The bidding on this is picking up somewhat.Quote:
Originally Posted by hermit
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The bidding on this is picking up somewhat.Quote:
Originally Posted by hermit
:scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by hermit
Not specific to this item but why are the head shells always missing?? is this the new norm so that the sellers can make more money by selling them separately??Quote:
Originally Posted by hermit
£240? For a GL75 top plate with the remains of an arm on.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenco-75-C...gAAOSwKfVXIfIZ
What a rip-off :mental:
Looks as though it wasn't sold. No surprise there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebottle
Aye £775 absolutely redicularse.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Celestion 66 - for spares or repair been stored in a damp shed but are local too me and nee a fully restoration http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celestion-...AAAOSwjXRXbsML
He also has a pair of Ditton 33's - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celestion-...UAAOSwUuhXcE9B
If theirs only corrosion on the driver chassis but they are working i dont see how corrosion would matter in this instance? :scratch:
Prefer the '33' any day of the week.
He says the protective metal covers have come off the 66s' tweeters, but from the picture, the entire dome is missing. If they're corroded on the outside then the metalwork on the inside could be corroded as well, including the motor units on the drive units. They could well be a very big restoration job; the sort where drivers have to be dismantled.Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman91
4 mission 774 tone arms on eBay right now, perhaps their owners are all rushing out to get ittoks?
Asking prices getting steeper too.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
yep,i know the guy selling the £400 one as i bought my first 774 from him.i think £300-350 is more realistic for that arm.
Yeh its called taking the piss.
Bought another one of these cheap. I now have two of the same amp, two of the same Cassette Deck, Two of the same cartridge with six spare Styli. A Spare new Turntable motor & half a dozen new Belts. Spare galore.. I can safely walk away from one of the most boring hobbies eva without looking back 'HI-FI'
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3221703531...&sojTags=bu=bu
Pair of Rogers LS5/9 in lovely condition. Location is in Ireland.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rogers-LS5...kAAOSwvg9XcsUA
S.
Bang & Olufsen cufflinks anybody?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bang-Olufs...QAAOSwhOVXdAyl
One for Adam (Beobloke) maybe?
Pre furred these to the 707
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRACE-Gyro...oAAOSwZ1BXcqap
rarely seen mission mechanic tonearm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3019971068...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
my guess is it will go for £600
I hope nobody here gets caught out with these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-Of-Ac...sAAOSwkl5XdTJs
Wrong bass drivers? i saw a pair of the same ones in cash recycle this week they were cheap @ £20 but took the covers off and instantly knew the bass drivers were not original and replaced with a different brand so left them and their still their...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
It must be the current political state of affairs, but asking prices and selling prices on eBay are definitely down.
Tannoy's anyone......ya right
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-Lar...item1eb39acc84
Someone trying to make some money out of the Tannoy name, I think.
Those came up before. Look at post 5694.Quote:
Originally Posted by tubehunter
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...art-2)/page570
I can see the speakers. But where's the wooden box?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-Sp...4AAOSwtJZXVIVH
More daft bidding on LS3/5a speakers.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970S-ROGE...YAAOSwuzRXdjn0
Just added it to my 'watch list', to see what the winning bid will be. £7,500? Whatever, it could be a record!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Could just as well read: 'Car for sale. Has an engine and wheels. I was using this car to drive about in.'Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I despair at the levels of orthographic prowess displayed in these adverts, particularly when expecting people to shell out many thousands of pounds on one of the most grossly overrated speakers of all time! :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
LEARN TO SPELL, muppet-boy, and present a professional image to your potential customers in future!!
<Rant over>
As you were, peeps... :cool:
Marco.
I suspect that most purchasers of these speakers would not know what 'orthographic' means, nor would care. It doesn't seem to have affected the ludicrous bids being offered. :eek:
No, but the dimwit will likely write the address wrongly on the label, when shipping the speakers to their buyer! :D
Marco.
some are,im rather shocked at the price someone paid for a single hf2000 tweeter,£105Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
These days that's getting to be around the norm (whoever Norm is? :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
Just look at the state of that asking price!!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
S.
Yikes :doh:
That said, the seller has some items for sale that may interest a few of you AOS'ers Here.
If nothing else, it'll make any future bake offs a little more interesting :stalks:
I was somewhat conservative in my prediction of the winning bid - they went for £17,701 FFS ! :eek: At least I was right in it possibly being the record for these much misunderstood speakers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
ridiculous sum of money.:doh:
Nuts!
Looks to me like a bit of dodgyness in the bidding, much of the uplift has been (0) bidders, has some idiot with more money than sense been taken to the cleaners?
Perhaps even a spot of money laundering going on?
Not that plod would know what to do about it they are far too busy investigating suspicious tweets.
Much misunderstood buyers, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
The speakers are fine, it's just 'We Westeners' don't understand the
Far East Collectors.
One buyer, who has many pairs, treats them with a religious fervour.
A pair of his LS3/5as has crystals on their top surfaces.
Something to do with 'Energy'!
In private the owner probably genuflects to them in some odd
Ceremony...
I wonder what these will make:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-PAIR-OF-...-/291805612052
Dunno. They're already at five times what I'd regard as their material worth. One is paying for what are basically old KEF Codas in stiffer boxes and with fancy crossovers.Quote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
I agree with your statement that they're already at five times their material worth, but have original Codas and Chartwell LS3/5a's, the sound is completely different. The Codas have a horrible midrange and slightly screechy treble, the crossover in the LS3/5a does a lot to correct this.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I know. I had a few pairs.Quote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
Strange thing, when they first came out, I heard them and was impressed, I suppose because for a small speaker they went down quite low, and also went up high.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
My experience of them was quite similar. When I first heard the smaller speakers in original KEF 'C' Series from the seventies, I thought they sounded amazing. In later years I found them not so nice. I think it was more a question of how bad small speakers had been before the Codas and the like came along.
In fact, I can't recall a small speaker that I've owned that I really liked much, old or modern, with the exception of the Usher S520.
Not owned the LS3/5a, but I've used a few pairs on my system.
I prefer my Harbeth P3-ESRs, but the LS3/5as have their place.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
On a bedroom system, running from a stereo Receiver, Radio 3 & 4 are just superb through the '3/5as.
I've had a few pairs, but the late 11 ohm Rogers I've just bought are the best sounding I've had in my opinion.
I find their popularity unfathomable. Pleasant enough but on anything more challenging than Radio 4 (or perhaps one of the remaining AM radio stations), they disappoint. No bass at all in any meaningful sense. Bedroom system yes but I'm sure whichever idiot bought these isn't planing to balance them on top of a wardrobe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn Miles
Something strange going on with LS3/5A's at the mo#
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-PAIR-OF-...4AAOSwkl5XcrFB