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Now that I like and could use. Monoblock amplifiers with balanced line input, a preamplifier with a balanced-line input and balanced outputs. Excellent!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Ideally there would be another balanced-line input, but you can't have everything.
In this ever-changing world it's nice to know that whatever the decade or whatever the fashion Denon products will always be gorgeously brutalist and chunky.
Not ebay but always fancied some of these - a lot of speaker for £1500
https://www.emporiumhifi.com/loudspe...-loudspeakers/
Looks like good value for an aluminium cabinet speaker with AMT drivers. Not new by any means but I bet they sound pretty good based on what the Piega 611 does at around £15K.
They would cost around £9.5K now inflation adjusted.
https://ebay.io/m/qyMUZA
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127944853...Bk9SR-yK68vjZw
I picked up one of these a few years ago as back-up when my Avondale Monos needed time off for servicing. The XXVIII is part of the range after John Farlowe left Exposure so it doesn't have the same fan club. From what I've found it's a refined version of the Super XVIII. I'm not sure where else you'd find quality dual mono amplification with such dynamics and warmth for £400-odd.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/358755637...Bk9SR7LSz-XlZw
This won't be around for long. Original US Robert Ludwig Led Zep II supposedly in 'VG+' playing condition.
EMT 938 looks in good condition
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/278137381718?
Been offered to me at £3301.30, a deal to be had if anyone's interested, collection only might hold it back, but then again if anyone's really interested I'm sure they'll want to collect it anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
It's in Brum so fairly central to anyone except those in Scotland.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeyb
Yes, that is a good price for an EMT 938. Unlike someone in the UK who has a Linn LP12 for sale on eBay for £50,0000!
When I started this thread over twenty years ago, perhaps I should have finished the title with "(?)".
Collection only from Glasgow, and I am biased as I have a pair, but Spendor SP1s for £260 anyone? Stone cold bargain!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/158070430...0846&recoPos=2
Look to be near mint condition, must be 1 careful owner. I'd take them all day over LS3/5a even though I like those too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Yes it's an obsolete, lo-fi format, but who doesn't want one of these?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157994587019?
It would have been better if the function controls had been on a tray that could slide away underneath the unit when not in use.
Very tidy Aiwa 'Mini Compo' system:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/307068689259?
Tasty B&O 6500 system looks in great condition although not cheap:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/117130864816?
The one I'm selling on there currently isn't white, but is a lot cheaper... :whistle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Today on 'Help! I've ruined my turntable!'
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/236988952...=10001&mkevt=1
Wants 600 notes for it 'untested' too. Good luck!
Puts me in mind of that popular Neil Diamond song: "Sondek blue, no bugger wants one" :)
TT2 with Mission 774 and (broken) Dynavector 10x. The arm alone is worth the asking price. Turntable plinth is slightly scruffy but would take much to make it lovely. Weird mat probably needs replacing!
https://ebay.io/m/IUTE7A
Judging by the 'patina' of the arm, it looks as if the whole has been stored in a damp cellar for a year or more! And what was going through the owner's mind to paint the lovely reeded aformosa plinth blue? :spew:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!
My guess is that it was in shit-state previously - like you say, stored for a long time in a shed or garage - and he had half a tin of blue paint lying around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Seller probably isn't the original owner, he's picked it up in a clearance or something, probably already painted like that when he got it.
That’s a Ringmat by the looks of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by shane
Definitely a candidate for the bin!
When you say 'Good looking turntables' no-one thinks 'Thorens TD160' - but wait!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387273923464?
I like that colour :sofa: Makes a nice change from shiny black or wood colours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
That's what I'm saying, it looks really good like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Pioneer R200 receiver - you don't see these every day (Jap voltage and it's in America though)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/318558878084?
I can appreciate a bit of vintage as much as the next man, but that gets a hard 'no' from me. A lot of money for an oversize clock radio that hasn't even any nostalgia value for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
It's a good-looking clock radio though, well I think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
If I was looking to buy a vintage clock radio that was going for silly money I might consider this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227297403...3ABFBMov6_xIBo
I used to love my old clock radio, what better way to be woken up?
Well, maybe with one of these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188026303...Bk9SR7K8lsWAaA
No radio though, which is a shame.
It's one of the ugliest things I have ever seen!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
How about the Swan STN100RADN ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Not a bad looking unit, but I wouldn't get the use out of it - I can't face brews first thing. Anita had a teasmade years ago. Then she met me, making the teasmade redundant :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
At a car boot I bought one of those old clock radios where the time display is on flip down cards rather than being digital. The mech that changed the cards was knackered, so I intended to fix it but never got round to it and in the end I chucked it out. Probably shouldn't have done as there's one for sale on eBay at £156
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276902813...153316-527457-
The one I had was way more upmarket than that too.
This is the one that Marty McFly has by his bed in 'Back To The Future' (Panasonic RC-6015)
https://i.ibb.co/WpHvSz1s/s-l1600.webp
Perfect, I could live with that one. Is actually very similar to one I had in the 80s. And I would prefer the 'flip' numbers anyway, I have experienced crappy digital digits disappearing over time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
OK, but why then cite a teasmade in the first place?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
You know how many cards there are in those things? That was the main reason I gave up on fixing it. But I wanted one because of 'Back To The Future.'Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDxy8mbWV_M
When I was at school I had a digital one, Akai, with the faux-wooden case. Gave it away when I left University as I was on the dole and didn't need it. Looked for another one since, no chance.
Well just because my first waking breath doesn't come with a mouthful of tea, I know there will be others for whom it does, so... also, the one I linked to looked to be a bit of a bargain and it was on Ebay, so met the criteria (or is it criterium?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Can't get started without a brew.
Brew, ciggy, first breakfast, brew, ciggy, second breakfast, brew, ciggy. Then I'm ready to take stock of the day.
"criterion" if singular (i.e. cheap price, or available on eBay), "criteria" if plural (i.e. cheap price and available on eBay).
Cheers, Barry :) If you'd been my English teacher I may have done better at school. Though I did get my GCE O level (just).Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Picked one of these up out of curiosity. A fairly scarce AMC 3000 integrated amp in nice condition.
It's really surprised me. As a development of the NAD 3020 I'd expected it to sound decent, but to my ears it's noticeably better and very pleasant to listen to.
https://i.ibb.co/0xhZCtf/Front-jpg-2...0e8b6ffb7d.jpg
More akin to the Denon PMA250 at least in the look of it?
Sort of vaguely recall AMC from early 90s. HFW might have reviewed one.
Couldn't find a proper review and to my ears it has a different character to the Denon (which was decent enough).Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
What speakers and source are you using nowadays, Geoff?
S.
Hi Shane, hope you're doing well mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998_mk2
Currently, the source is just my old Pioneer PD-S505 Precision CD player. I shall swap over to my Trichord Digital Turntable and Monarchy Audio DAC at some point;
The speakers are home built and rather unusual. They are omnidirectional, using full range 5.5 inch high sensitivity upward firing drivers with reflector/diffusers, in floorstanding 1/8 wavelength transmission line cabinets. They're sounding rather good.
I'll be posting pics on my Deaf Row blog at some time.
Are you using anything interesting?
Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I have vague memories of your Pioneer PD-S505 but none of the Trichord. I don't recall seeing it when you lived in Southall. Lets face it, we haven't met since 2014!
No HiFi for me at the moment.
Daily drivers are dirt cheapo superlux headphones plugged straight into PC. No dac/amps involved, just don't need them.
Do you also stream, Geoff?
Looking forward to the pics!
S.
Nope. No streaming. Not yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998_mk2
Deep down you mean = Never gonna happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
;)
S.
Fella that bought my vintage Sony amp sent me pics of some of his kit, which included a tidy-looking pair of Nightingale NM1 speakers. And some Beovox S45-2s that also looked nice, which he got off Ebay for £1.75. Now that must be a proper bargain :) I've tried to persuade him to post more on here, it all looks like interesting stuff, especially those Nightingales.