Feb 22nd 2022 Equipment sales making steady progress.

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 Friday 25th Feb. March 9th /10th. 15 years since I started this blog. Where did all those long years go?
 
 The Naim amps and Linn Kans have gone. The LP12 is pending collection. I had the Kans on top of the 753sFs as stands. We needed something more "forwards." To overcome our mutual deafness when watching Netflix in our old age. We can never hear the dialogue.

 Somebody made a very low bid for the Mission 753Freedom Center speaker. Which I refused. I may have to bring the price of the Mission 753Freedom floor-standers down to excite some interest. They were great in their day but this is long forgotten.

 I'd had the Kans for probably 40 years. The Linn Sondek about the same. Though it was upgraded 25 years ago. With Ittok VIII and a DL304MC cartridge. Plus a Valhalla PS, new sub-chassis, bearing and springs. The Naim amps were at least 26 years old. I am hopeless at remembering dates and calculating age.

 I bought the Naim amps from the same dealer who rebuilt the Linn. With the proceeds from selling the rural cottage. Which we had rebuilt ourselves. From a pile of stones in a corner of a field about 35 years ago. Complete with sheep on the token roof during the "viewing".  It was ten more years before moving over to Denmark. Then starting all over again with another, detached, rural hovel.

 March 9th. The Linn Sondek LP12 has now been collected. On the same day that a latecomer offered a higher price ha  I was asking! A very pleasant chap from Copenhagen was upgrading his own Linn. At least it is going to a good home. The Linn Kan speakers have gone.

 Now I have somebody coming to look at the Mission 753 Freedom speakers. There won't be much left soon. I had better start thinking about what to do with all my hundreds of LPs, CDs and DVDs!

 March 10th I dismantled the 4x15" IB drivers from the manifold/box. Then removed the near empty, multi-shelf, equipment rack and the IB box outside.  The manifold can be dumped at the recycling yard as scrap wood. 

 Another large box of cables has been filled. The EP2500 power amp will be stored unless it sells. I may start with a new advert for the IB components. They were rather lost in the long list of equipment I was selling all in one go. I'm not sure anyone understood what the IB drivers were.

 UPDATE: I have posted on the Cult of The Infinitely Baffled to try and move the IB drivers and [quiet] EP2500 amp. 

 Anybody within easy reach can have the drivers and amp for peanuts on collection. Following the death of my wife I am clearing the house of as much stuff as I can. 

 The AEIB15 drivers in their original boxes weigh 12kg or 25lbs each. I only have four original driver boxes. So would obviously prefer collection if at all possible. Postage would be entirely at your own expense.  Assume 20kg per box for calculating postage.

 NOTE: These drivers are in Denmark, SW Fyn! International postage would be very expensive. With taxes to be paid outside the EU. 

 I speak English and Danish.

 

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13.02.2022 Selling all my audio and IB subwoofer drivers!

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After more than 60 years of intense interest I am selling all my audio gear: I am becoming increasingly deaf in my remaining ear and badly need the space.

Included are two sets of four x 15" Acoustic Elegance AEIB15 subwoofer drivers, my quiet fan modded, Behringer EP2500, my Behringer BFD and assorted other Behringer equipment. Active crossovers, mixers, etc. 

 https://www.dba.dk/linn-naim-classic-english-a/id-1087858993/

You would probably have to be living in Denmark to take advantage of my sale. These IB drivers are very heavy and international postage costs would exceed their value. 

The earlier set of four AEIB15 drivers has an Fs of 32Hz and vinyl cones. While the paper coned drivers have an Fs of 13Hz. All are specially designed for Home Theater infinite baffles. Best in sets of four minimum to avoid over-excursion. Not very suitable for car-audio Infinite Baffles.

I wish everybody well at the IB Cult specialist IB subwoofer forum.

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AEIB15 subwoofer drivers and Linn LP12 + Naim olive hifi system for sale.

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The years have passed and I have grown old and now almost deaf. My IB subwoofer has hardly been exercised for quite some time. My 40-year-old, Linn Sondek LP12 and olive Naim audio system just gather dust. We watch Netflix and YouTube. Never try to listen to any music any more. Loads of vinyl, CDs and film DVDs may well end up in a charity shop. 

It feels like the end of a very long journey. Starting in the 1950s with my father's purchase of an Armstrong, valve receiver and a 10" Whiteley, cambric driver in a reflex, speaker building kit in chipboard. 

The following items are for sale here in Denmark: Vest Fyn.

Infinite baffle subwoofer drivers: I have four of the first series of Audio Elegance AEIB15 with vinyl cones and an Fs of 32Hz. These 15" driver were mounted in a wall manifold but are presently, cardboard boxed individually. These are specialist, home theater IB drivers. NOT intended for car audio.

I have four more, second series, AEIB15 with an ultra-low Fs of about 13Hz and reinforced, paper cones. These are still mounted in a single manifold but can easily be dismounted. They are driven by a Behringer EP2500 power amp via a Behringer BFD. The BFD unit sets filters to flatten the frequency response to fix room modes. The EP2500 has a quiet fan fitted. Making it domestically acceptable. These drivers are well respected in IB building circles.

If you live in Denmark, make me a reasonable offer for either set of drivers. Or all of them. The manifold is doubled 18mm ply painted matt black and very heavy! This box is free to the buyer of the drivers if you want to save time and money making your own. Those outside Denmark should consider the very high cost of sending such heavy and potentially fragile equipment via insured parcel. Which is why I don't use eBay[UK]. Postage could easily exceed the perceived value!

If anyone is interested in a classical, olive, Naim pre-power amps then my NAC72 + Hi-Cap + NAP180 system may interest you. The NAC72 has an MC cartridge card fitted. Make me a reasonable offer and I will throw in a classical Marantz CD63SE CD player. Once much admired for its sound quality.

The Naim equipment has NOT been modified, "re-capped" or upgraded. The NAP180 offers 90wpc and was bought new 25 years ago from Radford Audio. The 72 pre-amp and HiCap were bought 2nd hand in England. Serial numbers are available to serious buyers. I would prefer to sell the system rather than individual units. Which would make them far more difficult to sell.

I have both NACA4 and NACA5 speaker cables and several, Naim connecting cables. Plus loads of other cables collected over the years. 

My Linn Sondek LP12 is about 40 years old. It has the early, Afrormosia plinth with horizontal grooves and smoked, dark Perspex, hinged lid. Valhalla PS. Black Ittok LVIII arm with a Denon DL304 MC cartridge fitted. 

Note: The Linn's outer platter is dull from old age and repeated cleaning. The arm, cartridge, main bearing and sub-chassis were upgraded and the Valhalla power supply fitted by Radford Hifi, in England about 25 years ago. 

I have a pair of Linn Kan compact speakers which are about 40 years old. These were frequently matched with Linn/Naim systems of the time. I made a matched pair of passive, stereo subwoofers for them using SEAS 10" drivers. These extended the response down to 20Hz. The subs are still sitting in the shed somewhere. You can have them if you buy the Kans.

A pair of Mission 753F 'Freedom" floor standing loudspeakers. Bought years ago from Expert here in Denmark. In black wood grain with bi-amp terminals. Cast iron bases with spiked feet for greater stability. The Freedom speakers had better drivers and silk, dome tweeters.

Everything worked normally the last time I used it. Images of my system appear throughout my blog. More specific images easily sent by email: Offers to: christryke at gmail.com

NO home demonstrations.[Covid] Sold as is. WYSIWYG. With natural wear and tear commensurate with age. NO refunds. Nor time wasters please. I am not greedy. Nor deluded as to the value of this older, well used equipment. Olive fascia, Naim equipment is still in demand for those who like the simplicity. How many Danes have heard of them and visit this blog is likely to be a vanishingly small number.

 

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