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Location: Curacao, Netherland Antilles
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I'm Stuart.
seems a bargin?
New System (so far): Meridian 506 CD/ALAC -> Unison Research Little Italy -> Spendor S5e
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TV Room: Marantz NR 1504-> Usher S520/525 speakers
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Location: N E Kent
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I'm Geoff.
Is this a case of 'rip offs on eBay'?
Maplins (on eBay) are selling speaker terminal plates which are indentical apart from gold plating on one type and not on the other. The basic version has a £1.99 quoted postage and the gold plated option costs £2.99 postage. Work that out? Surely a couple of microgrammes of gold can't make that much difference.
Oh, and they don't offer combined (reduced) postage if you buy multiples, that's a bit cheeky.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2610578207...84.m1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2610578229...84.m1423.l2649
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I'm Shane.
Raysonic Tube CD Player.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raysonic-C...71211370207%26
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I'm WrappingALilacCurtainAroundMyBobby.
Akai Stereo - really? Looks like a CB radio to me, and I'm pretty sure they are all mono!
Alex
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I'm Nobody.
10-4 good buddyOriginally Posted by Alex_UK
Akai Stereo - really? Looks like a CB radio to me, and I'm pretty sure they are all mono!
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Roger that good buddy, how am I hittin' you, one two, back to you? What kind of twig you usin'? I've got a silver rod. Fancy an eyeball?
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.
...and the memories come flooding back...Roger that good buddy, how am I hittin' you, one two, back to you? What kind of twig you usin'? I've got a silver rod. Fancy an eyeball?
Marco.
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,516
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Oh, I was well into it, back in the day! The most fun, however, was when it was illegal, on AM... FM was for pussies
Btw, you're hittin' me with a 30+ ! What's yer handle?
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.
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,516
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
On FM, I had a Realistic, something or other, CB radio, bought from Tandy, fitted with a 'Ham Puncher' mic. That 'rig' was quite highly rated, if I remember... With that, I used a 10ft 'silver rod', with a 80W Zetagi 'burner' (signal booster)....and the memories come flooding back...
As we lived on the top of a hill, my signal was so powerful my voice used to come booming through people's TVs, all around me and down into the village below, and could be heard for miles!
1-4 for a copy, c'mon!!
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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