole here. Its more like a...... black hole. You come here and never get out. There is more cool stereo shit here than anywhwere else on the net dude so congratulations. Believe me once you connect a pre amp up to an amp and start running separates, its all over.
 
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