They're in decent nick, I'd have those myself if I had room for them... Bargain!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
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They're in decent nick, I'd have those myself if I had room for them... Bargain!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
Just make sure that Isophon tweeter is working. Try the Best offer a couple times as he might have auto accept at a certain price set up, if not waste no time & just buy them.
Don't tempt me I'm close to folding, really I am. Jo would have a frickin' fit if I pulled the trigger on yet another pair of speakers. Now, Domestic harmony vs a pair of speakers... :eyebrows:
Im always for risking an ear bashing. Just wait till she hear's im buying another TT
:D
Well Dave, if you were to "accidentally" press the BIN button I'm sure you could move them on very easily via the forum if they don't work out.
Right boys listen up, Sgt Major Jo would like a word in yer ear'oles... :eek: :D
There's a scan of my handbook & rear plate there i got Nick to put up. Things i do for your lot eh
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...Series%202.pdf
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Originally Posted by synsei
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ps5cd83e06.gif
Andre, thanks for the PDF!! those speakers at £35 are a bargain!
You tell her Dave !Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
I was the BOSS in my house " My wife said so ":)
Just posted this for interest. I've seen HF/200's before but never one of these - HF/100/20L. I think it must be the one from the early 50's that had an output impedance that was variable between 1 and 64 Ohms
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011265951...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
So... confused... its... painful ! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEF-rega-R...item339255ab65
O dear
:sofa:
Probably pie-eyed when he posted it... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
All Tannoy amplifiers are a rara avis. I wonder what the tale is behind how this bit of British-built kit ended up in Mexico?Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
You certainly can't accuse him of over-selling them either!!Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
Marco.
Love the look of it! I have a penchant for such 'crusty patination' [see 'patina'] on vintage equipment... 'Audiophile dust' is always a bonus, too! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Marco.
Haha! Are you sure you're not confusing "crusty patination" with the copper hammer-finish paint Tannoy used?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Possibly, but it also has a rather fetching 'hue' all of its own! :eyebrows:
Marco.
So what does he see when he looks at the Rega logo on the front of the soeaks? Maybe he meant to put a picture of a Super Soeaker?Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
Are you talking about yer inco-pants again, Rob? :D
Marco.
The mains voltages indicate that it was certainly built for the overseas market and was most likely partnered with the 15" silver the seller also auctioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Fabulous condition! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TANNOY-15-...vip=true&rt=nc
Goodness, now I've dribbled in my pants... :drool:
Marco.
Of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
No! If the quoted dynamic mass of 2.5 x 10-3g is the same as the tip mass, then at 2.5mg it will do immediate and irreparable damage to your vinyl. (In fact any stylus with a tip mass of more than 1mg will do permanent damage).Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
The cartridge was/is a cheap ceramic jobbo. I thought the name far more imaginative than the offerings of today. Imagine an Ortofon 2M Redhead :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Then again having thought about it that would mean there would be a 2M Blue rinse :eek: Redhead for the youngsters, Blue rinse for the old fogeys
:lolsign:
Marco.
Looking at those "British made" capacitors reminds me, I did some gardening work for an elderly lady in Falmouth... We somehow got onto the subject or electronics & she revealed that she'd worked for "AH Hunt capacitors" in London as a young lass and had kept some of the foils as a souvenir which she duly showed me.
Pretty cool I thought & a shame we no longer manufacture on large scale.
One thing for sure i aint proud to be British these days.
Sharps gone back in the box, Andre'?
Yeh still prefer the ones i use..
I would need the Grecian 2000 model! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
If you think today's cartridges are lacking an imaginative name, then this is made up by the fanciful names given to other products; especially so-called audiophile cables.
Personally, I like the names given to older equipment such as Ortofon (from the Greek orthos = "pure, or correct" + phonos = "sound") and Stentorian (Stentor, a character in Greek mythology, was the herald for the Greek forces in the Trojan war, who's voice was said to be as powerful as that of 50 men).
And of course the forerunner of QUAD (a rather perfunctory quartermaster-style appellation: “Quality Unit Amplifier, Domestic) was the delightfully named “Acoustical Manufacturing Company”.
Were I to design any audio gear, I think I might name it “Calliope” (In Greek mythology, Calliope (Καλλιόπη ="beautiful-voiced") was the muse of epic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and is believed to be Homer's muse for the Iliad and the Odyssey.). Unfortunately “Orpheus” has already been used.
Does anyone know the origin of the names Linn and NAIM?
Those AH Hunt capacitors you mention had a lousy reputation for quality. Unfortunately Quad used them in their Quad II power amps (and quite possibly in the earlier Quad I and Q.U.A.D. designs) as the DC blocking capacitors to the grid of the KT66 valves.Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
That's British for you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
They had two factories one in London, the other Wrexham.. They were taken over in the late 60's by Erie
Try find a picture of the Green Hunts polyester caps & a green Erie polyester cap, i think they were called 'M312'..
Hi Barry,Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
In terms of Linn, I'm pretty sure it comes from the fact that the original factory in Glasgow was situated near Linn Park: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5132
I used to know where the name 'Naim' originated from, but have forgotten. I could probably find out, though! :)
Marco.
According to 'The Unofficial Naim FAQ Website':
The late Julian Vereker - the company founder - couldn't think of a name so chose Name and then changed the spelling arbitrarily to Naim. It doesn't stand for anything.
Yeah, that was it!
Marco.
Nice bit of Yamaha http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-B-2...item2ed4693cb9
Lovely but aren't V-FETS the ones you can't get hold of anymore if they go bad?Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
Indeedy, it'll need a full service too... 15 years idle & then thrust into action, those capacitors will be shagged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I may well be wrong but it looks to me like just the power indicator has blown and he thinks the whole amps dead ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-PI...item1c43676d62
Well you were right: those rusty old Quad IIs fetched over £250! "A fool and his money ...."?Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
I just dont get people that entertain QII's
Total 'pipe & slippers', IME, and largely responsible for creating the stereotypical (and totally incorrect) view of all valve amps sounding 'warm & cuddly'! :rolleyes:
After years of believing that blinkered shite, folk are only now starting to discover the truth!
Marco.
I just don't get why people don't entertain quad 11's :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Barbarian
Maybe it coz they are not Orange :)
There is nothing wrong with the Quad II amps when used with appropriate speakers: they are divine with Quad 57s for example (no surprise there since they were made for one another). I have owned a pair of Quad IIs to use with my Quad ESLs on two occasions; keeping a pair as a back up, should my main amplifier fail. It was only the difficulty with the unique connectors of the Quads that caused me to pass them on.
Quad IIs have a beautiful mid range and are only lacking at the frequency extremes. Peter Walker's fondness of the EF86 pentode for the input stage, means the Quad IIs have a low sensitivity of 1.4V for full output. But apart from that, they were a ground breaking design back in the '50s, and even today still aquit themselves well.
There are classic amplifiers I feel are superior to the Quad IIs: the Radford STA15 Mk. III and STA25 Mk. III and possibly the Leak Stereo 20 (all of which are developments of the Mullard 5-20 and 5-10 circuits), but the Quad II are still worthy of consideration.
My sarcasm was directed at the particular pair for sale on eBay. They had been stored in a damp shed for 15 years; were rusty and the bitumen transformer potting material had leaked from one of the mains transformers! Quite frankly £250 was a rediculous amount to pay for a pair in such poor condition.
Like the obsession with the BBC LS3/5A speakers, people (especially the Japanese) are willing to pay silly amounts for Quad IIs. £500 for a pair in virtually mint condition is, IMO the most that should be paid.