Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

And these I drool over... the only speaker that I have heard that was truly amazing...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KLIPSCH-LA...QAAOSwCypWo4L0

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2916749082...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

These failed to sell at £49, so now relisted like this


Large Vintage Baker LoudSpeaker Speaker pair 20w 40-14-500 cps 3ft tall !

NOW: £75.00
Price reduced by: -£75.00

claiming half price when theyve actually nearly doubled

some folk have no shame

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Originally Posted by struth

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2916749082...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

These failed to sell at £49, so now relisted like this


Large Vintage Baker LoudSpeaker Speaker pair 20w 40-14-500 cps 3ft tall !

NOW: £75.00
Price reduced by: -£75.00

claiming half price when theyve actually nearly doubled

some folk have no shame

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Well they ARE 3ft tall....... :wow: ...... :doh:

Is it only me or is there something strange about 'collectable vintage' speakers that have been rewired with modern two core lamp wire and a stray earth wire......

One for vintage buffs. Decca Deram ceramic cartridge. Elliptical stylus. New old stock! This is rare in unused condition.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Decca-New-...QAAOSwa-dWsN9V

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

One for vintage buffs. Decca Deram ceramic cartridge. Elliptical stylus. New old stock! This is rare in unused condition.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Decca-New-...QAAOSwa-dWsN9V

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Yes but won't work into a standard modern phono stage. Both impedance and gain will be mismatched.

Interesting, Tom. In what way exactly? :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by montesquieu

Yes but won't work into a standard modern phono stage. Both impedance and gain will be mismatched.

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Yes it needs a pretty high impedance if I recall and RIAA equalisation will not apply.

(I've still got one somewhere)

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Originally Posted by Marco

Interesting, Tom. In what way exactly? :)

Marco.

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There's actually variability in how they work .. some (many) are self-equalising so you don't need a phono stage, but attenuation is needed as the signal is far too high for modern inputs.

Other need EQ but the impedance is wrong and you still have the gain issue, will overload most phono stages.

Lots of info here http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=60957

Interesting, and noted. It's the sort of info, however, which should be included in the seller's advert, in order to prevent folk, who don't know any better, buying it thinking that it's a 'normal' cartridge! :doh:

Didn't the BBC once use them for broadcasting (playing vinyl) in their radio stations?

Marco.

Yes. I believe the BBC did use them. Back in the late sixties and early seventies they had plenty of fans in radio studios and were also the mobile DJ's cartridge of choice, as they were tough reasonably cheap and sounded good. I was involved in the mobile DJ game back then and we used them exclusively. The Deram is possibly the best sounding mass produced ceramic cartridge, although I have come across Acos items that sounded decent too. The more common Sonotones did not compete in my view.