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I realise this thread is called "Bargains" on eBay and this is so far from the definition of that word as to be untrue, but did anyone catch the final selling price of these original Goodmans Maxims?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Goodma...item2a08b53ff0
Yes, they're boxed, yes they're in good nick (although the grilles are different colours!) and for forty year old speakers that can sit on your upturned hand, they're quite decent, but £800????!!!
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Goodness that's a bit steep!Originally Posted by Beobloke
I realise this thread is called "Bargains" on eBay and this is so far from the definition of that word as to be untrue, but did anyone catch the final selling price of these original Goodmans Maxims?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Goodma...item2a08b53ff0
Yes, they're boxed, yes they're in good nick (although the grilles are different colours!) and for forty year old speakers that can sit on your upturned hand, they're quite decent, but £800????!!!
I was being a touch ironic when I entitled the thread: 'Bargains on eBay'. There are some, but it's a seller's market and now in these recessionary times people are looking to buy s/h, so prices are forced up.
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Hi Adam,
I really like those, as they tick all the right boxes, retro-wise (especially the grille fabric)! *But*, you're right, they're defo not worth £800!
I doubt they'd sound any better than the (genuinely) mint Celestions I bought recently for £260!:
And they sound fabulous in the lounge on Atacama stands, on the end of my system - way better than any modern 'budget' standmount speakers I've heard - even some 'non-budget' speakers
Barry,
The Goodmans would look fab and right at home in your lounge!
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
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Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Er...well, each to their own - personally I think the grilles look like my parents' old seventies-tastic hessian wallpaper that's been smeared with sick, but there you go!
I've actually owned two pairs of these - one I bought for £1 at a car boot sale and the last pair were £3 from my local dump. They are truly impressive, given their size and age, but still ultimately limited.
What I can't help wondering is, given their relative positions in the Goodmans range, whether this means my Magisters are therefore worth about £10,000 now..........
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Lol - it's the 'grey-hued' fabric of the ones on the right I like, rather than the 'jobby-stained' ones on the left!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Adam!Er...well, each to their own - personally I think the grilles look like my parents' old seventies-tastic hessian wallpaper that's been smeared with sick, but there you go!
I've actually owned two pairs of these - one I bought for £1 at a car boot sale and the last pair were £3 from my local dump. They are truly impressive, given their size and age, but still ultimately limited.
What I can't help wondering is, given their relative positions in the Goodmans range, whether this means my Magisters are therefore worth about £10,000 now..........
Will you please stop reminding us of the 'gold seam' that is you local dump! We're all very envious.It's just that we don't have these acquiescent council workers around here.
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What upsets me more is that the kit actually does get destroyed, I'd much rather someone buy it cheap with a back-hander (even if it is then "recycled" onto ebay) than imagine it crushed and gone to landfill...
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I'm Adam.
Would this be a bad time to mention that I bought another pair of the 1980's Goodmans Maxim 2s there for £2 over the weekend? OK, I won't then.....Adam!
Will you please stop reminding us of the 'gold seam' that is you local dump! We're all very envious.
Regards
Incidentally, does anyone know anything about these NEAL Ferrograph S23 loudspeakers that sold on eBay last night?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEAL-Ferrograp...item255c0ca7a1
Sadly, a crap memory and subsequent lack of mobile signal meant that I'm not their new owner but I've seen a few pairs about recently and just wondered what they were like. If they're anywhere near as good as my S1s they should be well worth checking out....
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Dunno, mate, but I bet that the guy who owns this would know:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ferrograph-F30...12837534222144
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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