Yes, its funny how you get two (or more) bits of Hi-Fi hardware that seem to have an affinity to working together. I thought I had the magic combination years ago, using a Decca 4RC into a Rappaport Pre1. It was a superb combination.
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Yes, its funny how you get two (or more) bits of Hi-Fi hardware that seem to have an affinity to working together. I thought I had the magic combination years ago, using a Decca 4RC into a Rappaport Pre1. It was a superb combination.
The odd thing is i can blindly select out any of my vintage articles, put a system together & they will work harmoniously (none were bought to match), this doesnt happen these days imho.
Well, you wouldn't use a Leak Delta 30 with a pair of IIILZs unless you like earache.
Just bagged this, as I'd sold my CR-7 to a friend earlier in the year (it wasn't getting the use it deserved), and I needed a half-decent tape deck to make compliations of music for playing in the car, after my Technics tape deck packed in recently:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2511202204...84.m1439.l2649
Not too bad a price for a 'second division' Nak, but what's important to me is that it's a minter, and it'll do the job I need just fine! :yay:
Marco.
Nice one Marco,Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I use one of these "'second devision' Naks", for years along with a BX-2. Made up 200 - 300 tapes over the years, mostly for the car. ;)
I believe you have a sackful of tapes to feed your new aquisition. :eyebrows:
Well done
Nice deck.
Have one of these but it doesn't work.
http://audio-database.com/NAKAMICHI/player/1000zxl.JPG
Hope it sounds good for you Marco. As I always say, it's worth having serviced - the right care can really pay dividends with tape decks. Great price by the way!
It looks to be in superb cosmetic condition.
Wow
That looks mint Marco , not even polished on the ON / Off button whoever owned it did not use it much , A great bargain well done
Cheers, guys. I'm very pleased with it.
It'll take me back to when I was 18, as I had the very same model as part of my first 'serious' hi-fi system in my bedroom of my parent's house in Glasgow. I think that I paid around £250 for it then, brand new, (earned from working many days in my dad's chip shop), which was a fair chunk of dosh in those days!
There's something about the quality of 1980s vintage Naks, which for me was lost in the later models. I was never a big fan of the DR range, for example. I had a DR-10, which never really did it for me, before getting the CR-7, which was a different world.
Plus the guy has been a real gent to deal with so far. I should get it on Tuesday, so I'll be putting it through its paces then! :cool:
Marco.
Cheers, Nick. Is it still B&W who are servicing Naks, or someone else. Got any contact details? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beechwoods
Marco.
Paul Wilkins of B&W services them.
01903695695
Email: paul@bowersandwilkins.co.uk
Kind Regards,
Stephen
Cheers, chaps. I'll bear that info in mind once I've taken delivery of the unit and had a good listen :cool:
Incidentally, there's quite an interesting mention of the BX-125E here (also including technical info): http://stereonomono.blogspot.co.uk/2...i-bx-125e.html
Marco.
Can I have it?Pleeeez:eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by chelsea
Just bought a Nak 1000 tri-tracer,love it!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TANNOY-GRF...#ht_500wt_1413
Buy these before I do.
Nah... my A-3's were cheaper. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sq225917
If i had the cash i'd go for those.
Very nice, and undoubtedly a total bargain, but what drive units do these use? They look 'modern' (as in post-1960s)...Quote:
Originally Posted by sq225917
For me, 'where it's at' with big Tannoys, is very much with the old Monitor Series, whether 12 or 15" Golds, Reds, Silvers or Blacks. After that, the cabinet you put them in, and the crossovers you use, play a MASSIVE part in what you'll hear! ;)
'Modern' Tannoy drive units (read as produced after the 1960s) just don't have the same addictive musicality, especially when used with up-to-date top-notch crossovers, using the best modern components.
Marco.
They are modern (as in post 80's!)
As I suspected, then, and that's your problem, as those types of drivers are voiced VERY differently to the much more sought after vintage units, hence the low price being asked! ;)
Marco.
So are you saying the modern Prestige models are inferior in performance in your opinion? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Of the ones I've heard so far, yes... But that doesn't mean that they're bad - far from it, just less stunning (to my ears)! They only way you'd 'get' this, Dave, is if you listened to examples of both drive units, used inside the same cabinets.
However, I must stress that the only way to hear vintage Tannoy drive units properly is to bin their (pretty horrid by modern standards) original crossovers, which simply serve to make them sound 'tubby', euphonically coloured, and dreadfully old-fashioned! :exactly:
Some of the vintage cabinets Tannoy produced, however, were actually rather good at what they were designed to do, and certainly those used on the original GRFs (and on my Lockwood Majors, amongst others) come into that category.
Marco.
Bargain for someone local? (and it's for the lot!)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leak-Delta...#ht_500wt_1202
Not sure if it's a bargain yet, but I've ordered one of these silver mains cables:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...E:L:OC:GB:3160
Connex Audio's description seems spot-on, I like the use of Litz windings and the silver content alone would make them bargains. I'm looking for something that will outperform my Russ Andrews Powerkords and, having heard John's silver cable originated from eBay, I'm impressed. I'll do a full comparative review and may buy a few more if they're successful.
The good thing about any Russ Andrews/Kimber products is that they always sell on for such good prices.
Not for me. I've owned the Delta series amps. Not nice! The tuner should still turn in a reasonable performance though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Are we really calling any wire in sleeve Litz these days? I though the point of Litz was the low capacitance due to close proximity of the strands allowed by a lacquer on each strand rather than a separate sleeving.
I don't think the dielectric (insulation) is significant with Litz as such. The defining factor would be the weave or plaiting. Some recommend loose and random, others relatively tight and regular. My guess would be the former is optimum!
No, not quite. The effect on capacitance is zero, as all the strands are connected together at their ends, so each strand is equi-potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by sq225917
What Litz construction is all about is the reduction of inductance, through the maximum utilisation of the conductor cross-section. At high frequencies, current tends to flow through a conductor in a cylindrical 'sheath', of extent or thickness referred to as the "skin depth". The skin depth at high frequencies (radio frequencies) is usually less than the radius of the wire, so increasing the inductance. By using many (insulated) wires of small diameter, although each will have a correspondingly higher inductance, because there are many strands in parallel the overall inductance is lower than it would be if a single conductor of the same cross-section were used. The strands have to be individually insulated, otherwise current would be concentrated on the outermost strands, as it would if a single conductor were used.
Incidently by "high frequency", for a copper wire, the skin depth is 0.66mm at 10kHz, so unless the wire diameter is greater than 1 mm there is no need to be concerned about the effect of 'skin depth'.
Nothing special but i needed one to make the AMP/Tuner set complete.. However I'll never switch it on because i just don't listern to Radio.
1971 Trio 'KT1000A' Tuner £10 Mint/Boxed with handbook..
Not exactly a 'bargain' but someone is selling a nice bakelite IEC chassis plug for £2.50+£1.80 postage. Item no: 400308588777. Sold a total of 1 so far!
Kind Regards,
Stephen
Yes i was the one who bought it :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Kipling
A one for the partially-sighted big knob lover. Item no:300752424305.
Kind Regards,
Stephen
Anyone know what these WERE (forgot to pay attention):
UKD Caruso (speakers)
Looked good quality, possibly nice ScanSpeak tweeter(?) and for £125 final price, I reckon someone got a bargain!
Never heard of them but you can spot something well made a mile off..
What does everyone think of these beasts? They are quite close to me!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=170894812617
Dave
They look like someone took a cheap box and threw a load of drive units at it randomly from across the room!
That, plus the fact they need new drivers, screams "AVOID" to me.
At least they have a sensible starting price :eyebrows: Are they ribbon tweeters at the top right corner? Worth a punt on their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
Ideal project for someone if the price stays low - which it probably will.
Yes if you can get them cheap it would be a good project. I'd certainly have a punt on them if they were close to my location.
Consett, eh. . . Never thought I'd find someone local on here.
Kenwood speakers. . . Think you might be better off with one of their mixers. And more practical I think, at least, for the occassional homemade fairy cake. And hands up, who amongst us, in all honesty, hand on heart, hasn't at some point in their lives, harboured the desire, even if perhaps somewhat ashamed to acknowledge the fact, wanted to bake their very own fairy cake. Feel myself slipping into Ross Noble mode here.
What about buying them, and if you're on the small side, strip them and use them as a garden shed? Every man should have his own shed. Or maybe convert them into single person accommedation for the vertically challenged?
Sorry, but they do look a little on the large side. At the end of the day I suppose it's what they go for and if you think they're worth that. Don't think I'd bother. Not with my back.
Kind Regards,
Stephen
Thet look typical for the american market.
Most of the speakers made for the us in the 80s were twice the size than we got in europe.
If they go cheap they maybe fun but don't think i'd bother.
They are big! :eyebrows: It's the 10" drivers that have foam rot, not the 15" drivers at the bottom.
Looks like 3 level controls under the twin tweeters on the right.
My guess is they'd make a good bit of noise if the foam surrounds got replaced.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-DUAL-...item4168fa2b91
"High end" Of what? A seriously misused term.
These were fairly cheap cd players that often featured in the adverts of the big bin-end discounters one used to find in WTF magazine. I think they were asking around £100 new back then (10 years or more).Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
As you say definately not High End - not sure where High End starts but I would suggest around £3K per component new as a rough rule of the thumb?
Thanks guys, I've put a cheeky bid in on them to see what happens. They will always make a good coffee rabbit hutch!
I'd say you're about right with £3k per unit being the (theoretical) start point for 'High End' pricing. But where does the high end finish? That would make an interesting thread. I think I'll start one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
What about cartridges? I think of my £2k Shelter as being pretty high end.
I dread to think. I'd imagine you could find a cartridge costing over ten grand. Bit of a bummer if the missus catches that with a duster. My friend was a bit choked when his wife took the tip off his DL103 whilst dusting. Can you insure against damage?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Here's a rarity...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_865wt_1397
I know somebody who as far as I'm aware is still using one. They were not a great deck in my view. The platter was rather lightweight and so was the sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
Couldn't possibly be any worse than the BD1.
Could it?!