Post by Citroen on Aug 12, 2020 16:24:48 GMT 12
And I thought the auction started with a No reserve price anyway.
Another AURA
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 Post by Owen Y on Aug 13, 2020 10:58:44 GMT 12 Owen Y might know how many he could make each year. That's a good Q, I've pondered this myself. Dave made the Auras in small batches, maybe 2-5 or 6 at a time, but I'm not sure - he had to pay for platter castings to be made, heat treatment, materials generally. AURAs were made from around 1984 until 2006 (when Dave passed away). In the early days, I imagine that there would not have been significant numbers. Demand would have been quite high however around the time of Dick Olsher's Stereophile review in 1990 & USA distribution being handled by Space & Time. Dave & Trudy then moved to Brisbane for a few of years (~1990-92) & I know that Dave did not entirely enjoy the pressure of having an Australian distributor at that time (ie. there were plenty of orders coming in). After moving back to Auckland, they set about building a new house in Albany & being Dave, a lot of it was hands-on (together with his children I imagine) & AURA production would have been on hold from mid 90s until 1999 house completion. So.... there might been 15+ years of AURA 'production' (also experimentation / R & D). I'm guessing, 80 to 150 AURAs? Maybe 200 on the outside. DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by Owen Y on Aug 13, 2020 11:05:16 GMT 12
What happened to the seller's other tasty hifi listings?
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Post by Citroen on Aug 13, 2020 11:42:16 GMT 12
This nice lot went for $2498.88
"Jelco Tone Arm. With headshells and cartridges for Supex SD100, Koetsu Long Body, Audio Technica and Denon DR103R. Step-ups to match included in the sale from Audio Innovations, K. and K. Audio (USA) Era Gold and Fidelity Research FR3."
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 Post by Citroen on Aug 13, 2020 11:43:41 GMT 12
SME Series V went for $3200. Unfortunately neither of these auctions were won by me
 
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Post by Owen Y on Aug 13, 2020 13:29:57 GMT 12
Hmmm.. fair prices probably, no bargains I guess.
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Post by beeman on Aug 13, 2020 15:26:41 GMT 12
Dammit if I had seen that I would have bought it - at least $1000 less than its worth
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Post by tonyd on Aug 14, 2020 8:20:07 GMT 12
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Post by andrewp on Aug 14, 2020 9:52:44 GMT 12
Worth is a funny word...it just represents what people are prepared to shell out on the day. Im sure we have all tried selling items for more than people are prepared to pay. Its a buyers market for pretty much everything these days and Im sure it will become more so with the current situation we all find ourselves in. I hope everyone here is safe and well.
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Post by Owen Y on Aug 14, 2020 10:13:00 GMT 12
I'm told (by younger generation kids) that 'lockdown' is a v good time to sell stuff, because, I suppose, more punters are at home with free time & online.
(Evidenced here by the amount of Tr Me stuff coming & going here in our household  )But yes, of course, something is only worth what you can actually get for it. DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by aardvark on Sept 9, 2020 10:28:19 GMT 12  Very cool (well, probably pretty warm!). I’ve always wanted to hear one of those big MFs, having really enjoyed owning a couple of the smaller ones from that era (A1, A100). Their larger format amps must’ve been few & far between in NZ!? I am also a fan of them (MF A370's) and so now have 3 of them doing surround sound duty. They need about an hour to warm up properly. Can be a bit brittle at times, but I still love them to bits.
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 Post by raveydave on Sept 9, 2020 11:44:15 GMT 12
Triple dip! Wow, that’s quite a collection.
It must get nice & cosy on a winter’s day. Oh, and welcome aardvark - your first post, I see. 😀
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 Post by aardvark on Sept 9, 2020 12:36:37 GMT 12
Thanks for the welcome. They are in my office but they do heat the whole room so cant close the door. A mixture of MK1, MK2 and even a P270, but all rebuilt to be internally identical. The P270 is actually a full A370 but as has smaller heat sinks can run a bit warm.
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Post by Owen Y on Sept 9, 2020 14:37:14 GMT 12
Greetings aardvark & welcome!
I vaguely recall going to look at a pr of SA370s (or were they SA470s?) out in West Akld back in the '90s. DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by aardvark on Sept 9, 2020 17:40:04 GMT 12
wow. They would have been extremely exotic. I have only heard about the big monoblocks. Has anyone out there got any of them? Would love to hear.
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