Bargains on ebay?

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Originally Posted by Marco

Hahaha - what a tit! :lol:

Marco.

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The seller has probably run out of stock of the item and rather than risk bad feedback should someone order whilst he has no stock, he's changed the price to something ridiculous to prevent anyone ordering. It will probably revert to a sensible price once he's re-stocked. This is very common practice.

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Originally Posted by Barry

20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0dB ? :scratch:

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Hi Barry, They have a reputation for being very linear, but I've never heard a pair or seen any measurements to confirm this.

I only know one owner who has a pair (in France) and he reckons they are better than his Goodmans Axiom 80's which have a very good reputation. He's not interested in measurement but says they are very natural sounding.

I thought I'd post the auction as the more obscure vintage hifi like these speakers rarely get any coverage here in the UK. It usually tends to be the same old Quad/Leak/Tannoy/Garrard/Thorens stuff that's been done to death so I thought this might be a breath of fresh air. But, maybe I'm wrong and there's no interest in this these lesser known gems.

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Originally Posted by keiths

The seller has probably run out of stock of the item and rather than risk bad feedback should someone order whilst he has no stock, he's changed the price to something ridiculous to prevent anyone ordering. It will probably revert to a sensible price once he's re-stocked. This is very common practice.

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I'm sure you're right, Keith, but that's right bloody stupid. What's wrong with putting a notice on the ad, which shows that said item is temporarily out of stock? Maybe that's just too simple in today's needlessly over-complicated world! :rolleyes:

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

I'm sure you're right, Keith, but that's right bloody stupid. What's wrong with putting a notice on the ad, which shows that said item is temporarily out of stock? Maybe that's just too simple in today's needlessly over-complicated world! :rolleyes:

Marco.

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Suspect it's ebay policies and stuff - you're not allowed to advertise something you haven't got stock of. I imagine the seller has multiple outlets (ebay, own website, physical shop etc), so running out of stock probably happens from time to time and this is a simple way of getting round it and staying within ebay's rules.

Mmmm, again you're probably right... I'm saying nothing more, but I'm sure you know what I'm thinking! ;)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by BTH K10A

Hi Barry, They have a reputation for being very linear, but I've never heard a pair or seen any measurements to confirm this.

I only know one owner who has a pair (in France) and he reckons they are better than his Goodmans Axiom 80's which have a very good reputation. He's not interested in measurement but says they are very natural sounding.

I thought I'd post the auction as the more obscure vintage hifi like these speakers rarely get any coverage here in the UK. It usually tends to be the same old Quad/Leak/Tannoy/Garrard/Thorens stuff that's been done to death so I thought this might be a breath of fresh air. But, maybe I'm wrong and there's no interest in this these lesser known gems.

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Well they certainly look the business and in very good condition. My query was that no speaker in existence has a totally flat frequency response. To quote a response +/- 0dB is absurd and doesn't lend the seller any credence.

Regards

One of my fav Belt drives

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Tr...item2ec43357d6

From a design perspective, I love it! Dunno about a sonic one... ;)

Marco.

HiFi Daves gonna leave me his 'Prisma' in his will.. He's a good lad. Some nice blokes on here. Jonboys a good lad too, ive got his lafayette valve amp in his will also :lol:

:sofa:

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Originally Posted by Barry

Well they certainly look the business and in very good condition. My query was that no speaker in existence has a totally flat frequency response. To quote a response +/- 0dB is absurd and doesn't lend the seller any credence.

Regards

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I just thought that the speakers themselves might provoke some interest rather than the sellers text..:confused:

It seems that this is the wrong forum for this more esoteric kind of stuff when an overpriced crappy connector seems to generate more interest and comment. :mental: