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Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
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You're in the same boat as me Andr'eA year or so ago i won an auction for a couple of Krell KAS2 monoblocks & i'd already got the ok from a mate to drive me down just south of London to pick them up at a price
Tested the first amp after unboxing it & all's well, tested the second & it went in protection mode![]()
Still had to pay my friend the cost of the journey & his time![]()
Bests, Mark
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Hi Mark
Well i've always said some people sell stuff for a reason but it's a chance you have to take.You can guarenteed everything i fancy is the other side of the country
The amount of stuff i bought thats arrived smashed due to poor packing is Beggars belief.I mean how easy is it but to use an oversized box, pack the unit in a way that it's technically suspended in free space within the packing, if the unit gets hit the free space takes it & not the unit.![]()
Andre
Shame its not closer to me its 160 odd miles away.Is there not a member on here in Portsmouth that could help.
Did you go for them Atacama stands?
Gary.
Technics SE-9600-Technics SU-9600--Technics Technics RS-9900-ST-9600-Technics SH-9010 EQ-Hitachi HCA7500 pre Technics 1210mk2,SL P1200 cdp.Moth mkII RCM, Revox B77mKii,Pioneer CT-F1250-Nakamichi MR-1.Technics A900 mkll,Technics 631 cassette deck,Yamaha cr-1000 & Cr-600,Celestion Ditton 44's & 15xr's,Thorens TD-150mkll,Tascam 34,Akia 4000DS,Leak 2000 and assortment of Technics cd and minidisc players and Mission/AR/Kef speakers
I've been very lucky in that respect i suppose, all the stuff i've gotten over the years from ebay has been packed realy well, even the stuff that was supposed to be collection only, my last set of wharfedales for instance, i won them for £6 or £7 they cost £12 p&p and i shit you not, the seller packed them like they were the crown jewels or something, shredded paper bubble wrap the whole nine yards, and it must have taken him some time to do it too.
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
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No worries Gary just venting off really at my amazment with couldnt care less auction sellers. The top plates on those stands were a bit too big..I'm gonna be getting cracking with restoring these Mordaunt Short 'Paegant 2's soon anyway so will be persuing my hunt for some original stands fer em..