Bargains on ebay?

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Originally Posted by Andre

Those alex got are the '15XR' ones they have 6" square top plates, the stands are 14" approx tall. :(

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Mine might be bigger version then

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Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant

Did you win? The listing is only for the Minidisc player :rolleyes:

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It was for the amp and cd player... Or at least that's how I read it!

Yeah, £30 ...
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I have a ra-01 anyway :) ... Although I don't use it

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Originally Posted by Hamish

It was for the amp and cd player... Or at least that's how I read it!

Yeah, £30 ...
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I have a ra-01 anyway :) ... Although I don't use it

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I'm pleased you lost :) I just looked at the first words of the listing, it was rather ambiguous though admittedly :scratch:

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LISTING FOR THE MD ONLY.

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That's what i saw :eyebrows:

Won an original Silver hammered finish Mission 'Isoplat' tonight £12.50.Not the worlds most fantastic of bargins but i've been looking for a near mint one for near on a year now.

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Originally Posted by Andre

Those alex got are the '15XR' ones they have 6" square top plates, the stands are 14" approx tall. :(

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If you want them Andre, they're yours - but I'd better check the condition tomorrow as I know how exacting you are! ;)

Some of you may remember the Hitachi Opus 2 music centre from the 1980s - it was Hitachi's attempt to do 'a B&O' - very sleek and stylish with CD player, twin tape, radio, remote control and some intriguing semi-omnidirectional speakers. In case you don't, below are pictures of the unit and the speaker. My mum's friend had one when I was young and I remember liking it a great deal (mind you, the B&O Beovox Penta speakers she had it plugged into probably helped!)

So why the trip down memory lane? 'Cos I've just bought one on eBay in good condition and full working order.

And the price? - £1.04!! :stalks:

Much maligned by the B&O fraternity of collectors, I really rated the Jap made 'centre 2200. fit an MMC4 (which would now cost multiples of the whole centre at used prices) and the turntable sounds great. The cassette deck ain't too bad either and the little X25 speakers in grey with cone tweeter are really good and "communicate the message" brilliantly.

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Originally Posted by DSJR

Much maligned by the B&O fraternity of collectors, I really rated the Jap made 'centre 2200. fit an MMC4 (which would now cost multiples of the whole centre at used prices) and the turntable sounds great. The cassette deck ain't too bad either and the little X25 speakers in grey with cone tweeter are really good and "communicate the message" brilliantly.

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Seriously? :stalks:

No remote control facility, largely Japanese internals, No Powerlink or Speakerlink connections and a built-in loudness contour that you can't turn off.

I wonder why they're much maligned by collectors?!! :lol:

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Originally Posted by Beobloke

Some of you may remember the Hitachi Opus 2 music centre from the 1980s - it was Hitachi's attempt to do 'a B&O' - very sleek and stylish with CD player, twin tape, radio, remote control and some intriguing semi-omnidirectional speakers. In case you don't, below are pictures of the unit and the speaker. My mum's friend had one when I was young and I remember liking it a great deal (mind you, the B&O Beovox Penta speakers she had it plugged into probably helped!)

So why the trip down memory lane? 'Cos I've just bought one on eBay in good condition and full working order.

And the price? - £1.04!! :stalks:

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I often wonder if you live in a castle or something, where on earth do you store your gear??

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Originally Posted by Alex_UK

If you want them Andre, they're yours - but I'd better check the condition tomorrow as I know how exacting you are! ;)

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Well for fiver to use in the garden they will be fine... but if you'd bought them Andre I suspect you'd blow a gasket! :eyebrows:

Firstly, they are both quite badly rusted in a couple of places, and lots of pitting in the chrome generally. The black bases are quite badly scratched with some surface rust, but the main problem is that whilst one stand is as described with the screw-in legs, the other has the legs fixed in place having been welded there (and not very well.) As I said, to live in the shed over winter and then the garden in the summer they are fine, but if someone like Andre had bought them they would be very unimpressed... That said matey, you're still welcome to them if that hasn't put you off, though the one welded up will be more difficult to post than I anticipated! ;)