It went for £1434. That's about the going rate for the 948. Shame it didn't come with an EMT cartridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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It went for £1434. That's about the going rate for the 948. Shame it didn't come with an EMT cartridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Regards
Anyone know much about the JBE Turntable, especially the Series 3 here on ebay?? (I suspect DSJR will, I saw his moniker pop up on another site, after a quick google.)
In theory - Slate plinth, Direct Drive, external PSU, stylish (if you like the 70s...) - plenty to get excited about, and some interesting info on this site (the letters in the Press Section from the Tom Evans, MD of JBE are worth reading even if you're not remotely interested in the turntable!)
Are they any good? Anyone got one? What are they worth?
It depends on the motor JBE were using at the time. the early Matsushita OEM drive hunted and slowed badly under any load over a 1.25g tracking weight. The later drives were fine in this and by the late 70's this should have been the case.
I'd regard the JBE as a good Rega alternative. it did sound good (with a dated late seventies sound) fitted with a Mayware Formula 4 mkIV and Sonus Blue. KJW1 sold loads of these at one point until we took on Linn and all but ditched everything else..
By the way, did you see which arms they were using on the LP12, STD and JBE at the show where they compared all three? SME III's......
I rest my case...
IMO not a good example of a DD turntable. We had one in the shop when they were all the go with a certain reviewer and we never managed to sell one except the demo model around 18 months later and that was at trade..:doh:
It looked interesting and at the right price might be an alternative to a Rega Planar-2.
Cheers Daves, Interesting that you both cite it as a Rega alternative, so with no arm/cartridge, treble figures would be silly, I guess. I don't need it, (or really have a use for it), but since when did that stop any of us? :)
No, when the bug bites you just can't stop..:eyebrows:
I keep buying vintage tuners, amps, reel to reels and the occasional turntable but I've got nowhere to put it all...:doh:
I bought these on Ebay for spare parts, I have a list of mods after years of trying different things with them.
I have never heard a headphone includeing electrostatic modles with a more expansive soundstage. I belive them to be some of the best headphones ever made and a well kept secret.
Good God!
Is that a pair of headphones or something you buy after you're tired of people kicking sand in your face!? I bet those springs take some breaking in!
I don't believe many pairs of those will have made there way over here, why don't you tell us about them?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
I meant to post this I just got another pair!
In the 70's we lived very far out in the sticks by a large lake,we did have a couple of very cool FM Rock stations and even then i was an audio freak with little to no freinds close by so I spent hours and hours with these SuperX headphones and KLH modle 6 speakers.Some times I would listen to music from 4:00pm till 1:30am on school nights and weekends,summer vacation was sometimes an all night thing till early morning.
So they have a place no other headphones can touch.They still have a following and don't last long on ebay.They are known for there ability to play very low bass and there increadable 3D sound stage.
THey are not as heavy as they look,they are a 2 way desighn with a simple crossover. And haveing owned alot of very good headphones they are still my favorite for serious listening.I use a tube headphone amp with both them and my Grado 325i's and they just kill the Grados for imaging,bass and far less forward not so in your face as the Grados.
If you can find a pair get them you will be very happy for not much money in 1968 -1970 they where $70.00 to $90.00 depending on if you lived on the east or west coast. They are increadably over built and built to stand the hair up on your arms.The engauging factor is a 10!
The company built the best in there day but refused to advertise and a new company Koss made there product cheaper and had an increadable marketing campain and an active sales department.
Lack of dealers sent Superex out of buisness not long after they made some very fine electrostatic phones still a major rarity to colletors today.
The pro studio B is the pair to find,they are always gray in color,this modle was the raved favorite of every Radio Jock for years.The details these cans will bring can cause you to play a song over and over.
The best way to discribe the sound is like Tannoy Westminsters strapped to your head.
Bagged another Minto Ferrograph 'F307 Mk.II' this morning £25.00
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Nice one Andre, and backs up my point (on the other thread) that most ebay bargains come when people do stupid things - that Ferrograph wasn't even listed in an Electronics category, never mind Hifi! (Collectables > Vintage/ Retro > 1960s)
You would only find it otherwise searching directly...
Aye my eyes are all over the place :lolsign:
The best ones are when people spell the brand name wrong :)
Nice one Andre!!! ;) How the heck did you find that one!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
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Originally Posted by quadsugdenman
Won myself a tidy Target two shelver yesterday for £9.99.. I'll dump the black ash shelves for a pair of granite jobbies complete with all stainless steel spikes..bobs yer uncle..
Out of the two i'd go for the Trio with the resin body
Cheers matey,are they worth a punt of should i hang on for something better? they are only a couple of streets away from where i live, did you see what else he had for saleas well?
Well if that Trio goes cheap great, it would sound great with an original Mission '774' but i guess wouldnt match asthetically..You used to see alot of SME 3009 fitted to em..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonboy
I've been trying to put together a cheap system for my spare room\office and last night managed to secure the last component on fleabay an A60 amp which l still have to collect. Would you credit it, today this appears on my local gumtree which would probably have been perfectly acceptable, saved me a few quid and all the hassle of touring the south of England picking up components.http://reading.gumtree.com/reading/50/61646550.html
I think its whats known as Sod's Law:lolsign:
Snap it up anyway - then offer the parts to your fine friends on AoS. Then if there's anything left stick it on Ebay. Got no sense of entrepreneurship?!!
I'd agree with Andre. The KD500 can be made to sound fantastic, but I don't know if the motor suffers the servo overshoot if your tracking weight ventures too high.. The JVC suffered with its plinth as I remember (a HUGE problem with many of these decks), but modern tonearms and careful siting may fix it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonboy
Watch this space;)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
It's still available and I will view tomorrow. I fancies the amp for myself but not sure if the Denon tuner or Philips CDP would be saleable, what do you think?
The A60 is a lovely old amp. for LP's, get an old Rega, a good cheap CD player (NAD's - the 5*** models - are pretty good as a breed if ugly as hell) and any reasonable classic speakers will match itQuote:
Originally Posted by Mothman
The Heybrook 'HB-1' sound great with the A&R 'A60'Quote:
Originally Posted by DSJR
The links show what 2 Very Good ones went for - so bank on making no more than £10-15 on ebay I'd say...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mothman
A Rotel RA-820AX went for £36 yesterday B.I.N. - so £40 for the lot is about right, I reckon.
I've reached the same conclusion myself and that any profit was probably going to be in what I could get for the speakers and stands. Not sure it's worth the hassle so I've decided to pass on this one. Also this way I get to keep my knackers, as they would surely be removed if I came home with anymore HIfi gear this month:eek:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
The right choice I reckon (I forgot to mention the speakers, but they won't make a fortune) - too much hassle, and the A60 should be a WAY better amp based on the reputation it has. Plus you get to keep your nadgers! :)
(I'm just hoping the Sony amp I bought for no good reason arrives tomorrow morning when she's at work...)
Not really a "Bargain" but of voyeuristic interest nonetheless... Technics SP15 system
The speakers are the most interesting bits there for me, and the seller for some reason chose not to take a proper close-up picture of those! :doh:
Marco.
The 'Buy it Now price' is nonsense, surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Still expensive at a tenner :lol:
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You want to be careful the Technics Community don't come banging on yer door:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Ill MASH em upQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
:D
And then kick the Matsushita out of them? :lol:
:lol:It's that time of night aint it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
:lolsign:...
Ooooo, that's rather nice.........:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
The SP15 was a *further* development from the SP10 apparently (according to Colloms anyway) and improved on the latter for domestic use according to the review..
If I wasnt facing a hefty repair bill to get my CD player spinning again, I'd be all over this like a bad rash. :)
Pink Triangle Export.
http://i.ebayimg.com/23/!B)G0N!wBmk~...eQzj!~~_12.JPG
The PT's were very "accurate" sounding decks at the time, but the build was pants in the early days and failures of assembly and bearings was common.
It weas said by Arthur that the Tarantella was better than a PT, but I seriously doubt it, as the former was a very "live" structure (I don't know the current Funk models).
When you can, good luck with the PT. I still rate good ones highly indeed for truthful vinyl replay..
I fitted that PSU with the illuminus Green/Pink control into my old LPT..That alone was a nice touch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno Commander
Just bought this off eBay:
http://www.beoworld.org/assets/thumbnails/1700aa.gif
Beocord 1700 tuner. £20
I couldn't resist the styling. Will report on the performance later.
My friend has one of these bought when they first came out, he reckons first rate sound and no faults since he bought it. Rest of his system includes 2x Quad 405 (serviced by yours truly) a Quad 303 (also serviced by me), a Quad 44, an EL34 push pull amp, Tannoy 12" Monitor Golds, Quad ESL53's and a monster pair of speakers also made by me in the 70's (EMI 14"x9" massive magnet and cast chassis, Audax equivalent of KEFB110 (nicer sounding) KEF T15, Celestion HF1300 and Coles 4001G. These are his preferred speakers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I recently won a Beolab 1700 amplifier on e bay for him. Unfortunately, one channel is faulty, but he reckons the working channel sounds very good. I will have to look at the amp for him.
The matching amp (Beolab 1700) was good in its day too and well worth fettling.
Quality, Barry - that will fit in rather nicely chez-toi :respect:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Marco.
Barry,
U woz robbed. I got one, two weeks ago for £10.25....:lolsign:
:D
Woz I robbed too? - tonight's addition to the Vintage collection - you lot are a bad influence... ;) But I just want to hear what all the fuss is about with these R200 arms... and he does say it is in "beautiful condition" God knows what cartridge is on it, though.
(Anyone want to buy a Pro-Ject RPM4?) :)