Hi-Fi Do's Online Newsletter Vol.24
May 17,2003
The item for "How much would you pay?" in this week
is SONY cassete deck for reproduction only.
Reproduction speed is slightly faster than original source.
Of course, accurate reproduction must be important but
it might be fun to listen to slightly faster reproduction.
As we gessed, Koetsu cartridge was popular in overseas countries.
The first bidder was from Hong Kong. The bid started higher than
the market price. The bidder certainly wanted to obtain this
cartridge and it drove the bidder to place high bid at the beginning
of auction.
This week Akihabara shop will provide auction for another
Koetsu cartridge.
Inside this issue:
1.Sales result of "How much would you pay to buy TEAC AN-80?"
2.How much would you pay to buy SONY TC-PB5?
3.Result of Auction for Mark Levinson CD
4.Result of Auction for Koetsu Phono Cartridge
5.Auction for Stereosound magazine issue #2
6.Auction for Koetsu Onyx Platinum Phono Cartridge
7.Information from Shop Manager
8.Buy & Sell
1.Sales result of "How much would you pay to buy TEAC AN-80?"
Number of offers : 3
The highest price : \10,000
This item was not so popular as cartridge case and it got less offers.
2.How much would you pay to buy SONY TC-PB5?
SONY TC-PB is casset deck for reproduction only which seemed
to be produced in Janyary 1990.
It is recommended to connect it to your casset deck
for dubbing.As already explained, reproduction speed is
slightlty faster than original source. Therefore,accurate dubbing
is not available. If you want to use it for dubbing, it need to
be repaired.
It might be fun to reproduce familiar voice like your friend.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030516/tokushuu/tokushuu030516e.html
3.Auction result of Mark Levinson CD
Number of bids : 5
Winning bid : \11,500
The bid was gradually increasing and the result of this auction
was contrastive to that of Koetsu cartridge.
4.Auction result of Koetsu Phono Cartridge
Number of bids : 2
Winning bid : \90,500
High bid price was placed just after the auction had started.
There was a bidder from overseas beacause this item is very
popular in overseas countries.
5.Auction for Stereosound magazine issue #2
As you know, Koetsu cartridge was created by Yoshiaki Sugano
and he died in January 20 in 2002.
We tried to find the memorial article for "Yoshinobu Sugano" in
several audio magazines after he died. I found by chance
another memorial article for graphic designer "Ikkou Tanaka"
who designed the cover of Stereosound magazine. He died in
January 10 in 2002.
According to the article, the chief editor of Stereosound magazine,
Kaoru Harada wanted to make the cover design which could image
listening to the sound.
He understood that he could not pay enough design fee for
Ikkou Tanaka, but tried to ask him to design cover of Stereosound
magazine at the end of 1966. Ikkou Tanaka accepted it and he
said, " I am audiophile, too."
This is the reason why there seemed to be large differences between
the cover design of the first issue and the following issues of
Stereosound.
The market price of Stereosound issue #2 is \8,000.
There is no reserve price for auciton, so place bid as you
want.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030516/auctions/auctions030516ae.html
Bidding period :From 10:00am local time on May 17(Saturday)
to 5:00pm local time on May 22(Thursday)
Auction information such as Number of Bids, Currenct Bid are avaiable
at the top page of Hi-Fi Do Website.
Place your bid at mailto:auction@hifido.co.jp
Our auction does not use Automatic Bidding System and the data
for auction is upadated 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. Auction for Koetsu Onyx Platinum Cartridge
Auction item in last week was the early model of Koetsu
Phono Cartridge with rosewood body.
This week Akihabara shop will provide auction for Koetsu Onyx
Platinum Cartridge with Lapis body.
Basic structure of both cartridge is same but the material used
for body is different. Lapis is more expensive than rosewood,
so the onyx platinaum is more valuable.
The market price for Koetsu Onyx Platinaum is \350,000.
This cartridge is a used item but in good condition.
It seems difficult to get the material and processing craftsman
for Koetsu cartridge in these days.
Musashino Sound Effect Laboratory still continues to produce Koetsu
cartridge conquering many difficulties, however, they are not
sure until when they are available.
It is good chance to obtain Koetsu Onyx Platinaum.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030516/auctions/auctions030516be.html
Bidding period : From 10:00am local time on May 17(Saturday)
to 5:00pm local time on May 22(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: auction@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
7.Information from Shop Manager
Ohsu Shop
Recently a lot of large speakers have arrived Ohsu shop.
We would like to introduce outstanding JBL/C50_OLYMPUS_S8RJ
among them.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030516/osu/osu030516e.html
by M. Shibata
Nipponbashi Shop
This week special is QUAD2+22.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030516/nihon/nihon030516e.html
by Y. Murakoshi
Akihabara Shop
We would like to introduce 5 rare step-up transformers.
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030516/akiba/akiba030516e.html
by Y. Koshihama
8. Buy & Sell
We have got "BUY" information as follows:
Model name: YAMAHA GT-2000L
Condition : Excellent condition is only acceptable.
Price to buy : \150,000
For your reference, the market price for GT-2000L is \128,000.
If you have this item, it might be a good idea to sell it
in order to buy new model.
We are waiting for your information for Buy & Sell.
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