FA: My Vinyl Gear

As previously described at great length in these august pages ...

Moth Vinyl Record Washer
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320878048662

Pro-Ject Debut Phono SB Vinyl Record Player
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320878015468

Dual 601 Vinyl Record Deck
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320878190802
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Java Jive wrote:
As previously described at great length in these august pages ...


From the title I thought it was going to be advertising...er certain
services :-)

On 28/03/2012 20:51, Java Jive wrote:

Pro-Ject Debut Phono SB Vinyl Record Player
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320878015468

Guess what I bought my son for Christmas?

Andy

Have found a suitable box to send this item, so have added postage to
the price.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:51:35 +0100, Java Jive
wrote:

Dual 601 Vinyl Record Deck
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320878190802
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On 31/03/2012 16:58, Java Jive wrote:
Have found a suitable box to send this item, so have added postage to
the price.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:51:35 +0100, Java
wrote:

Dual 601 Vinyl Record Deck
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320878190802

One of the more bizarre listings IME. Not only broken, but likely to
break again sometime soon. And it's never going to be any good in the
unlikely event it can be repaired.

Rob

Rob wrote:

One of the more bizarre listings IME. Not only broken, but likely to
break again sometime soon. And it's never going to be any good in the
unlikely event it can be repaired.

But someone *might* want it (perhaps for spares), so why not take a
punt on listing it?

Personally, I'm very impressed by the detail and honesty with which it
is described. I wish more stuff on eBay was described so honestly.

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In article m, Rob
wrote:
Have found a suitable box to send this item, so have added postage to
the price.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:51:35 +0100, Java
wrote:

Dual 601 Vinyl Record Deck
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320878190802

One of the more bizarre listings IME. Not only broken, but likely to
break again sometime soon. And it's never going to be any good in the
unlikely event it can be repaired.

Quite. I won't be bidding for it, but somebody probably will.

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On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:12:02 +0100, Steve Thackery
wrote:

Rob wrote:

One of the more bizarre listings IME. Not only broken, but likely to
break again sometime soon.

I don't know what makes you say that, when you know that it has
recently enabled me to get goodish (and certainly far better than I
originally expected) recordings of about 300 vinyls (150 twice over).
I've never denied that I had to put a lot of fuss and bother into
getting the results I did, but someone else may think that their
collection is worth a similar amount of fuss and bother.

And it's never going to be any good in the
unlikely event it can be repaired.

In its present condition, it only needs to last as long as it takes to
digitise a number of vinyls.

If some die-hard vinyl enthusiast wanted to actually restore it, the
way some car fanatics completely restore old cars, then in principle,
it could be restored almost* completely. All the bits have been kept,
even down to the lid hinges that broke within a couple of years of
buying it. Of course even then it would still have the slight rumble,
but you will have heard from the samples that it's not intrusive.

* One would have to find replacement for the original arm wiring. I
didn't bother to keep that because its fragility meant that I broke it
when removing it. However, I would imagine that exactly or near
enough equivalent wiring could be found from an electronics supplier.
The styli would also need to be retipped. And, cosmetically, the lid
has a small star fracture (thanks J) and the plinth has a hole on the
front where originally I had a switch, and the socket on the back for
the phono out is not original either.

But someone *might* want it (perhaps for spares), so why not take a
punt on listing it?

Personally, I'm very impressed by the detail and honesty with which it
is described. I wish more stuff on eBay was described so honestly.

Thank you. That was my point entirely.

To me, now that I've digitised all my vinyls, it's just outdated
technology, and I wouldn't buy it. But either because they want to
digitise their vinyls, or because they want to restore either their
own 601 or my one, someone may want it, and rather than just bin it,
it seems worth the minimum auction charge to find out.

Although there are no bids as yet, it does currently have a surprising
number of watchers, and although from experience I know that not all
can be assumed to be potential bidders, at least some probably are.
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Java Jive wrote:

Although there are no bids as yet, it does currently have a surprising
number of watchers, and although from experience I know that not all
can be assumed to be potential bidders, at least some probably are.

Surely everyone just snipes in the closing seconds?

Yes, that is certainly the common form of bidding pattern on the sort
of kit for which I occasionally bid. But there seems to be another
common pattern which seems to run like: "I'm going to be
away/otherwise engaged when the auction ends, or I'm only prepared to
go to such'n'such a price whatever others may be prepared to bid, so
I'll bid now and just accept whatever may happen later. If I win it,
I've got a bargain, if not, then I've not wasted any money."

On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:18:08 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Surely everyone just snipes in the closing seconds?
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