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Woops, well, a bargain appeared today on Gumtree in the form of a pair of Sorrento (light-beige) B&W DM601 S3s. I managed to snap them up for £75, including two four-metre+ lengths of terminated Van Den Hul speaker cable, marked "M.C. CS 122 HYBRID >Halogen Free<". One tweeter has a slight ding, and there's a crack in the top of the bezel of the other speaker, but otherwise in great condition (apart from needing a good clean).
So, I'll put the amp on hold until the New Year, and use what cash I have left for the Christmas pressies. Thanks to everyone for their advice!
PS: Anyone point me to a tutorial on safely removing that ding? I believe it's something to do with sellotape, or some kind of sucking implement…
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Try a drinking straw and your mouth as the "sucking implement!"Originally Posted by sburrell
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Sometimes some very gentle kneading of the dome can work, although proceed with caution! I had a very dented dust cap on one of my little dynaudios slight presure to the rim of the dent fixed it with a pop! I do take no resposibilty for any action you might tak on this though
the best way to fix the cones dented by childeren in the shop is, well... Ring monitor audio and tell them to send me a replacment cone... They, for the most part, happily agree to!
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Hi,
Well, I couldn't resist further peeks at eBay for a power amp. And, as I've come into a wee bitty of extra casharoonie, I've decided I may raise my budget slightly. What's really drawing my attention is this item on eBay. It's actually a relisting because no-one wanted it the first time round. I emailed him after the original auction ended and offered my budget, £100 + shipping, and he said he'd accept £130 plus postage. No-one took him up on the offer (there were apparently a couple of others, with their highest offer being £120 + shipping).
Is there any non-financial reason I shouldn't just go for it? Is £165 a good price for this? I can't really find much info on the 90/3 on the web, other than it is a typical Naim with all the associated positive characteristics.
Ta muchly fellas.
EDIT: Oh and it turns out the tweeter on the 601 S3s is aluminium and no amount of sucking will bring it back to good-as-new condition, though it'll still help. A replacement somewhere down the line may eventually be in order.
Last edited by sburrell; 22-11-2009 at 18:47. Reason: Tweeter info
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Phone B&W spares - they're very helpful and very prompt - you should be able to get just the tweeter diaphragm (I could for my DM601 - original model).
There is no way you'll manage to work out the ding properly.
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Indeed - and I told her that last night, too!!Sometimes some very gentle kneading of the dome can work, although proceed with caution!
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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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Haha. I'm surprised you didn't also comment on the, "no amount of sucking will bring it back to good-as-new condition, though it'll still help." Or would that have been too crass?
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im not sure marco understands the concept of "too crass"
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LOL! You wanna hear some of the stuff that gets discussed when I have the lads round for a sesh...
Only the truly warped and deranged need apply!
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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