Here is a muppet asking £560 for this Tag McLaren 60iRv Integrated. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tag-McLare...QAAOSwKtlWpo3n
The inside is nothing special. This amp is really just an 8000a in a middle class suit!
S.
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Here is a muppet asking £560 for this Tag McLaren 60iRv Integrated. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tag-McLare...QAAOSwKtlWpo3n
The inside is nothing special. This amp is really just an 8000a in a middle class suit!
S.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genelec-S3...oAAOSw~bFWOKUv
Bet these aren't too bad...
Another Denon PMA-350SE. This one looks in nice nick and has the desirable optional (and rather good) phono stage. £65!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2522798058...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Ends tomorrow!
Great sounding amp if you're on a budget, or just want a back-up.
Been a lot of nice amps here and on bay of late. typical that I am fairly happy and dont have much cash anyways lol. Ive got a number of those infamous monos in cupboard :eyebrows:
Anybody tried a Klappferrit:lol::eyebrows:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Klappferri...CxKRNIDSMiO9Zg
I have one of those, don't know where it came from, put it on the mains lead of a noisy SMPS battery charger in the hope that it would help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
Had a dose of that once ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
:lol::rfl:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Ooooh. Any bets as to how much these NOS boxed Tannoy 15" Red drivers with their crossovers will fetch? Mega rare in this condition!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-Red...4AAOSwQYZWvPXj
Nine days to go and bid up to £1320 so far. I'm guessing maybe they'll go for £5000 to £7000.
I reckon £4,500 but still a crazy price surely?
Very nice... My Lockwoods originally came with a pair of Reds in, which I later swapped for Golds, as their overall presentation was more preferable in my system. Reds, being 15ohms, need matching with vintage valve amps, fitted with 15ohms taps, not the 8ohms ones most modern amps are fitted with.
Also, Reds, along with Silvers and Blacks are voiced rather differently from Golds, as they hark from before the popular music era (or at least Silvers and Blacks do, but Reds share their inherent traits), and as such, despite their size, don't really do deep bass. Instead their (considerable) talents lie in the midrange, where they are utterly, UTTERLY SUBLIME!
Fine if you're musical tastes are light classical, jazz, choral, acoustic or similar, but not so good if you're also into rock, dance, electronic, rap or anything else that carries what one could call an 'aggressive' bass line (count me in), so that's why I moved the Reds on. Golds have 95% of the magical midrange of the Reds, but also do the bass thing with aplomb! :)
However, I paid £3.5k for my Lockwood Majors *with* 15" Reds in, so if the drive units alone go for what Geoff predicts (and I would tend to agree), then that'll be quite something. Thing is, sonic prowess aside (and if your music tastes and system match the abilities of the Reds, once in suitable cabinets, nothing short of £50K today will be able to compete), one has to consider the (acute) rarity value here.
Anyway, whoever wins them will not only have a genuinely world-class pair of iconic speakers, but a big slice of audio history! :cool:
Marco.
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Originally Posted by walpurgis
And sound waaaaay better than your HPD's :)
S.
But I don't own HPDs Shane. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
I would be somewhat wary of bidding on these - see the neg feedback:scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Oh bugger I forgot.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
S.
£50K is an awful lot of money...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
It's not an FFSS type arm. It's a Deram I believe (as somebody informed me recently). Certainly not worth £100 in my humble opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigman80
Indeed, but I've heard plenty of modern speakers (TAD or Magico anyone?) at that sort of price and beyond, sound completely sterile and bereft of music merit, in comparison - and simply wouldn't get NEAR to replicating what a pair of 15" Reds (in the right cabs) are capable of :trust:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
Marco.
I would avoid - it looks primitive with the Garrard SP25 headshell. If you really want a Decca arm, you would be better off spending more on a fixed headshell Decca arm, such as the 'London', or better still the 'International'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigman80
Yeah. I've heard Avalons and Wilsons costing that and more, that did nothing for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
(but the Avantgarde Trios did impress :))
It may be, but my brother used one for years with Shure cartridges on a 301, and it worked really well. He had the add-on magnetic bias compensator.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Yes, because some big horns can be stunning! Yes, stop the sniggering there at the back.... :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Anyway, give me nice big, 'bad-ass' DC drivers in huge, wide-baffled cabinets, any day, over the vast majority of the pish that's made today! :exactly:
Marco.
It's a disease Marco.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Or is it?
Once you've lived with a fine pair of Tannoy DCs for a while, despite their definite character (faults?), nothing else ever seems to sound quite right afterwards.
I would still put a nice pair of Klipsch La Scalas or maybe the mighty Klipschorns against them...Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Yet, you haven't heard a big pair of vintage Tannoy DCs, in order to make that assertion? You can't count those toys you've got ;)
Btw, I also like some big Klipschs :)
Marco.
No speakers are perfect, but it's the musically cohesive nature of their 'point source' effect, mixed with the horn loading, their use of light, 'fast sounding' paper cones, and ability to SHIFT SERIOUS AMOUNTS OF AIR, in a grin-inducing way, which as you say, makes them rather addictive :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Marco.
If you look closely there's slight dimpling to the right hand dustcap....I shouldn't imagine they'll go for much:)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Joking aside, based on what NIB Garrards fetch, I'm estimating the upper end of the 5k to 7k.
Klipsch and Tannoy lovers, do drop in to my room at Scalford and check out what the currently under-the-radar Ureis are capable of...
Just had a look at that listing again...
Those boxes....that version of the Tannoy logo...I'm no expert but they're not contemporary, are they? so NOT NIB, so maybe not a NIB price?
Yes, did not notice that, also marked on the boxes in marker pen RE followed by a number. Recone possibly?Quote:
Originally Posted by ff1d1l
Many years ago I had some KEF B200's reconed by KEF, they wrote REC on a label stuck on the chassis.
The logo on the boxes is the one used in the eighties.Quote:
Originally Posted by ff1d1l
Sharper eyes than me...yes, I'm sure thats it.Quote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
So some Reds, admittedly nice, in some boxes, not NIB, used and reconed. Not quite the impression the listing gives...
"Sharper eyes" perhaps not, maybe a larger computer monitor, because my eyes are the opposite of sharp!Quote:
Originally Posted by ff1d1l
Looks a bit like one crossover has a different shade of paint on compared with the other. But as mentioned, it looks like no paint off the speaker chassis where bolts would go. Perhaps these were complete rebuilds with chassis repainted.
I don't have massive experience with Classic Tannoys, but about 40 years ago I inherited a pair of 12" Silver corner Chatsworths form an uncle, who had bought them new. These were fabulous units, improved by fitting in larger cabinets. I bought a second pair of Silvers that were in perfect condition, but they were older production, seemed to have a lighter cone and slightly stiffer suspension. These never sounded as good as my uncle's ones. Bass extension was not as good, midrange was more coloured and treble not as extended. I then bought a pair of 12" Golds, they were not bad at all but did not match the magic of uncle's, probably late Silvers.
Later years, I bought a pair of re-foamed HPD315's (Alnico magnet ones), these remind me more of my uncle's Silver more than the others units. I still have the HPD 315's and the empty Corner Chatsworth cabinets. Any thoughts of how the HPD's would be in those old cabinets?
Why am I writing this, I suppose it's that I believe that there may be different versions of the 12" Silver with quite different sonic properties.
KT77 valves, perhaps not such a bargain, but I know that they are usually expensive: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KT77-GOLDE...-/172002959901
I have four GEC branded ones for my Radford STA25 III, what is the difference between the Gold Lion and the GEC branded ones?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-ster...500/1154990363
On gumtree.
Be quick....
Yes. That's rather nice Shane. It'll sound sublime of course. Not sure what I'd need 350 watts for though.Quote:
Originally Posted by southall-1998
(it'll keep the room warm though :))
Celestion Ditton 15, not the XR's
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Celestion-...5/331772693837
I don't know about his other stuff, but this seems to be money for old rope!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nylon-Rope-/331775226384
"Wood in good condition too." :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
He's havin' a laff, right??
Marco.
He also describes them as "Lowther Acousta"Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
But they were in the end a bargain.
£325 for this Audio Innovations Alto! WTF is wrong with some people?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audio-Inno...IAAOSwuAVWtymg
S.
Not one of the originals, the Audio Partnership clone at that.