Hi-Fi Do's Online Newsletter Vol.23
May 10,2003
We are requested by our subscriber to provide popular
and rare items such as cartridge case or All about JBL
magazine for auction .
Therefore we will provide all of popular and rare items
for auction and ask to set the price for novelty items
in "How much would you pay?" section.
Auction will be arranged by each Hi-Fi Do shop which hold
auction items. Bidding period will be scheduled from
10:00am Saturday to 5:00pm Thursday(local time) in every
week. We are waiting for your bid.
Inside this issue:
1.Sales result of "How much would you pay to buy All about JBL?"
2.How much would you pay to buy TEAC AN-80
3.Result of Auction for Lux SQ5B
4.Auction for Mark Levinson CD
5.Auction for Koetsu Phono Cartridge
6.Information from Shop manager
7.Buy & Sell
1.Sales result of "How much would you pay to buy All about JBL?"
Number of offers : 19
The highest price : \18,000
As we guessed, this magazine is still popular among audiophile.
The price range was between \5,000 and \15,000. Most of
offers were around \5,000.
2.How much would you pay to buy TEAC-AN-80?
This is the first time that TEAC AN-80 has arrived to Hi-Fi Do.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030509/tokushuu/tokushuu030509e.html
TEAC AN-80 was developped as dolby unit for 2 head type tape deck
which had outstanding noise reduction system for tape hiss.
The market price is \29,800. This item can be used with
three head tape deck by REC/CHECK switch which provides
monitor feature to check exctly what being printed on tape.
This is practical model of High End AN-180 which market
price is \59,800.
We are not sure when TEAC AN-80 had marketted. According to our
boss, it might marketted around 1972.
Please send e-mail if you know correct year when it was marketed.
If you want to buy, please send your name, shipping address, and
your price to
mailto: merumaga@hifido.co.jp
Closing date is May 14(local time),Wednesday.
The item goes to the person offering the highest price when there
are other applicants.
3. Result of Auction for Lux SQ5B
Number of bids : 2
Winning bid : \9,000
There were two other bids which were placed after closing time
(Local time should be adopted).
Please check if your PC time is correct. If you find what you
really want in auction, it is reccomended to place a bid little
earlier than closing time.
4.Auction for Mark Levinson CD
A set of 6 CDs recorded by Mark Levinson is provided for auction by
our subscriber.
There is no reserve price. Initial defect warranty is available.
20% commission will be deducted from final price.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030509/auctions/auctions030509e.html
Bidding period : From 10:00am local time on May 10(Saturday) to
5:00pm local time on May 15(Thursday)
Auction information such as Number of Bids, Current Bid are
available at the top page of Hi-Fi Do Website.
Place your bid at mailto:merumaga@hifido.co.jp
Our auction does not use Automatic Bidding System and the data
for auction is updated manually. Please note that there could
be a time lag.
Check detailed information about auction at
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/info/auctionse.html
If you want to provide your items for Hi-Fi Do auction,
please e-mail to
mailto:merumaga@hifido.co.jp
5.Auction for Koetsu Phono cartridge
This early model of Koetsu cartridge is provided for auction
by Akihabara shop.
Koetsu is very popular brand among the audiophile, however,
there are only little information available for Koetsu.
As we checked through Website, we got following information
about Koetsu:
The name of "Koetsu" might remind you of Honami Koetsu(1558-1637).
Honami family practiced the trade of polishing, sharpening, and
assesing swaords for generation. When we serched by the word
"Honami", we only got the information about sword.
The late Yoshiaki Sugano, who created Koetsu cartridge ,
used to be Sword Craftsman same as Honami Koetsu.
Koetsu was not allowed to produce sword after the war.
Yoshiaki Sugano applied swordmaking techniques to phono
cartridge.
He used a special kind of traditional Japanese steel called
Tamahagane as core coil and bound the coil by himself , then
put them into lapis or rosewood body.
Mark Levinson asked Yoshiaki Sugano to create phono cartridge.
Early model cartridge of Mark Levinson was OEM production by
Yoshiaki Sugano. Afterwards Koetsu brand became very famous
in Europe, but only 60 cartridges could be produced per year
because all of them were handcrafted.
As Koetsu cartridge were intermittently exported, there
was a rumor among European audiophile that Yoshiaki might
die. Therefore, Audiophile magazine,"The abusolute sound"
(Vol.7 Number 26 issued June ,1982) carried the article that
Mr. Sugano had entered the hospital becasue of illness but
he got well and devoted to produce new cartridge.
We would like to introduce interesting his life to become
creator of phono cartridge.
Yoshiaki Sugano was born in 1907. He liked to draw picture
in childhood and his dream was to become an artist.
However, his parents wanted him to be a public servant or
an office worker. Yoshiaki entered Oil painting course of
Art school secretly and went to school for six months,but
it was found by his parents and he quitted his school.
Then, he entered Meiji University and he started boxing.
Finally, he became Japanese Champion of the bantamweight
class and he coached boxing team of Chuo University as
part time job. He was going to attend Belin Olimpic but
he was canceled the representative member due to violation
of the Amateur Sports act.
It caused him a proffessional fighter and he fighted at
various places in Asia. It is said that he was always
positive and never lost a fight.
Far East Branch's manager of automaker Ford compay watched
his match and he headhunted Yoshiaki to Ford because he
discovered his talent for salesman.
Being deteriotated relationship between Japan and United
States, Ford withdrew from the Japan Market. Then, Yoshiaki
moved to Toyota and became top salesman to sell 45 cars per
month. In those days, he dropped the forge of sword in
Yasukuni Shrine and he often visited swordsmith Honami Mitsuyoshi
in spare moments from his work. He was fasinated with
sword and started to imitate forging sword.
When the pacific war started, many salesman quitted their
job due to militerly service. However, Yoshiaki continued to
forge sword as the swordsmith appointed by the amy.
At that time he was adopted by Mitsuyoshi and he succeeded to
the name of Kosuke.
He retired from Toyota at the age of 60. Koetsu brand
was created by Yoshiaki Sugano who dedicated the rest of his
life to design and manufacture phono cartridge.
Production of Koetsu cartridge is taken over by his son,
Fumihiko Sugano and he uses 8N wires or new material for
cartridge.
This item was early model handled by Yoshiaki.
We are waiting for bids from Koetsu enthusiasts.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030509/auctions/auctions030509be.html
Bidding period : From 10:00am local time on May 10(Saturday) to
5:00pm local time on May 15(Thursday)
Auction information such as Number of Bids, Current Bid are
available at the top page of Hi-Fi Do Website.
Place your bid at merumaga@hifido.co.jp
Our auction does not use Automatic Bidding System and the data
for auction is updated manually. Please note that there could be
a time lag.
Check detailed information about auction at
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/info/auctionse.html
6.Information from Shop Manager
Ohsu Shop
We would like to introduce Open Reel Deck NAGRA/4S.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030509/osu/osu030509e.html
by M. Shibata
Nipponbashi Shop
NAKAMICHI DRAGON has arrived to Nipponbashi shop.
This item has jsut completed overhaul and remote
control unit is equipped.
B&W MATRIX 802 and TANNOY WESTMINSTER R are available now.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030509/nihon/nihon030509e.html
by Y. Murakoshi
Akihabara Shop
We would like to introduce following five items.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030509/akiba/akiba030509e.html
by Y. Koshihama
7. Buy & Sell
Wish List for Buy by subscriber : Harmonics?@HS10SLC Speaker cable
Harmonics MAX -Jumper Jumper cable
We are waiting for your information for Buy & Sell.
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