Sony "barrel" speakers ?

[jblnut]

WTF - ever seen these before ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1971-SONY-WOOD-HUGE-DRUM-BARREL-SPEAKERS-RARE_W0QQitemZ160074251801QQihZ006QQcategoryZ50597 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

jblnut

[SEAWOLF97]

If you go equip. shopping in Tokyo or Hong Kong , the thing that really overwhelmes you is the amount of products produced that are never exported to the US. They keep a lot of the cool stuff to sell locally.

[louped garouv]

Heck, you can get some small production scotch whiskies in the far east that aren't available in the US too...

[jim3860]

(BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE VALUE AND COULD NOT FIND EVEN ONE OTHER PAIR FOR SALE, I AM BEGINNING THE BIDDING LOW AND HAVE A MODEST RESERVE..) if thats the case why not start at 20.00? and a reserve of a 150.00? REGARDS JIM3860

[Titanium Dome]

(BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE VALUE AND COULD NOT FIND EVEN ONE OTHER PAIR FOR SALE, I AM BEGINNING THE BIDDING LOW AND HAVE A MODEST RESERVE..) if thats the case why not start at 20.00? and a reserve of a 150.00? REGARDS JIM3860

Maybe because they're barrels, he thinks they're like vintage wine that's gotten better with age.

[johnaec]

What gets me are the ads that loudly proclaim "NO RESERVE" and then have a starting price something like $500. Maybe it's not "technically" a reserve, but still...

John

[jim3860]

THEY ARE MADE OF VERY HEAVY WOOD, NOT SURE WHAT KIND BUT IT'S GOT A GREAT PATINA AND GRAINING..I WOULD GUESS THEY WEIGHT APPX 20-25 PDS. hmmmm......... plywood perhaps? :bs: :rotfl: must be a politican to be able to twist the truth like that with words. REGARDS JIM3860

[Storm]

No shocker there -

27 negative feedbacks. I dont care how many feedbacks total you have - there must be something wrong with you if you have that many negatives.

-Storm.

[doodlebug]

I remember those speakers. A guy traded a set in back in the 70s when I worked as a bench tech at a local stereo shop while in engineering school. He got them overseas while 'touring' Vietnam, as I recall.

They sounded pretty much like they look - in a barrel. By now, I would suspect those speakers will need some work, too.

With auctions like this, it just reconfirms that PT Barnum was right all along.....

Cheers,

David

[louped garouv]

No shocker there -

27 negative feedbacks. I dont care how many feedbacks total you have - there must be something wrong with you if you have that many negatives.

-Storm.


I think if the % is still pretty low, and the neg. remarks we not all very recent.... may be worth a chance....

I am talking about sellers with thousands of feedback comments left....

sometimes a good ebayer has some bad runs with not so nice folks...

I ditched a very well regarded ebay Identity because of a jerkoff who slammed me when I made a neutral comment on the quality of goods he sold me....