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Will the guy be your friend any more if they later ask "how's the hifi I sold you?" and you have to choose whether to lie and say it's great, or admit you sold it straight away, then he assumes you did it for profit and gets the hump. Some people won't care, others will. Best to be upfront about it probably.
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I'm not really looking to make a load of cash. Not even sure what he has or what 70/80s Quad stuff is even worth. It started because I was interested in the vinyl, and possibly the TT, but seeing as they don't want to sell the vinyl and I now have a TT, I am kind of wondering what the interest really is.Originally Posted by Audio Advent
Do you think anyone on here is likely to be interested in some old Quad stuff?
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If the price is right I'm sure people will be interested in Quad stuff...its quite popular
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I'll find out what they have and see what he wants to do.
Have to work out a charm offensive for the jazz vinyl!
PS. Grant, on your sig, could you add in where you bought all your individual pieces from with dates, prices paid and maybe marks out of ten. I just don't feel there is enough information in there.
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wouldnt want to scare myself Robert! but helps me see what i can do without...IE. nothingI'll find out what they have and see what he wants to do.
Have to work out a charm offensive for the jazz vinyl!
PS. Grant, on your sig, could you add in where you bought all your individual pieces from with dates, prices paid and maybe marks out of ten. I just don't feel there is enough information in there.
Regards,
Grant
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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Do you really need a back-up record puck?wouldnt want to scare myself Robert! but helps me see what i can do without...IE. nothing
Be honest with yourself here.
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Is that a euphamism along with Jazz mags? Always clean secondhand "jazz vinyl" before putting into use - don't know how it was, err... "cared for" previously.
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The scores on the doors...
so now I am in possession of:
QUAD 33
QUAD 303
QUAD FM3
SYSTEMDEK IIX
LINN BASIK LV X / A&R P77
Annoyingly I seem to have lost one of the arcane power cables that would link the FM3 to the 33. I am guessing one will not be too hard to track down but I shan't be hanging on to it either way really. Other than that everything is present and correct.
I have plumbed in the 33/303 between my CDP/PMCs and it is rather lovely really. I haven't done a big compare to my Brio3, but I am pretty sure it sounds nicer. I certainly like the look of it for a change anyway. Condition is that the 33 has cleaned up okay but it is far from MINT. It all works though on initial testing and I have listened to Dave Brubeck TIME OUT about four times so far and should probably just go to bed....
I actually like it enough that I am thinking about selling all the QUAD on, and getting maybe some other QUAD stuff. Brief googling suggests a 44/405-2 might be fun.
Not sure about the SYSTEMDEK. I think it will also be moved on, though there is a small chip to the glass platter at the centre hole. Other than that it looks to be in fantastic condition. I think it would probably make more sense to sell the arm separately, though I am also wondering whether it is worth trying it out on my TD-150/2. A little googling suggests probably its not worth the effort.
Any thoughts on any of that, oh wise community?
Robert
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