Yeh let have a quad invasion show those Techy geezers what rules the gaff :lolsign:
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Yeh let have a quad invasion show those Techy geezers what rules the gaff :lolsign:
Luckily (unluckily?) someone else made the decision for me this morning! Pity, I liked the idea of a musical toaster! Maybe one day, but I wasn't convinced on the condition with this one.
Doesnt matter about condition as long as you have a mint end pannel :)
Yeah, like you'd be happy with a dented & scratched one?! :eek: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
What i'm trying to say is as long as the end plate with the lettering is ok the case can be stripped & resprayed to new condition.. watch this space ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Nice 'shunter' on yer new avatar, mate :)
Marco.
Coughs & sneezels spread Diseasels As i believe Reverend Awdry wrote :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Bloody train spotters.:ner: :lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant
Actually, I read his books too.:)
Not a shunter it's a Class 76 ( EM1) 1500 V DC Electric Bo-Bo originally designed for the electrification of the Woodhead line..50's & 60's british Diesel/Electric Locomotives are one of my secret intrests ;)
Don't ever think about becoming a spy, will you Andre! ;) Mind you, maybe you already are one...Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Ah.... Had no idea, really - just trying to remember from playing 'Top Trumps' in the 70s!Quote:
Not a shunter it's a Class 76 ( EM1) 1500 V DC Electric Bo-Bo originally designed for the electrification of the Woodhead line..
.....not forgetting your penchant for 'golden showers' :eyebrows:Quote:
50's & 60's british Diesel/Electric Locomotives are one of my secret intrests ;)
Marco.
:eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
It's the Deltics for me. What a fantastic engine, and the sound!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
O yes twin Napiers ribcage rattlersQuote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Bet they're not "bargains on ebay" are they :eyebrows:
Well, there was an aircraft carrier on eBay once. Come to think about it, there may be one again soon.
Mission '720' £10 start pick up London..
Andre Perhaps you should call yourself Tommy then. Obscure trainspotting joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Sad former train spotter that I am. Man Victoria early 80s was my time. 25s, 40s, Peaks and if lucky 55s.
Well the train from where i am always went to Manchester Pick your dilly, I always went over to Victoria for the diesels..Yeh pretty much alsorts over there.Quote:
Originally Posted by flapland
For some strange reason i always wanted to pop over to the netherlands to see if i could catch a glimpse of one of the Class 77's (EM2)..
I went to a private engine collection last month and this was bought on ebay
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSC_0490.jpghttp://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSC_0266.jpg
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSC_0492.jpg
What did that fetch Jon?
He didn't say, and i thought it rude to ask but he got one for spares as well, they filled a artic trailer, it was rated at 450 hp but ran up to 1000hp under a presured system, 23.5 gallons per hour consumption, not for the faint hearted.
If you like big engines take a visit here sometime, i have passed on a few engines to the owner Paul Evans whos a really nice guy, we are plannning on doing a club visit next year ourselves
On a business trip to Sweden, I once saw something similar to that being used to drive a wood chipper - that was knocking out just over 1,000 hp, I was told. It could turn a 70 yr old pine tree into a pile of flakes in about 12 seconds!
To sort of bring the thread back on topic. The following is a bargain although collection only. :mental:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STANDARD-GAUGE...#ht_500wt_1156
And one for Andre
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LHL-O-Gauge-Fi...#ht_2813wt_907
Now when we are looking at value for money I think our hobby short changes us. I mean a new Naim NAP 250 is more money and obviously less work to produce.
[QUOTE=flapland;170231]To sort of bring the thread back on topic. The following is a bargain although collection only. :mental:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STANDARD-GAUGE...156[/QUOTE]
That seems very cheap to me for a full size one
[QUOTE=Jonboy;170239]Indeed I think the problem is that although its runs on Standard Gauge Track the loading gauge is European which is larger than the UK loading gauge. I suspect you would have to keep the loco at its present location which one of the few Heritage Lines that can run European loading gauge. Perhaps its like running B&W 801s with SET apps. Its all hifi but its not all fully compatible despite initial appearance.Quote:
Originally Posted by flapland
Very nice, brass aswell, i once had a 56er in brass cost me about £200.00Quote:
Originally Posted by flapland
New, unused and boxed SP10
Aye, but will it be a bargain ;)
With 13 bids already and 8 days to go, possibly not. Be interesting to see what it does go to though.
I have purchased stuff from that seller (on fleabay) a couple of times & been very happy with the service & product :) Don't be surprised to see a crazy price, though what that is i have no idea :eyebrows:
Here's one for Andre:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Sound-Orga...item4aa6eaa805
Hi Chris
Yeh saw that yesterday, i was gonna PM you the link but remembered about the space situation
Lovely vintage valve tuner here
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FISHER-FM-90X-...3#ht_500wt_922
Goodman's 'Achromat Beta' Speeka's
A chap on the Isle of Wight was recently selling a complete set of Achromat Kappas, Betas and Sigmas. I was tempted.....
Excellent speakers though most of them are, most of the old Goodmans models (apart from the original Maxims) fetch very little money, which I have never understood.
On balance I like Ebay more than not but I've got one major gripe.
If you come "second" in a bid and the highest bidder doesn't work out - say doesn't pay the seller, or didn't comply with the seller's terms or whatever - you get the option to buy...at your highest bid. Surely you should get the option to buy at one incremental step above the highest bid of the bidder who was "third", which may not necessarily be your highest bid ?
Otherwise, your outlay is being inflated by a bid that proved to be illegitimate. Shill bidding (an obviously illegitimate practice) is outlawed for inflating prices, so why not this ?
I know, I should really be on Ebay talking about this, just that it happened on a piece of hi-fi and it's still miffing me... :steam:
Pete
:lolsign: Not laughing at you or what you said, but about the fact that in a way you are dead right & why didn't i ever think of that :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete The Cat
Yes, it's a way of getting more money out of you :rolleyes: Please remember though that 1. You don't have to accept it & 2. You were willing to pay that much previously or you wouldn't have bid that amount...
In the interests of the bidder though i agree with you 100% that the amount should be 1 bid above bidder 3 & not what your high bid was ;)
That approach would definitely defeat any shill bidders who pull out having driven the price up :doh:
Ooh, look what I found. Incredibly rare to find an original direct cut LP (not the CDs made from the tape recording) and I couldn't resist. On its way to me soon.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
If you're interested in getting hold of some good recordings on vinyl, you should try one or two of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARK-LEVINSON-...#ht_5542wt_905
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARK-LEVINSON-...#ht_4566wt_905
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mark-Levinson-...item5889f9b2a2
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARK-LEVINSON-...#ht_4947wt_905
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARK-LEVINSON-...#ht_500wt_1156
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mark-Levinson-...#ht_728wt_1139
Recorded on a Mark Levinson modified Studer tape deck & circa 'mid-70's ML electronics.
Pricey, but they sound incredible, by all accounts.
I'd love to, but the prices :stalks:
I know, frightening isn't it!
If ALL LP's were made this way and with masters not compressed to high heaven, sparing those old groove-grinders I love so much, CD wouldn't have stood a chance. My copy of Thelma Houston hasn't been played for decades now, but I remember the consternation on the main session, as she saved her full performance for the actual take and the levels went off the scale on the main cutting takes.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Interesting for you analogue people to compare the direct cuts with the taped re-issues, as the losses in the analogue tape recording are clearly heard on comparison I remember.
I have the Thelma on CD (from tape) and it's a distant relative in comparison with the direct cut LP which I've borrowed in the past. I'm very excited to have bagged the LP and hope that it's in as good a condition as described.Quote:
Originally Posted by DSJR
I do have the James Newton Howard and Friends direct cut LP and that has absolutely explosive dynamics, far superior to any CD I know. It has probably the best drums ever recorded, certainly that I've ever heard. Jeff Porcaro from Toto.
Most recordings "feature" overly heavy compression IMO and sometimes this is done to get more "punch" from the finished mix. The thing is, to do this properly needs understanding and loads and loads of care. When technology is limited as it was in the 50's and early 60's, there was far less room for error, so the engineers dod the very best they could with what they had. This was done with the direct cuts, as there was no second chance. I still feel that CD in general and digital in particular has the *potential* to deliver amazing and jaw-dropping results, but it's up to the recording and mixing people (I hesitate to say "engineers" these days) to do the job properly and not surround themselves with effects and plug-ins which are so easy to use.
One final comment re compression. I listen a lot on some durable old Sennheiser HD25-SP's, the tone controls on the Quad 33 feeding the headphone amp taking much of the treble excesses out. The 33 has been modified as discussed plenty in other threads and I'm using the tape-monitor socket as input. On my newly discovered, much loved and often played "Hybrid" CD's, the bass is big, bold and very intense, the slight "thickness" I was getting put down to the headphones not being fully able to cope with it. I didn't like having to turn the Crown's gain pots down as going too low on these, buggers up the input impedance apparently, making the 33 sound "flattened," as it doesn't seem able to deliver into input impedances less than 20K. This last week, I removed the tape adaptor board and adjusted the playback gain to the middle position with the screw adjustments. Results? The Crown gain controls are now at maximum, the Quad volume control is set nearly half way up for loud listening and most importantly, the bass reproduction is so much better, it sounds more like a headphone upgrade, the biggest difference being on "difficult" mixes where there's little dynamic range to speak of (my 1960's singles benefit hugely too for the same reason, as the analogue tapes were the limiters in many cases)
Hi Dave,
Undoubtedly - and I hear *precisely* those results every time I play an audiophile recording on my modified vintage Sony....Quote:
I still feel that CD in general and digital in particular has the *potential* to deliver amazing and jaw-dropping results...
Thing is, when I play an audiophile vinyl pressing on my modded Techie, the results are even more jaw-dropping and amazing!! ;)
Superb as Martin's Ayre CDP is (and it it VERY good), the same thing happens in his system, as I'm sure he'll agree. His Techie now leaves his CD source in the shade - and it's the very same chez-moi, simply because the performance of our T/Ts is now at such a high level.
Quite simply, experience tells me that when analogue replay is at the top of its game, it still delivers sonically and musically superior results to the best of digital - and trust me, I've heard some VERY GOOD digital replay, hi-res and otherwise.
That opinion is entirely flexible, of course, but will remain 'as is' until someone can successfully demonstrate to me the opposite, using my current analogue reference as the benchmark! :)
Marco.
Me too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Really nice jazz/rock album.
Regards D S D L