The Tonbridge Audiojumble is organised twice a year by John Howes and is now in its 20th year. On October 7th the Angel Leisure centre was filled with 140 stalls each piled high with classic hi-fi, radios, records and all manner of audio goodies. I went along to see what I could find and had to use all the powers at my disposal to avoid bringing home more beautiful kit such as the Beogram 1200 above.
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| Bang & Olufsen Beomaster 2300 receiver, fully working with Beocord 2400 cassette deck for £150 |
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| A Brinkman omni directional speaker from Wales |
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| EMI 14A oval driver with lovely green Hammerite chassis |
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| Hørning Agathon, high sensitivity Danish design with a Lowther PM6A silver driver in the front and a PM2C on the back plus internal drivers that can be connected in a multitude of variations, £2,000 |
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| AMR’s Vincent Luke demonstrated the ifi phono stage with this classic JBE turntable adding a bit of style to proceedings |
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| A nice fully rebuilt Leak Stereo 20 for £695 |
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| Apparently not for sale this French Lectron JH 50 would have been a sore temptation |
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| Early Micromegas had reliability issues but this one was still spinning and looking better than the picture suggests, it’s a Duo CD3.1 transport for £650 |
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| This Nagra III was one of a superb collection on display for visitors to drool over |
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| Nagra IV S |
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| Nagra SN |
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| Nagra SN and transfer unit |
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| This stylish Nakamichi 630 receiver was being sold by Adam Smith for £120 |
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| From L-R: Pioneers with lovely fretwork, KEF Concerto and well disguised Lowther Mini Acoustas for a very reasonable £320 |
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| They don’t make remotes like this anymore, Quad 66, who needs touchscreens? |
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| Quad ESL 57s for £495 can’t be bad |
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| Massed Roberts radios |
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| Stentorian T18 drivers, once £3 now £250 |
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| Thorens TD124, apparently there was a TD 224 autochanger at Tonbridge too but that one got away |
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| Rare Thorens Type 2.000 S integrated with separate volume and tone controls for each channel |
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| Italian exotica in the form of a VYGER Baltic M with SME 312S |
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| Who needs WEEE directives when 50 year old drive units still have a value |
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| Genuine NOS |
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| Let’s hope they never switch off analogue transmissions! |
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| Ariston RD80SL, an early Scots full sus design in remarkable condition with the a Linn arm and Grace cartridge |
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| The wax cylinder, the first casualty in the format wars |
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| Alchemist Forseti (£700) and Yamaha CX-1000 (POA), will we ever see so many switches again? |
Audiophile Vinyl Records Cleaning BundleOriginal price was: €44.95.€34.95Current price is: €34.95. excl. VAT
