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    Question Advice about new speakers cables

    Speaker cable is just a piece of wire that carries a very low voltage signal which travels at the speed of light. It makes no difference what you use. As long as all terminal connections and connectors are properly made any decently made wire will do the job as well as any other would ! From...
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    Second hand speakers ? Don't laugh - Toshiba SS33 Mk2. Made in England 1980's. RRPrice back then £120. Although budget given fine recommendations.

    A friend of mine, who later became my best man at my wedding, bought the original Quad Electrostatics at the very time when they were first made in the 1950's. The first 'real stereo' I'd ever heard. The Dynatron power amp he was using only delivered 10 watts per channel at that time. But the...
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    Second hand speakers ? Don't laugh - Toshiba SS33 Mk2. Made in England 1980's. RRPrice back then £120. Although budget given fine recommendations.

    I have that self-same piece of paper you mention right now, here in front of me, Mike ! Talk about being a hoarder - I rarely throw anything away. I have stuff going back to the early 1900's and even earlier up in my loft. Can't find my Dad's 1920's wind up gramophone though. HE must have slung it.
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    Second hand speakers ? Don't laugh - Toshiba SS33 Mk2. Made in England 1980's. RRPrice back then £120. Although budget given fine recommendations.

    Thanks for the info, Mike. I try to keep all instruction manuals etc for all my tech purchases for ever and a day ! Even receipts from where I bought them in some cases. I've still got here Tannoy's original first ever stereo pickup cartridge and its Press Handout and review in my Archives...
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    Second hand speakers ? Don't laugh - Toshiba SS33 Mk2. Made in England 1980's. RRPrice back then £120. Although budget given fine recommendations.

    Not heard better for the sixty quid (Trade price) I paid for these back then. It's very personal is music. Money was very tight for me back then. Wish I could have afforded high-end stuff but "you pays your money and ..." In 2020 I'm still listening to the music rather than the stuff it's played...
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    Second hand speakers ? Don't laugh - Toshiba SS33 Mk2. Made in England 1980's. RRPrice back then £120. Although budget given fine recommendations.

    Two way system, quality build, excellent sound, tight bass, nice midrange, clear and accurate treble. All round bargain buy. Can see off much of the opposition. Still using mine every day and never heard better. I bought these new via a Toshiba Rep I knew personally after reading Mag reviews...