Nice looking allegedly original Radford STA 25 on Ebay ( item 190370542772) .. available at a Buy now price of 1395£ ....
wonder what it will fetch !
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Radford STA 25 on Ebay
Nice looking allegedly original Radford STA 25 on Ebay ( item 190370542772) .. available at a Buy now price of 1395£ ....
wonder what it will fetch !
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Cool. Could we have the link please, rather than just simply the item number - it makes it much quicker and easier to have a look - cheers!
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The price seems a lot compared with what they used to fetch, but in absolute terms this is well worth the asking price, I reckon - as long as condition is good.
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Linky-poo please, Chris?
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Cheers, John - I can never be arsed searching Ebay!
Wonder what it'll end up going for?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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HiFi Dave and i were bemoaning the fact that ebay is now very expensive indeed for some things - and, to be honest, forum chatter about certain things that aren't too easy to come by hasn't helped the situation.
Just think, I bought my SC2, tuner (T2?) and STA25 from the original owner in 1976 or thereabouts and it cost me around £120 for the lot...... Back in those days, there wasn't anyone (not even our service dept) who was willing to replace the leaky supply caps and I found some Tungsram EL34's in a radio shop in my lunch break..
If Marco, Steve or ANYONE here can give this a decent and loving home, PLEASE buy it, as it was one of the first valve power amps of its time to genuinely push the boundaries forward...
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Hear hear!Originally Posted by DSJR
Having owned an STA15 for years I'm a big fan. Most people would be amazed at what these amps can do - don't lump them in with Quads & Leaks - this is something else altogether.
There's more info on these in the AoS library!
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Very good iron in these by all accounts.
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