Bargains on ebay?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Thats a pretty cool looking bit of kit andre!

[StanleyB]

There will be a hundred & one thing to do to it service wise but the most important is to modify it to Non Over Sampling..

Thet were non-oversampling designs as far as I can remember from my servicing days. Except for the IR PCB, the circuit is the same as the Philips CD104. I had a spare laser unit somewhere and possibly even the service manual.

[Reid Malenfant]

I watched a pair last year and they rocketed from less than £100 to nearly a grand in the last two minutes. So the current low price is more than likely a prelude to the final fireworks.

Not quite the grand you saw them at previously

£258, someone probably got a bit of a bargain

[StanleyB]

Sometime you can get a couple of buyers who have cash to spare and MUST HAVE an item. But sometimes it can be the other way round with few buyers about. Only last week I bought a Micro Seiki MA-505 arm for U$120... It was ending at 5.15AM... Normal eBay price is more like U$600 plus.

[Rare Bird]

Thet were non-oversampling designs as far as I can remember from my servicing days. Except for the IR PCB, the circuit is the same as the Philips CD104. I had a spare laser unit somewhere and possibly even the service manual.

I think they were NOS on the design board 14bit design, but it's a 16 bit oversampling machine i need to bin the SAA7000.. What are you doing with the lazer Stan? I'll probably get hold of a Philips '104' work on those boards indtead of messing with this machines boards.

[StanleyB]

I'll look for the bits Andre. I have some builders making a mess in my place, and had to pack away much of my stuff. I'll PM you as soon as I get my hand on my Philips spares box.

I think the output IC was the NE5532. If you update those with something more modern like say the LM4562 you'll be amazed what that old design can resolve.

[Rare Bird]

I'll look for the bits Andre. I have some builders making a mess in my place, and had to pack away much of my stuff. I'll PM you as soon as I get my hand on my Philips spares box.

I think the output IC was the NE5532. If you update those with something more modern like say the LM4562 you'll be amazed what that old design can resolve.

Much appreciated..Aye i change 'NE5532' for Analogue Devices 'AD712JN'

[Ali Tait]

The Tannoy 600 series were squitty little tight a*sed things as I remember and better suited to budget systems with the speakers against a wall with flower-pots or ornaments on to complement the odd shape. NOTHING like the 2000's or 3000's which, despite their ugly proportions or cheaper finish, have a fair amount of the magic of the "real" ones. Indeed, I believe Tannoy made some "proper" alternatives using developments of the HPD series drivers, but I don't think they sold much in the UK and I never saw them in the flesh. By this time you see, one bought an LP12 with NAD amp and some Wharfedale Diamonds to make up a properly balanced system

Great thanks for that Dave.So you'd recommend the DC's over both the 615 and the 638?

[Reid Malenfant]

Great thanks for that Dave.So you'd recommend the DC's over both the 615 and the 638?

I would, all the 6 series use drivers with pressed steel chassis, The DCs use cast alloy

[DSJR]

I would, all the 6 series use drivers with pressed steel chassis, The DCs use cast alloy

Put it this way, if I hadn't been into ATC's at the time, I'd have given 'em house room...