Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

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03-10-2016, 21:20
struth

Looks like a bar
03-10-2016, 21:30
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by struth

Looks like a bar

Yes - the quilted front is a bit 'tacky'.
03-10-2016, 22:09
montesquieu

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Originally Posted by Barry

Judging by the appearance of the 'console' it looks like it was taken from an up-market '60s nightclub. Who these days would use Decca cartridges for DJ duties? (By the way the counterweight of one of the arms is missing.)

But given the value of the individual items (2 x Quad 33/303, 2x Garrard 301, 2x Tannoy speakers and 2x Decca ffss arms with Mk.II or Mk.III cartridges), the asking price is not too absurd.

Sadly not Tannoys according to the listing but Wharfedales which changes the equation rather a lot ... if they were corner GRFs which at first glance they appeared to be well now that really would have been a bargain.

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03-10-2016, 22:17
walpurgis

I think they may be Tannoys. The cabinetry looks right, even though the grille cut-outs are unfamiliar (could be pretty early, Silvers/Reds?). The Wharfedale Airedales I've seen have the grille cloth extending across the minor side angles.
03-10-2016, 22:30
struth

Ive seen airdales like that before
03-10-2016, 22:48
walpurgis

Strange. I just looked at the listing again and the picture showing the speakers has disappeared. Maybe whoever is selling is also reading our chat.

By the way. The vintage Airedales I know look like this:

http://i68.tinypic.com/rh78mb.jpg

Note the vents to the top and main driver low down, plus the grille covered top openings.

Just checked again and the speaker shot is back. Weird!
04-10-2016, 11:48
spm

Lenco GL75 £70 pick up from Wigan

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-go...wAAOSwLF1X83yf
04-10-2016, 21:37
hermit

Sony TTS-2400 for sale in Germany. 100v Japanese deck.
06-10-2016, 18:39
ff1d1l

On Gumtree...Drool....
https://www.gumtree.com/p/speakers-m...ors/1191632608
06-10-2016, 19:27
Macca

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Originally Posted by ff1d1l

On Gumtree...Drool....
https://www.gumtree.com/p/speakers-m...ors/1191632608

Good price too, 253 litre bass bin with 18 inch drivers. Nice.
06-10-2016, 20:12
ff1d1l

They're big
They're blue
They're coming to get you...
07-10-2016, 08:42
narabdela

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

Judging by the appearance of the 'console' it looks like it was taken from an up-market '60s nightclub. Who these days would use Decca cartridges for DJ duties?

There's no way you could use those Deccas for DJ duties, the stylus arrangement is far too delicate. I would guess that this was put together buy somebody with a lot of cash who wanted to play at being a DJ in their own home.

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Originally Posted by struth

Ive seen airdales like that before

I haven't, and I've seen a lot of speakers over the last 60 odd years. :scratch:
07-10-2016, 14:10
PaulStewart

Quote:

Originally Posted by narabdela

There's no way you could use those Deccas for DJ duties, the stylus arrangement is far too delicate. I would guess that this was put together buy somebody with a lot of cash who wanted to play at being a DJ in their own home.

I remember this console, it was in the Colony Club in London, co owned by George Raft and Meyer Lansky and other Mafia types, it was used to play records not to "DJ" I only went there as a kid, probably around 1970 and there was no back cueing going on, just playing of records. Mainly very cool jazz IIRC
07-10-2016, 14:23
narabdela

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulStewart

I remember this console, it was in the Colony Club in London, co owned by George Raft and Meyer Lansky and other Mafia types, it was used to play records not to "DJ" I only went there as a kid, probably around 1970 and there was no back cueing going on, just playing of records. Mainly very cool jazz IIRC

That makes sense.
07-10-2016, 14:38
Macca

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulStewart

Meyer Lansky

Cool.
09-10-2016, 08:11
jollyfix

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3222836050...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Heybrook pre, looks like it comes with the power amp too, but power amp needs work.
09-10-2016, 18:20
walpurgis

Decent looking Tannoy Eatons in Barnsley. Sensible £400 price. These are 'proper' Tannoys with the 10" HPD dual (pepperpot) concentric driver. Ideal for those who don't have room for the big models.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-ta...wAAOSwLF1X-oV5

I like them a lot. I've had five pairs of these great sounding speakers. They have rubber cone surrounds that don't rot away!
09-10-2016, 22:08
struth

R to R less than a day

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2525679372...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
09-10-2016, 22:11
struth

AXIOM. looks good

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2626209507...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
10-10-2016, 06:37
jandl100

Oh - WOW !

Mega Technics vintage speakers. :stalks:

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pTEAAO...Dy/s-l1600.jpg

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Technics-S...3D252576979635

I'd go for these if Warrington wasn't so far from my patch.
10-10-2016, 14:41
dave2010

I never quite know what's a good price for some items on eBay. I bought a Zoom q2 hd camcorder some while back at a price which I thought was reasonable. It seems to work fine, and is probably in better condition than one I borrowed last year. OTOH Zoom q3 hds seem hard to find, and can fetch over £100. There is one at present - usually a "new" listing appears every few weeks. I might bite on this one, but I can wait - though sometimes waiting puts a purchase off for ever.

I usually try to monitor the prices that things go for. It is in the nature of auctions that if you are successful, then on the day you have paid more than anyone else was prepared to offer, but the prices can vary a lot over time.
10-10-2016, 16:46
tapid

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Goldring-l...AAOSwmLlX8ic1] This is an unusual Lenco 75 to find on ebay, causing quite a flap, 2 tonearms are interesting
Not long to go though.
10-10-2016, 16:49
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by tapid

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Goldring-l...AAOSwmLlX8ic1] This is an unusual Lenco 75 to find on ebay, causing quite a flap, 2 tonearms are interesting
Not long to go though.

The second 'tonearm' is a glorified Dust Bug.
10-10-2016, 17:04
tapid

Ooops. What about the copper aspect of it though, any good ? Could get close to £ 180 maybe.
10-10-2016, 17:29
walpurgis

Is it real copper though or just 'burnished copper' contact film and I really don't like the hardware shop alloy angle all around it. It's just another L75 to me.
10-10-2016, 17:34
struth

Doesnt look well made to me. I would dump the box lol, but just me maybe
11-10-2016, 14:14
Oddball

I think I need banning off E Bay and Gumtree. On Friday I saw an ad , some 15 miles from me for a stack system .
https://www.gumtree.com/p/amplifiers...er-/1190064560
I wanted another CD player to go with a second system I was knocking up , so I bought the lot ,with a view to selling the amp and speakers ! The chap was A1 , a great communicator and well spoken ,and was selling as he was moving house and don't see himself installing it all in his new abode. Told me it was all boxed !! Did just wonder about that ??
Anyroads , I met him outside the house and we loaded it all up ,all in their original boxes . Even the old Mission 733's !
At home ,I was pleased to see all the handbooks and all the bits were in there 2 remotes , bar the speaker cable ! The one Bass driver in the Missions ,has a bit of Polycone rot , but I shall glue it up with similar material ,or sell the other perfect driver and get 2 different matching ones if I need to sell them :eyebrows: To be fair ,they are mint , like the rest , and boxes too :) Not the Mission 733i 's though , or I could have bi wired them up with my Mission 752's

I have now just put the tuner in and I even found a boxed battery booster panel for the aerial !!
The Mrs will have my guts :D
11-10-2016, 14:54
Audio Al

Buy her some flowers and a box of chocks , and if you really need too impress do the washing up :lol:
11-10-2016, 15:21
TazSob

This guy's got a load of really nice audio equipment for sale, all funds to a charity, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142139480800
11-10-2016, 18:40
tapid

Some quite decent little bits there, good luck to him.
11-10-2016, 20:07
Oddball

Boy , he sure loved his cassette decks! Lovely Marantz TT too
15-10-2016, 14:34
dantheman91

I'll give it ago probably wont work but most of their stuff is tested so this isn't is ringing alarm bells but we will see

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016889401...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Ive got a remote somewhere for this too....:eyebrows:
15-10-2016, 16:27
struth

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/Ferro..._qi=RTM2063723

ferrograph still cheap..pickup only
15-10-2016, 16:52
Oddball

Quote:

Originally Posted by dantheman91

I'll give it ago probably wont work but most of their stuff is tested so this isn't is ringing alarm bells but we will see

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016889401...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Ive got a remote somewhere for this too....:eyebrows:

Hhmm , seems worth a punt ! 90 Watt if I recall correctly?
15-10-2016, 19:28
dantheman91

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Originally Posted by Oddball

Hhmm , seems worth a punt ! 90 Watt if I recall correctly?

True Anto

Current prices for the mini teacs are through the roof.....but i love them i will update when i get it if its working or not ive got the NXT panel speaker to match this so might be quite OK for the fun side of this journey....
15-10-2016, 21:22
Oddball

For all you Sansui fans

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sansui-Sep...oAAOSw8w1X-y8E
16-10-2016, 16:58
hermit

Sony PS-8750 - these don't crop up too often.
16-10-2016, 18:05
walpurgis

Crazy. Garrard 301 just sold for £1900.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GARRARD-30...p2047675.l2557
16-10-2016, 18:20
montesquieu

Quote:

Originally Posted by walpurgis

Crazy. Garrard 301 just sold for £1900.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GARRARD-30...p2047675.l2557

Bid history looks a bit off to me. Be interesting if it mysteriously reappears. Not exactly pristine seller feedback either.
17-10-2016, 07:04
Marco

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Originally Posted by hermit

Sony PS-8750 - these don't crop up too often.

A lovely thing, and considering the quality of the engineering and performance it'll offer (and its superb condition), a veritable bargain!

Marco.
17-10-2016, 11:09
Jeff Wood

LFD MISTRAL on EBAY

just seen this, nice little amp :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LFD-Mistra...sAAOSwh2xYA2Hn

The seller's description isn't totally accurate.

These amps were made in the UK, (Clacton On Sea to be exact),

It wouldn't have been made in 1990, it's not as old as he says, it would have been made around 96-99.

Also he said it has a phono input. But it probably doesn't. LFD integrateds all have the phono input sockets and phono written on the source select, but it was an option to have a phone stage actually inside. So beware :) the seller would either need to try with a turntable or take the lid off and have a look to confirm. But not many were built with phono stages inside.

And just to let you all know, these amps can be fitted with the bigger transformer from the Integrated LE which will mean a boost in power to out 80watts per channel. No idea if Richard Bews still has any of these lying around, but he might.
17-10-2016, 13:12
montesquieu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Wood

just seen this, nice little amp :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LFD-Mistra...sAAOSwh2xYA2Hn

The seller's description isn't totally accurate.

These amps were made in the UK, (Clacton On Sea to be exact),

It wouldn't have been made in 1990, it's not as old as he says, it would have been made around 96-99.

Also he said it has a phono input. But it probably doesn't. LFD integrateds all have the phono input sockets and phono written on the source select, but it was an option to have a phone stage actually inside. So beware :) the seller would either need to try with a turntable or take the lid off and have a look to confirm. But not many were built with phono stages inside.

And just to let you all know, these amps can be fitted with the bigger transformer from the Integrated LE which will mean a boost in power to out 80watts per channel. No idea if Richard Bews still has any of these lying around, but he might.

Not sure if you are aware but there's a thread for this sort of post http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...045#post796045

Also I have to say £500 seems a bit pricey to me for what this is.
17-10-2016, 13:21
Jeff Wood

sorry, if its in the wrong section. I'm still new here :)

I think the price is OK ish, but he's put Best Offer, I actually offered £300 which he declined, but say £400 would be a good price especially if it has got a phono stage, as the phono stage is basically an LFD MMO.
17-10-2016, 13:42
Neil McCauley

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Wood

just seen this, nice little amp :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LFD-Mistra...sAAOSwh2xYA2Hn

The seller's description isn't totally accurate. These amps were made in the UK, (Clacton On Sea to be exact), It wouldn't have been made in 1990, it's not as old as he says, it would have been made around 96-99.

Also he said it has a phono input. But it probably doesn't. LFD integrateds all have the phono input sockets and phono written on the source select, but it was an option to have a phone stage actually inside. So beware :) the seller would either need to try with a turntable or take the lid off and have a look to confirm. But not many were built with phono stages inside.

And just to let you all know, these amps can be fitted with the bigger transformer from the Integrated LE which will mean a boost in power to out 80watts per channel. No idea if Richard Bews still has any of these lying around, but he might.

I believe that all the information above is correct. That said, sending a copy of the ebay ad direct to Dr. Richard Bews (LFD founder, designer and builder of all things LFD) might be useful. He can be contacted at lfd_audio@yahoo.co.uk

The only LFD integrated I know for certain that has the switchable mm/mc option was the Zero LE III series and even then, one without this option could not be retro fitted to accept it. Dr B was strangely dismissive of his on-board phono stage seeing it as something akin to a 'get you home' addition. However, my colleague Howard's experiences with both the Zero III with phono stage and the the same amp coupled to the external and current LFD LE phono stage demonstrates (he tells me) that the differences are small.
17-10-2016, 14:24
Jeff Wood

Trust me on this Neil, I almost definitely made this amp myself, it was also me who came up with the name "Mistral" :)

These amps were not made until 96, maybe 97.

Also, they could be supplied with the phono board inside, which is basically an LFD mmo board but from memory different caps but pretty much the same as the MMO.

It could be changed to MC by soldering across a couple of pins, or was it cutting the solder joint, cant remember which way round.

But it was far more than a get you home phone stage:)

A phono stage board could be retro fitted to these amps, but as it happens this one definitely does have the phono board inside, I messaged the seller and asked.

Btw, not a huge difference between the mistral and the LFD int zero, wiring and caps tbh, same main pcb and transformer.

The Int Zero LE had a bigger transformer and heatsink which actually meant about 90 watts, its the same transformer that went into all the bigger lfd amps at the time.

I did suggest to Richard that we should make a super mistral with this transformer, cant actually remember if any were made though, might have been...
17-10-2016, 21:55
walpurgis

Nice looking pair of Radford 180/50 Monitors at a reasonable £295. Located in Calne.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ra...0AAOSw-CpYBQ6f
17-10-2016, 22:27
montesquieu

Quote:

Originally Posted by walpurgis

Nice looking pair of Radford 180/50 Monitors at a reasonable £295. Located in Calne.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ra...0AAOSw-CpYBQ6f

Rather cheaper at auction https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...0-a4b100add724 just up the road too from Calne (funnily enough I drove through there on Sunday).

Having said that I always fancied a pair of Arthur's speakers, he was quite passionate about them by all accounts though bested by Peter Walker of course at least in this department
17-10-2016, 22:46
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by montesquieu

Rather cheaper at auction https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...0-a4b100add724 just up the road too from Calne (funnily enough I drove through there on Sunday).

Having said that I always fancied a pair of Arthur's speakers, he was quite passionate about them by all accounts though bested by Peter Walker of course at least in this department

Radford was one of the first to exploit transmission-line loading in speakers. Ably helped by Dr Bailey, who acted as a consultant (he also suggested using an ECF82 as a more linear power splitter in the Radford valve power amps).
18-10-2016, 10:17
struth

Nice old ferrograph

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ferrograph...XszKp#viTabs_0
18-10-2016, 13:04
dantheman91

Quote:

Originally Posted by dantheman91

I'll give it ago probably wont work but most of their stuff is tested so this isn't is ringing alarm bells but we will see

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016889401...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Ive got a remote somewhere for this too....:eyebrows:

Update

Well this amplifier arrived sure needed a good clean seems to have come up well as of yet not tested

The one thing the seller did not mention was the Rust/Oxidized RCA inputs jacks:steam::steam::steam:....Any idea on how to remove this from them?

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