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![An old floor speaker from the TRF days. [3024x4032 - 2.49MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/0fcc6d372e383838.jpg){kind=link}
![Don't be vague - ask for SPRAGUE. [3621x1435 - 868KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/6c0c8c4964144c88.jpg){kind=link}
![Old chips in my inventory. One last look before they go. [4032x3024 - 1.07MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/26163f66406f3bb8.jpg){kind=link}
![Thought they were Toyota tubes… [3024x4032 - 2MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/f6b1f4d9d1b195d7.jpg){kind=link}
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![Picked this up at the show today. [3024x4032 - 1MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/134cccb2cec96b33.jpg){kind=link}
![Picked up this hongkoidial special at the show. [2396x2820 - 828KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/195b5b7d2f4f4d3d.jpg){kind=link}
![I don't think capacitors are supposed to have warts. [3024x4032 - 609KB]](https://poal.co/static/images/10021328e68c0c1c.jpg){kind=link}
![Old part vs. New Part [3024x4032 - 1MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/21a22e54cdc3e399.jpg){kind=link}
![Brittany Venti with a weird forest cubical thirst trap, but I'm ogling that beastly CRT. [1638x2048 - 3MB]](https://poal.co/static/images/e8eae2c88d61e1e3.png){kind=link}