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Vintage HI FI

81.105.51.160

I have had the privilege, (thanks to Horn's of Oxford), to have owned the following equipment:

1. Pye Mozart Amp.
2. Pye. Provost/Proctor Amp.
3. Goodman Axiom 80 Units in A.Davis Cabinets.
4. Philips GA 212 Turntable + Decca MK 4 Cartridge.
5. Stanley Kelly Ribbon Tweeters.
6. RCA Orthophonic Amp.

I can assure you that this equipment gave a sound far better than anything I have heard today. Unfortunately. the Axiom 80 cones were made of fibre and hence were hygroscopic and disintegrated many years ago.

I would finish by saying that all the above cost below £100. Horn's also gave me every copy of HI News from 1956-1963, saying we have read them, so rather than throw them away, we'll let you have them.
Christopher Cook
5, Harbour Place
Johnshaven
MONTROSE
DD10 OEY

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we sometimes like things we are use to... - Beejai 18:59:31 05/12/08 (0)
RE: Vintage HI FI - cawson@onetel.com 15:44:18 05/12/08 (0)
There was not nearly as much RF noise, and the equipment - Al Sekela 13:34:54 05/12/08 (0)
RE: Vintage HI FI - middleground 04:54:14 05/12/08 (1)
- It did! - grantv 09:38:17 05/12/08 (0)
I'm surprised at the supercilious responses below - bigi 02:47:16 05/12/08 (1)
- why? Are you agreeing with OP htat his ole mid-fi kit is better than anything you've heard (or sell) today? - Markw* 11:30:58 05/13/08 (0)
Nostalgia was originally classified as a mental illness - racerguy 13:33:39 05/11/08 (4)
- Those were the days! nt - kev313 08:21:06 05/12/08 (0)
- I did not know that... - Wellfed 14:56:25 05/11/08 (2)
  - RE: I did not know that... - drums12344321@yahoo.com 16:29:19 05/11/08 (1)
    - Our generation had its moments. [nt] - Wellfed 17:27:42 05/11/08 (0)
Yep. yesterday's memories always seem better then today's reality. - Markw* 12:31:13 05/11/08 (0)
"I can assure you that this equipment gave a sound far better than anything I have heard today" - Metralla 09:48:08 05/11/08 (0)

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