Stevens and Billington TX102 TVC - aka the magic breadbin

[bumpy]

Here I have for sale a pair of Stevens and Billington TX102 volume control transformers and Elma 24 position rotary switch (version with gold flushed contact pins).

I bought these from new about 12-15 years ago when Stevens and Billington were just entering the TVC market and these are the TX102 transformers that got wonderful reviews and created the future for First Audio.

At the time these were sold as electrical components - no posh boxes were available for them.

So a great friend of mine soldered them up for me into a bread bin purchased from the local department store, you can still see the holes in the top where the handle was:). I am still in awe of how anyone can solder that many wires and make it all work.

I have never felt the need to transfer the works into a better cabinet, that could be your choice.

It has one pair of inputs and one pair of outputs, together with an optional grounding point, and has worked brilliantly with both valve and transistor gear over the years.

I spoke to First Audio recently and they offered me £1000 trade-in against one of their new TVCs, which I guess shows the value that exists in this gear.

This is for sale at £500 collected or posted at your expense.

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[bumpy]

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[Firebottle]

That does have rather a charm to it in that box ;)

GLWS

[Lawrence001]

Was the trade in £1000 against any of their TVCs or a more expensive model?

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[bumpy]

Was the trade in £1000 against any of their TVCs or a more expensive model?

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He didn't mention (when asked) which models it was against, so suggest, if you want to go down that route, then give them a ring.

[Lawrence001]

It's for a mate, I'll mention it to him.

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[bumpy]

It's for a mate, I'll mention it to him.

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OK Lawrence.

If the deal is the same as offered to me then its kind of win win.

Buying mine gets you a chance to evaluate S&B TVCs. If its great, then you have a benchmark against which the more expensive models can be judged ( I believe you will need to spend a significant sum of money to beat it)

If it doesn't suit you or your system, then it can be sold on. :) Having no active components it is not ageing and devaluing in the interim.

PS
I am more than happy to demo it in my system.

[bumpy]

That does have rather a charm to it in that box ;)

GLWS

I rather liked it and acoustically can be better than metal :cool:

[bumpy]

Now reduced to £475

[bumpy]

Now reduced to £475

Now £450 excluding postage

[bumpy]

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[sq225917]

I'm amazed these haven't sold. They were more than twice this when they stopped selling them over the counter and decided instead to only sell them in the 5k pre-amp.

[bumpy]

I'm amazed these haven't sold. They were more than twice this when they stopped selling them over the counter and decided instead to only sell them in the 5k pre-amp.

Most enquiries have come from abroad, and I will not post abroad - too much aggro in the past. I have an e mail to reply to :)

[bumpy]

Here is a video I took of the TVC


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7RYOC8uTWo

[struth]

These tvcs are excellent value and sound superb

[bumpy]

Now SOLD