That is very cool. Cygnus was a very cool cat, and always ready to help someone out and share his knowledge. Cyg is sorely missed.

On another forum I saw a young member with a CygnusX1 handle and immediately thought of Kevin.

I am getting close to finding the time for building my own. My 15 year old son is into hi-fi and wants to build a tube amp.

A neighbor put out by the curb two 1950's powered monitors his grandfather had made, Very 50's looking with two small legs in front and one in the back. A 12", 6x9, and a 4" tweeter. Each had it's own 15 watt amp inside - 12AU7, 2 EL84's and a 5Y3 rectifier. I asked the neighbor if I could rescue them and he said no problem.

My son and I added new power cords (one was crispy from a short) and a fuse for safety. We added a 1/4" jack for inputs, and plan to add RCA jacks as well. They both powered up nicely. He ran his iPod through them in stereo playing Mozart LOL!

Cool find Don I love old stuff like that.
I have a 1930's Coronado chair side tube radio I picked up at Goodwill for $20.00.
All the old tubes were still in it and it powered up just fine.
Wouldn't pull any stations in so I took the chassis out and shot some compressed air thru the tuning fins and now it pulls in AM stations from all over the country.
All it needs is a grounded power cord for safety reasons.

I have fixed all the scratches and polished it up since this pic.