NEBO 6 set for November 2015

[RichB]

This will be done towards the end of the day Rich.

Aye, that's what I thought.

[DarrenHW]

Great, so we can have an 'austereo' mini bake.

Hundred quid is the budget, give or take a couple of quid.

Begging and borrowing is fine as long as the items could reasonably be bought or modified within that budget. I.e. Borrowing a mates krell amp or spending hundreds on modifying a cheap CDP is cheating

Let the fun begin.

What are the rules regarding cost? Is self receipting allowed or do you want to go with market rate?

[RichB]

What are the rules regarding cost? Is self receipting allowed or do you want to go with market rate?

It's just a bit of fun so we can take a consensus view amongst the audience as to the cost if there's anything can't be proven explicitly. Like my mission speakers, cost me about 170 quid new all them years ago and a quick check of eBay shows someone still wanting a pair for 99quid. I have also seen them go for as low as 30quid and if I was selling my rather tatty pair wouldn't expect much more than that.

We could drive ourselves mad with it lol

[DarrenHW]

I agree with everything you've said, especially this:

It's just a bit of fun...

At this stage I'm considering bringing:
Sansui AU101 (Paid £5 for it and £7 to recap it)
Marantz CD63SE (Paid £5 modded free from spare parts)
Celestion 15XR (Paid £20 for it ~£10 to recap and rewire).
In total it cost me ~£50 but you could pick it all up on eBay for ~£100, acceptable?

[rossman]

I've just bought an amp for my daughter on ebay today that could form the basis of a £100 system, an Arcam Alpha 2. I've already got some modified Wharfedale speakers which iirc cost me about £25-30 for parts, and a couple of CD players which cost me £35 each, as well as a turntable from freecycle that my daughter uses. I should be able to put a system together out of that lot

[Qwin]

I'm busy working on my main system, but if time permits I might have an offering for the £100 system.

Cambridge A75 power amp cost me £60
Tannoy M20 speakers cost £27
Old Toshiba DVD (CD) player £10

I have a volume pot I paid a couple of quid for, if I can wire it onto the DVD players output It would make a system.
I have renewed the caps in the amp at additional cost but I'm presuming it will still make the weigh in?

[mik_rik]

All I'll say is you lads have got some stiff competition - watch this space

[struth]

I'm rebuilding a set of speakers that cost all of £5.50..... may qualify if anyone wants to take 'em down

[Floyddroid]

Gentlemen, please remember that this light hearted and much needed element of fun will only take place after the main business of NEBO has concluded for the day. Please PM me with planned input for this part of the day so i know what is going on. One thing i would observe is that it has been these late in the evening little novelties that has generated the most smiles and laughs in the past.

[RichB]

Gentlemen, please remember that this light hearted and much needed element of fun will only take place after the main business of NEBO has concluded for the day. Please PM me with planned input for this part of the day so i know what is going on. One thing i would observe is that it has been these late in the evening little novelties that has generated the most smiles and laughs in the past.

Be an interesting and fun way to round off the day. Just stick to a couple of songs each .

My austereo system will comprise:

Modified Mission 760se, estimated at 35 quid in premodified condition, 15quid spent on mods.
Pair of Alphason stands filled with with atabites, 20quid from Alan (Mad Moon).
a broken but mended Marantz CD player was given to me for nowt and I fixed it.
A slightly case damaged Denon amp, which I recently offered to sell to Pete (Clarky) for 25quid if I recall rightly.
Cables will be homebrewed.
Very much an early 90s system for me.

With the stands I might not make the weigh in but I'll be happy to let them serve as 'community' kit for the day and others can use them unless the judges want to handicap me accordingly. Similarly if my donated broken CD player don't make the cut I can bring an older version Sansa clip I got for 10quid from eBay.