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Post by ChrisB on Jan 9, 2016 11:46:45 GMT
Heheh!
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Post by MartinT on Jan 9, 2016 11:51:55 GMT
He even calls them 'vacuum tubes'!
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 9, 2016 11:55:28 GMT
I know. What a dolt!
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 9, 2016 11:57:34 GMT
One thing good though. You can be sure that if they are tested, they will be a perfectly matched octet!!!
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Post by MartinT on Jan 9, 2016 12:28:12 GMT
I wonder how you 'carefully remove' the glass envelope?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 12:34:23 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jan 9, 2016 12:54:01 GMT
It seems an odd turntable/arm combination.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 13:33:35 GMT
i guess somebody's probably cashed in on the Stogi at some stage. Pity, because that deck really deserves a Kuzma arm. There can't be many of them in the UK.
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Post by Mr Whippy on Jan 9, 2016 14:29:51 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jan 9, 2016 15:22:25 GMT
...or the need for very fine adjustment!
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Post by Mr Whippy on Jan 9, 2016 19:24:45 GMT
When I used to work at AEI Cables, one pair of stranding machines I operated had them. Used to be be a bit of a bugger running 105 strand cable and getting a snap. You had to feather the strands and join one at a time and slow the speed right down to get past the die and bow, and once on the take-up drum and none of the joins had failed, you could then turn the speed back up.
Happy Days…
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Post by Mr Whippy on Jan 9, 2016 19:39:05 GMT
Always wanted a pair of these stands. As the BIN price was pretty reasonable, I decided to get them. Disassembled, cleaned, polished and went over with a marking pen, came up quite good: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281889754113 |
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Post by dsjr on Jan 9, 2016 20:16:23 GMT
Ah, HBS1's with original tubular bases I think. I agree, they were really good stands. I suggest getting some 12mm x 3.5mm approx. clear adhesive feet to place on each top corner. Speakers are than safely supported and ever so slightly decoupled then and FAR less damaging than the top spikes we originally fitted.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 21:01:43 GMT
Yep, those bleedin spikes have ruined so many good pairs of speakers over the years.
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Post by Mr Whippy on Jan 10, 2016 1:04:39 GMT
The bases have holes for spikes but there's none in the top-plate, just the countersunk ones for the screws that fix it to the lower sections.
Have some replacement endcaps coming.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 1:10:54 GMT
IIRC the HBS1 came with both countersink Allen bolts and the same sort of top spikes you got with Linn Kan stands. I had a pair back in the 80s with ES14s. This was before the Epos stands came out. I thought the HBS1 stands were excellent. Very well made and extremely stylish too. They still are IMO.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 10, 2016 3:12:21 GMT
Yes I would love to hear this paired with my Stogi - I reckon that will be a lot of deck for the money... |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Jan 14, 2016 0:12:05 GMT
The bases have holes for spikes but there's none in the top-plate, just the countersunk ones for the screws that fix it to the lower sections. Have some replacement endcaps coming. Replaced the endcaps. Look 100% better than the originals which were quite marked. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 17, 2016 15:04:49 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jan 17, 2016 21:48:41 GMT
No collection in person. Always very suspicious.
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