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No, because its still sitting in my drawer Paul ! lol. Too busy flaffing around emptying my wallet elsewhere I m afraid. It will get sent to Mr Wright sooner rather than later though.Quote:
Originally Posted by flapland
I also put out and take in as well. My best find being a Hacker radio ( top model ) which I enjoyed for a few weeks and then sold on ebay for around a ton : What am I like :eyebrows:
I have the same issues, always something else to buy/try. I have a Koetsu Black to fix and Audio Note M2 also but still buy others things instead.
There's an old mattress and a bidet dumped in the alley opposite me. Some sheets of plywood and a door too. Been there for weeks. Never seen a mini-hifi or indeed any sized hi-fi dumped though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Well there you go - everything you need to build a bedroom extension, complete with bed! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
There's an occasional table a bit further down the road too. Would do for a bedside lamp. I probably could amass an entire bedroom suite if I walked round the neighbourhood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I didn't spot the bidet in your post. That's a bit up market!
There's an occasional table that appears in the alley behind my mate's house, it sticks around for a couple of days, then disappears. Only to return a few days later. This has happened several times. what's that all about? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I'll get me coat
Could sell for beer money - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-Play...QAAOSw2GpfIEWu
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I thought I was the only one who knew about those Shane. Relevant model numbers are I think: SCPH-1002, SCPH-5002 and SCPH-5502Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998_mk2
I use one in my second system, surprisingly good!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Been written up on here yonks ago.
Here's mine -somewhat amended. (currently lost a channel.)
:) Hilarious! This guy has a good line in bullshit. I must look up "Studio Spec". I notice the stuffed midrange dustcap wasn't mentioned :rolleyes:.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hi-Fi-Spe...wAAOSwEmNexvpb
How much?? :eek:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-C...UAAOSwejBfHurp
'As can be evidenced from the pictures these speakers have been previously installed in working environments, but they take no shame from their cosmetic condition which only accentuates the quality of the build and longevity these speakers were designed for.'Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
https://i.ibb.co/Bc3KVf6/BULLSHIT.jpg
uploading pics
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"These speakers are undoubtedly a slice of history, a monument to a Golden era in broadcast technology.."
Yes at just the time when the BBC speaker design heritage went tits up.
Do you have experience of these speakers during your time at the BBC?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharos
This: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/283687226581
£2,700 !? I bought exactly the same deck and arm about ten years ago and paid £750, complete with a Shure M55E cartridge.
No my time was earlier, and at the time when they were doing great things; LS 5/5, 3/4, and then into the Spendor BC1 when Hughes left to form his own company. To this day I have never been so overcome by the purity of a speaker as I was with the 5/5 in the Quality Control Room at Bush when listening to Santana Abraxas after my Tannoy Lancaster Golds, and this with e ears of a 23 year old.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
From general opinion the development of the polyprop cones, although an improvement, lead into a faulty design/production process leading to the much criticised LS 5/8 and 5/9, the latter particularly being produced out of spec compared with the prototype, they both had the presence dip, and the original didn't. The PM510 was a passive version of the 5/8, and that looks like an iteration of the 5/9.
Yes but don't they look absolutely lovely, I used to use those in programme production?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Not many of these about, Fostex 600 power-amp. It's a brute!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fostex-60...AAAOSwnDdfHXIZ
Got a lovely Sony STR 6800SD from the late 70’s
One owner from new, great condition.
This thing is a beauty!
80 watts per channel!:hairmetal:
:D From an era when hifi looked like somethingQuote:
Originally Posted by AlexB
I’m amazed how underrated Sony stuff seems to be, everybody seems to be obsessed with Pioneer and Sansui.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobbieGong
Interesting !! Not a bargain but one I just browsed https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-PS-1...sAAOSwtMNeyNJnQuote:
Originally Posted by AlexB
Seems pretty and reminds me of Hal in Space 2001 :) Shame the lid is crcked right along the top !!
But the rest of the Sony stuff looks lovely
Denon PMA-350SE going cheap so far. A seriously good sounding budget 50w integrated amp!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Denon-PMA...53.m1438.l2649
Got one of those a few years back following your recommendation Geoff primarily to keep on the subs bench but I have used it for extended periods on occasion, currently residing in my bedroom system driving Q Acoustic 3030s, always sounds good so thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
A pair of the excellent Mission 752 Freedom floorstanders, such lovely speaker in my experience that has always been a proper audiophile bargain IME/IMO
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mission-7...cAAOSwf~tfROLW
The driver surrounds look a bit iffyQuote:
Originally Posted by RobbieGong
I reckon finger marks there, as other than that those drivers look pretty much like other images. Any interested party could ask the seller for peace of mind...... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
Not sure what they will make but look cheap ATM !! I have a pair in Ash ,and I must change them back from the Tannoys I have been using for the last 2 yrs to reappraise them for a bit (they are on the AV system )
Impulse H2's , fill yer boots , Great speakers
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Impulse-H...0AAOSw83FfSQYl
Hard to tell but they might have replaced the foam surrounds with rubber which would change the parameters of the drivers. Worth checking before you buy..Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
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Originally Posted by Lawrence001
I don't need them as I have a pair :)
Bargain alert ! Not much time left, someone may get these for nothing - Collection from Bedford area https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363086285313?ul_noapp=trueQuote:
Originally Posted by RobbieGong
Rare! Brand new Ortofon MC25 FL (NOS), £444.82 from Italy. In comparative terms, this is a bargain MC cartridge.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortofon-M...oAAOSw74ddb88U
It's a very good cartridge, though I'm not sure how much a NOS sample is really worth. I have one, but paid considerably less than the sum being asked. However it is rumoured that Ortofon made a loss on every one they sold, so it wasn't in production for long.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I had one that I bought from Grant, sold it on for £130 ( and a loss ) and even that was a struggle [emoji6]
Great carts.. Shouldnt have been difficult. Many dont know how good these can be when set up
Definitely, great cartridge but no way they're worth £400+Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Depends how much you want one. If they were still made, you'd probably pay around a grand.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyb
'tis trueQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
for a grand your into audio technica art-9 territory,the ortofon is good but no where near that good.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
It is rumoured that Ortofon never recovered the cost of development of the MC25FL; they made a loss on each one sold. Because of that the cartridge was not in production for long. But it could all be an old wive tale!
Whatever the story, it is a very, very good cartridge (easily up there with the Denon 103) and IMO superior to the Ortofon MC20 and MC30 etc.
Anyone after an AV rack...Atacama Equinox for 30 quid in the Scunthorpe area.. a stone wall bargain...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Atacama-E...MAAOSwOyxcjriR
My B&W 683s are on t’Bay if anyone fancies a bid?!
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very reasonably priced at the moment.... pair of ditton 15's in nice clean condition....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celestion...0AAOSwDb5fYewL
A Schiit Mani sold for £330 on Sunday, I know it's apparently seriously good... Schiit and in short supply at the moment?
But £330? Bonkers.
Too much!Quote:
Originally Posted by chris@panteg
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