Bargains on ebay?

[Barry]

You see the notches each side above! That's where you knife edge bearing sits, that's all it does, held in place by the yoke, as Barry says there is play in this bit it's normal. The other bearings are inside that black main pillar, One at the top, one at the base. Just grab the above at those screw points & try moving it side by side see if there is any slop, shouldn't be. You can upgrade your knife edge with a bronze version, make sure you specify which version of the 3009 you have, these are dead easy to change over.

I should have mentioned that most of the SME 3009 Improved models use plastic knife edges, which really ought to be replaced with ones made from brass or bronze. Some of the early samples of the Improved design used metal knife edges; SME were using up their stock of the these - the SME 3009 Imp (FH) arm I have, has a metal bearing.

Regards

[Rare Bird]

You know i think people are genuinely thick ..I won an amp last week on & specifically asked the seller to chop of the mains plug to avoid any damage to the amp in transit as i know the original boxes were a bit tight for space!..Guess what it arrived today with the mains plug pins sat on the facia giving me a loverly set of scratches & small chip..I friggin give up with people.

[spendorman]

You know i think people are genuinely thick ..I won an amp last week on & specifically asked the seller to chop of the mains plug to avoid any damage to the amp in transit as i know the original boxes were a bit tight for space!..Guess what it arrived today with the mains plug pins sat on the facia giving me a loverly set of scratches & small chip..I friggin give up with people.

Oh, blimey, that is stupid.

I hope that you took photos of the damage and the plug.

[Marco]

You know i think people are genuinely thick ..I won an amp last week on & specifically asked the seller to chop of the mains plug to avoid any damage to the amp in transit as i know the original boxes were a bit tight for space!..Guess what it arrived today with the mains plug pins sat on the facia giving me a loverly set of scratches & small chip..I friggin give up with people.

What a thick useless twat!

I presume you gave the thick useless twat the feedback he deserved??

Marco.

[Barry]

What a thick useless twat!

I presume you gave the thick useless twat the feedback he deserved??

Marco.

+1

[Rare Bird]

I'm amazed tbh. I asked him to slip the original box into a secondary box as i like to keep everything original, but he obviously failed to follow the most important instruction, both instructions were on the same message so no excuse really..I am mad mostly because the amps is in beautiful condition at around 38 years old to be disfigured by someone just like that! very sad. Suppose two requests overloaded his brain somewhat.

[Barry]

I'm amazed tbh. I asked him to slip the original box into a secondary box as i like to keep everything original, but he obviously failed to follow the most important instruction, both instructions were on the same message so no excuse really..I am mad mostly because the amp's is in beautiful condition at around 38 years old to be disfigured by someone just like that! very sad. Suppose two requests overloaded his brain somewhat.

What was the amp André? A Ferrograph?

[Rare Bird]

What was the amp André? A Ferrograph?

Your so good

[Mothman]

Not on ebay but I think I missed a bargain Yesterday at the local car boot fair I came across a guy selling a pair of Rogers LS5 speakers, the cabinets were a little knocked about but nothing to bad and they were black ash finish so probably easily restorable, though didn't get to look at the drivers. He obviously new what they were because the asking price was £50 but like most people I don't go to the local car boot with £50 in my pocket. After wandering around for 1/2 hour I decided to go back and give the guy my details and see if we could arrange a deal for later but unfortunately by then he had packed up and gone home, though I'm fairly sure he didn't find a buyer.

I did however manage to find a vintage Sansui AU-505 amplifier, which unfortunately though it powers up omits no sound Still better luck next time.

[spendorman]

Not on ebay but I think I missed a bargain Yesterday at the local car boot fair I came across a guy selling a pair of Rogers LS5 speakers, the cabinets were a little knocked about but nothing to bad and they were black ash finish so probably easily restorable, though didn't get to look at the drivers. He obviously new what they were because the asking price was £50 but like most people I don't go to the local car boot with £50 in my pocket. After wandering around for 1/2 hour I decided to go back and give the guy my details and see if we could arrange a deal for later but unfortunately by then he had packed up and gone home, though I'm fairly sure he didn't find a buyer.

I did however manage to find a vintage Sansui AU-505 amplifier, which unfortunately though it powers up omits no sound Still better luck next time.

My friend (about 3 years ago) got a nice pair of 15 Ohm Rogers LS3/5a at a car boot sale for, yes, 99p!

That amp might be a simple fix, fuse, switch or connection etc.