Bargains on ebay?

Fancy an old scrubber?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Goodmans-s...item1c243bc048Interesting big, old Goodman's

Anyone know anything about them?

Know nothing about those Martin, but somehow don't think they are as old as they are billed. Also found this gauge
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2007195391...84.m1423.l2649

That's a nice olde worlde gauge, but a touch expensive? I guess it'll go into someone's collection.

Nein
Is it me or are things are getting expensive imho (even the truly crap) ?

prices rise gradually for sure Andre, but on ebay it seems to ebb and flow a little - high and then low, there's a lot variables involved.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Hi Dave,



I've heard Jura's both in a friend's system and in a dealer's demo room. They were ok little floorstanders, albeit it rather 'fruity' in the bass. Not really my thing. I much preferred the Naos, which to my ears, were more realistic and much less 'fluffy' and coloured sounding.

However, as to them sounding anything like vintage Tannoys, for me, NO WAY. Forgetting about my Lockwoods, which you wouldn't even mention in the same breath as Juras (:eek:), all the other vintage Tannoys I've heard (12 and 15" HPDs, Monitor Reds and Golds) present music in a totally different way because of their DC design, to thin floorstanding speakers with dome tweeters and teeny-weeny bass drivers, in comparison to what is considered the norm with vintage Tannoys.

Sorry, Dave, I don't really know where you're coming from with this! :scratch:

Marco.

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Bassy Juras are mk1 models. The Mk2's are more like the Naos, but smaller.. You're just going to have to come down to our level and accept the good things a smaller carefully designed driver can do. The midband on Jura's was really good and got better and better as the system did, as do the current models Rega make. I bet they'd compare fairly well with IIILZ''s, which are a bit ragged I remember (I'll get a listen to Dave W's pair as well as his too-middy LGM's next time I'm there), and also Eatons and Devons. I would *suggest* that the Jura 2's would communicate the message in a similar vein and the treble sparkle is no worse than a typical small DC tweeter in full song and far better than the ear-bleeding D100's the rep sold us unheard - and then scarpered, never to return.....

All subjective innit?

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Originally Posted by F307

Nein
Is it me or are things are getting expensive imho (even the truly crap) ?

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It's a quirk of the human psyche that when prices rise, people are more likely to want the item....

Their confidence that a product or item is a good one is strongest when they see others paying a high price for them.

Sometimes you even see people state that such and such "must be good owing to the high-prices they demand.." and so the desire for one builds. Then they see similar items at lower prices, feel that those then must be bargains and 'sleepers' and so the prices for them rise too...

Crazy positive feedback loops that crowds of people generate in all sorts of areas.

So true - *if* you are susceptible to the effects of that type of psychology. Thank goodness, I'm not. In that respect, I've always been a leader, more than a follower, which as a result of that mentality, is one of the reasons why AoS was born :)

Marco.

Idea case for your Raspberry Pi media player project

(some of the questions and answers are a good read)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISA...26#description