Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

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31-08-2015, 14:14
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by spendorman

Yes, remember the ST60, never owned one though.

My friend had a ST20 and two Videoton Minimax speakers, sounded pretty good, and I'm sorry to say has outlasted him.

On similar lines was the EMI 15-15 Amp. I still have one of these, although not with EMI badge on, I wonder if you remember who bought up all the discontinued parts and re-badged them? I will be surprised if you know the answer!

Was it a fella called Les, with a shop on Edgware Road (and in Acton for a while) which I can't recall the name of. Was it RTVC? He marketed his own amps etc. Nice chap. Did many deals with him. Mainly for speaker parts.
31-08-2015, 14:17
walpurgis

I see you beat me to it by answering your own question.

He was just up the road from Denys Trickett's wonderful little emporium.
31-08-2015, 14:18
struth

Would not have thought of them... They sold out of magazines a lot... Kits etc if memory serves....good quiz question:)
31-08-2015, 14:24
spendorman

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Originally Posted by struth

Would not have thought of them... They sold out of magazines a lot... Kits etc if memory serves....good quiz question:)

Yes, adverts by RTVC in magazines, they sold the EMI 1515 amp, slightly modified as the RTVC 20+20.

RTVC sold a lot of speaker drive units, can you remember their biggest sellers make?
31-08-2015, 14:27
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by spendorman

Yes, adverts by RTVC in magazines, they sold the EMI 1515 amp, slightly modified as the RTVC 20+20.

RTVC sold a lot of speaker drive units, can you remember their biggest sellers make?

I recall (and bought) a lot of Decca, EMI and Goodmans stuff. Some Peerless and Audax too.
31-08-2015, 14:28
spendorman

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

I see you beat me to it by answering your own question.

He was just up the road from Denys Trickett's wonderful little emporium.

Yes, but I never went in there, thought it out of my league, well it was, lot of Quad stuff.
31-08-2015, 14:34
walpurgis

It was few years earlier I bought what I regard as my first proper Hi-Fi amp from Tandy a few doors down from RTVC. After a few sad experiences with Amstrad, I bought a Japanese Olson integrated from them. It sounded pretty damn good to me. Never seen another though. Kept it until I bought a new Ferrograph F307 from Lasky. That was a disaster. Nothing but trouble. It went back several times until I got fed up and was given a Rotel RA-611 in lieu of a refund. Great amp!
31-08-2015, 14:35
struth

Remember them doing the Vicount. It was quite jazzy for the day and popular..was a amp and speskersetc
31-08-2015, 14:40
spendorman

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

It was few years earlier I bought what I regard as my first proper Hi-Fi amp from Tandy a few doors down from RTVC. After a few sad experiences with Amstrad, I bought a Japanese Olson integrated from them. It sounded pretty damn good to me. Never seen another though. Kept it until I bought a new Ferrograph F307 from Lasky. That was a disaster. Nothing but trouble. It went back several times until I got fed up and was given a Rotel RA-611 in lieu of a refund. Great amp!

Tandy amps and receivers, mainly Realistic named, were generally pretty good. I vaguely remember the name Olson. Rotel RA-611 is getting modern!
31-08-2015, 14:41
struth

Remember baker making drivers around that time as well..

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