HOMER: 'But Marge, everytime I learn something new it pushes old stuff out of my brain! Remember when I took that home wine-making course and I forgot how to drive?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
MARGE: 'That's because you were DRUNK!!!'
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HOMER: 'But Marge, everytime I learn something new it pushes old stuff out of my brain! Remember when I took that home wine-making course and I forgot how to drive?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
MARGE: 'That's because you were DRUNK!!!'
:lolsign: Love it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Just won a loverly pair of vintage ROSS RE-272 headphones, don't know what they are like but at £18 thought i'd have a stab, look loverly quality anyway,excellent condition.. certainly right up my avenue styling wise.. so that's a start.. :eyebrows:
Nice - they used to sell stuff like that in Laskys :)
Marco.
I've tried a few headphone amps over the month, all sound pathetic which just about summs todays hifi, don't know why i even gave em the time of day tbh :lolsign:
I should have been from another time, i decided to try a few 70's intergrated amplifiers with tone controls :eyebrows: landed a nice Trio 'KA2000A' for an awesome £11.50, it's in the postie as i write this :eyebrows:
Just won another Trio 'KA2000' but an earlier one this time, £18.00.. :lolsign:
Beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
I sure i had one of those without the wood sleeve, i was my first seperates amp, i think mine had an orange power button :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
What do you do when you desperatly want something you have been looking out for years, large weighs a ton (but within courior max weight restrictions) & is the other side of the country, worse the seller makes it so obvious he's not intrested n' has nay intentions in packing it properly?? :(
Hire a van & go & get it yourself if you can drive? :scratch:
I wish i could quite often :doh:
440 miles round trip :lolsign:
where is it, is there no one on here that could helpQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
If you want something badly enough...... You only need to do it the once...Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
:eyebrows:
Don't Drive markQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonboy
It's in Portsmouth Jon but would'nt dream bothering anyone to pack it..
You're in the same boat as me Andr'e :doh: A year or so ago i won an auction for a couple of Krell KAS2 monoblocks & i'd already got the ok from a mate to drive me down just south of London to pick them up at a price :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Tested the first amp after unboxing it & all's well, tested the second & it went in protection mode :eek: :doh:
Still had to pay my friend the cost of the journey & his time :rolleyes:
Hi Mark
Well i've always said some people sell stuff for a reason but it's a chance you have to take.You can guarenteed everything i fancy is the other side of the country :(
The amount of stuff i bought thats arrived smashed due to poor packing is Beggars belief.I mean how easy is it but to use an oversized box, pack the unit in a way that it's technically suspended in free space within the packing, if the unit gets hit the free space takes it & not the unit. :scratch:
Indeed, i think i must have been lucky as i have never received anything broken in nearly 1200 buys on ebay. I agree with the above entirely ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Andre
Shame its not closer to me its 160 odd miles away.Is there not a member on here in Portsmouth that could help.
Did you go for them Atacama stands?
I've been very lucky in that respect i suppose, all the stuff i've gotten over the years from ebay has been packed realy well, even the stuff that was supposed to be collection only, my last set of wharfedales for instance, i won them for £6 or £7 they cost £12 p&p and i shit you not, the seller packed them like they were the crown jewels or something, shredded paper bubble wrap the whole nine yards, and it must have taken him some time to do it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
No worries Gary just venting off really at my amazment with couldnt care less auction sellers. The top plates on those stands were a bit too big :(..I'm gonna be getting cracking with restoring these Mordaunt Short 'Paegant 2's soon anyway so will be persuing my hunt for some original stands fer em..Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy6206
I travelled 300 miles round trip just to hear a pair of speakers Before sending off to USA for my speaker drivers If you think its worth the effort and you want it bad enough you can find a way
what are we talking about packing, Portmouth isn't to far from me and i might be bidding on something that way myself if it doesn't go for silly moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
With your obvious electronics expertise I trust you fixed it? Very nice set to have.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant
No Martin, i'd have loved to but having seen the circuit diagrams of the earlier more simple Krells like the KSA80 & knowing the KAS2 was also regulated & had a stupendous amount of output transistors for each channel as well as nigh on impossible to find fet input transistors i cut & run :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
The seller was gutted it didn't work & so was I (I could see how surprised the chap was!), they were as new, 9.5 in condition :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Win some, lose some.
I'll build my own :eyebrows:
Circumstances forced me to sell my turntable a few years ago and to sell off off most of my vinyl, but I still have quite a few (200 ish?) LPs left, a few dozen of which I don't have on CD or files. Recently been hankering after hearing some of them again, but cannot justify spending anything but the minimum.
Just bought this. Could turn out to be an ok buy for what I paid or a total crock.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=390281699305
So it'll need a headshell and a cheap MM cartridge and possibly a mat. Not that I've got anywhere to put it and I've just remembered that my amp doen't have a phono stage :doh: Must learn to leave eBay alone. :mental:
Anway, it'll probably turn out to be totally knackered and will go straight into a skip.:rolleyes:
Keith
There's a loverly AR 'Legend'/'Linn 'Basik LVX'/Linn 'K9'? presently running for a ton.
I've got the exact same combo, very good and musical combinationQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Thanks, it's pick up only from High Wickham and I've no means of doing that (sounds familiar). Also I suspect it'll end up quite a bit more than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
That's a good TT - it'll stand an arm a bloody sight better than an LVX, too. Nice curvy bit of walnut veneer on 'em too. I had a run of AR turntables over several years & they were all good.
As you know Marco.. I'm after some of these Celestions so if anyone has any for sale do let me know.
Do these have anything in common with the DL12's ?
NayQuote:
Originally Posted by The Black Adder
Hi Martin .. I just had my JBL L110's reconed and they sound great in a 2nd sysytem ,... but the adjustable controls on the mid and tweeter are causing crackling. Can anyone help with suggestions to upgrade the x/over network in these lovely old things .. they really do sound good. Should I be looking at replacing caps etc .. I had them next to a pair of Castle Howards ( which are now being refurbished with Morel drivers and new caps) and they held their own pretty well .... and they bashed similarily priced competition of their era to my ears anyway. The driver magnets are huge, heavy and things of beauty .. I was almost sorry to hide them away in the cabinet again :lolsign:Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Any tips/comments from anyone would be most welcome .. and on the Howards as well .. if anyone has experience with new Morel drivers versus the original castle drivers of 20 odd years ago ..
:cool:
Wow .. what a beaut .. so happy to see so many on this thread with a passion for this gear ...... I want to buy a big classic vintage looking Jap tranny amp no less than 70 wpc for my 2nd system ... Any recomendations folks ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno Commander
I would think any of the top of the range offerings from Sansui, Pioneer, Marantz & Kenwood are worthy of serious contention. Unfortunately, these are becoming "collectable" and prices are rising rapidly.
I would recommend trawling ebay and shortlisting anything that looks interesting. Then research those items through different forums (worldwide) and try to get an eye for whats good and what isnt. Thats what I did anyway.:)
There have been quite a few goodies which have tempted me recently.
Hi BrianQuote:
Originally Posted by Vinyleyes
Very often these controls have so-called self-cleaning tracks but they get dirty and consequently crackle. The best way to clean them up is to exercise them all the way round and back again about 50 times - with the sound off, obviously.
As for the main crossover components, replace the caps but leave the inductors alone is the general rule. I recommend Auricaps if you can afford them.
Don't forget Sony with their V-FET monsters, although getting very pricey these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Techno Commander
WOW - that's a beautiful looking thing, and testament to when hi-fi equipment was once built properly! :)Quote:
Wow .. what a beaut .. so happy to see so many on this thread with a passion for this gear ...... I want to buy a big classic vintage looking Jap tranny amp no less than 70 wpc for my 2nd system ... Any recomendations folks ..
Marco.
Thanks for suggestions on the speakers & amps chaps ... There is indeed a VERY pricey Sony VFET on the Bay now .. BUT I haven't won it yet .... :eek: ...Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
I see it - what a shame that it's been treated like that. A travesty, but it hasn't kept the price down, has it?
Little Trio amp landed this morning, it sounds brilliant, i totally love this amp & it's aesthetics are gorgeous.It wants a little clean & i notice a couple very tiny marks by the side of the power switch, i can sort easy enough but a stunner, around 40 years old. absolutly the best £18.00 ive ever spent.Deffo a keeper, i'm just waiting on the re introduced version i also bought coming.
Sorry for the poor picture.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture004.jpg
Hi Andre,
Nice one - I love how it looks, too! What a superb buy for £18.00... :eek:
Bet it would outperform some of the shite made nowadays ;)
Marco.
:lol: thats not hard..
A couple of goodies which might tempt you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinyleyes
Sansui AU417
Sony TA F6B
Technics SU V7 (I used to have one of these, a true power house of an amp)
Technics SU V6 Very nice :)
The Sansui would get my vote (just) ahead of the Sony :)
Marco.
Me too,Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
for me though the problem with old all be it "hi end" amps is that the caps are going to be a little tired if they are original and would need replacing, not a bad thing and to be honest is worth while doing but and here's the thing on ebay you can end up paying top dollar for an old amp due to it's past reputation, but then you will need to spend £200 plus on new caps, all of a sudden the old amp doesn't look so atractive, if you can get a bargin like the Trio Andre got, then you don't mind spending a few quid on caps, at the end of the day you can end up spending more on a vintage (if that's the right word) amp and re cap than what it actually cost when it was new. A sobering thought i'm sure you'll agree
Denon 'PM850' from the late '70's was a beauty if you ever see oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Techno Commander
Thanks guys .. I'm already on it .. the Sansui is on my watch list .. I spotted it straightaway .. and it is my first choice too :-) ...... and the cost for new caps does not bother up to a certain price... after all my Triumph TR6 now costs about 5 times more than it did when new .. so I don't see a value problem with paying a little more now for a neat little piece of 70's hifi than what it cost new . .. The value of the Sansui is relative to what you would have to pay NOW on the market to get a similar performance .. and that's not putting any value on aesthetics .. which to me is worth quite a bit ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jac Hawk
Did anyone see the Luxman receiver .... I like that too .. does anyone rate it .. although that is gonna get a bit pricey and into the territory of Jac Hawks comments .. and certainly the Sony VFEt at 795 BIN bears out what he says .. :(
How good are they anyway .. has anyone here got one. Could you justify paying almost a grand for a VFET on it's performance aspect alone ..
Luxman receiver .. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
:cool:
The Sony V-FET amps were lovely and good sounding too. The only problem might be finding compatible FETs should any fail.
The Luxman - yes please, but then I'm a bit of a one for receivers. These were regularly going for £70 just 3 years ago.
By the way, it's big (19 1/4" wide X 17" deep) and won't fit properly in a normal rack, so you should bear that in mind.
The Sansui I recenly purchased is almost certainly going to need to be recapped (at some point). It will also require half a dozed trim pots being replaced as well as having DC offset and biasing reset.
However, once done it is likely to sound better than when new.