Blackbird with a Decca London Super Gold. There is also a long thread on https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/supatrac-blackbird-tone-arm.1088949/page-2
Richard answers a lot of questions about his tonearm.
Hello,
A few months ago I sold my Tannoy Gold monitors and I need a pair of decent speakers.
My wife has health issues and I am tied up with a lot of work around the home. So, I have downsized my system, I do not have the time to turn on and off different components, just a simple integrated...
The best places to sell your equipment are:
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Rare special order 110VAC UESUGI U-Bros 1 valve pre-amplifier with external PS in excellent operational and as new but wood case has two corner chips.
Not well known outside Japan, UESUGI Brothers have a cult following in their country for their electronics. The ‘brothers’ were instrumental in...
Rare special order 110VAC UESUGI U-Bros 1 valve pre-amplifier with external PS in excellent operational and mint cosmetic condition, as new, but wood case has two small corner chips.
Not well known outside Japan, UESUGI Brothers have a cult following in their country for their electronics. The...
DAVID BERNING ground breaking prototype ZH-230 OTL amplifier. Face plate was recycled from an EA-230 amp, but the real story is on the back of the amp in Berning's purple marks-a-lot. Amp is in perfect working order and in mint condition. Full description of the ZH-230 can be found here...
Hello,
I have been offered a pair Harbeth Super HL5 Anniversary for a very good price. These speakers have a sensitivity of 86dB and I have 30W/Ch OTL tube amp, needless to say I do not want to change amps, I am very happy with it. What are the chances that they will be a good match in real...
These are the best super tweeters you can get, Pioneer TAD PT-9 Supper ribbon tweeters, 40W 8? 4.5 - 100kHZ, unless you know how to modify a pair of Decca London - Stanley Kelly MK II ribbons.
Interesting facts about the AS-212.
All Scan-Dyna versions of the AS212 are with silver counterweight and headshell, orange or light grey plastic parts, original Ortofon lift, short axle for horizontal movement, and flying leads (same production setup as Scan-Dyna). My Breuer Dynamic tonearms...
I just bought an AS-212, brand new in box from a friend in Denmark whose father worked assembling Scan Dyna turntables that used AS-212 tonearms. It has been stored in hisfather's drawer since the mid seventies. It is quite rare to find examples with the genuine Ortofon lift installed.
It is...
A 1994 garaged for eleven years in my home in Rapallo and a hand grenade ['85 Biturbo E] here. No ABS brakes, no power steering, no electric seats, no smog system and no cats, absolute freedom!!!
Cheers,
Horacio
Hello,
I recently purchased a NOS Ortofon AS-212. The AS-212 was designed for the SL-15 which was relatively high compliance cartridge.
I have had almost every cartridge that you could care to mention, it all began in 1962. Memory fades but the FR MC201 is still in my mind as the best of the...
Hello,
I would like to buy a tonearm in Denmark, the chap is located in 9000 Aalborg, Denmark's fourth largest city. I have registered on Schibster but the ad is on DBA/DK for Denmark users, there is no way for me to contact Bjarne.
I am pretty sure that there is a Danish member here...
Chaps,
I have to replace the pair of 12AX7 in my power amp [Berning ZH-230]. I found some NOS tubes listed as "Brimar KB/AD CV4004 ECC83½ box plates valve NOS (V29)". I think that ½ box plate is just a type of anode construction but not sure about it.
Would it be fine if I purchase them?
Cheers,
Anyway, go ahead, I will be glad to learn for a future purchase. Two safety clips are missing, any idea where to buy a pair? The Uesugi handicraft book has 434 pages of his designs including schematics, prints and in depth descriptions, but it is in Japanese.
This seller [100% feedback] has the sextet that I need, please kindly see if it would be wise to buy all six.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/sd_sales1/m.html?item=154933336933&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562
Cheers,
I came back to valves barely a year ago. In the early sixties I had Telefunken, Amperex, Mullard..., at that time nobody cared about smooth or ribbed plates, people enjoyed the music, what I would call the ears minus the eyes the opposite of what is happening right now. Today, I would not...
That’s why I posted the question. Like in every field, Rolex, Vuitton, etc, the counterfeit market is thriving like there is no tomorrow. Even appraisers at Christie’s or Sotheby’s are not safe anymore.
My Uesugi preamplifier came from Japan with Matsushita 12AX7. I am trying to find a decent source for a sextet of Telefunken valves, they do not have to be the top of the line. Ebay has many sellers but it is a jungle out there, it would be like playing the lottery.
Any recommendations?
Cheers,