Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

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Originally Posted by Barry

To be fair the SME "-R" arms are difficult to find and will be expensive (a cursory look on the web showed few available, and all were priced at well above $1,000).

That said, the asking price of £1,200 for the complete TT and arm does seem to be on the high side.

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What does the "R" stand for or have that makes it so much more expensive?

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Originally Posted by Jac Hawk

What does the "R" stand for or have that makes it so much more expensive?

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This might help [emoji4]

https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...-Mk1-Mk2-amp-R

think it was meant to stand for a return to the classic style..

Rare item, Pioneer PL-12D original dust cover. Good ones are very seldom seen for sale these days.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293630250243?ul_noapp=true

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Rare item, Pioneer PL-12D original dust cover. Good ones are very seldom seen for sale these days.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293630250243?ul_noapp=true

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I have one and it has a TT hanging underneath it :)

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Originally Posted by Jac Hawk

What does the "R" stand for or have that makes it so much more expensive?

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It think it stood for 'revised' or 'revisited'. It was a return to the traditional J-shaped SME arms of the sixties and seventies, but used a thin walled stainless steel arm tube and a much improved counterweight decoupling arrangement. There were some other minor changes, but the most important was, sadly, the retention of the nylon 'knife-edge' bearing saddle. If the latter is replaced with a bronze bearing, the 3009R and 3012R arms represent a culmination of the 3000 series development, and are now highly desirable. Since SME have decided to stop making them, stop supplying spares, stop maintaining them, and stop selling any of their tonearms :doh: - that now makes them rare.

Looks like an unmolested Thorens TD160 good price..in Hertfordshire...any good to anyone???

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-ster...eck/1377131132

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Originally Posted by mad-moon

Looks like an unmolested Thorens TD160 good price..in Hertfordshire...any good to anyone???

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-ster...eck/1377131132

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a bargain if the photo is anything to go by

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Originally Posted by Jac Hawk

a bargain if the photo is anything to go by

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I’ll be surprised if it’s still for sale, I find most sellers take days to delete their listing if something is sold.

Too many vultures on gumtree these days if anything is going cheap, anything that comes up near me where I’ve tried to contact the seller seems to be virtually sold within minutes of being listed.

Not eBay but bookface marketplace ...
A complete Naim system, £3k or ask for individual prices

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