Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

[walpurgis]

well, there is something special about vintage japanese toroidal mc transformers wound with silver wire.

it's an excellent all rounder. if you manage to source both transformers, 8020 and 8030, you can actually cover all the needs you may have with different pickups. there's actually the third model too, 8025, just very seldom.

there's a room for a tweak there because the signal goes through rather complicated by-pass switch that lies on a small board. i don't think anyone needs that and i'm pretty convinced that removing this circuit may elevate luxman performance to the level of the best ortofon silver transformers from the 80s.

Yes. I have doubts about unnecessary switches in equipment and have been known to bypass them. I may bridge the switching for comparison.

(by the way, you double posted so I removed one for you )

[ReggieB]

Just spotted this on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-Ma...item27fcf5ad5d

I think someone is about to be very happy.

[The Barbarian]

Aye beauties those..

[Spectral Morn]

I would be more excited in these personally

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-...3D171747683677

Heard this set up years ago and thought they were very good indeed. My guess these need recapped now as they ran pretty hot. The matching phonostage and CD player are very good too.


Regards Neil

[orbscure]

Just spotted this on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-Ma...item27fcf5ad5d

I think someone is about to be very happy.

I think this was the same pair discussed at length on the "Bargains on eBay" thread here... so I wonder if it was a genuine listing or not?

[ff1d1l]

These

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JBL-UREI-8...3D161665038395

are, at the moment a bit more reasonably priced...I'd be asking if the treble horns are still functioning, but if so, and they just need re foaming, Billy Bargain. You can get original treble diaphragms on ebay, but they're not cheap. Might still be worth it though.

I have Urei 811's, bigger than these with 15" drivers (809's are 12") and after a little restoration and modification, they're very good indeed. Urei's were designed to be soffit mounted, so work well positioned right in to corners, unlike most hi-fi speakers. Working well, fed a clean signal (and they'll obligingly make you aware if its not), they're an intoxicatingly open window and dynamically will show a clean pair of heels to most speakers.

Picked these up yesterday and gave em a brief test today. Drivers functioning both bass and treble, so foams are on order. One cabinet is poorer than the the other, but as it happens I already have an orphan single 809, so between the three I should be able to build a very nice pair. Plenty about them on Lansing Heritage site - they're a JBL 2214 woofer with a JBL 2416h compression horn, not a million miles from the driver configuration in the rather desirable JBL 4425 studio monitor, but obviously arranged as a dual concentric (or coaxial as the Americans would have it). And with a time aligned crossover, these should sound really good (on Lansing Heritage they say as good as the big Ureis, just less loudness capability).

[walpurgis]

That was cheap. I didn't see them for sale, luckily for you. They were only five minutes from me.

[walpurgis]

ZYX R50 Bloom H anybody? Nice MC.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZYX-R50-Bl.../231528408343?

[struth]

ZYX R50 Bloom H anybody? Nice MC.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZYX-R50-Bl.../231528408343?

now now dont tempt me. i put an offer in for that FR sut but he didnt take it. dunno why folk put nearest offer if they kick out automatically a bid 6% lower...ah well i wont pay full price now..that with imports would make it silly.

[ReggieB]

I think this was the same pair discussed at length on the "Bargains on eBay" thread here... so I wonder if it was a genuine listing or not?

I think you're right.

Amendment - Just noticed they went for a shade over six grand. I hope for the purchaser's sake, it's a genuine sale.