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    And these I drool over... the only speaker that I have heard that was truly amazing...

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KLIPSCH-LA...QAAOSwCypWo4L0
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    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2916749082...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

    These failed to sell at £49, so now relisted like this


    Large Vintage Baker LoudSpeaker Speaker pair 20w 40-14-500 cps 3ft tall !

    NOW: £75.00
    Price reduced by: -£75.00

    claiming half price when theyve actually nearly doubled

    some folk have no shame
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2916749082...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

    These failed to sell at £49, so now relisted like this


    Large Vintage Baker LoudSpeaker Speaker pair 20w 40-14-500 cps 3ft tall !

    NOW: £75.00
    Price reduced by: -£75.00

    claiming half price when theyve actually nearly doubled

    some folk have no shame
    Well they ARE 3ft tall....... ......

    Is it only me or is there something strange about 'collectable vintage' speakers that have been rewired with modern two core lamp wire and a stray earth wire......
    ..all the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...

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    One for vintage buffs. Decca Deram ceramic cartridge. Elliptical stylus. New old stock! This is rare in unused condition.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Decca-New-...QAAOSwa-dWsN9V
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    One for vintage buffs. Decca Deram ceramic cartridge. Elliptical stylus. New old stock! This is rare in unused condition.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Decca-New-...QAAOSwa-dWsN9V
    Yes but won't work into a standard modern phono stage. Both impedance and gain will be mismatched.

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    Interesting, Tom. In what way exactly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by montesquieu View Post
    Yes but won't work into a standard modern phono stage. Both impedance and gain will be mismatched.
    Yes it needs a pretty high impedance if I recall and RIAA equalisation will not apply.

    (I've still got one somewhere)
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Interesting, Tom. In what way exactly?

    Marco.
    There's actually variability in how they work .. some (many) are self-equalising so you don't need a phono stage, but attenuation is needed as the signal is far too high for modern inputs.

    Other need EQ but the impedance is wrong and you still have the gain issue, will overload most phono stages.

    Lots of info here http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=60957

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    Interesting, and noted. It's the sort of info, however, which should be included in the seller's advert, in order to prevent folk, who don't know any better, buying it thinking that it's a 'normal' cartridge!

    Didn't the BBC once use them for broadcasting (playing vinyl) in their radio stations?

    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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    Yes. I believe the BBC did use them. Back in the late sixties and early seventies they had plenty of fans in radio studios and were also the mobile DJ's cartridge of choice, as they were tough reasonably cheap and sounded good. I was involved in the mobile DJ game back then and we used them exclusively. The Deram is possibly the best sounding mass produced ceramic cartridge, although I have come across Acos items that sounded decent too. The more common Sonotones did not compete in my view.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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