With a wooden sleeve too, not bad eh?
I paid twice that for my Mk II in the early 1990's, but a few years before that, I paid only £40 for a MkIII (just before Hi-Fi World 'broke the news' on them!).
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With a wooden sleeve too, not bad eh?
I paid twice that for my Mk II in the early 1990's, but a few years before that, I paid only £40 for a MkIII (just before Hi-Fi World 'broke the news' on them!).
Hmmm, I got sucked into the Troughline nonsense for a while and also paid silly money for one with a stereo decoder. I played with it for a long time but in the end concluded there was far too much hype about the Troughline, much of it generated by Noel Keywood of HFW.
I sold mine on and I'm very happy now to be using my relatively vintage Creek 3140 which does everything the Troughline never did. If you're into Troughline, £30 seems about right to me.
The way I read the info on that listing someone won on the basis of a PC sniper program; not a lucky bid.Quote:
Originally Posted by barry.d.hunt
Hate bloody snipers. Nothing wrong in trying yourself, but using a PC program is cheating (sore looser typing here ;):lol::lol::lol:)
Sounds to me Greg that you got a badly aligned Troughline and decoder. Badly matched is not that good, but get them aligned or be lucky when buying the two as I was (bought from Retro Reproductions in Edinburgh) and IMHO/E the combination is magical....however the Japs are coming in a future write up for SOG...will it still be that the case that the Troughline is king ? Answer very soon...I promise....bloody Sansui not coming has buggered the schedule up.
I've been waiting now for 2 months for a Sansui tuner and I think now I have been feed a line about illness in the family etc. I spoke to a Police friend today and at the end of this week I will be passing all the details on to the police in this sellers area...my patience is over.
E-Bay is a very murky pond....don't let the 45 days expire...no matter how plausible the seller and their story is, file the claim and apologise later.
Regards D S D L
How can you tell Neil? The winning bid is timed as being placed 17 seconds before the deadline, whereas the out-bidded bid was placed 6 seconds before the end. Mind you I have never really understood the bid record. When I 'snipe' (and I'm still not sure if it is entirely ethical), I place my bid 3-5 seconds before the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Anyway, £32 for a Troughline is an utter snip.
Hope you have success with your claim Neil. Have you have had any help from eBay themselves? I suppose now they have their commission, they are probably not interested.
Regards
Surely it doesn't matter whether you're using software or not. If you tell the software that your highest bid is £31 it can't beat a bid of £32.
You still have to make a winning bid - late or not.
Or do I misunderstand it completely?
Serious bidders at real auctions go in hard, late in the game too. You assess what the thing's worth to you & bid accordingly, never allowing yourself to be fooled into exceeding that limit.
Not interested. Over the 45 days tough. They did give me some details on the guy. I have his home telephone number and a mobile now. I want to be wrong about this being a con, but I have been promised the tuner now for 3 weeks. I was to ring when I got it I allowed a week (no tuner)and rang the mobile 4 times now and only get the answer machine. I left a message at his home number this morning no call all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by barry.d.hunt
I will try again tomorrow.
This dates back to just before I went on holiday.
Edit...I have been able to report it as a possible fraudulent listing...only thing I seem to be able to do after 45 days (E-Bay automation very restrictive) We shall see what they have to say.
Regards D S D L
That would be the way I would do it, but as my max these days is a few quid...I loose lots of times.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
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No, not the case. The Troughline was at the time recently professionally serviced and aligned. I did some consultation with the decoder maker and made some recommended modifications which brought improvement but basically it remained a poor performer in comparison to other stuff out there. It's probably about the poor signal sensitivity of the Troughline although I have a big aerial in a good reception area. Regardless, I had to concede that the Creek did a better job. Noel Keywood has a history of advocating tuners that don't always work well. He also rated the NAD 402 for ages which frankly, can't hold a candle to the Creek.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Regards,
Greg
Creek tuners are very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg
Your right about the Trough-Line, it is a flawed gem in terms of performance, though not sound quality. To much signal it overloads to little and it is poor in noise levels and it can drift of station too (though normally that would be the case with a bad/poorly maintained one). However its sound quality is excellent if you can pamper it.
Having played with some Jap tuners recently, it is easy to fall to the allure of easier operation and a more solid tuning ability. But the question for me is does the Trough-Line hold its own sound wise...I use mine with an EAR FM decoder. I haven't answered my question yet.
Regards D S D L
Not so cheap but these are brilliant speakers.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acoustic-Energ...item3ef9fff8b3
VERY demanding little diva's these AE's. It's easy to get 'em wrong, but I agree they can sing if matched carefully..
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Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Hi Guys
Update on this problem. No phone call from seller still, but I now have a refund in my account for the full amount and a few quid more for my hassle. I have sent an E-Mail reply and left 2 phone messages of thanks, but I am confused as to what happened...I hope he replies to my E-mail/phone calls as I hate a mystery.
Thank you Anthony EEVO1969
Regards D S D L
I hate E-Bay selling. I sucessfull sell lots of suff of value as i swap Hi-Fi gear (upto recently) like i change underkecks..Even though i try to describe the item down to the last detail i always have it in the back of my mind that someone is going to pull a fast one in some way & try claim there moneys back..Both Fleece Bay & the other half have a really really wierd way of sorting things out & often side for the wrong party.
In my case E-Bay did not help at all. The threat of the Police brought me the refund (I think). I just don't understand why he could not phone or E-Mail me...anyway its over now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Never again, though will I let the 45 days pass no matter how plausible the excuses are.
Regards D S D L
Neil, Just take the money and run! Are you any nearer to resolving the situation with the Sony tuner?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Regards
Sony tuner?
Hi BarryQuote:
Originally Posted by barry.d.hunt
No the Sony tuner (5150) is a scrapper, stereo decoder stuffed. I don't want to discuss the seller here in the open.
Both these listings date from the same period and both went wrong, though for very different reasons. Both caused me a lot of grief and stress. One resolved...with a refund, one not (the one you ask about)..the price to try and resolve it would be to high, I value my skin to much to risk it over £21.
Regards D S D L
Well i'm still gob smaked with the Hydraulic Refrence with fluid arm that went for 50 notes, if that seller goes thru with the sale he's nuts.
I'm very wary of selling through ebay. Last year I sold a Pentax 67 camera to a guy in France who informed me that it had arrived smashed. I told him to return the camera to me for inspection and that I would then issue a refund. 24 hours later I got positive feedback...! I guess the bastard not only wanted the camera but his money back as well...!
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Originally Posted by Haselsh1
That sort of thing does seem to happen, often, or at least there are enough stories floating around to seem to confirm that.
My biggest issue with E-bay is lack of communication when things go wrong. It seems that sellers just want to bury their heads and hope the problem goes away. All my recent problems have a lack of/or poor communications at there root. Everything could have been worked out had the sellers in question replied quickly to my messages/E-Mails and in one case my problems would not have even started if the seller had responded to my communication at the start.
Regards D S D L
I've just sold an Lecie harddrive on E-Bay i bought to use with the hifi but marked the top before hand, was never plugged in at all so brand new really.The buyer says he fitted it to his pooter, formatted it, worked for a bit then started clicking continually, says he tried it on his laptops fine before connecting it back up.Day later says he's doing it again.
I contacted the original seller to me, he wasnt intrested just gave me a link to complete warranty..typical so i just forward the message to the buyer & that was that never heard a muff upto yet..Another trying it on me thinks.
I too, am rapidly going off selling via ebay. Take the Quad 606 I just sold...
End price: £370 + £30 Shipping to Austria.
paypal fee: £15.80
ebay Fees: £37.75
Total Deducted: £53.55
The money that ebay/paypal makes must be mind boggling! :mental:
And how helpful are they when things go wrong?... Hmmmm...
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Originally Posted by Mike Homar
Indeed.....useless.
Regards D S D L
That seller's selling some MS Festivals and these may even be better, if not as hi-tec as the Missions, which may be good for spares if nothing else...
The "Woofdale" Diamond 8's would be good and cheap as well.
On the subject of ebay's rip off fees and then Paypal's fees on top of that; I used to buy medium format camera equipment from the States and then sell it back to UK consumers in... you guessed it, the UK. It was a really easy way to make some money but when you consider that a good Carl Zeiss lens can cost up to a grand in the UK you can imagine how Tee'd off I was with the listing fee, the final value fee and then the Paypal fee. After a year or so I've got very wise to ebay and I no longer use them other than for purchases. I guess ebay is OK if you're selling items worth a couple of quid.
GREED GREED GREED that's what they are
I found that the original Mission models with the white baffleboards were great speakers, Mission had a long bad period in speaker design as most did but these new models are back to the fore..Thing about Mission is they give a hell of a lot for a small outlay.I used to own a Mission 776/777 pre power amp, that was an high end killer, like a prick i went & sold it cos i thought the grass was greenerQuote:
Originally Posted by DSJR
I used to love the early Mission 710's with the white baffleboard and also the early Mission 770's. Around 1982 I heard a Mission system using Crimson electronics in an active package and it still remains one of the best systems I have ever heard. The front end was my then Logic DM101.
Aye one of my all time fav decks..The very last ones were best with the big central spring..Quote:
Originally Posted by Haselsh1
Here all
These are brilliant amps..I've had all the Linx amps all were superb & awsome build, models were wired in either Van Den Hul or Audiopan wire depending.Last pair of those below went for a cheap £150.00 without pre-amp..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LINX-MONO-BLOC...item3efae180ad
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Originally Posted by Andre
These are very nice indeed. Once upon a time I worked in a place that sold these and Audioplan speakers, same distributor in the UK. Linx moved from New Zealand to the UK and did well for awhile....then it went wrong and they died. Real shame, nice designs and sounded excellent.
Regards D S D L
Yes the early ones were New Zealand built but hampered by costs..If i remember they moved to Canvey Island, Essex the same place as Inca Tech/Inca Design..I think that's right. Another set of brilliant power amps were the Inca Design 'ID25'/'ID50'/'ID75'..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Ahttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TECHNICS-SL120-WITH-700-TONEARM-AND-ISONOE-FEET_W0QQitemZ290366605140QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq200 91105?IMSfp=TL091105177001r10686 anybody got any thoughts on this?
Yeh all the bidders were sniffing the same glu potQuote:
Originally Posted by Tarzan
:lol:
If only. The Holy Grail of cassette decks: Gold Nakamichi ZXL 1000 Limited Edition
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nakamichi-ZXL-...item2ea9a96e8a
No..not really, Dragon or CR7e YES.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris
Surely its not worth that kind of money £6668 ? German sellers always seem to put a massive premium on their listed items....but thats ridiculous. You can get standard ones for a huge amount less.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DAY-SEQUERRA-R...item45efb8f7c7
Theres a DAY-SEQUERRA in the tuners section for starting bids from £2800, thats also crazy imho. And there was a Sony 7a tuner listed for buy it now £750...way to much imho. It went to bids, and as I forgot to bookmark it I don't know if it sold or not....any one know? Crazy thing is, there was a Sony 5130( which is a better tuner than the 7a) which sold for very little around the same time.
Regards D S D L
Yeh Neil that CR7 you mentioned was the best Nak deck even tho it was cheaper than the Drags..
I regret not buying one...I have a CR5e. Almost as good, but not quite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
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£2,800 for a Day-Sequerra. I suppose they're as rare as hens teeth so Why not? A serious moneyed collecter will pay that no problem. Serious high end tuners can cost more than that new.
More of a bargain though is the Cello Palette http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cello-Palette-...item3a55ad5487 If you want to risk buying it from a zero rated seller. I doubt it will be sold unless the new owner pays only when picks it up in person.
The last one on Ebay sold for £2,691.17 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CELLO-PALETTE-...d=p3286.c0.m14
Hi Kris,
You have an urgent PM :)
Marco.
Only from Magnum Dynalab....does anyone else offer new high-end tuners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris
Cello always struck me as being over priced....I could be wrong though.
Regards D S D L
the biggest i had was the 'RX505', was nice, my mate had the 'CR7' at the time Not really anything in the sound between em but the CR7 was nicer to use..Switched to big Tandbergs after Nak..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Here's an 'RX505' :)
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...RX505Front.jpg
The best 2-head deck I've listened to was the LX-3. ;)
Nackers :lol: were great sounding & beautiful facias, go round the back & under the lid thats a different story, the inside are untidy cheap looking jungles just like any cheapo Japanese company..shame really..Reason i switched to Tandberg was sound & all round build inside & out.
These are to die for IMHO, i was a fool selling my old Tandberg clobber :( just look at that blue display/VU's...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tandberg-TR207...item23043342e4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Looks very nice indeed. How do they sound Andre?
Regards D S D L
I read what I want... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
I'm now worried that Nak spares for well known later models have run out.
The LX3 was a good machine, but as with the 5 and 700/1000 models of this period, the circuits and wiring looms were incredibly complex and trouble prone. The later, simpler construction (Ok, I know, IC's instead), did make for greater reliability.
My favourite oldie Nak was the 682-ZX and I wish I hadn't sold mine..