Hi Ken,
The best place to find a Faemina is still eBay.it but, fair warning, condition is usually are much worse than used Creminas. And if the group requires some type of rebuild, the degree of difficulty with the Faemina is much higher. Not to mention Faeminas are almost impossible to find in...
Thanks, RUR, to the left of the Cremina is an Arrarex Caravel and to its right is a Faema Faemina. Both the Cremina and Caravel are full manual levers, the Faemina spring-loaded. The Arrarex does espresso only. As a previous Cremina owner, you know the disadvantage of this machine is temperature...
Thanks! When I got them the amps had 811A Cetrons and a stash of Sino tubes... it went through several tubes quickly causing me to think there was something wrong with them. Then a builder who'd used 811As before cued me onto NOS RCAs and it hasn't blown a tube since. Aside from that issue, the...
Congrats on the Breville! For those that are considering semi-auto HX or double-boilers, check out this pricing features/comparison spreadsheet:
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I made that last year so am not sure whether the prices have changed on some of the units but if you're in the market for one of these...
First post here in WBF, and I apologize in advance if this comes across as too salesy but I'm the founder of that website that Dimfer mentioned above.
Steve, if audiophiles gave our classifieds bazaar a chance we'll definitely listen to what they want and strive to exceed their expectations...