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walpurgis
13-07-2016, 10:18
As most of my old favourites are vintage, I'm starting this thread here, but I guess the Blank Canvas area would be just as fitting.

Anyway, there are items of gear I wish I still owned (if I had room :))

A few:

Leak Stereo 20, consistently fine sounding power amp. Rappaport Pre 2, a great pre-amp. Ortofon SPU and Decca 4RC carts, what can you say, lovely sounds. Tannoy Eatons, very sweet smaller classic duals. Harman Kardon 730 receiver, it did everything well and looked pretty. Goldring G99 turntable, up there with the best.

struth
13-07-2016, 10:33
A couple of things i would on reflection have kept had i known better, or had been wealthier. My beloved Musical Fidelity A1000 would be the main one. 50 watts class A...fab build quality too. MF have never built anything like it b4 or after....nor will they, as it would cost too much and probably breach the energy convention;)
Maybe also the yaqin amp i had, although that could be replaced easier... It was very good and a bargain for the money.

Firebottle
13-07-2016, 11:04
Quad 303, can't remember why or who I sold it to :doh:

realysm42
13-07-2016, 11:07
Nothing, currently. This may change as time goes by...

Simon_Nottingham
13-07-2016, 11:25
Back in the late 80's I bought an old Technics amp from a colleague at Laskys.

Unusually I can't remember the model, but it was big & black with brushed chrome controls and a damped glass drop down panel hiding the secondary controls. I really did like that one.

dantheman91
13-07-2016, 11:41
Celestion 66 :steam:

Was selling a few items when a local dealer started out in 2008....my 66's were in the same room and he made and offer of £200 and i said yes russ still uses them as far as i know....:eek:

Beobloke
13-07-2016, 11:56
An ADC Accutrac 4000 turntable - twice. I sold it and regretted it, so bought another one. Then I was made an offer I couldn't refuse on that one so sold it as well. I now have another one and wont be making the same mistake a third time!

I also wish I hadn't sold my GLL Imagio IC258TL loudspeakers or my Vestax PVT-E2 turntable.

Spectral Morn
13-07-2016, 12:20
Anything I had that I sold on I am mostly happy enough that I did - T&A V10 mk1 veiled and lacking resolution, wonderful looking but that's it. Pathos Logos - coloured and very heavy plod in the bass. EAR 864 - nice pre, but compared to what I have not transparent enough with an ok phonostage. Quad 2's coloured junk :sofa: Never could work out what all the fuss was/is about... each to their own I guess. Quad pre (same period as Quad 2s) - total junk. Audio Innovations Series 300 - nice but the Series 500 was better. Couple of Marantz CD players, nice but I was upgrading and each step at the time was better. Philips CD player - unreliable junk. Audio Technica CD player - complete and utter crap. Ariston Q Deck, nice but what I went to was better. Ruark Equinox - lovely speakers but didn't have the room to keep them. Rega RB300 arm, don't miss. Goldring Eroica - don't know why folks are interesting in these an ok cart, don't miss it.

What I miss, should not have sold: Voyd Valdi - total Muppet for selling that on. Audio Innovations Series 1000 mk3 :doh: Eminent Technology ET2 tonearm, what a total dick I was for selling it and trusting the person I did sell it to to sell it back when or if he wanted to move it on. That was the clause for me selling it to him. Garth you are a total weasel :steam:

Actually surprised how much I have sold on.

Barry
13-07-2016, 13:48
All the "equipment I wish I'd kept" - I did. Thus my house is full of audio gear; much to the bewilderment of my girlfriend.

Of the few items I have sold on, only the Revox G36 reel-to-reel machine (bought for £25) and a pair of homebuilt Mullard 5-10 amplifiers, are remembered with nostalgia and affection.

Yes I've had a couple of sets of Quad 22/2xII amplifiers. Dated yes, but no way could you describe them as "junk". The Quad 22 preamp can readily be dispensed with. I ran the Quad IIs using a Hafler DH-101 preamp into Quad ESLs. Maybe not as good a Leak Stereo 20, and certainly not as good as any Radford valve amp, but the Quads do have a gorgeous liquid midrange.

Firebottle
13-07-2016, 14:17
Pathos Logos - coloured and very heavy plod in the bass. EAR 864 - nice pre, but compared to what I have not transparent enough with an ok phonostage. Quad 2's coloured junk :sofa: Never could work out what all the fuss was/is about... each to their own I guess. Quad pre (same period as Quad 2s) - total junk. Audio Innovations Series 300 - nice but the Series 500 was better. Couple of Marantz CD players, nice but I was upgrading and each step at the time was better. Philips CD player - unreliable junk. Audio Technica CD player - complete and utter crap.

Don't hold back there Neil, tell us what you really think :lol:

Arkless Electronics
13-07-2016, 15:29
Leak Stereo 20 I had to sell in needs must situation... when they were only worth £70! Luckily a good mate gave me another one several years later:)

Roy S
13-07-2016, 15:59
Had one of these beauties

http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/GrimReaper1_bucket/Akai1-1.jpg

It had developed a fault so ended up binning it during a house move :doh:

Jimbo
13-07-2016, 17:31
Glenn Croft Modified Leak stereo 20, Garrard 301 and a Decca Blue, yep sold the lot 25 years ago to an old chap down the road after deciding Ceedee was the future.:doh:

Joe
13-07-2016, 17:54
Nothing, really. I sort of miss my Border Patrol power amp, but I was never really happy with a valve amp in the house. Other than, stuff I sold on or gave away had either served its purpose or been a PITA or just didn't suit. (I've still got two full systems, a spare CDP, preamp and power amp that I really ought to move on. Apart from the CDP which is there in case one of my two other CDPs conks out).

Macca
13-07-2016, 18:13
A minty Leak TL10 with almost fresh GEC valves. Like Jez sold it as needs must for £120 - could stick a nought on that now and the valves are probably a few hundred. KT61 I think. That was 20 odd years ago though.

Sot of regret selling my Celestion A2 speakers as they were mint and I let them go too cheap. Just felt there were too many speakers piling up. Not that bothered though.

Now a list of stuff I regret buying - that would be a long one.

Spectral Morn
13-07-2016, 18:50
All the "equipment I wish I'd kept" - I did. Thus my house is full of audio gear; much to the bewilderment of my girlfriend.

Of the few items I have sold on, only the Revox G36 reel-to-reel machine (bought for £25) and a pair of homebuilt Mullard 5-10 amplifiers, are remembered with nostalgia and affection.

Yes I've had a couple of sets of Quad 22/2xII amplifiers. Dated yes, but no way could you describe them as "junk". The Quad 22 preamp can readily be dispensed with. I ran the Quad IIs using a Hafler DH-101 preamp into Quad ESLs. Maybe not as good a Leak Stereo 20, and certainly not as good as any Radford valve amp, but the Quads do have a gorgeous liquid midrange.

Sorry Barry, but why anyone would spend big money on Quad 2s I don't know, I think it a tad mad - imho. The Leak TL20 is much better, as are Radfords. I have heard standard Quads, and reworked Quads and I don't rate them. The only Quads I ever heard that came close to being desirable were rebuilt and reworked by Peter Lindley a maverick speaker and amplifier builder, he was from East Anglia. Bar his speakers which were production items all his amps were one off items, none quiet the same as the last as he incorporated new ideas. His TVAs were nice. The others based on a Quad chassis were Concordant, which I heard in Fortress Audio in London, many years ago, nice but not essential.

Spectral Morn
13-07-2016, 18:54
Don't hold back there Neil, tell us what you really think :lol:

Yeah I was in one of those moods, diplomacy out the window. Harsh maybe but how I feel based on experience.

mikeyb
13-07-2016, 21:44
My beloved Musical Fidelity A1000 would be the main one. 50 watts class A...fab build quality too. MF have never built anything like it b4 or after....nor will they, as it would cost too much and probably breach the energy convention

This one ............ ;)

http://www.audioreview.com/cat/amplification/integrated-amplifiers/musical-fidelity/a1000/prd_115982_2717crx.aspx

:)

struth
13-07-2016, 21:57
This one ............ ;)

http://www.audioreview.com/cat/amplification/integrated-amplifiers/musical-fidelity/a1000/prd_115982_2717crx.aspx

:)

lol, yup that one....forgot about that.

http://imageshack.com/a/img839/391/dsc0004uhv.jpg

walpurgis
13-07-2016, 22:51
And. I wouldn't mind my Technics EPC-305MC and Fidelity Research MC-202 back either. Not the best MCs I've owned, but damned good!

YNWaN
14-07-2016, 09:08
The only bit of old kit I wish I'd kept was the Crimson pre/power I had - though only for sentimental reasons really.

Mr. C
14-07-2016, 10:42
Wadia 27ix and 270se, a great combination that made seriously good music a kind soul offered a price that was too good to turn down.

Yomanze
14-07-2016, 12:31
Guess it'd have been nice to keep all of the Royd speakers I'd collected, but then, it's been nice clearing out excess gear over the past couple of years.

Martyn Miles
14-07-2016, 14:15
A pair of Sony SS1000 speakers.
Actually B & W DM1s.
Got them for about £35 and sold them for
£60.

Ian7633
14-07-2016, 14:58
My Teac A-3340S, I had a lot of use out of it both as a nice bit of hifi and also recording demos in my previous life as an international rock god.......oh alright, struggling musician.http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g345/ian7633/teac_zps1fgwcfkz.jpg (http://s1097.photobucket.com/user/ian7633/media/teac_zps1fgwcfkz.jpg.html)

icehockeyboy
14-07-2016, 15:31
Where do I start?

Thorens TD 125 with firstly an SME 3009s2, and then a Rabco SL8E parallel tracker.

Classe CP pre/Lyngdorf SDA2175 pre, and loads of other things!

Macca
14-07-2016, 15:58
Reminds me I had a decent Kenwood linear tracker I stupidly sold. Not the best deck ever but I had no money to buy a replacement even half as good and ended up with a really shonky, plastic Phillips abomination. Meanwhile the bloke I sold the Kenwood to would tell me every time I saw him how great it was sounding in his system.

Happy days.

struth
14-07-2016, 16:09
Reminds me I had a decent Kenwood linear tracker I stupidly sold. Not the best deck ever but I had no money to buy a replacement even half as good and ended up with a really shonky, plastic Phillips abomination. Meanwhile the bloke I sold the Kenwood to would tell me every time I saw him how great it was sounding in his system.

Happy days.

what a bassa eh;)

Macca
14-07-2016, 16:51
He was from the Channel islands and we used to call him a Nazi collaborator. If there was a war film showing, when the Germans came on we would say 'Aye up Rick here's your mob now'. And suchlike. So it wasn't all one way traffic ;)

The Black Adder
14-07-2016, 20:18
Pioneer PD-91
B&O CD7000

Both are amazing sounding players and built really well.

User211
14-07-2016, 21:31
Pretty much nothing in all honesty. If it is good it stays, until something genuinely better comes along. Anything new has to beat what is there already. If it doesn't it generally goes within a few months or maybe longer.

ff1d1l
16-07-2016, 21:23
Stacked quads...Decca arm and a headshell mounted Decca, Decca tuner, pre and some monblock valve amps poss Decca too - too long ago to remember!

Barry
16-07-2016, 21:36
Stacked Quads...Decca arm and a headshell mounted Decca, Decca tuner, pre and some monblock valve amps poss Decca too - too long ago to remember!

:eek: Why did you get rid of them? Were they too big for you room? (That's the problem I have.)

Didn't know Decca made a tuner. That must be pretty rare, as are the pre and power amps.

danilo
18-07-2016, 17:53
As above.. absolutely Nothing I've previously owned and gotten rid of would I ever want back... even for free.
It was disposed of for genuine, well considered reasons.
Gear gets replaced by higher performance bits.. why go backwards ?

Macca
18-07-2016, 20:15
I've gone backwards many times. Often because something failed and the replacement was not as good. Sometimes through stupidity. I doubt I'm alone in that.

danilo
19-07-2016, 02:09
erm OK.
Trick is/was (at least for Me) was to buy ONLY best of breed available (even if not quite affordable) at that point in time.
Buy cheap... buy twice
OR if dim... repeatedly :lol:

jollyfix
19-07-2016, 05:29
erm OK.
Trick is/was (at least for Me) was to buy ONLY best of breed available (even if not quite affordable) at that point in time.
Buy cheap... buy twice
OR if dim... repeatedly :lol:
Sometimes buying only the best of breed etc , doesn't work. Expensive does not mean better, cheap does not mean worse.

Macca
19-07-2016, 07:28
erm OK.
Trick is/was (at least for Me) was to buy ONLY best of breed available (even if not quite affordable) at that point in time.
Buy cheap... buy twice
OR if dim... repeatedly :lol:

You have to know what is best to do that - and that is not always easy. Especially if you have to sell one thing to be able to afford to try another, which makes it harder to go back if you don't like it. I made a lot more progress once I could try new stuff without having to sell the old. Okay you accumulate a lot of kit, but you can then try all the options at leisure and distill it down to the optimum.

plastic penguin
26-07-2016, 05:41
Yeah, there's one item I still wish I still had: Pioneer SA-706 amplifier, first made in circa 1976. Kept it for 17 years and loved it paired with Wharfedale E20 speakers, which are still in my attic.

I've always had this thing for dancing VU wattage meters, and it's a pity there isn't more affordable modern amps with these meters. I know the new Yamaha 2100 looks the part, but somehow the Pioneer had that 'X' factor. It was a real pride of ownership amp.

plastic penguin
27-07-2016, 04:15
Also, in the loft, I have a Marantz tuner 2060ML. Like the Wharfedale E20s it works faultlessly.

hermit
27-07-2016, 12:34
I wish I had been able to hold onto these:

Akai GX-77

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/2014-06-15153017_zps743f3f47.jpg

AR6

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/AR6/2014-04-27122424_zps56ea5df6.jpg

JR149s with two JR superwoofers and LPAs.

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/JR%20Super%20Woofer/2015-03-28%2015.42.05_zpsibahhlqn.jpg

Martyn Miles
28-07-2016, 00:38
My first 'serious' amplifier was a Sony TA1010. Its build quality was superb.
I often wonder what it would sound like with modern loudspeakers.

Floyddroid
28-07-2016, 11:44
Beard CA506 pre-amp and P100 Mk2 power amp. The pre-amp was Bill Beard's own, he sold it to me following a phone call I made to him following the rebuilding of my power amp. Magical apparatus I have to say. With exception of the amps I use now the best i have ever heard.if I Had STAYED With valves and not gone ss I would be seeking out a pair of these magnificent beasts.

shane
28-07-2016, 12:51
Two EMI (or HMV or Stereoscope) 555s went I don't remember where. Probably not as good as my current WAD KEL84, but that doesn't have a glorious oscilloscope on the front. Also a pair of Dahlquist DQ10s. Can't remember where they came from or where they went, but I'd love to know if they're still as magical as they seemed to be in 1976. Finally, for years I had a Technics EPC450C strain-gauge cartridge (DC - 100kHz, anyone?) sitting in a drawer waiting for me to work out how to make a pre-amp/power supply for it. Stupidly I gave it away. Now, I could probably build something to make it work.

struth
28-07-2016, 12:53
I wish I had been able to hold onto these:

Akai GX-77

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/2014-06-15153017_zps743f3f47.jpg

AR6

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/AR6/2014-04-27122424_zps56ea5df6.jpg

JR149s with two JR superwoofers and LPAs.

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/JR%20Super%20Woofer/2015-03-28%2015.42.05_zpsibahhlqn.jpg

Nice picture that. Love those rogers speakers design.

hermit
28-07-2016, 17:56
Nice picture that. Love those rogers speakers design.

Thanks Grant. They are lovely looking. That system was also a very enjoyable listen.

pgarrish
19-08-2016, 18:39
lol, yup that one....forgot about that.

http://imageshack.com/a/img839/391/dsc0004uhv.jpg

Nice combo - what speakers?

montesquieu
03-10-2016, 22:38
Townshend Rock Reference.

Koetsu Rosewood Signature.

Much-modded EAR V20.

SJS Arcadia Model 2

Audio origami PU7 12 in

Quad ESL57s and 63s

None are out and out better than what I have now but all were something special/had their own character and would be nice to have a play with them again.


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walpurgis
03-10-2016, 23:03
My Decca 4RC, the Technics EPC-305MC, my Decca Grey Export, the vintage SPU.

Funny how they are all cartridges. :)


Mind you. I wouldn't mind another Forte Model 2 pre-amp to play with.

Haselsh1
04-10-2016, 07:30
I'll go with those other guys and say absolutely nothing at all. Life is about moving forward for me and not living in the past but I do sometimes wonder...

Oddball
04-10-2016, 11:03
Nice picture that. Love those rogers speakers design.

You wouldn't want to put the gas fire on lol
Lovely looking set up

stevied
13-11-2016, 11:20
Accuphase t1000 tuner

Naim Aro Tonearm

mcintosh mc275

walpurgis
13-11-2016, 11:25
Perhaps I should have hung onto my Decca International arm. It was the original long stem one with the metal headshell. Rare now and very good.

Unomelodica
14-11-2016, 17:23
Trio L-07d what was I thinking
Marantz CD7 again probably not as much a regret as the trio, hindsight's a wonderful reflection and reminder of some of our more rash decisions ! Should of still kept it tucked away, must of been on the amber nectar !

G

Macca
14-11-2016, 17:57
Other way round for me. Buy when drunk and sell when sober. Then regret when drunk again.

petrat
14-11-2016, 18:01
A Nakamichi IA4-S integrated amplifier. This was a budget item, but possessed one of the cleanest sounds I've ever heard. Sold it because I thought it was too 'grey and edgy'. Turns out it was probably the cheap CD player at fault :doh:


EAR 509 amplifiers ... didn't need the money ... didn't even get a good price :doh: (again)

http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff384/petrat56/EAR-Yoshino/448_zpsb04ff3d3.jpg (http://s1233.photobucket.com/user/petrat56/media/EAR-Yoshino/448_zpsb04ff3d3.jpg.html)

User211
14-11-2016, 19:52
Other way round for me. Buy when drunk and sell when sober. Then regret when drunk again.
Stay drunk, never sell. Irrefutable logic.

dantheman91
14-11-2016, 20:14
Not my list buy my dads.

Pye HF/8 Mono Amplifier
Pye Mozart HF10 the first one from a car boot the other was gumtree X2
Tannoy Berkeleys
Tannoy Cheviot X2
Tannoy IILZ - £3 Car boot find...
Technics SL110 - SME 3009 Imp
B&W 805 Matriz
Ruark Talisman MK1
Goldring 88 the first one
Goldring 88 & SME M2-12R
Leak Stereo 20 - Varislope Pre
Leak TL.12

The list goes on.......

paulf-2007
14-11-2016, 21:53
No, don't regret selling anything. If money was no object there are some items I would have kept but whatever I've bought to replace what's gone must be better. I've never sold something without having the replacement first to compare.
My turntable and arm is the best I've owned and is going nowhere unless I fall on hard times, never say never.

Gazjam
15-11-2016, 01:07
Probably nothing really, as I've been quite deliberate when selling kit to fund upgrades...

But to make a liar out myself I regret passing on my Pioneer A400, never had the kit at the time to do it justice (probably). :scratch:
At that time, reading about Technics SP10's, Nak tape decks and knew the Japanese hifi guys knew their onions when they put their mind to it.

Always curious if John Bamford was right...and it WAS a giant killer.

Oh,
That and my Marantz SD 1030 tape deck...purely nostalgia, first tape deck I had with LED's.

ganz.dc
15-11-2016, 04:13
Sold my Technics Sp10 Mk II with Black Widow arm for the equivalent of £100...should never have sold it. Arm had a wiring problem.

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petrat
15-11-2016, 15:18
Always curious if John Bamford was right...and it WAS a giant killer.

:nono:

Gazjam
16-11-2016, 19:13
:nono:

ah ha....

The_Lone_Gunman
16-12-2016, 14:02
Well..... There's quite a list, had a longish' period of buying & selling stuff from mid-70's to early 80's....But I suppose I was completely mad to sell:

Revox G36 - Just like this http://img.audiofanzine.com/images/u/product/normal/revox-g36-29286.jpg

http://img.audiofanzine.com/images/u/product/normal/revox-g36-29286.jpg"]http://img.audiofanzine.com/images/u/product/normal/revox-g36-29286.jpg

Quad II's

My 'modified' B&W DM10's with Kelly Ribbon's & x-overs - http://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/111813-dk-30-decca-kelly-ribbon-speaker-horns/

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1575/24630803499_ef2f01dd94_z.jpg

My beloved Thorens TD160s/Syrinx LE1/Orotofon MC10super

Heady times indeed....

Barry
16-12-2016, 16:11
.... But I suppose I was completely mad to sell:

Revox G36 - Just like this http://img.audiofanzine.com/images/u/product/normal/revox-g36-29286.jpg



Me too, especially as I bought mine for £25. It is however the only piece of kit I miss, and regeret selling.

shaman
21-12-2016, 19:15
Lecson AC1pre and AP3 power amp
Yamaha NS 1000M
Croft Super Micro
Quad ESL 57
Garrard 401 in original box never opened
Radford STA 25 MK 2

Things glad I got rid of:
Linn Sondek LP 12 (twice) Revisited to confirm what I already knew.
Elite Townshend Pre/Power forget the designation. Looked great sounded thin and horrible.

09mike69
21-12-2016, 23:42
my soul.

RichB
21-12-2016, 23:47
my soul.

That's the price of rock n roll....

nthall
18-01-2017, 14:49
My Marantz Model 9s. It took me almost a year to track down all of the correct parts to restore them. I had them for about a week before someone offered me more cash than they were worth. I didn't even get to hear them after them burned in.

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fresherr
19-01-2017, 15:08
None that I can remember. Somehow managed to drag my system and vinyl with me everywhere I went. I'm just glad this thread wasn't titled "Women You Wish You'd Kept". Only one; there was this blonde...

RobbieGong
19-01-2017, 15:32
None that I can remember. Somehow managed to drag my system and vinyl with me everywhere I went. I'm just glad this thread wasn't titled "Women You Wish You'd Kept". Only one; there was this blonde...

Ha Ha :lol:

Dr Henry Jones
29-01-2017, 15:23
I had a technics sl 110 it was very good ( you don't see many for sale ) ................l sold it.................plonker!
I also had a pair of spendor bc3s, I paid £20 from a charity shop,I put them staight up for sale. My wife was ill when I first bought them so I just plumbed them in to see if all was working and all was well, it was only when the buyer came round I opened them up properly ( by this time my missus was well ) and i realised what I was parting with.....It takes a lot of hard work to be that stupid.

topoxforddoc
29-01-2017, 16:13
No real regrets about selling.

Miss my immaculate TD124/II, which came in a lovely solid teak plinth, but I was never going to play it again, after buying a Platine Verdier.

The one thing I do regret is throwing away my trashed Micro Seiki LC80W cartridge back in the late 80s/eary 90s. Micro had gone bust by then and I didn't think about getting it rebuilt elsewhere :(

dantheman91
29-01-2017, 16:30
I had a technics sl 110 it was very good ( you don't see many for sale ) ................l sold it.................plonker!
I also had a pair of spendor bc3s, I paid £20 from a charity shop,I put them staight up for sale. My wife was ill when I first bought them so I just plumbed them in to see if all was working and all was well, it was only when the buyer came round I opened them up properly ( by this time my missus was well ) and i realised what I was parting with.....It takes a lot of hard work to be that stupid.

Hi Steve

Welcome from a fellow Bournemouth Lad :)

Dr Henry Jones
30-01-2017, 07:54
Another man from Bournemouth ! Ok do you like rhythm&blues/soule? If so do you know the bell in pokesdown? There is a band that get in there now and then called the night workers. Bass, rhythm, lead, drums and a fat brass section . Very good!

Gazjam
30-01-2017, 08:41
Kinda wish I'd kept My Marantz CD63 Ki Signature cd player?

Nice bit of kit at tbe time but moved it on.
After I learned which end of the soldering iron to hold though, always wondered how far it could be modded.

RobbieGong
30-01-2017, 12:44
Kinda wish I'd kept My Marantz CD63 Ki Signature cd player?

Nice bit of kit at tbe time but moved it on.
After I learned which end of the soldering iron to hold though, always wondered how far it could be modded.

Yeah, I enjoyed my CD63 KI when I had it. Was a very popular cdp, nice detailed sound although ultimately could be a bit hard / glassy. Moved mine on for the Pioneer PD 91 which I wont be moving on :)

CageyH
30-01-2017, 13:31
I for one was not keen on the CD63 KI.
A mate bought this, and a new marantz amp. I went round for a listen.
He asked me what I thought. I told him gently that I didn't like it and preferred his older stuff.

He pulled the boxes from behind the sofa, packed them away and took them back.
Apparently he just wanted a second opinion. I was glad he got rid of them.

Yomanze
21-02-2017, 15:52
Maybe I shouldn't have sold my 10" Helius Scorpio 4 arm...

dowser
25-02-2017, 19:21
Cambridge Audio C75/A75 pre/power combo. Got them for free as a 20 year old technician (one channel had gone bang in a big way), repaired and they replaced a Nad 3130 at the time. Stunning difference and ran then for a couple of years before moving to Australia - I sold them rather than having to move them, thinking any pre/power would sound this good. doh! Didn't even know who Stan Curtis was at the time.

Still looking for another set, 30 years later :)

Richard

dimkasta
28-02-2017, 00:08
Sometimes I really miss my Magnepan 1.7s

And not really equipment, but I wish I did not sell any of my Classic Records Living Stereo vinyl.

hornucopia
27-10-2017, 14:21
Klipschorns, mainly. plus a Rappaport Pre-that I had to return.
Horns needed corners; new house had doors, stairs etc., in the way so......
Though current Ocellia Calliopes are pretty fine-just not as dramatic looking!21703

walpurgis
27-10-2017, 14:28
Klipschorns, mainly. plus a Rappaport Pre-that I had to return.

Yes. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on another Rappaport.

Barry
27-10-2017, 16:10
Yes - reckoned by many to be an excellent pre-amp. I would like to try one.