Seller named blacknround, profile says his name is Tim, and is/was a hifi dealer from Hawkes Bay.  Says he is selling off some of his lifetime collection of gear as moving to a smaller hous.  Only a couple of items listed so far, an enormous pair of Duntech speakers, and a Nakamkchi 680ZX cassette deck, listing # 1321304303, he comments he will be listing a lot more desirable items!  Worth watching.

www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=1764060

What I wouldn't give to try a pair of Sovereigns... Sovereigns and a stack of Krells ought do the trick. And then I'd never go to work again... Yahoo!

May 9, 2017 18:27:54 GMT 12 @johnnyheathen said:

What I wouldn't give to try a pair of Sovereigns... Sovereigns and a stack of Krells ought do the trick. And then I'd never go to work again... Yahoo!

Do still have those smaller Duntechs we discussed on the old Aenz forums?  

Sure do. Still woefully and shamefully under-powered... Which means I also still have kids and live in a dead-end town...

Looks like he is listing the cassette deck too soon, actual deck & TT items not ready to sell.

PS. Can anyone name the legendary tonearm? )

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At first glance, I thought Helius, maybe Zeta, but nooo, and some of those bits look decidely of Ishikawa origin.. and I will be miles of target off course..


Click, clunk, lol.. finally dredged from the depths of the memory banks...Mission Mechanic....

Never play Leapfrog with a Unicorn.

Winner, winner!
nakmad is correct!
A very dusty, rather rare, Mission Mechanic.

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May 9, 2017 18:48:01 GMT 12 @johnnyheathen said:

Sure do. Still woefully and shamefully under-powered... Which means I also still have kids and live in a dead-end town...

Looks like you have a nice big room, extremely jealous.

Yes he does have a nice big room, probably not big enough for a pair of Sovereigns though...

May 9, 2017 16:43:34 GMT 12 sub said:

Seller named blacknround, profile says his name is Tim, and is/was a hifi dealer from Hawkes Bay.  Says he is selling off some of his lifetime collection of gear as moving to a smaller hous.  Only a couple of items listed so far, an enormous pair of Duntech speakers, and a Nakamkchi 680ZX cassette deck, listing # 1321304303, he comments he will be listing a lot more desirable items!  Worth watching.

that would be Tim Schuler of soundhaus by schuler.

the other hifi dealer in napier.

www.soundhausnz.com/

where's this legendary tonearm ?

they have just listed an accuphase tuner...

I could knock out a few walls to fit those sovereigns in...

It is a nice sized room but the photo is somewhat deceptive. It has width but not depth. Also two walls are glass. Keep meaning to start a thread on diy treatment options to get a little more out of what I have... Anyhoo, digression...

The Sovereigns would be a shoo-in entry for the World's Ugliest Hifi

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Simple case of form following function there Owen. Intended to be a no compromise statement product, they are what they are. Still used by Sony classical I believe. Still too large for most listening rooms.

May 10, 2017 14:08:06 GMT 12 Owen Y said:

The Sovereigns would be a shoo-in entry for the World's Ugliest Hifi

Whaaaa? Who's the Heathen now??

found the tonearm pic

it appears the stuff is a houselot he picked up.

good thing he's going  to clean and service it all before selling.

wouldn't  like to buy an exotic piece covered in flyspots

That Linn was a bit duckin' fusty wasn't it....

Never play Leapfrog with a Unicorn.

Man, that MF gear would drive my Duntechs quite nicely. My A3 was doing an admirable job until I cooked it a few weeks back.
Oh the joys of being the working poor. I can lust all I like...

May 10, 2017 14:35:10 GMT 12 guitardude said:

Simple case of form following function there Owen. Intended to be a no compromise statement product, they are what they are. Still used by Sony classical I believe. Still too large for most listening rooms.

Ahh..that oft-quoted expression was coined by the great German architect, Mies van der Rohe.

However, he was still capable of designing arguably the most beautiful building of modern times - in 1928....



Did anyone mention baffle edge diffraction, baffle step distortions?

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no ceiling reflections but oh those hard tile floors and naked walls !

Has another bunch of stuff up now including a later pair of ESL57.

May 10, 2017 18:46:26 GMT 12 @johnnyheathen said:

Man, that MF gear would drive my Duntechs quite nicely. My A3 was doing an admirable job until I cooked it a few weeks back.
Oh the joys of being the working poor. I can lust all I like...

These are for you, Heathen - 1322792308 - not from the seller referred to in OP, but interesting.

Yes they would be exactly for him but Mrs Heathen would not be happy.....

May 11, 2017 15:25:03 GMT 12 sub said:

May 10, 2017 18:46:26 GMT 12 @johnnyheathen said:

Man, that MF gear would drive my Duntechs quite nicely. My A3 was doing an admirable job until I cooked it a few weeks back.
Oh the joys of being the working poor. I can lust all I like...

These are for you, Heathen - 1322792308 - not from the seller referred to in OP, but interesting.

Sweet Jesus! Yup. That's all I'd ever need. If any forum member wins lotto this week, I shall expect this to arrive on my doorstep promptly thereafter. It'd be the right thing to do.
guitardude is quite right though, if I took the plunge, Mrs Heathen would have kittens. Kittens and lawyers.

send lawyers, guns and money !

Maybe I ought start a Givealittle page? Seems to be the done thing these days. 'Support a perpetually broke young audio geek'...

pretty sure I've already donated to that one ? Maybe you could trade the golf on the Krell and give it to her for Mothers day ?

man I would have jumped those Duntechs a year ago. TAD convert now so too late ;-)