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How did I Do????? Absolutely ecstatic here :-) All were in killer condition - not a scratch on them.

Seeing these worth 15-40$ a piece at a record store…. Sadly

I bought this a while ago and it got some use as a second table to my Thorens but it had a speed issue - which looking at vinyl engine is apparently caused by breakdown from one of the rubber suspension things affecting the speed switch. So I dug it out of storage and fixed it. Dead steady now. Sounds surprisingly good too.

I’ve been really enjoying collecting music for a few months now and got a new shelf for my setup that I saved up for, I’m exploring my options to store records and lol I have another 16 coming in the mail so I want to make sure they are all stored properly, sometime soon I will post a setup tour.

I bought a lot of vintage audio stuff about 15 years ago before there was much interest in it- particularly turntables - some of the stuff you could get a low prices was insane.

After going through a garrard zero 100sb, dual cs505, technics sl150mk1 with a rega arm, technics sl120mk2 again using a rega arm, and a Lenco 75, I finally settled on the thorens td321 with a signet xk50 arm.

I got the luxman for less than £100 and it has stayed while many other amps have been sold - lovely class a discreet circuit amp. Got the tuner for cheap and - although I don’t use it much - it sounds great (better than a DAB tuner I also have). The cd5 I bought new and have repaired and rerepaired it over the years so I kinda have sentimental attachment to it. Not the best cd player but I don’t hear the improvements much with cd players - I also bought a Cambridge audio azur 640v2 but sold it as I preferred the sound of the cd5.

I found the celestions on eBay for about £50 and they sat unused for ages as I used the MS20i pearls. But I dug them out to see if they were still ok and they sound fantastic - so I kept them in the system. I really like the sound of these speakers. Warm punchy bass with a little scoop on the midrange. The tweeters have been changed to vifa dg25 which I think are smoother than the originals.

Used to be my constant companion on the train into college. Then along came the mp3 and I stopped using this (I also had a Yamaha MDX596 separate which was excellent). Ended up in its bag for the last 15 or probably more years. Bought a new blank MD - which was shockingly expensive compared to what I remember - but it wouldn’t work properly, not recording and getting stuck on TOC writing. So I took it apart and greased some bits and now it is working again. Sounds surprising good despite being lossy format. It is a shame these technical marvels appeared when they did and had solid state mp3 players for competition.

Also thinking about trying to get another Yamaha 596 - although thé one I sold was mint.

Edit. Forgot what the Yamaha separate was actually called!