We haven't met up for 4 years now, so we both felt it was time to do another visit. I mentioned to Nando about the stereo shop that opened here in town and said I'd show him a few stores while here. So we planned to meet up for lunch and Nando drove here to my home town of Chilliwack. He drove his Grand National down and met up at the coffee shop to park. We had to show each other the goodies we saved for each other and I also showed him my home subwoofer I brought to get checked out as well. The sub seems to be working, so I brought it back with me to take home again. It was good to see Nando after such a long absence.
When we both got to the coffee shop (within minutes of each other), a guy walking with a group came over and shook Nando's hand complimenting him on his Grand National. It is a sweet car indeed.
We first went to the local used bookstore that sells music- especially vinyl. He found a record to take back with him and we chatted with the store owner. Next up was the main attraction- Classic Sound. This is the stereo shop that specializes in vinyl/ turntables, and also sells used and new records, plus used equipment. They also sell new equipment and speakers. This is the place I bring my amps to get repaired. The tech here also makes custom gear and they will be custom making my tube phono preamp for me. We looked around and chatted with the store owner. I put a down payment on my phono pre while there. The owner mentioned he would allow the tech to look at my Pioneer deck to see if they can do anything with it.
Then went to lunch and caught up with each other on how things were going. Last stop was the other book store that sells records. All these stores were walking distances from each other. Nando found some Tomita records to pick up and a book as well. He commented on how nice our used book stores here are.
On the way back- Nando pointed out the brand new cassette he picked up for me. It was a Keith Richards tape of a new release. I had no idea that they release new material on cassette. In the bag was some reading material and also a reel tape Nando made up for me.
It was good to catch up with Nando and I mentioned when I get my own apartment, I'll be inviting him over to check out my stereo and media collection. Here are some pictures of the day.
When we both got to the coffee shop (within minutes of each other), a guy walking with a group came over and shook Nando's hand complimenting him on his Grand National. It is a sweet car indeed.
We first went to the local used bookstore that sells music- especially vinyl. He found a record to take back with him and we chatted with the store owner. Next up was the main attraction- Classic Sound. This is the stereo shop that specializes in vinyl/ turntables, and also sells used and new records, plus used equipment. They also sell new equipment and speakers. This is the place I bring my amps to get repaired. The tech here also makes custom gear and they will be custom making my tube phono preamp for me. We looked around and chatted with the store owner. I put a down payment on my phono pre while there. The owner mentioned he would allow the tech to look at my Pioneer deck to see if they can do anything with it.
Then went to lunch and caught up with each other on how things were going. Last stop was the other book store that sells records. All these stores were walking distances from each other. Nando found some Tomita records to pick up and a book as well. He commented on how nice our used book stores here are.
On the way back- Nando pointed out the brand new cassette he picked up for me. It was a Keith Richards tape of a new release. I had no idea that they release new material on cassette. In the bag was some reading material and also a reel tape Nando made up for me.
It was good to catch up with Nando and I mentioned when I get my own apartment, I'll be inviting him over to check out my stereo and media collection. Here are some pictures of the day.
Amazing Buick, rare down here, bet ya get a ton's of thumbs ups every day 
