Yes it is!
I have a soft spot for the BD1 anyway. It can sound very good set up properly. I still have one tucked away.
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Yes it is!
I have a soft spot for the BD1 anyway. It can sound very good set up properly. I still have one tucked away.
Anyone have any thoughts on the modestly priced Sumiko mm cartridges available?
I still can't over the Ortofon VMS 20E now costing £90 - £120. I remember getting them from Hyper-Fi for £25!
Kind Regards,
Stephen
Sumiko high output MCs should be cheap. Have you tried one? I thought the Blue Point was pretty grotty and I'm not sure why anybody would want an Ortofon VMS 20 apart from the tracking ability. Its not exactly dynamic, a decent old ADC will run absolute circles round it. I have compared them.
Thanks Geoff.
No, I haven't heard any Sumiko cartridges. I was just a bit surprised to see mm types relatively cheap. I think they're called Pearl and Black Pearl at about £60 and £90 I think.
I used the VMS 20 in the late '70s and '80s as it was reasonably priced and regarded at the time. I did have an ADC XLM, III, I think once which I quite liked. Not sure what happened to it. Must have given it away. I do have a QLM 34 and was wondering if an XLM stylus could be used. Physically it might fit but was thinking the XLM body might be higher speced.
An A&R Cambridge P77 was the last cartridge I got. I did used to fancy a ADC 126 one time but never saw any for sale.
Kind Regards,
Stephen
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUMIKO-Bla...item3cc9d3353c
Here is a link to the Sumiko on eBay - from the spec just a bog standard cheap MM, spherical tip. The silver front with black lettering is very tacky in a bad seventies/Robin's Nest sort of way
This one for a little bit more money looks a lot better from the spec. Response down to 12 Hz?! Still got the Robin's Nest font though..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUMIKO-Pea...item3cc9d3353d
Seller also has a Grado selection. Load of vinyl as well.
I believe Sumiko share their MM cartridge designs with Clearaudio and both have parallel models. I'd sooner have one of these than the Sumiko high output MCs.
If somebody must have a high output MC, they should track down a new (old stock) or used Denon DL-160 (not a DL-110), at least they are capable and sound pleasant or perhaps a Dynavector would suit.
I did well today for a change. Won a nice Mission '775' Turntable £40.00 I always liked these decks :)
Ah, that was a good price. I've always fancied trying one.
Ive had one before, i bought the original Hammertone version years ago with the Original '774' arm.. This is an 'LC' version but working around the Linn pattern mount is no problem..
I know, a hifi dealer is selling them. But £100, I don't think so!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Re...#ht_1489wt_952
Attracting some interest !
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DECCA-DECO...item257449ece2
John Farlowe (slight return). Many would say the price isn't a bargain but I think the ad is of interest.
If this can be taken at face value then he also appears to have tried to sell these on PFM before some sceptical responses deterred him.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXPOSURE-X...item35bf322cbb
Pete
Could be a bargain in the making. I wonder whether Mark (Reid) has spotted this? :D
Aiwa AP2600
I've heard a restored one and they are fabulous, but £2,300 for one with a missing radio??? :stalks:Quote:
Originally Posted by prestonchipfryer
Quote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
Does seem too much, hope there's no woodworm :lol:
Won a mega rare National Panasonic 'SA-73' amp..Mint with original box for a cool £18 awesome :eyebrows:
Ooh, germanium outputs possibly ? Must have some meat to it as 8kg is heavy for a 12wpc amp :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rare Bird
Picked up one of these t'other day on eBay
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...89c4c0c1b6.jpg
£22.00 It just needed changing from 220v > 240v which involves moving one jumper.
Looks lovely Andr'eQuote:
Originally Posted by Rare Bird
Can you post a better straight on image of the front as its hard to see properly
I must admit the old Jap hi fi units have some style about them , Nice :)Quote:
Originally Posted by istari_knight
As soon as it arrives :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
Indeed ! especially when you consider what us brits were making at the same time ('76)Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ight9/sug1.jpg
:spew: It might sound better than the Marantz but IMO it looks awful.
Only after it ended :lol: That's about £100 more than I payed for mine, the prices are going up all the time :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
This is could be a steal for someone looking for their first step onto the vinyl ladder. It looks to have a decent tonearm too, somewhat reminiscent of the Rega R200 which was manufactured by Acos. I wonder if Acos designed and manufactured this arm for Sansui because the similarities are striking?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_500wt_1414
The SR222 was well respected in its day. That looks like a fine example.
I prefer the '222' Mk.1..I guess people these days would go for the Mk.V or 'IV'!
Had one of these. It looked really smart for a £60 deck.Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
Don't know about the arm being manufactured by Acos. It didn't really have the solidity or quality feel the Rega had. I remember one Hi Fi Answers reader fitting it with a Hadcock.
Not sure if you can call it vintage (1995) or classic but certainly is interesting.
£7,600+ and rising with 4 days to go, be interesting to see how high it gets.
HERE
Interesting looking isolation feet, at what looks like a great price!
Taiwanese seller, with decent feedback rating.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Valab-Audi...item3cc3045a98
He has a stock of other interesting bits & bobs too, including full-range speaker drive units that look suitable for horn cabinets.
They look awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBL
If you had showed me the pic i would have guessed a couple of hundred quid.
most awful speakers i have ever seen!!!
Yeah, and wait 6 months for them to show up on your doorstep :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Found the same seller this morning when doing a search for copper banana sockets. He has some interesting stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
A couple of foreign stores I have bookmarked for components are Super-market8 and Tubeshunter.
Have yet to make a purchase from either, but have bought from other foreign sellers. Nothing has ever taken 6 months to arrive; usually 2 or 3 weeks.
Oh ye of little faith - I bought this very item and my set arrived very quickly, just a few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Dave.
He is very good actually, items normally arrive within a week to the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
Is that a fancy chocolate biscuit? I could just eat one!Quote:
Originally Posted by ftrtom
I have never had any problems with far eastern sellers, as has been stated, stuff tends to arrive pretty quickly :)
I have had far more delays buying stuff from the USA :rolleyes:
Yep, I had nothing but good service from Valab. Their dacs are pretty good.
The timescale can vary a bit for delivery from the far east, but I've just taken delivery of a TVC pre-amp from China that took a mere week to arrive from the purchase date. Probably the quickest of the dozens of items I've had from the oriental countries.
It was a Mei Xing MC-9 and a bit of a bargain at £293. He has one left on eBay!
If anybody is interested its: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1704654804...84.m1497.l2649
Interested in your opinions of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Thought it looked familiar - and then I saw who the seller was. He also has some interesting stuff; some of which is quite pricey. Some interesting analogue bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Its very lucid with no nasties. An interesting listen. Slightly less weighty than my regular Forte Model 2, but most pre-amp don't sound as punchy as that anyway. On a par with my VTL Deluxe I'd say. I'll try it with the rest of my selection of power-amps in due course. Its very well finished (I haven't looked inside) and heavier than you'd expect. I haven't felt like using another pre-amp since I installed it, so it must be pretty good. A bargain at the asking price in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaym481
Still putting together a good quality no frills vintage-ish system that i'll be using for good as my main system. :)
I won a pair of Akai 'GXC-706D' cassette decks circa 1979, a silver one last week as a spare if need be (£50.00) but will reside in the spare room in a cassette based system & tonight a mint still unused Black one (£35.00) for the main system.. I know they are 2 head machines but that makes no difference to me as i have fond memories of how good they sounded. Just need to sort an amp out now..
Nice going Andr'e, I could have sorted you a pair of Technics RSM-63 (think that's right :scratch:)...
So much stuff, too little time :eyebrows:
Yep, I was right, RSM 63 :eyebrows:
Happy to do a good deal on that Marantz 1040 I picked up a couple of pages back if your interested ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rare Bird
The black one looks beautiful Andr'e - and way more expensive than £35 :stalks: :stalks:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rare Bird
Thanks Mark but apart from i used to own one these Akai machines way back when, the whole point of the exersize is to build the new system around components i used to own.. besides that Techy doesnt have needle VU's.. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant
:) Fair enough Andr'e, you just reminded me that I had a pair of three head decks though :eyebrows:
It's the head thing & you mentioned it :D