Bargains on ebay?

Just treated myself to this Ortofon MC15 Super II at a very reasonable £73. Seems these are well liked, not had this particular Ortofon MC before.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2711712941...84.m1497.l2649

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Just treated myself to this Ortofon MC15 Super II at a very reasonable £73. Seems these are well liked, not had this particular Ortofon MC before.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2711712941...84.m1497.l2649

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Lets hope it's penis arrives straight this time :D

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Originally Posted by istari_knight

Hehe, on the end of some very fine [IMO] transistor amps they sounded boxy, coloured & harsh with no treble. I never tried them with valves myself but I do agree, valve amps can & often do make poor speakers more palatable :ner:

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Lol... Trust me, James, you wouldn't be saying that if you heard them here! Your description of their sound is totally alien to me, with CD or vinyl :exactly:

Marco.

This looks like a nice amp.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pure-Sound...00908090188%26

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Originally Posted by southall-1998

This looks like a nice amp.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pure-Sound...00908090188%26

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Same as mine.
Cracking amp.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Lol... Trust me, James, you wouldn't be saying that if you heard them here! Your description of their sound is totally alien to me, with CD or vinyl :exactly:

Marco.

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I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, I'm starting to suspect something was amiss as from my experience of them I initially found it shocking anyone liked them... They really were that bad! Guess mine were shagged :scratch:

Nice pair of IMF TLS50 Mk.II transmission line speakers, in Surrey. These deserve the 'Classic' description. They were IMF's domestic sized (just about) TL floorstanders at the time and sounded pretty spectacular.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IMF-TLS50-...item33809cbdfb

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Originally Posted by southall-1998

This looks like a nice amp.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pure-Sound...00908090188%26

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very good it is especially on the end of my Tannoys, knocks the spots off quite a few more expensive amps

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Originally Posted by istari_knight

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, I'm starting to suspect something was amiss as from my experience of them I initially found it shocking anyone liked them... They really were that bad! Guess mine were shagged :scratch:

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Could be, mate, but I doubt it - more likely a simple lack of sonic synergy :)

There is so much vintage gear around that gets unfairly panned today by the uninitiated, simply because it has been heard in the wrong context - and moreover, because its performance was held back by the inferiority of some of the equipment that would've originally partnered it during the same era ;)

That's one of the reasons, for example, why the humble old Goldring G800 cartridge (or Shure M3D) can sound superb, partnered with modern phono stages, preamps, cables, etc, which no longer hobble it. There are many more examples I could quote of this, with vintage amps, speakers, turntables - all sorts!

Marco.

:popcorn: