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Further Information: Osborn T12 Subwoofer Audition and pick up available Greensborough Vic

Further Information: Osborn Epitome Tower Reference Speakers in Jarrah (Built in September 2021) Hypex NC500 Mono Amps X2 (Built by RF Waves in Perth) RME ADI-DAC FS Consonance PW-1 4 plug power filter & Shielded board Consonance Ella Baby Power Cord 1.8M Speaker Cables Mogami handmade Mogami Interconnects Regretful sale, I am moving overseas and shipping has become far too expensive to make the journey with them. I am firm on the price and would prefer to sell as a package Retail for the complete package is over $18,000 plus the shipping costs. I still have the packaging that the speakers, amps, and DAC came in so posting won’t be a problem there. All has been very well looked after, speakers have no knocks or marks and have been polished regularly. Buyer pays shipping and PayPal fees

Further Information: Near new 12” sub by the legendary Osborn. I’m selling as I’ve upgraded my speakers and no longer need it. These are $1860 new so grab yourself a deal! A bit from the Osborn website The cabinets are constructed from heavily braced 32 mm Custom wood, which ensures that the output of the rear of the bass driver is totally isolated from the cabinet. Any spurious cabinet vibrations will result in a loss of definition and sonic purity. The drive unit was chosen from the best available from around the world for the best performance and accuracy possible, at a reasonable cost. This unit is now a genuine Focal driver and is an excellent compromise between cost and performance. It is a short throw driver, so has low distortion and fast recovery, so that it doesn't just rumble and flap, like so many other so-called subwoofers Specifications: SPEAKER DIMENSIONS: 500 X 390 X 440 mm WEIGHT: 26 Kg. EFFICIENCY: 92 db for 1 watt at 1 meter. RESONANT FREQUENCY: 31 Hz. FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 20 Hz to 125 Hz. Variable Crossover between 40 and 120 Hz. IMPEDANCE: 6.5 Ohm

Rockian Trading and Osborn Speakers 8pm Wednesday 15th November, visitors welcome. Willis Room, City of Whitehorse Offices Maroondah Highway (Whitehorse Road), Nunawading Melway Map 48 Ref G9 Contact: 9437 1249 Once again the month of November has arrived and our regular presenters for this month, Ian and Beverly from Rockian Trading, and Greg from Osborn Speakers will be introducing their products. Stocking a selection of high quality vinyl records and CDs from Mobile Fidelity, Chesky, and Stockfisch Records, Bev will have her bazaar set up for eager MAC members to purchase some bargains. This is always one of the most entertaining evenings for the year, with lots of anecdotes from Ian and his playing examples of new discs. I am told that a lot more of the black vinyl will be featured on the night. After last month's presentation with the new Mobile Fidelity turntable, it looks like we are in for some grooving sounds. Who would have thought that records would be cool again? Note: Beverly will have her bazaar set-up to go by 7:00 pm. Nick Karayanis Program Co-ordinator Once again we thank Greg and Yvonne Osborn for their technical and moral support for our annual November MAC meeting. This year Greg intends to use a 100 watt per channel Consonance system driving a pair of Osborn Reference Epitome loudspeakers. As usual Beverley will have a selection of recordings for sale through to MAC members at special prices. Some particular bargains will continue to be presented from labels that have left Rockian Trading or ceased regular production. In 2016 I reported on the decline of CD sales and the proliferation of on-line streaming. The transition from "the real world" to "the virtual world" continues. Music recordings are now "sound files" and the programs that control them are "apps." Telephones, computers, tablets and walkmans are now devices, and devices are all pervasive. Artists, from world fame like Madonna to local heroes like Mike Brady are regularly struggling with audience members who persist in waving iPads above their heads to video the performances. Never mind the view of those sitting behind them. Like the modest mobile telephone transformed into an incredible "Swiss Army Knife" of portable gadgets, technology has also transformed the humble gramophone into dedicated audio devices that reproduces the best possible sound. Or has it? Something happened. I recently re-commissioned my 35 year old Celestion 18" 3 way P.A. system, powered by two Hafler Pro500 amplifiers. Looking for a dramatic, dynamic recording to check the system I selected one of my FIM 'Producers Choice' CDs and put it into my trusty old Denon DCD 815 CD player and pressed play. It sounded horrible. The 1" metal dome RCF compression tweeters made the strings sound gritty, like sand-paper dragged across the back of a panel saw. I was horrified and feared the system a failure. Then I changed tracks to one produced by Keith Johnson at Reference Recordings. Glorious huge, clean, dynamic sound. Finally I played a GRP Live In Session CD and Dave Grusin, Lee Ritnour, Carlos Vega and friends performed live in my basement. Remember this is very big Class A-B public address system designed specifically to reproduce live bands, and it performs very well to purpose. The question was, why did the first track sound so bad compared with what followed? It had to be the CD player. In its day the Denon DCD 815 CD player was a decent mid-priced unit. The DAC is good but the error correction is primitive compared to modern devices. Quality modern players extract raw digital information from the disc and reconstruct it before the output in a signal computed to be the best possible sound. When your player makes a humble off the shelf CD sound so good, who needs an expensive audiophile quality CD or SACD. Our sales suggest only a few people now require audiophile digital discs. On the other hand, more and more people are returning to analogue. LP sales continue to firm. No digital trickery here, just good production standards of "real music." Now all I have to do is compare the mono mix with the stereo mix. Hmmm! Besides the Original Master Recordings from Mobile Fidelity, also Reference Recordings, Opus 3 Records, Stockfisch Records and Chesky Records, are producing LPs. Rockian Trading also continues to market mainstream labels like ATMA Classique and Cala Records through stores like Thomas Records and the Readings Books and Music stores. We also provide audiophile labels to specialist stores like Quality Records in Malvern, Greville Records in Prahran and Burwood Music Centre, as well as to hi-fi stores like Tivoli HiFi in Hawthorn, HiFi Exchange in Nunawading and Vinyl Revival in Fitzroy. Ian Hooper and Bev Ken Tripp Wise and Wonderful Webmaster Melbourne Audio Club, Inc. http://www.melbourneaudioclub.org.au

Further information: Bought a few years ago from this forum, this centre channel has been providing effortless volume and dynamics for a number of years. Only selling as I'm moving somewhere too small for this 27kg behemoth. Already packed up the stereo, so unable to test, sorry! Pick up only for obvious reasons! Original add...

Further Information: Near new 12” sub by the legendary Osborn. I’m selling as I’ve upgraded my speakers and no longer need it. These are $1860 new so grab yourself a deal at $1200. A bit from the Osborn website The cabinets are constructed from heavily braced 32 mm Custom wood, which ensures that the output of the rear of the bass driver is totally isolated from the cabinet. Any spurious cabinet vibrations will result in a loss of definition and sonic purity. The drive unit was chosen from the best available from around the world for the best performance and accuracy possible, at a reasonable cost. This unit is now a genuine Focal driver and is an excellent compromise between cost and performance. It is a short throw driver, so has low distortion and fast recovery, so that it doesn't just rumble and flap, like so many other so-called subwoofers Specifications: SPEAKER DIMENSIONS: 500 X 390 X 440 mm WEIGHT: 26 Kg. EFFICIENCY: 92 db for 1 watt at 1 meter. RESONANT FREQUENCY: 31 Hz. FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 20 Hz to 125 Hz. Variable Crossover between 40 and 120 Hz. IMPEDANCE: 6.5 Ohm

Item: Osborn Eclipse Mark 6 Speakers Location: Altona, Melbourne Price: $2800 Item Condition: Excellent - 1 year old. Reason for selling: Unplanned upgrade on a second hand pair of Osborn Epitome Reference speakers that i could not refuse. I really don't have another room in my house for these so they are a regretful sale. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, Bank transfer Hi Guys, These speakers are only one year old and retail for around 4K. The finish is Santos Pillisander which looks fantastic. They are pick up from Melbourne due to the size and weight. If you are looking at this listing you know how great these speakers sound and what great gear Greg produces so i wont go into details Cheers http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/files/eclipsespecs.html

Item: OSBORN INTERLUDE SPEAKERS Location: PENRITH, NEW SOUTH WALES Price: $1499 Item Condition: Good condition, some small scratches on the exterior wood trim Reason for selling: Moving house Payment Method: Pickup - Cash Extra Info: Great sound from these speakers, the best I have had and they will be missed once sold. Pictures:

Further information: I really did not think I would sell these but a big upgrade came along out of the blue and here we are. I purchased these from an SNA member on the gold coast about 3 years ago who had them for a few years with little use.They sound wonderful as anyone that has listened to Osborn speakers would agree. All the drivers and tweeters are in VGC and operate as they should.(=Great Sound) They produced a good sound stage and detailed full sound with good bass. Osborn Speakers are very very well made and these weigh in at 68kg(Epitome) and 42kg(Bass Bin) respectively. Ive added a link below showing the relevant specs.(This model Epitome use Kevlar coned drivers.) For full Transparency Ive recorded the marks on each speaker. The cabinets have a few small marks which can be touched up by someone that knows what they are doing.I don't so I left them exactly how I bought them. One has a large scratch on the side.Once set up you cant see the scratch.The fabric driver covers have a few small holes in them.I have new fabric that I sourced from Greg Osborn that comes with the speakers.There is some slight fading around where the fabric driver covers sit. I found that the speakers presented fine from a few metres away.(Ive include a pic of them in situe in my System to show that.) Only on closer inspection are you able to see the marks.I have quite a few pics to show those marks. I need to point out that the pics below really do exaggerate the marks. Id like to offer these up to anyone in Brisbane or near by for pick up 1st before going down the shipping road. You can audition them however you'll need to bring speaker cables of at least 3m in length. I have my new speakers in position and they live there now. Cheers craka https://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/epitome Photos: PLEASE READ If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved You understand that a reasonable donation for selling fees is expected upon successful sale of your item - if you have previously sold items and not made a donation, your advertisement may not be approved.

Further information: Selling my Osborn Epitome Reference Elite Tower Speakers. Condition is excellent speakers are just over 1 year old bought brand new from Osborn. They have the Elite Crossover installed and sound absolutely amazing. I’m reluctantly selling due to personal reasons and also thinking of downsizing in future because I don’t have a big room. Pick up is preferred because of the size and weight 110 kg per speaker. The Epitome speakers don’t come up for sale very often and I think they are endgame speakers. RRP $15500 Photos: PLEASE READ If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved You understand that a reasonable donation for selling fees is expected upon successful sale of your item - if you have previously sold items and not made a donation, your advertisement may not be approved.

Further information: These speakers were purchased new from Greg Osborn in Feb 2020. In May I bought them from the original buyer (who bought a different pair of Osbornes due to change of listening situation). The Titans are wonderful speakers. As someone fairly new to hifi they introduced me to audiophile quality and I had many a goosebump listening to them. However, going by Greg’s advice, I don't believe I can get the most from them in my small cluttered listening space (bedroom used as media/music room) where I also have to position them on the long wall. They need a moderate sized room or above to breathe. And while my eye was caught by the stunning value, my other components are not yet near the level where I can realise their potential, so I think they are better off with someone who can. I will play around with other options for now. Check out Greg’s website for info. I also have available the 3m Osborn cables for biwiring them. No box, printed manual included. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Further information: Selling my Osborn Epitome Reference Elite Tower Speakers. Reason is to downsize. Speakers were bought from Osborn brand new with the optional Elite crossover installed. The speakers are about 18 months old and in excellent condition. Pick up preferably but can organise with Greg Osborn to pack and ship at agreed price.. RRP $15500 Photos: PLEASE READ If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved You understand that a reasonable donation for selling fees is expected upon successful sale of your item - if you have previously sold items and not made a donation, your advertisement may not be approved.

Further information: Selling my Osborn Epitome Reference Elite Tower Speakers. 18 months old bought brand new from Osborn with the Elite crossover installed. Jarrah finish. Reason for selling is downsizing. Awesome speakers at a great price. RRP $15500 Photo: PLEASE READ If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved You understand that a reasonable donation for selling fees is expected upon successful sale of your item - if you have previously sold items and not made a donation, your advertisement may not be approved.

Further information: Well regarded "Miniature Reference Monitors" from this Australian manufacturer of audiophile speakers, using high quality large magnet drivers and heavy duty braced cabinets. This particular model is renowned for an exceptionally large soundstage for its size and high component value at $1195 RRP. Drive units are Focal 30mm titanium inverted dome tweeter and 125mm dual voice-coil woofer. Specifications indicate each speaker weighs 8Kg but that seems incorrect. They feel MUCH heavier. One thing is undeniable about the cabinets though - when tapped they sound totally free of resonances, which is quite unusual in this price range. This pair is finished in dark mahogany and in excellent condition overall, with no large scratches, dents or obvious flaws in the cabinets, grilles or drivers. I don't have original cartons, but am prepared to pack and organise freight if there is no local buyer. Since the last pair of F1s sold recently for $600, this is great buying at the asking price and condition. Photos: PLEASE READ If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved

Item: Osborn Silverlink Interconnects 1m. TWO PAIRS Location: OAK PARK, VIC 3046 Price: $120 PER PAIR Item Condition: GROUSE Reason for selling: NLR Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only, WILL SHIP AUSTRALIA WIDE AT BUYERS EXPENSE. Extra Info: Osborn Silverlink is the result of several years of careful experimenting with many different types of cabling and insulation materials. Silverlink is made from pure extruded silver wire which is specially made for Osborn Loudspeakers. It is extruded into one continual length. The sonic purity, transparency, inner detail and soundstage of the Silverlink is extraordinary. Pictures:

Item: Osborn F1 custom speakers Location: Clifton Hill, Vic Price: $200 Item Condition: Used, in good condition Reason for selling: not being used Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal Extra Info: Greg originally made these F1 speakers (Focal drivers) for us with a face plate only (open baffle). They were made so we could flush mount them as rear speakers in the wall. After not being used for a few years they were put into a box in as a spare set. These would make a good project for someone wanting to rebox them. Photos:

Hi everyone, I'm in MEL and have a small space (3x3m) as a listening area within a larger room (4x9m) and want an amp/speaker combo up to $10k. I listen to acoustic (ECM label), jazz, solo piano, modern classical as well as electronic / ambient / drone music. No rock, pop or doof music. So far, I've really liked: 1. Audio Research VSI-60 teamed with Martin Logan Vantages (auditioned at Tivoli Hi-Fi) 2. Nuforce IA-18 with Ambience 1600 ribbons (auditioned at Carlton A/V); 3. Consonance 880-100 with Osborn Eclipse (auditioned at Greg's). Although I love their sound, I'm wary of the electrostatics / ribbons because they're sensitive to placement and, realistically with my space, I'll have to push any speakers right up against the rear wall and I'll have precious little side room to play with either. Furthermore, the space between the speakers is fully occupied by a large built-in bookshelf. Any suggestions for gear that I can audition in MEL would be helpful. Thanks in advance and I look forward to being part of this community, Andrew

I wasn't too sure I'd ever get around to doing this, putting up a few pics of my current listening room slash ex-home theatre, but now that I have some time on my hands I took a few pics that appear to be less blurry than usual so I figure I might as well put them up on show. It is not so much pictures of a system, more pictures of all sorts of gear in the same room that I watch TV and listen to music in. This is the inside of my cold room of audio, as seen from my listening position. The Halcro takes pride of place but it isn't in use ATM. The Exposure 2010S is sitting on top of a Krell KAV300i, next to those are a Burson PRE-160, a Consonance cd120 on top of it and a NuForce DDA-100 on top of it. Next to those sits my cd filing system (otherwise known as the floor), where I keep my favourites for handy access. The Osborn Eclipses with little JMax bookshelfs on top (I use the JMaxs to run in my integrated amps on), one LG 56 inch DLP rear projection TV (yes these things do still exist) minus my listening doona and a few Halcro components underneath (an EC800 disc player and a Halcro SSP100 for those who may wish to know) and consonance power boards. Behind the DM38 there sits my blue ray player, 2 integrated amps (it was a spare shelf and they had to go somewhere) and my 3 channel power amp for the centre and rears. The accoustic foam is stuck to the wall with magnetic strips so it is all adjustable and there are a few old posters on display. One of the reasons I've taken a long while to do this is that the HT room is where I keep my inner 17 year old, I found all my old posters a few years ago and decided to use them instead of chucking them out. You can also see the cold room fans, they probably do still work but it has been so long since they have been used I think even the on/off switch would need to be oiled prior to use. My interconnect storage zone. And moving further back The Stig and two healthy young lasses watch over my spare speaker wire and digital interconnect storage zone while Bridgette keeps an eye on the power and video cable hanging area. Also my off duty listening doona. This one did not turn out too well. My spare gear piles. From top to bottom on the left, bag of cables, wrapped up NAD 3120, Exposure 1010, Myryad MXI 2080, Dussun V6i and two little Perreaux SM60 monoblocks. On the right we have the Sonneteer Campion, burson PI-160 and a Halcro DM8. You can just make out a few items on the 'spare' shelves to the right as well. And to the left of the listening position Jessica takes care of all of my power requirements and air conditioning needs. And there is the listening position and surrounds. It is a bit strange to see the chair empty, it usually contains myself or one of two cats (who rather generously sacrifice a great deal of their free time to keep the place rodent and lizard free). You can see the insides of the shed through the door there. And that is the room that the members of my family refer to as "The Den". The coldroom construction has a few things going for it, one it is cool in summer and warm in winter but it reacts quickly to any changes from within (being an insulator room it contains heat rather well, hence the absolute NEED for air con). It does cut out alot of noise from outside but nowhere near as much as most people seem to think, it does sit at an ambient sound level below the reading on my cheapo SPL meter though, provided the air con is off. Also, since all of my gear is surrounded by a double layered faraday cage I just don't seem to get any background noise of note, mind you, I almost always hear a pop through the amp when turning the flouro light on and off. If anyone else out there is considering converting a cold room into a HT room I can recommend it, it works really well. Cheers!!

Item: Osborn T12 Subwoofer Location: Gold Coast Price: $500 + freight Item Condition: Very Good (Minor damage to one corner) Reason for selling: Need the space Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Powered subwoofer with Redgum Amp (Previously listed by mistake as aT15) There is some minor damage to a top corner of the box, as per the attached photo. It looks much worse in the photo than reality, and could be fixed with a little glue and saw dust. From Greg Osborn's website: Specifications: SPEAKER DIMENSIONS 500 X 390 X 440 mm WEIGHT 26 Kg. EFFICIENCY 92 db for 1 watt at 1 meter. RESONANT FREQUENCY 31 Hz. FREQUENCY RESPONSE 20 Hz to 125 Hz. Variable Crossover between 40 and 120 Hz. IMPEDANCE 6.5 Ohm DRIVER 300 mm. 65 mm voice coil Polyglass coated paper cone Driver Weight 6.5 Kg. Pictures:

Item: Osborn Epitome Mk IV Loudspeakers with Bass Units Location: Gold Coast Price: $4,500 Item Condition: Very Good Reason for selling: Moving onto a (not BIG) boat. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: I purchased these from the original owner five years ago, to create a surround sound system. It never happened and they have been stored indoors under dust covers since then. Other relevant items (centre channel and rears) will be uploaded ASAP. Mk IV (2006 model) I freighted them inexpensively from Melbourne by getting a standby rate with a removalist. (e.g. http://www.findamover.com.au) Pictures:

Item: Osborn Silverlink 2,5m speaker cables biwire Location: Melb Price: $150 plus postage if required Item Condition: GOOD Reason for selling:NLR Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Nice biwire cables from Greg Osborn great value. Minion not included Pictures:

Item: Osborn Datalink Speaker Cable 2.5m Location: Brunswick, VIC 3056 Price: $150 Item Condition: Used, Very Good. Reason for selling: No Longer Needed Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal. Extra Info: It is an extreme bandwidth, ultra high speed data transfer cable which has been very carefully selected and configured for unmatched neutrality, soundstage and dynamic range. Excellent sounding cables that punch above their price point. Single wire runs spade to banana. Will ship at the buyer's expense. Pictures:

Rockian Trading: Hoopers + Osborn 8pm Wednesday 16th November, visitors welcome. Willis Room, City of Whitehorse Offices Maroondah Highway (Whitehorse Road), Nunawading Melway Map 48 Ref G9 Contact: 9437 1249 As on more than twenty previous occasions, we thank Greg and Yvonne Osborn for supplying a pair of their outstanding speakers, appropriate amplifiers and a player to demonstrate some of the last year's releases. As usual Beverley will have a selection of recordings for sale through "Bev's Bazaar" to MAC members at special prices. Some particular bargains will be presented from labels that have left Rockian Trading or ceased regular production. Last year we reported the death of two audiophile pioneers. This year, because so many associates are reporting the decline of CD sales, they are also predicting the demise of the digital disc medium. Observing that most of the exhibitors at the recent Hi-Fi & AV Shows used laptops and tablets to control and supply signal to their equipment strengthens and confirms this trend. One colleague remarked, "All of this digital technology is doing my head in!" Thankfully there are still some music collectors who want to own an "actual" recording, rather than the virtual version. So LPs, CDs, SACDs and Blu-Ray Discs still find sales. In fact, demand for LP records has grown to the point where most of the major labels, and a few of the minor labels, are pressing "records" again. Unfortunately a number of these "new pressings" are of less than ideal quality and records are regaining the reputation of being "noisy." This can often be true of albums purchased at bargain prices from discount stores and suppliers. Even the 200gram pressing is no guarantee of audiophile quality. Besides the Original Master Recordings from Mobile Fidelity, Reference Recordings, Opus 3 Records and Stockfisch Records are producing LPs. An occasional title from Linn Records, and some recent releases from Chesky Records have also appeared on LP. Rockian Trading also continues to market mainstream labels like ATMA Classique, Cala Records and Linn Records through stores like Thomas Records, and the Readings Books and Music stores. We also provide audiophile labels to specialist stores like Quality Records in Malvern, Greville Records in Prahran and Burwood Music Centre, as well as to hifi stores like Tivoli Hi-Fi in Hawthorn, Hi-Fi Exchange in Nunawading and Vinyl Revival in Fitzroy. Since LPs are now our most popular medium, and we talked about LP releases at the November meeting last year, we feel obliged to present some LPs to the club this year. We are trying to obtain a MoFi UltaPlatter turntable, released at the the High End Munich audio show in May, to demonstrate some of the better vinyl releases. Regardless, we will be demonstrating some LPs this year. Ian Hooper - Rockian Trading. Ken Tripp Wise and Wonderful Webmaster Melbourne Audio Club, Inc. http://www.melbourneaudioclub.org.au

Does anyone have a pair in Brisbane that I can have a listen .Happy to hear with your gear.However Id really like to bring my amp over and hook that up. Cheers craka.

Item: Osborn T12 Mk.4 Location: Southern Gold Coast Price: $800 Item Condition: Very good Reason for selling: New speakers supply more bass + no space in current music room Payment Method: Pickup - Cash Extra Info: This unit has low mileage. Purchased June 2010 but changed jobs and cities and ended up in a small apartment until recently so used sub sparingly from April 2011until a few months ago. New T12 sells for $1610. I paid $1,260. A few small not very noticable dings on top surface. Power cable and interconnects not included. Pictures: