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Item: WHARFEDALE VANGUARD floor standing speakers. Location: Wynnum Condition: Excellent condition for age. No noticeable damage or bumps. Recently professionally inspected and serviced. Price: $500 Reason for selling: Moving things on to fund more hi-fi. Payment Methods: Cash on pick-up. Paypal. Extra Info: Beautiful vintage behemoth speakers and difficult to find. Hand-made in in Yorkshire by Wharfedale Limited, Leeds, England. These were a flagship speaker of the day and evolved out of the E series, E-70, E-90. These date around late 80s, 1990. Easy to drive and can handle a bit of power too. Or just great just to have on display. Sensitivity: 95dB Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms Power handling (programme): 175 Watts Photos:

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Item: AARON ATS-1 Bookshelf Speakers Location: Wynnum, Brisbane. Price: $250 (original retail $699) Item Condition: Excellent condition. Reason for selling: No longer required. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal. Extra Info: In Excellent condition. Have been used only occasionally over the years but they are an impressive sounding speaker. Have spent last couple of years in a wardrobe so time to move them on. Cabinets weigh 7kg ea. Size: 21cm W x 25cm D x 39cm H. Specs: 8 Ohms. 20-100W. 55Hz - 23KHz. Sensitivity 89dB. Bass alignment - Low Q Ratio. Cross over frequency 3 KHz. Tweeter 25mm teardrop. Woofer 173mm Dual laminate cone. Cabinet Mahogany woodgrain. Weight 7Kg ea. Can courier but prefer pick-up Brisbane. Should still have original boxes for transport. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Thanks Pete! Now to come up with another one

Couldn't work out where to post this and 'contact us' link doesn't seem to work. Have been wondering if it is possible to change user name on the site. Had mine since the inception of the site when I chose it off the cuff but have to live with it forever more so it seems. I don't really hate my user name, but would like to change it to something a little more personally relevant quite some years on. Read a decade or more.

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Item: MULLARD 12AX7 (ECC82) 4 x tubes, valves. Location: Wynnum, Brisbane Price: $100 PLUS $10 POST/COURIER. Item Condition: Unused. Reason for selling: Not required Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal. Extra Info: Bought new a few months ago but ended up not needing them. Unused in original boxes. These are reissues made in Russia. Cost $35 each at the time or thereabouts. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

ITEM: SME Series III S tonearm with Grado cartridge (cart model unknown) LOCATION: Wynnum, Brisbane CONDITION: Visually excellent. Un-tested. See description for details. DESCRIPTION: This tonearm was attached to a Thorens TD-160 turntable from new. I have had this as a project-in-waiting for a year and have not had the opportunity to use the tonearm because the original plinth was crumbly and the stylus on the Grado cart, un-useable. It is in excellent physical condition. Few tarnish spots on baseplate. Everything moves smoothly and all adjustment screws in excellent condition. Includes tonearm thread weight. Lead counterweights are loaded into the arm, presumably to match the Grado cart, and there are a couple of extra weights as pictured. Also includes tiny metal adjustment spanner. Don’t know which stylus suits the Grado but the original one is on it. Reason for selling. Financial commitments exceed income. PRICE: $650 (reduced. Originally listed for $750) PAYMENT METHODS: Cash on pick-up, Paypal. EXTRA INFO: Can post/courier. PHOTOS:

Negotiable

Now $450

ITEM: THORENS TD-165 Turntable LOCATION: Wynnum, Brisbane CONDITION: Overall running well but has occasional drop out issue due to worn tonearm socket for headshell (pins on headshell have stretched their sockets on tonearm). Will probably need a new arm unless there is a way of fixing it. Other than that, it is physically great and well maintained and has new custom made acrylic lid. Ex-University of Qld Music and this is etched on front alum plate near cueing switch RH side. DESCRIPTION: Selling this turntable on behalf of non-internet savvy friend who can’t afford a new arm for it. Currently has Stanton 500-II cart on it. Is well serviced and had new RCA cable fitted not long ago. Sounds great but has an intermittent channel drop out which is likely caused by stretched headshell pin sockets in tonearm. A clever person may have a simple fix for this, or you may just want to put an upgraded arm on it. REASON FOR SELLING: Not sure how to fix tonearm issue and owner does not want to buy new tonearm for it. PRICE: $500. $450 $400 PAYMENT METHODS: Cash on pick-up, Paypal. EXTRA INFO: Close to being a great turntable with a bit more TLC. PS. I am also selling an SME 3009 Series III arm on SNA, which would probably be a good match on this deck. PHOTOS:

Update: Includes original tiny spanner (just found it).

ITEM: SME Series III S tonearm with Grado cartridge (cart model unknown) LOCATION: Wynnum, Brisbane CONDITION: Visually excellent. Un-tested. See description for details. DESCRIPTION: This tonearm was attached to a Thorens TD-160 turntable from new. I have had this as a project-in-waiting for a year and have not had the opportunity to use the tonearm because the original plinth was crumbly and the stylus on the Grado cart, un-useable. It had not been used for some years according to its original owner, but appears to be in excellent physical condition. Few tarnish spots on baseplate. Everything moves smoothly and all adjustment screws in excellent condition. Includes tonearm thread weight. Lead counterweights are loaded into the arm, presumably to match the Grado cart, and there are a couple of extra weights as pictured. Also includes tiny metal adjustment spanner (not pictured). Don’t know which stylus suits the Grado but the original one is on it. Reason for selling. High compliance carts are too expensive a realm for me to get into right now. PRICE: $750 neg. PAYMENT METHODS: Cash on pick-up, Paypal. EXTRA INFO: Can post/courier. PICTURES: Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved.

Item: SONY TA-1055 Stereo Integrated Amplifier. Late 70s vintage Location: Brisbane Southside. Price: $300 Item Condition: Excellent. Restored and very clean inside and out. Number engraved on front LH faceplate. Reason for selling: To help fund a number of ongoing projects. Payment Method: Pickup Brisbane Southside, Cash, Paypal. Courier available, $25 for most but some regional areas may be higher. Extra Info: Circa late 70s. Made in Japan. Great sound. Solid build with heavy duty heatsink. Another of my many vintage amp projects. Electrolytic capacitors replaced with mostly Nichicon Fine Gold. Main output transistors re-seated with fresh thermal paste and solder joints re-flowed. Features include headphone jack and phono input. Output Specs (See Hi Fi Engine for full specs) Dynamic power: 70 Watts both channels operating at 8 Ohm 90 Watts both channels operating at 4 Ohm Continuous rated RMS output at 1KHz: 28 Watts per channel at 8 Ohms. 35 Watts per channel at 4 Ohms. Demo welcome. BYO speakers for a listen. Photos: