Guy Landau
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Never really like the quality of bass of my Khorns. It seemed a little lightweight and lacked definition to my ears. I think that LaScala's bass reproduction is much more fast and accurate although it doesn't go as low.
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Hi Larry,I don't really know the current value but it's a very sought after cartridge especially if it has low hours. I think that the retail was around $1500. I've seen lightly used vintage Supex 900 cartridges sell for way over what they were sold new so I can't really estimate the price.I have sold a lightly used, vintage, Koetsu Black cartridge for a little over 1/3 of the $1500 retail and I've seen similar cartridges sell for much more. My guess that a fair price would be anything between $500 to $750.Best regards,Guy
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Gary,
Enjoy your new table. Nice work Allan.
Guy
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Very nice. Congrats.
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Scarcity is the key to their value. Not many people were willing to lay out the big bucks JBL wanted back in the seventies when one could get a pair of similar sounding Cornwalls for $800 or LaScalas for a few hundred more. Even Khorns were less expensive and much better.
Much better? I'd say more different than better and I've owned both.
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Gary, I'm doing just fine. I'll try to give you a call later on today.
Gilbert,
Will you be interested in a 1996 Re-Issue 7?
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Guy,
When are we going to put a stop to at least the first problem in your sig ? [
] How you doing these days? Craig
Craig,
I'm doing just fine. I'm done with tubes for now. Been playing with SS stuff.
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He'll probably ask you to wire the payment to Indonesia....
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Happy B'day, Gary.
Guy
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Don't touch it if it works. They hardly ever break down and the only things that normally do, are the optocouplers and they can be bought on ebay.
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It definitely not inferior. I might be able to help you find a 230 Volt, Stereo 20 in nice condition.
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I don't think that any vintage integrated amp will be an improvement over your MV-50.
I'll definitely replace the GE 6cg7 with a RCA Cleartop or Black plate. I don't really know the EH 6CA7 but the JJ/Tesla EL-34 sound pretty nice to my ears.
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MV-50 is a nice amplifier. At least as good as any of the above. Very sensitive to the type of 6cg7 tube used as phase splitter. I don't know which type you're using but RCA Cleartop 6cg7/6fq7 will do wonders to the sound. GE 6cg7s sound very lean and dry in this amp.
I'd experiment with tube rolling before even thinking of buying another amplifier.
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The Leak Stereo 20 costs 650.00 euros (only the power amp) and it's in good condition.
The Scott 299A costs euros 450.00 and looks very good too.
How is the sound of Leak amps compared to the others (remember I like the warm sound)?
The good thing about the Leak Stereo 20 is that it has a very high input sensitivity and doesn't really need a preamp. You can either install a potentiometer where the HT socket is and use it as a volume control or use a simple passive preamp.
The bad thing is that it might be a little noisey due to this high input ensitivity.
I've used one with a McCormack passive line stage with my Khorns and it sounded great.
Forum member Croc, uses a Citation II with LS's and the sound is pretty impresssive.
I also liked the HF-81 with my Khorns.
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Well, I'll have to pass. Shipping costs to Israel are too high.
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Allan,
Can you estimate the value of this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160085667183&rd=1&rd=1
It's from the same seller so I might try to get both.
Thanks
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Travis,
It was working fine the last time I used it. I only quit using it because I bought a vintage Audio-Note Io and had it rebuilt (by Vandenhul) and then moved to the US and didn't bring it with me. I don't think that it's a matter of humidity as the weather in Tel-Aviv is quite humid. A friend of mine still uses his Koetsu which is about the same age but he uses it much more often and his suspension is fine so there's no reason for you to be concerned.
BTW, The cost of suspension replacement at VDH was less than 50 EURO at that time.
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Very nice cartridge. Smooth and romantic sounding with beautiful liquid midrange. Mine is currently listed on ebay with a dried out rubber suspension cause it sat unused for far too long.
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It should work with nude SPUs, a SME and Ortofon G type headhells and won't work with EMT or A type Ortofons.
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The 135 is a great table.
It has a lighter platter (without the extra aluminum platter and clutch mechanism of the 124) and a slightly smaller bearing but I really like the Thoren/emt arm and if I remember correctly, it has an autostop option.
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Hey Guy;
Your profile is quite detailed.
I have never heard a Leak amp. Another audio item to put on my "to do" list. Maybe if you sent it to Craig for some work I could get a listen?[
]Hey Rick,
These are long gone....
Just updated that profile for ya'.
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Glad to hear that you've all had a great time. Sure wish I could meet some of you guys in person.
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Lenco L-75.
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6922/6DJ8 preamp preference?
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I really like the Telefunken E88CC/6922. It was the best sounding 6DJ8 in my Airtight ATE-2 preamp. Not as dry sounding as many 6DJ8's. At that time, I only had one NOS Siemens CCa (which I sold to Gary) so I couldn't make a head to head shootout. The Valvo redprint E88CC was close second.