View Full Version : Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)
Denon POA6600 monoblocs with the pre-amp. Top dollar but tempting nonetheless
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127920549513?itmmeta=01KW4KE6M2AA1BBH80HSEBGV2K&hash=item1dc8a8ae89:g:2ukAAeSwHJ5qLZ6J
Now that I like and could use. Monoblock amplifiers with balanced line input, a preamplifier with a balanced-line input and balanced outputs. Excellent!
Ideally there would be another balanced-line input, but you can't have everything.
Pete The Cat
28-06-2026, 10:25
In this ever-changing world it's nice to know that whatever the decade or whatever the fashion Denon products will always be gorgeously brutalist and chunky.
Not ebay but always fancied some of these - a lot of speaker for £1500
https://www.emporiumhifi.com/loudspeakers/jbl-ti5000-loudspeakers/
Looks like good value for an aluminium cabinet speaker with AMT drivers. Not new by any means but I bet they sound pretty good based on what the Piega 611 does at around £15K.
They would cost around £9.5K now inflation adjusted.
https://ebay.io/m/qyMUZA
Pete The Cat
01-07-2026, 08:36
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127944853452?_skw=exposure&itmmeta=01KWEBTRMSCK3TGW4HEEH0CGTV&hash=item1dca1b87cc:g:bJQAAeSwnx1qP-O-&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA4GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xAwQVLKr zq710OADiDCNtuBTd%2BYiplblqpxkP7D9qboKm0ar42eMIJkN pHVUfWK8RTihqodTVqdLr2wj28P8AX3ScpWBdx0FgeIzZK%2BR L35omZ7avORtXD84HVLv%2BBLP14xWuLdl0OaqUpnCe1rjd5Kd fgncBjpGsMWoCcPrCSJo%2FnbcV8zki1O7AKgs%2BQ5aYvLcJz ByMKUon0EeJ5Wz0iwW0CSsK%2Fx3voU2n0o83ZbbWDqIs3Ypib 8dgrExqfy0TsRFot3AOap0Yn0rvwci9Cp%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-yK68vjZw
I picked up one of these a few years ago as back-up when my Avondale Monos needed time off for servicing. The XXVIII is part of the range after John Farlowe left Exposure so it doesn't have the same fan club. From what I've found it's a refined version of the Super XVIII. I'm not sure where else you'd find quality dual mono amplification with such dynamics and warmth for £400-odd.
Pete The Cat
04-07-2026, 18:24
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/358755637030?_skw=led+zeppelin+ii&itmmeta=01KWQ5KX183FBWFJ0EXYTEF2MH&hash=item5387809726:g:mgwAAeSw2IFqRmUD&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xD3%2BDu k9cU%2FwauiOxx7KgKwsHqIBywRsfq9Qtp9CVi2%2Ff6eWkiM% 2F0Zpt9sFCBhwsc5IOjF2hkEp8JMgV5OPiCsc2myEgxFWlnyth %2FHUG222%2BfPyvm88Dbv2ZseyemyaIqgfBg4i56i1DG4AApx on3qG4TsJdQc85rReMLCVeXC8UMhX3GMF6ihhh1O%2F7H6e%2F JpnbYGbp%2FfbqpMmG9sg%2BdfjY%2Bc%2FOgvi5eSojO%2BAS tVVeB92irWuUHGra9ZwGS9lF7Y%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7LSz-XlZw
This won't be around for long. Original US Robert Ludwig Led Zep II supposedly in 'VG+' playing condition.
EMT 938 looks in good condition
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/278137381718?
EMT 938 looks in good condition
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/278137381718?Been offered to me at £3301.30, a deal to be had if anyone's interested, collection only might hold it back, but then again if anyone's really interested I'm sure they'll want to collect it anyway.
Been offered to me at £3301.30, a deal to be had if anyone's interested, collection only might hold it back, but then again if anyone's really interested I'm sure they'll want to collect it anyway.
It's in Brum so fairly central to anyone except those in Scotland.
Yes, that is a good price for an EMT 938. Unlike someone in the UK who has a Linn LP12 for sale on eBay for £50,0000!
When I started this thread over twenty years ago, perhaps I should have finished the title with "(?)".
Collection only from Glasgow, and I am biased as I have a pair, but Spendor SP1s for £260 anyone? Stone cold bargain!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/158070430846?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164380.l178263&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=792ccfbcc2124a959209e7b923d64ad3&bu=43202488841&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20260710044404&segname=11021&recoId=158070430846&recoPos=2
Collection only from Glasgow, and I am biased as I have a pair, but Spendor SP1s for £260 anyone? Stone cold bargain!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/158070430846?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164380.l178263&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=792ccfbcc2124a959209e7b923d64ad3&bu=43202488841&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20260710044404&segname=11021&recoId=158070430846&recoPos=2
Look to be near mint condition, must be 1 careful owner. I'd take them all day over LS3/5a even though I like those too.
Yes it's an obsolete, lo-fi format, but who doesn't want one of these?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157994587019?
It would have been better if the function controls had been on a tray that could slide away underneath the unit when not in use.
Very tidy Aiwa 'Mini Compo' system:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/307068689259?
Tasty B&O 6500 system looks in great condition although not cheap:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117130864816?
Beobloke
03-08-2026, 21:26
Tasty B&O 6500 system looks in great condition although not cheap:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117130864816?
The one I'm selling on there currently isn't white, but is a lot cheaper... :whistle:
Today on 'Help! I've ruined my turntable!'
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/236988952802?mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338728743&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
Wants 600 notes for it 'untested' too. Good luck!
Pigmy Pony
06-08-2026, 16:00
Puts me in mind of that popular Neil Diamond song: "Sondek blue, no bugger wants one" :)
TT2 with Mission 774 and (broken) Dynavector 10x. The arm alone is worth the asking price. Turntable plinth is slightly scruffy but would take much to make it lovely. Weird mat probably needs replacing!
https://ebay.io/m/IUTE7A
Today on 'Help! I've ruined my turntable!'
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/236988952802?mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338728743&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
Wants 600 notes for it 'untested' too. Good luck!
Judging by the 'patina' of the arm, it looks as if the whole has been stored in a damp cellar for a year or more! And what was going through the owner's mind to paint the lovely reeded aformosa plinth blue? :spew:
Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!
Judging by the 'patina' of the arm, it looks as if the whole has been stored in a damp cellar for a year or more! And what was going through the owner's mind to paint the lovely reeded aformosa plinth blue? :spew:
Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!
My guess is that it was in shit-state previously - like you say, stored for a long time in a shed or garage - and he had half a tin of blue paint lying around.
Seller probably isn't the original owner, he's picked it up in a clearance or something, probably already painted like that when he got it.
Beobloke
07-08-2026, 16:32
TT2 with Mission 774 and (broken) Dynavector 10x. The arm alone is worth the asking price. Turntable plinth is slightly scruffy but would take much to make it lovely. Weird mat probably needs replacing!
https://ebay.io/m/IUTE7A
That’s a Ringmat by the looks of it.
Definitely a candidate for the bin!
When you say 'Good looking turntables' no-one thinks 'Thorens TD160' - but wait!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387273923464?
Pigmy Pony
08-08-2026, 13:46
When you say 'Good looking turntables' no-one thinks 'Thorens TD160' - but wait!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387273923464?
I like that colour :sofa: Makes a nice change from shiny black or wood colours.
I like that colour :sofa: Makes a nice change from shiny black or wood colours.
That's what I'm saying, it looks really good like that.
Pioneer R200 receiver - you don't see these every day (Jap voltage and it's in America though)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/318558878084?
Pigmy Pony
14-08-2026, 20:31
Pioneer R200 receiver - you don't see these every day (Jap voltage and it's in America though)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/318558878084?
I can appreciate a bit of vintage as much as the next man, but that gets a hard 'no' from me. A lot of money for an oversize clock radio that hasn't even any nostalgia value for me.
I can appreciate a bit of vintage as much as the next man, but that gets a hard 'no' from me. A lot of money for an oversize clock radio that hasn't even any nostalgia value for me.
It's a good-looking clock radio though, well I think so.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2026, 07:32
If I was looking to buy a vintage clock radio that was going for silly money I might consider this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227297403527?_skw=vintage+clock+radio+alarm&itmmeta=01M024FZVTHJR4WNV5B5CFY687&hash=item34ebfb2287:g:zvsAAeSw0lZp220V&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCqmHiOC pdAxiPg5%2BCSbrk5g3ds3s8pbTcUkYzSWjYjH6QOxbwr9%2FT SFlaJ1%2BUxEFIgXWYqZ%2B6wNH6D1eoTZ%2FTPGs5WTQJHmnx EqxKrreKoUnHhA5NINUSSJt1S86EUNWLrhSGb%2BwWZ7DPe9VC yUEzmBe3B9qoi10optHKqsKIkIT4%2Bs67JY5dHJJLQS7OFry4 RlBaRx37UqMrhyuM6ZRVfNjBCHWTOHYL2lM2q5%2BTir3T2QsH Cpkp0YcGcwvSdCmDJKjzvcc783EOjZ4xOstNqUepUZprw0vbgV Nj17zqnmNlBUIH5Q%2F2ufBYtHExzlAU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMov 6_xIBo
I used to love my old clock radio, what better way to be woken up?
Well, maybe with one of these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188026303387?_skw=vintage+teasmade&itmmeta=01M0255KR7QA6AFZ2J63AXVZ1P&hash=item2bc73db39b:g:vwwAAeSwfxlpg7eE&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCIXdiXi t9h9uROFuVAgawawE5R17Yi7Z2eK4WeoP%2FqgiEth%2FIHkNG xUtVa9AIeFfq2vQv5FXkVyu1nscrfZ5RvdIonAPVvQpt7cVRee I761MqD%2Bx2z%2BgAB89OfJaHaBdmhPk18sOJmxLeWug%2BIX es2a4q%2BP8RDwyWT4ZYhpLA3aUXqJsey9s5TGn6qrEA1W2QQE xVguGoMTwuhrOCkMWC9jwHo5hHyNcpzveS9PMCU7eMcfjaTgu2 sy8mrHHDk6XM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7K8lsWAaA
No radio though, which is a shame.
It's a good-looking clock radio though, well I think so.
It's one of the ugliest things I have ever seen!
If I was looking to buy a vintage clock radio that was going for silly money I might consider this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227297403527?_skw=vintage+clock+radio+alarm&itmmeta=01M024FZVTHJR4WNV5B5CFY687&hash=item34ebfb2287:g:zvsAAeSw0lZp220V&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCqmHiOC pdAxiPg5%2BCSbrk5g3ds3s8pbTcUkYzSWjYjH6QOxbwr9%2FT SFlaJ1%2BUxEFIgXWYqZ%2B6wNH6D1eoTZ%2FTPGs5WTQJHmnx EqxKrreKoUnHhA5NINUSSJt1S86EUNWLrhSGb%2BwWZ7DPe9VC yUEzmBe3B9qoi10optHKqsKIkIT4%2Bs67JY5dHJJLQS7OFry4 RlBaRx37UqMrhyuM6ZRVfNjBCHWTOHYL2lM2q5%2BTir3T2QsH Cpkp0YcGcwvSdCmDJKjzvcc783EOjZ4xOstNqUepUZprw0vbgV Nj17zqnmNlBUIH5Q%2F2ufBYtHExzlAU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMov 6_xIBo
I used to love my old clock radio, what better way to be woken up?
Well, maybe with one of these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188026303387?_skw=vintage+teasmade&itmmeta=01M0255KR7QA6AFZ2J63AXVZ1P&hash=item2bc73db39b:g:vwwAAeSwfxlpg7eE&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCIXdiXi t9h9uROFuVAgawawE5R17Yi7Z2eK4WeoP%2FqgiEth%2FIHkNG xUtVa9AIeFfq2vQv5FXkVyu1nscrfZ5RvdIonAPVvQpt7cVRee I761MqD%2Bx2z%2BgAB89OfJaHaBdmhPk18sOJmxLeWug%2BIX es2a4q%2BP8RDwyWT4ZYhpLA3aUXqJsey9s5TGn6qrEA1W2QQE xVguGoMTwuhrOCkMWC9jwHo5hHyNcpzveS9PMCU7eMcfjaTgu2 sy8mrHHDk6XM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7K8lsWAaA
No radio though, which is a shame.
How about the Swan STN100RADN ?
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2026, 10:19
How about the Swan STN100RADN ?
Not a bad looking unit, but I wouldn't get the use out of it - I can't face brews first thing. Anita had a teasmade years ago. Then she met me, making the teasmade redundant :)
At a car boot I bought one of those old clock radios where the time display is on flip down cards rather than being digital. The mech that changed the cards was knackered, so I intended to fix it but never got round to it and in the end I chucked it out. Probably shouldn't have done as there's one for sale on eBay at £156
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276902813424?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-153316-527457-
The one I had was way more upmarket than that too.
This is the one that Marty McFly has by his bed in 'Back To The Future' (Panasonic RC-6015)
https://i.ibb.co/WpHvSz1s/s-l1600.webp (https://ibb.co/mFR5Qy7S)
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2026, 10:51
At a car boot I bought one of those old clock radios where the time display is on flip down cards rather than being digital. The mech that changed the cards was knackered, so I intended to fix it but never got round to it and in the end I chucked it out. Probably shouldn't have done as there's one for sale on eBay at £156
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276902813424?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-153316-527457-
The one I had was way more upmarket than that too.
This is the one that Marty McFly has by his bed in 'Back To The Future' (Panasonic RC-6015)
https://i.ibb.co/WpHvSz1s/s-l1600.webp (https://ibb.co/mFR5Qy7S)
Perfect, I could live with that one. Is actually very similar to one I had in the 80s. And I would prefer the 'flip' numbers anyway, I have experienced crappy digital digits disappearing over time.
Not a bad looking unit, but I wouldn't get the use out of it - I can't face brews first thing. Anita had a teasmade years ago. Then she met me, making the teasmade redundant :)
OK, but why then cite a teasmade in the first place?
Perfect, I could live with that one. Is actually very similar to one I had in the 80s. And I would prefer the 'flip' numbers anyway, I have experienced crappy digital digits disappearing over time.
You know how many cards there are in those things? That was the main reason I gave up on fixing it. But I wanted one because of 'Back To The Future.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDxy8mbWV_M
When I was at school I had a digital one, Akai, with the faux-wooden case. Gave it away when I left University as I was on the dole and didn't need it. Looked for another one since, no chance.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2026, 13:21
OK, but why then cite a teasmade in the first place?
Well just because my first waking breath doesn't come with a mouthful of tea, I know there will be others for whom it does, so... also, the one I linked to looked to be a bit of a bargain and it was on Ebay, so met the criteria (or is it criterium?)
Can't get started without a brew.
Brew, ciggy, first breakfast, brew, ciggy, second breakfast, brew, ciggy. Then I'm ready to take stock of the day.
"criterion" if singular (i.e. cheap price, or available on eBay), "criteria" if plural (i.e. cheap price and available on eBay).
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2026, 14:56
"criterion" if singular (i.e. cheap price, or available on eBay), "criteria" if plural (i.e. cheap price and available on eBay).
Cheers, Barry :) If you'd been my English teacher I may have done better at school. Though I did get my GCE O level (just).
walpurgis
27-08-2026, 17:41
Picked one of these up out of curiosity. A fairly scarce AMC 3000 integrated amp in nice condition.
It's really surprised me. As a development of the NAD 3020 I'd expected it to sound decent, but to my ears it's noticeably better and very pleasant to listen to.
https://i.ibb.co/0xhZCtf/Front-jpg-22f039bd35d9e5f2ae8d180e8b6ffb7d.jpg (https://ibb.co/3nBWpz0)
More akin to the Denon PMA250 at least in the look of it?
Sort of vaguely recall AMC from early 90s. HFW might have reviewed one.
walpurgis
27-08-2026, 18:42
More akin to the Denon PMA250 at least in the look of it?
Sort of vaguely recall AMC from early 90s. HFW might have reviewed one.
Couldn't find a proper review and to my ears it has a different character to the Denon (which was decent enough).
southall-1998_mk2
27-08-2026, 18:43
What speakers and source are you using nowadays, Geoff?
S.
walpurgis
29-08-2026, 13:24
What speakers and source are you using nowadays, Geoff?
S.
Hi Shane, hope you're doing well mate.
Currently, the source is just my old Pioneer PD-S505 Precision CD player. I shall swap over to my Trichord Digital Turntable and Monarchy Audio DAC at some point;
The speakers are home built and rather unusual. They are omnidirectional, using full range 5.5 inch high sensitivity upward firing drivers with reflector/diffusers, in floorstanding 1/8 wavelength transmission line cabinets. They're sounding rather good.
I'll be posting pics on my Deaf Row blog at some time.
Are you using anything interesting?
southall-1998_mk2
29-08-2026, 14:19
Hi Shane, hope you're doing well mate.
Currently, the source is just my old Pioneer PD-S505 Precision CD player. I shall swap over to my Trichord Digital Turntable and Monarchy Audio DAC at some point;
The speakers are home built and rather unusual. They are omnidirectional, using full range 5.5 inch high sensitivity upward firing drivers with reflector/diffusers, in floorstanding 1/8 wavelength transmission line cabinets. They're sounding rather good.
I'll be posting pics on my Deaf Row blog at some time.
Are you using anything interesting?
I have vague memories of your Pioneer PD-S505 but none of the Trichord. I don't recall seeing it when you lived in Southall. Lets face it, we haven't met since 2014!
No HiFi for me at the moment.
Daily drivers are dirt cheapo superlux headphones plugged straight into PC. No dac/amps involved, just don't need them.
Do you also stream, Geoff?
Looking forward to the pics!
S.
walpurgis
29-08-2026, 15:41
Do you also stream, Geoff?
S.
Nope. No streaming. Not yet.
southall-1998_mk2
29-08-2026, 16:08
Nope. No streaming. Not yet.
Deep down you mean = Never gonna happen.
;)
S.
Pigmy Pony
05-09-2026, 14:11
Fella that bought my vintage Sony amp sent me pics of some of his kit, which included a tidy-looking pair of Nightingale NM1 speakers. And some Beovox S45-2s that also looked nice, which he got off Ebay for £1.75. Now that must be a proper bargain :) I've tried to persuade him to post more on here, it all looks like interesting stuff, especially those Nightingales.
I think the Nighlingale NM1 speakers were originally designed specifically for Jeffries Hi-Fi in Sussex.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~CIAAeSwhERo1~2A/s-l300.jpg
They were one of the first multi-driver speakers to pay attention to the phase arrangement of the drive units. The NM1 used a KEF 139 bass unit in a transmission line enclosure, with open baffle Peerless K040 MRF mid range and Isophon KK8/8 tweeter.
https://img.usaudiomart.com/uploads/large/5753716-5bb1afb8-falcon-acoustics-nightingale-nm-1-kef-b139.jpg
https://img.usaudiomart.com/uploads/large/5753722-2b95523a-falcon-acoustics-nightingale-nm-1-kef-b139.jpg
Looks like a similar idea to the Dahlquist DQ10 but simpler.
Yes, Jeffries Hi-Fi were distributors of the Dahlquist DQ10, which no doubt influenced the design.
walpurgis
05-09-2026, 17:54
I remember the Nightingales. They were quite well liked if I recall correctly. I think the slot port was the termination of a transmission line, rather than a Hemholtz port.
Wow! I’d forgotten all about Nightingales. Sold a few pairs around 1975. Brilliant at imaging, but not great at impressing customers’ wives.
That was a really exciting time. The top range stuff we’d been selling were the likes of Dual turntables (601 and 701), big Yamaha receivers and Gale 401s, when a customer asked us to demo this system against another system so he could decide which to go for. We agreed and pitched up to his place, set up the system and had a good listen. We then took our system down and the other dealer set up the competition; Linn LP12, Grace G707, Supex, Naim NAC somethingorother/NAP250 and DQ10s.
Say what you like now about Linn and Naim, but we put the slow moment of Shostakovich Piano Concerto no 2 (Christina Ortiz, HMV ASD3081, the impact was such that that album was engraved on my memory) and our world was never the same again. We didn’t get the agency for Linn or Naim, but it completely changed the way we listened to and judged equipment, and we did get Nightingale, Rega and A&R and similar, and I think sold better and more involving systems as a result.
i wonder where he got the replacement foam fronts and covers? The originals must have disintegrated long since!
Wow! I’d forgotten all about Nightingales. Sold a few pairs around 1975. Brilliant at imaging, but not great at impressing customers’ wives.
That was a really exciting time. The top range stuff we’d been selling were the likes of Dual turntables (601 and 701), big Yamaha receivers and Gale 401s, when a customer asked us to demo this system against another system so he could decide which to go for. We agreed and pitched up to his place, set up the system and had a good listen. We then took our system down and the other dealer set up the competition; Linn LP12, Grace G707, Supex, Naim NAC somethingorother/NAP250 and DQ10s.
Say what you like now about Linn and Naim, but we put the slow moment of Shostakovich Piano Concerto no 2 (Christina Ortiz, HMV ASD3081, the impact was such that that album was engraved on my memory) and our world was never the same again. We didn’t get the agency for Linn or Naim, but it completely changed the way we listened to and judged equipment, and we did get Nightingale, Rega and A&R and similar, and I think sold better and more involving systems as a result.
That's pretty funny, getting two dealers to come to their house and having a 'best system' competition. No pressure for you then!
Probably just down to the speakers really - I quite like the Gale 401 but they are a rocker's speakers. Never had a listen to the Dahlquists but seems to me from the design that they'd be a lot better with classical music and for soundstage in general.
That's pretty funny, getting two dealers to come to their house and having a 'best system' competition. No pressure for you then!
Probably just down to the speakers really - I quite like the Gale 401 but they are a rocker's speakers. Never had a listen to the Dahlquists but seems to me from the design that they'd be a lot better with classical music and for soundstage in general.
IIRC the owner of our shop was less than enthusiastic but we (Peter Comeau and myself) had heard a lot about this new-fangled stuff so we were keen to see what the fuss was about and show how much better our system was. The other dealer was a close friend of the customer and I think he was hoping to convert us to the cause, which he did!
I think you’re probably right that a lot of it was the speakers, but I think also the cartridge had a lot to do with it. We took a Dual 701, which is no mean performer, but it was fitted with a Shure V15 which was no match for the Supex in musical terms.
The overwhelming difference between the two systems wasn’t so much the depth of soundstage, it was the way they conveyed the emotion and suspense of the performance. One system played hi-fi, the other played music.
Some time later I had a pair of DQ10s in my bedroom running off a nondescript Technics receiver and a home-made turntable (surprise surprise). It had none of the magic of the system we heard that night until I broke the bank and bought an Ortofon MC20. That made it sing, so in retrospect the Japanese receivers the we subsequently vilified were probably far better than we gave them credit for.
Lockwood Majors with Gold drivers. In Edinburgh:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/278353314394?
Defo worse ways of spending £5k... Doubt I'll ever sell mine.
Marco.
It's a lot of speaker for the money especially with the prices of new speakers being what they are these days. I see little diddy 2 way towers costing more than that now and the SQ of them is mostly meh at best.
Completely agree.
For me, it's all about SPPV, and that's where quality vintage hi-fi has the edge on its modern counterparts - even more so when the former is judiciously modified with the best modern components, thus getting the best of both worlds:)
Take something that's intrinsically well-engineered and just allow it be the best that it can. That's my mantra, and when done well, it's an approach that's difficult to beat.
Marco.
Lockwood Majors with Gold drivers. In Edinburgh:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/278353314394?What's for sale here? I seem to see 3 speakers?
Plus Keith. I have a book signed by Ron Wood in person at Selfridge's department store. Just sayin'.
Proof.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260908/8bdb13204a9a333b863af68e480ffbf2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260908/635f8212b327b170a67ce58ccc5f7596.jpg
That's cool.
Fairly sure the ad's for two speakers but agree it's not 100 percent clear.
Fairly sure the ad's for two speakers but agree it's not 100 percent clear.
I agree it is ambiguous - the title says "speaker" (singular), whereas the images show two or three speakers. The close ups appear to be of one speaker only.
Can't imagine why anyone would want a single speaker. :scratch:
I agree it is ambiguous - the title says "speaker" (singular), whereas the images show two or three speakers. The close ups appear to be of one speaker only.
Can't imagine why anyone would want a single speaker. :scratch:Exactly what I thought.
They're not Acoustic Research, they are RAM, but they are certainly a bargain, even though they need a refurb on the cabinets.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/307190732973?mkevt=1&plmtId=1100001&mesgId=8604729843702962499&mkpid=0&emsid=enull.m164380.l178264&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid&bu=43202488841&trkId=d05b7125-4cd7-3205-9b47-9e62abe4ea1a&cnvId=375debb5-2944-4697-a3db-a4f8bb676c5d&cnvCtxId=02e3ce37-f254-47c0-ae0d-55af87f80a63&osub=-1~1&crd=20260921044140&segname&recoId=307190732973&recoPos=1
Not sure where I am with this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/198649883066?
Pigmy Pony
21-09-2026, 20:22
I don't like it. It's like nailing an iPad to the dashboard of your car to make it look more modern. You can buy separate VU display units that look pretty cool and don't cost a lot. Someone on this forum got one a couple of years ago, can't remember who.
Like this one, £150 off the Amazon.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61gae0PP7fL._AC_SX679_.jpg
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