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You bought it all right?

Good grief

Fuck no. I’ll go and get a price if you want tho?

Help me stereo nerds. What’s it worth in full working order?

Anyone got a use for this? Bought from eBay but I’ve never even plugged it in.

£15 posted (I’m up north)

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Lidl are currently selling a Dual record player for £99. It looks like my old CS-505 but has USB connection as well.

That's from the 14th December? Do you have a current link?

I know they had a few of them yesterday in Lidl in East Ham. Which is not much good for you, but it might be worth checking your local one.

I have a denon amp and CD player but no functioning speakers. Is £100 enough to get me going, and if so could someone point me in the right direction? I occasionally eye up B&W dm601s on eBay but never pull the trigger due to feeling drastically uninformed about speakers in general.

Royd Minstrels!

Yes, for sure.

You could pick up some new Wharfdale diamonds for £120, or they are easy to find s/h for around £50.

I like the look of those! Seem to be more in my price range than the b and w’s.

Q Acoustics 3020 is another option for £100

Look at these:

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You need a bigger room!

I managed to find a perfect pair! Serviced by B&O, too. They are massive! Awesome too.

The Tannoy Cheviots need to be properly reformed, which is a bit of a bummer. I’ll get them done then shift them and the Eatons.

Hellhammer and The Enemy are out, too, so I’ve had an awesome arvo of loudness.

They look like original Star Wars droids. Love it.

The majority of the cabinet (64l) is for the 10” subwoofer that is inside.

Cool as fuck

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You have quite a range of interests

Sweet!

I got a pair of Monitor Audio Bronze 2 bookshelf speakers for £100 and I think they're great.

Keep the stands if you don't keep the speakers. They're not that common and they look much better than the modern "tower"style stands IMHO. I paid peanuts for my S45-2s, but the seller sold the stands separately for 3 times as much. My FiL gave me a pair a year later so all is good now / CSB.

The port/outlet for the sub is on the bottom, so they’re not much use without the stands.

I’ve got a pair of these B&O stands, too:

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The port/outlet for the sub is on the bottom,

I see. BTW did you get the cables with your speakers? It's probably a silly question but how do you pair normal size cables with DIN connectors that have tiny cable entries?