Would you buy this?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-Ta...item3ccc68da5f
Sold as "fully working, tested", unfortunately, he forgot the "it's totally f*cked" bit!
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Would you buy this?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-Ta...item3ccc68da5f
Sold as "fully working, tested", unfortunately, he forgot the "it's totally f*cked" bit!
Hmm.... Not really.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeMusic
The OL kit sold secondhand would be worth £450 (seen the same OL kit sell for that), then you've a broken PT (cos it has no motor now) which might sell for £120 if with the lid etc.
Then you have fairly cosmetic carbon fibre top-plates (although I guess the OL motor now is mounted on the top plate on this?) and base board which aren't the same as Funk Firm ones I've seen (so I guess DIY) and a Funk Firm armboard which is £65 new, probabl £50 secondhand.
I reckon you could put it together for about £650.. so another £145 for not having to put it together yourself IF an OL'd PT 1 is what you want.
You could instead hunt around, bide your time and pick up an Anni for £800 if you're lucky.
There is an excuse - that it doesn't really matter in the real world. Of course for some people, it matters to them but doesn't effect the world much at all..Quote:
Originally Posted by morris_minor
I'd say it's more down to increased exposure rather than it getting worse.
The internet is liberating - it's open to all! You can feel free and alive - no more of society 'shaming' people into conformity or into silence, be it in religous matters, sexuality or even spelling and grammar.
The internet is now in the homes of every type; rich/poor, well educated/less accademic, auditory/kinesthetic/visual thinkers, those with learning difficulties and also pedants.. :)
haha - not when I can buy the whole pair of speakers for less:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-Mer...-/271156664484
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-Mer...-/170989454235
At least that ups the entertainment quotient.Quote:
Originally Posted by nat8808
The slippery slope started when BBC announcers stopped wearing dinner jackets . . . :eek:
BTW I spotted your deliberate mistake . . . . :D
One sexy paint job http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-A50...item19d9419c97
:doh:
:eek::spew:Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
This sounds almost like a marketing exercise Nat!Quote:
Originally Posted by nat8808
WOW bargain.:lol:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARFREA-BI...item43b91fb230
I have never seen these before , are they really worth this sort of price :scratch:
I think the seller could include the bloody stands :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Sp...item2c6cce7176
Think there's an extra 9 in the price.Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
When I heard them they did the 'horny' things very well - knockout dynamics and microdynamics. However, I can think of better speakers to drop 6.5k on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
I actually bought a set of these recently from this seller. At the time they cost me less than a fiver. Presumably the Chinese economy is on the up, accounting for the price rise.Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
Superb and very rare Radford Monitor 180 speakers. In Hertford. These are incredibly scarce and sound amazing. A bargain at the £250 opening price.
They use a 10" bass driver similar to the Goodmans Goodwood unit, two 3" Goodmans mid cones firing at 90 degrees to each other and two 3/4" soft domes in the same plane. All high quality units.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Radford-mo...item4d09b4e5d7
Yep, I imagine the insides are pretty gummed up after he finished with it. Do you think he "used" the speaker terminals or one of the line inputs? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
DIN :eyebrows::bonk::smoking: gawd knows how thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by TBL
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Originally Posted by Audio Al
i think this model is the little big horn ,, hand built by jim carfrae in his workshops near totnes devon ,, i seem to recall the price tag at £12k when they made their debut in around 1998 , i dont think the company is in existence an longer ,, i hired a van to jim carfrae to transport the first pair of these produced, when they made their debut at i think it was birmingham nec,
click on this link to see what jim carfrae does now!! http://www.carfrae.com/
These are fantastic speakers. Somebody should buy them NOW!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mission-75...item2ec6a9c3d1
Yep, my favourite Mission speakers.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Still own a pair, James?Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
No, I sold mine last year. The ferrofluid had completely dried up in the tweeters which stopped them working but I managed to find some in HK that were a perfect fit & luckily sounded better than the originals with no crossover mods.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-in-25-5m...item416717c997
Are they much different from the 780SE? I got a pair for about £35 off ebay.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Never owned 780SE, James. Surely a member on here has owned a pair :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Covenant
Yes I had a pair of the original 780 SE speakers. They were brilliant! very dynamic little beggars, they did everything well. They are an absolute bargain at the prices they fetch these days.
Forget your LS3/5As, Minimaxes, and Maxims, these are way more fun!
No doubt the 780SE might fetch silly money in the near future. Thanks to you, Geoff :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
It wouldn't be much of a hifi forum if we couldn't say what we like or don't like for fear of increasing resale prices would it? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
The Missions seem to like a good few watts up 'em. I am using a cheap t amp atm but briefly tried my AV amp on direct mode. It sounded really good.
Would you like to buy some Internet?Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Most be because they've run out but keeping the listing going. If you look at the 251 sold items they sold for about £5.Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
Pretty aren't they.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
One of those things I've talked about before - when starting from 99p start, they would normally fetch a price of about £150, at least ones I've seen over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
When Buy-It-Now or a high start is used on a rare item, people without that knowledge or experience come along and just pay the higher price. So then a new precedent is set (and the next seller might try higher). Only takes the one buyer to bite.
Fair dos for the seller but the buyer could do better.
Yes, my willy is still hard :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by nat8808
Wouldn't mind trying these. Just don't have the bloody money atm :(
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACOUSTIC-E...item3a7e651fbf
They can be tricky to live with.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
They need tall hefty stands to work properly and a BIG amp!
A mate had a pair driven by a couple of NAIM 135s and it was certainly an exciting sound, but it took no prisoners. He had to adjust and change much of his system to get things reasonably civilised due to the ruthlessly revealing nature of the Naims and AE1s together. I was never convinced I prefered them to the Linn Saras he'd used previously. They were pretty dramatic (if coloured).
I can recall my father owning AE1's 20 something years ago. He always found them clinical sounding.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
No doubt my Leak 20 will ''throw the white towel'' with the AE1's!
No, don't even go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Your Stereo 20 would sound just right driving my nice tidy pair of Eatons, which coincidentally are going up for sale at around £400 (ovno.).
By the way, I've dug out a pair of tweeters which should hopefully suit your Magisters nicely! Better than those (Tandy) horns I'd say.
Geoff, will PM you in 5 min.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Something for Walpurgis's shelf :)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-HPD...item3f2280a52d
Wouldn't touch them. Not because they aren't any good but that refoam job looks sloppy to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Yeah, I'd spotted that. It's been up for sale a few times. Nice, but I don't have the room (I bet it doesn't sound too good though). I've got enough Tannoy stuff knocking about anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
For all Alan Parsons fans - this is pretty rare: "Andrew Powell and the Philharmonia play the best of the Alan Parsons Project". Where APP's arranger gets his own album. Well recorded, interesting orchestral arrangements (though some stick too closely to those used on the APP albums IMO).
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANDREW-POW...item51a8a740c5.
I'd have that for sure if the price was more to my liking!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I was a very naughty boy and bought this a few nights ago. This will be my 2nd modified PS1 :)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/High-End-S...vip=true&rt=nc
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Originally Posted by southall-1998
Why?
Silly question, Geoff. Because I wanted too!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Not really related to bargains, but have you noticed that every week or two eBay experiment with the way the pages are displayed. I've noticed tonight that the Hi-Fi listings pages are not coming up in their usual form, they are (once again) stretched vertically and taking longer to load. It may be that this is a simplified form which they use when doing system maintenance maybe, but I don't know.
Seventies B&W DM4 speakers going cheap (so far), in Cambridgeshire.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/B-W-Speake...item2ec68e58a7
Bloody funny! Almost shit myself with laughter.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Sony-...d=454776187409