Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

[Pharos]

I agree Quad stuff is generally well made and good, but the 303 has woolly bass and the top is muffled.

The 33 has all sorts of rebuilds available.

That series is very old now, and IMO bettered by much other equipment.

[walpurgis]

I agree. For around the same money. The 306 offers similar power to the 303, but better grip and far superior detail and transparency.

[walpurgis]

Monster Japanese integrated amp. Pioneer A-717 Mk.II in Bristol. This is a beast!!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pioneer-R...53.m1438.l2649

[mikeyb]

Monster Japanese integrated amp. Pioneer A-717 Mk.II in Bristol. This is a beast!!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pioneer-R...53.m1438.l2649

Looks like seller doesn't complete sales if item doesn't sell high enough, 7 negative feedback in 7 months for failing to complete sale

[Cycleallday]

Just been looking at the Hifi Hanger shop on ebay and there are some very nice tone arms worth looking at if you have the money eg Dynavector (including one Blue finish), Morch and Breuer. Looks like he bought some collectors stock over Xmas

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Hi-Fi-Hangar

A good honest guy to deal with based on my experience

[tapid]

Agreed. Lovely Morch tonearm, me thinks

[Barry]

Just been looking at the Hifi Hanger shop on ebay and there are some very nice tone arms worth looking at if you have the money eg Dynavector (including one Blue finish), Morch and Breuer. Looks like he bought some collectors stock over Xmas

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Hi-Fi-Hangar

A good honest guy to deal with based on my experience

Couldn't see the Breuer arm - which model is it?

[Barry]

I agree Quad stuff is generally well made and good, [B]but the 303 has woolly bass and the top is muffled.{/B]

The 33 has all sorts of rebuilds available.

That series is very old now, and IMO bettered by much other equipment.

Depends on the implementation and the speakers used; also very much dependent on the quality and specification of the output capacitors.

The 33 is 'of its time' and is, as you say, bettered by more recent designs, but in its day it was no worse than its competitors: Leak 'Varislope', Radford SC22 (though the SC24 was an improvement) and the Sugden C51.

[montesquieu]

Bloody hell when did it start being a grand for a second hand tik-tok ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Linn-Itto...EAAOSwYxBZ71iB

[smithie]

Bloody hell when did it start being a grand for a second hand tik-tok ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Linn-Itto...EAAOSwYxBZ71iB

about the same time a cheap pioneer stable platter model did
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pioneer-P....c100009.m1982