If I saw them in a skip I might be tempted, as long as I don't have to climb into the skipQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
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If I saw them in a skip I might be tempted, as long as I don't have to climb into the skipQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I think they're the same model that Edward gave to me and I recently passed on to Magic. To think I just gave away £699! [emoji38]Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
They are nice sounding little speakers, but cheaply made. I sold my last pair years ago for forty quid. Wouldn't mind another set to play with, but at a sensible price obviously.
at nearly 700 notes, someone is having a laugh:doh: maybe moving decimal point to left will be closer
It just goes to show the unrealistic prices being asked for some audio gear. :doh: Even if they were AR3a, the price asked would still be a lot.
Gumtree...Sony CDP101 needs some tlc...50 quid....not mine...don't know the seller either
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-ster...yer/1405689869
If it is the Sony version of the Philips CD101, but using a larger case, then £50 is the most I would pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by mad-moon
It's nothing to do with Philips (the similar-looking Philips player was the CD-104) but has a rightful place in history as Sony's first ever CD player.
Sadly it's an awful sounding thing, so best treated as a collectable! :D
Disagree that it is 'awful sounding.' Although it's more than 25 years since I last heard one.
"REFUBRISHED" apparently! :)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203452092...%7C3000%7C7000
Perhaps they meant 'rerubbished'.:lol:
Affordable Luxman, lovely:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303759699...sAAOSwVWBfqTr9
Nice! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Musical Fidelity 'Studio T' power amp. Not many about in decent condition, plenty of power!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284313927...8AAOSwYK9gs8hy
Rather scarce NAD 3150 integrated amp, currently at £45. I expect the bidding to zoom up before long (despite the spring clip bare wire speaker terminals :)).
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184877602...53.m1438.l2649
These are pretty punchy, I have the even rarer 2150 power amp version.
They've gone up, I think I sold mine for about £200 a few years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Like everything else. Not much 'vintage' gear at sensible prices now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawrence001
The asking prices may not be sensible but not much is fetching the asking prices except turntables.
I see the same kit on eBay advertised month after month, same asking price, never any takers. Then you look at sold listings and see they're fetching only half what is being asked.
Mostly people don't need the cash that desperately so they think they can hold out for top whack. Also no-one takes inflation into account. If I had a quid for every time I've seen someone say 'I sold it for what I paid for it' when they've had it fifteen years. Err...the value of money has halved in that time, you've actually taken a 50% loss.
Hmm. Subwoofer tweeter? I'll need to have a think about that. :hmm:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184176876...EAAOSwcCJcnF11
bizzare
Maybe it's for a 'soundbar'.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
£649! Are they really that rare?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224433577...AAAOSwgjtgNECU
Well, they're not exactly common, but sadly the seller seems to be one of those people who thinks that "rare" automatically means "valuable"!
Regardless of rarity, and as good as it might be, it is not worth the asking price. If you are prepared to spend that sort of money, IMO it would be better to spend it on this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273827191...Cclp%3A2047675 and save yourself a little money.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I’d rather have the NAD, thanks… ;)
Well there you are then - yours for £649. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
Krell KSA50s still has a while to run https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324683554...gAAOSwpgZgziVb
spares or repair down on one channel but could be same issue as I had with my two in which case it's fixable.
Rare Hitachi HS-320 speakers. The horn tweeters with the acoustic lens are superb quality and on their own from the importer were a couple of hundred quid forty years ago. If I had room I'd have these!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124760517...53.m1438.l2649
Go on Geoff , squeeze them into the attic !!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
This would make someone a wonderful system, good value for all the individual components included. Need to be strong to move it and not too far from Edinburgh.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144031989...4AAOSwF3VggXO7
JPW AP3 - need refoaming but still worth it, very good small speakers
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233881739...Cclp%3A2047675
A B&O collector might like this. I would have it as a second systems but SWMBO said no, I always liked my sister-in-laws in Denmark, they have a great sound.
I came across this complete Beogram 9000 system it is in good condition and is a working, the TT works but needs a new cartridge (I think about £200). The seller sent me videos of it working CD and Cassette, it sound pretty OK, it was his wife's cousin who owned it from new but has passed away.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403066471019
TD150 Mk.II just sold. Amazing that a deck this good can still be picked up so cheaply.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THORENS-T...rdt=true&rt=nc
And like yesterday, another Thorens TD150 that looks like it'll go cheaply.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224562304...53.m1438.l2649
Forget Regas, Pro-jects and standard Techies etc. One of these will run circles around them! Better sounding than the TD160 and massively underrated.
Fairly rare vintage B&W DM3 speakers in Yarmouth.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194322982...Cclp%3A2047675
For a long time I used to covet a pair of DM3s; but I would baulk at paying £250 for a pair now.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Before the DM3 came out, Jim Rogers sold me 13"x 8" EMI bass units, Celestion HF1300's and STC 4001G's, put them in cabinets (about 2 Cu ft) and made some crossovers, still have the speakers, sound pretty good. I also have genuine DM3's that use the HF1400.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Rotel monster receiver - tasty
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303936516...e1e372a8d9c84d
Gorgeous but a mother of it goes wrong...stick to point to point ala croftQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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I thought it was the big one but on closer inspection it's the smaller 45W version. Still a looker though.Quote:
Originally Posted by donmarrese
Looks are in order, but I must say, if there's no weight, then content is comprised!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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KEF Reference 103 near Hull, collect only. Could go cheap.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEF-Model...item266f7f22b6
Large vintage 'Transmission Electronics' speakers in Redruth, Cornwall. Interesting design, look like a bargain to me.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203613634...%7C3000%7C7000
Agreed, a bargain, I would love to take a punt on those but collection only from Redruth... and I already have far too many unused speakers... Must. Resist.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Looks like an interesting project for someone. Drivers alone worth more than the asking. Too far for me to drive. :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Seems that TEL (Transmission Electronics Ltd) was a forerunner of IMF if I read Jerry at Falcon Acoustics post correctly. See:
https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/vend...ml#post5144001
Worth it just for the drive units alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I have a bit of an issue with people breaking classic vintage speakers for the value of the drive units, been asked to do this a few times and always refused.
Last time was with some KEF Calindas, drivers probably worth over £200, had a number of offers in that region for the drivers alone. Ended up selling the complete speakers to a pal for fifty quid, now used every day for TV and music in his large living room where they sound superb.
Breaking should be a criminal offence IMV ;)
Well at least you see fewer empty Tannoy cabinets for sale these days. It was at an epidemic rate a few years ago.
I wasn't suggesting they be broken up, nor would I agree that they are "classic vintage speakers" (I have never heard of Transmission Electronics), just that the value of the drive units are worth at least the asking price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
It does not follow a priori that a large cabinet stuffed with well respected drive units will sound good; by all means listen to them, but if found wanting there is no ethical reason not to cannibalise them for the drive units.
I was just commenting on the practice of breaking, not specifically replying to you directly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I think if Transmission Electronics were the predecessor of IMF then these can be classed as classic or at least of historical worth. So would seem a shame to break them just to make a few quid profit.
I don't know that ethics comes into it, it's just a loudspeaker, not a moral conundrum. I just personally don't like to see old speakers like this demolished, same as I don't like to see old buildings demolished. Obviously the legal owner is absolutely free to do as he pleases with them - and to tell me to piss off :)