Bargains on ebay?

[Barry]

It's pretty cheap at the moment too for an EMT! Unless some 'big guns' come in right at the end, this will indeed be a veritable 'Bargain on eBay'

Marco.

It went for £1434. That's about the going rate for the 948. Shame it didn't come with an EMT cartridge.

Regards

[Alex_UK]

Anyone know much about the JBE Turntable, especially the Series 3 here on ebay?? (I suspect DSJR will, I saw his moniker pop up on another site, after a quick google.)

In theory - Slate plinth, Direct Drive, external PSU, stylish (if you like the 70s...) - plenty to get excited about, and some interesting info on this site (the letters in the Press Section from the Tom Evans, MD of JBE are worth reading even if you're not remotely interested in the turntable!)

Are they any good? Anyone got one? What are they worth?

[DSJR]

It depends on the motor JBE were using at the time. the early Matsushita OEM drive hunted and slowed badly under any load over a 1.25g tracking weight. The later drives were fine in this and by the late 70's this should have been the case.

I'd regard the JBE as a good Rega alternative. it did sound good (with a dated late seventies sound) fitted with a Mayware Formula 4 mkIV and Sonus Blue. KJW1 sold loads of these at one point until we took on Linn and all but ditched everything else..

By the way, did you see which arms they were using on the LP12, STD and JBE at the show where they compared all three? SME III's......

I rest my case...

[hifi_dave]

IMO not a good example of a DD turntable. We had one in the shop when they were all the go with a certain reviewer and we never managed to sell one except the demo model around 18 months later and that was at trade..

It looked interesting and at the right price might be an alternative to a Rega Planar-2.

[Alex_UK]

Cheers Daves, Interesting that you both cite it as a Rega alternative, so with no arm/cartridge, treble figures would be silly, I guess. I don't need it, (or really have a use for it), but since when did that stop any of us?

[hifi_dave]

No, when the bug bites you just can't stop..

I keep buying vintage tuners, amps, reel to reels and the occasional turntable but I've got nowhere to put it all...

[goraman]

I bought these on Ebay for spare parts, I have a list of mods after years of trying different things with them.
I have never heard a headphone includeing electrostatic modles with a more expansive soundstage. I belive them to be some of the best headphones ever made and a well kept secret.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Good God!
Is that a pair of headphones or something you buy after you're tired of people kicking sand in your face!? I bet those springs take some breaking in!

I don't believe many pairs of those will have made there way over here, why don't you tell us about them?

[goraman]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I meant to post this I just got another pair!

In the 70's we lived very far out in the sticks by a large lake,we did have a couple of very cool FM Rock stations and even then i was an audio freak with little to no freinds close by so I spent hours and hours with these SuperX headphones and KLH modle 6 speakers.Some times I would listen to music from 4:00pm till 1:30am on school nights and weekends,summer vacation was sometimes an all night thing till early morning.
So they have a place no other headphones can touch.They still have a following and don't last long on ebay.They are known for there ability to play very low bass and there increadable 3D sound stage.
THey are not as heavy as they look,they are a 2 way desighn with a simple crossover. And haveing owned alot of very good headphones they are still my favorite for serious listening.I use a tube headphone amp with both them and my Grado 325i's and they just kill the Grados for imaging,bass and far less forward not so in your face as the Grados.
If you can find a pair get them you will be very happy for not much money in 1968 -1970 they where $70.00 to $90.00 depending on if you lived on the east or west coast. They are increadably over built and built to stand the hair up on your arms.The engauging factor is a 10!
The company built the best in there day but refused to advertise and a new company Koss made there product cheaper and had an increadable marketing campain and an active sales department.
Lack of dealers sent Superex out of buisness not long after they made some very fine electrostatic phones still a major rarity to colletors today.
The pro studio B is the pair to find,they are always gray in color,this modle was the raved favorite of every Radio Jock for years.The details these cans will bring can cause you to play a song over and over.

The best way to discribe the sound is like Tannoy Westminsters strapped to your head.

[Rare Bird]

Bagged another Minto Ferrograph 'F307 Mk.II' this morning £25.00