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Quad, Ohm, MA, Local (Morgan Hill, CA)

Hi All,

This gear belonged to a local audio friend who passed last year. All gear (except the last Soundcraftsmen tube integrated) are located in Morgan Hill, CA. The Soundcraftsmen is in Mountain View.

Please don't ask for anything here to be shipped, but if you want to coordinate your own shipping (uShip or having a local friend pick it up and ship it to you), that's perfectly fine.

I tested these pieces to get an indication of level of functionality and notes follow each listing. I do have pics of everything, in some cases plenty of pics, but I know local sales have a limited audience and rather than post a ton of pics here, please PM me for pics of any gear you're interested in and I'll be more than happy to send you pics.

1) Quad 405 Amp: $225
Tested and working

2) B&O Beogram RX-2: $150
I tested this and it seems to work fine as far as starting to play, having the cue lever move up and down in response to the button, the speed changing in response to the speed buttons, and auto return.

I'm unsure about the condition of the stylus though. I got music playing a record, but wasn't able to inspect the stylus any further, clean it, etc.

3) NAD 3150 Integrated Amp: $125
Tested working using AUX input and I tested the above B&O TT using the phono input. The first time I fired it up (I don't believe it was used in years), it took about 30s to click into operating mode. The subsequent times I powered it on, it came out of protection after just a few seconds. The controls would benefit from being cleaned with DeOxit/control cleaner, but it seems to be working otherwise.

I noticed the top part of the pre-out/main-in jacks was loose, but the metal jacks are in and this looseness didn't affect the sound. If the plan were to frequently remove the metal U jacks and plug an external amp from the pre-out jacks or use an external preamp into the amp in jacks, reinforcing these jacks is something I would look into.

4) Nakamichi DR-3 Cassette Deck: $250
Tested with a Type II cassette and plays back well. Didn't try to record. Comes with paperwork.

6) Ohm Walsh 4 speakers: $850
The drivers were sent to Ohm in Brooklyn by the previous owner for their standard restoration work. The cabinets are in 9/10 condition, which is kind of rare. The hats can use a cleaning and you might want to recloth, but I didn't see any rips/tears on the current mesh. On casters for easy movement. These were bought by my friend from an audiophile in S.F., who used these exclusively with MC60 tube amps. My friend briefly used these with MC2120's before going with a MC225. So they've been Mcintosh run all their life.

Things to note: There's a ding in the cage of one of the driver as shown in pic. The 8 screw/fasteners to attach the drivers onto the cabs are missing - we'll look for them, but worst case you'll need to find substitutes or contact Ohm to get replacements ($40 for a set, or just use 1/4" 20 thread nuts for less). Also, only one driver cage has the felt on one side. I don't know whether the felt was purposely left off based on the listening room of the previous owner, but there's no sign of stickiness to indicate it was there and fell off.

Sequential serial #'s. These were my friend's main speakers, so they were in regular use, and he loved their sound.

7) Monitor Audio Gold 20's: $550
These were the regular speakers prior to my friend getting the Ohms. These are Made in England vintage, bi-wireable (with wire jumpers in place now). Cabinets in 8.5/10 condition with a few minor dings. They're black speakers, so these can be touched up pretty easily. Grills intact, but can probably use a light cleaning (no tears/rips). These also come with the platforms to give them a wider base, but I didn't see the spikes that screw into them, so you'd need to source some spikes if you wanted to use them with spikes.

8) Martin Logan Dynamo 300 sub: $60
Very good condition. I didn't get around to testing this - I'm sure it works, but you'll want to test

9) Yamaha M4 Power Amp: $200
120W/ch into 8 ohms, A/B speaker selection. 1979-82 vintage.

I used this as my test amp testing a variety of preamps and it worked well during my testing. Power, A, and B lighted buttons all working. Cosmetically, the face is nice, but the cage on top has a few dings and paint chips.

10) Harmon Kardon A300 Tube Integrated Amp: $350

6V6/7408 based integrated amp with MM phono stage. 12W/channel of tube power. Speaker taps for 8 or 16ohm speakers.

Checked this out via AUX input and sounded nice, no issues, all front controls working well. Did not have a TT available to test the phono input. Uses 4 x 12AX7 and 1 x 12AU7 in the phono and line stage in addition to the 4 power tubes. Faceplate is nice, no top cover. Condition is very good - see pics.

11) Harmon Kardon Citation Eleven solid state preamp $175

Tested and everything working

12) Yaqin MC-100B Tube Amp: $265
This has a serious dent as seen in the pics. It also causes the bottom cover to not be flush in certain spots. But despite that, I was able to test it today and verified it working with both front RCA input and the 4 rear AUX inputs. Comes with 4 Electro Harmonix KT-88 tubes installed and 4 vintage 6SN7 tubes. I believe the two front miniature tubes are also vintage, but I forgot to take note of brand.

We'll also include 4 extra Electron Tube KT-88 tubes (untested) and 4 Russian 6SN7 equivalents that test weak.

13) Cambridge Audio 640P and DACMagic Upsampling DACs
a) 640p: $50
Supports MM and MC, missing wall wart. Manual included. Very good condition.
b) DACMagic #1: $125, #2: $100
Supports coax, optical, and USB inputs, up to 96 sampling rate. Balanced and RCA analog outputs.
#1 comes with power supply and manual, #2 comes with disassembled power supply that may not work and no manual

14) Yamaha ATS 1060 Sound Bar: $75
I believe this was used only briefly by a friend of his, then gifted to my friend. It's like new in original box.

15) Sony CDP 302/302ES (2 units available): $50 each
These are old 80's vintage CD players. A friend of ours bought these, recapped them, and upgraded opamps to the 2604 op amp and said there was a big upgrade in sound. These might be for someone who likes the early DAC sound (warm, smooth).

Both units are in very good condition, but have a few marks here and there due to age.

However, I believe both units have an issue with flaky drawers. So you hit the open/close button and the drawer often doesn't respond and needs help. Could be belts, could be lube. Not uncommon in these old units, but needs to be disclosed as an issue that needs attention.

Remotes available for both units.

16) Soundcraftsmen Tri-channel 2020 6BQ5 Integrated Amp: $350

Uses 3 x 12AX7 tubes, 2 x 6BQ5 tubes, and 1 6CA4 rectifier tube. All tubes are included with amplifier. Guessing it's probably about 12W/channel.

This originally had a hum, so I recapped it with new electrolytics and poly film coupling caps.

This was originally missing 2 of its original knobs and I had 4 other smaller knobs I wasn't using, so I put those on the top set of controls and put 4 of the 6 original knobs on the bottom four controls so all controls would have knobs. I'm including the 4 smaller knobs already installed on the unit, as well as the other 2 original knobs.
 
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Bump, removing sold items.

1) Quad 405 Amp: $225
Tested and working

2) B&O Beogram RX-2: $150
I tested this and it seems to work fine as far as starting to play, having the cue lever move up and down in response to the button, the speed changing in response to the speed buttons, and auto return.

I'm unsure about the condition of the stylus though. I got music playing a record, but wasn't able to inspect the stylus any further, clean it, etc.

3) NAD 3150 Integrated Amp: $125
Tested working using AUX input and I tested the above B&O TT using the phono input. The first time I fired it up (I don't believe it was used in years), it took about 30s to click into operating mode. The subsequent times I powered it on, it came out of protection after just a few seconds. The controls would benefit from being cleaned with DeOxit/control cleaner, but it seems to be working otherwise.

I noticed the top part of the pre-out/main-in jacks was loose, but the metal jacks are in and this looseness didn't affect the sound. If the plan were to frequently remove the metal U jacks and plug an external amp from the pre-out jacks or use an external preamp into the amp in jacks, reinforcing these jacks is something I would look into.

4) Nakamichi DR-3 Cassette Deck: $250
Tested with a Type II cassette and plays back well. Didn't try to record. Comes with paperwork.

6) Ohm Walsh 4 speakers: $850
The drivers were sent to Ohm in Brooklyn by the previous owner for their standard restoration work. The cabinets are in 9/10 condition, which is kind of rare. The hats can use a cleaning and you might want to recloth, but I didn't see any rips/tears on the current mesh. On casters for easy movement. These were bought by my friend from an audiophile in S.F., who used these exclusively with MC60 tube amps. My friend briefly used these with MC2120's before going with a MC225. So they've been Mcintosh run all their life.

Things to note: There's a ding in the cage of one of the driver as shown in pic. The 8 screw/fasteners to attach the drivers onto the cabs are missing - we'll look for them, but worst case you'll need to find substitutes or contact Ohm to get replacements ($40 for a set, or just use 1/4" 20 thread nuts for less). Also, only one driver cage has the felt on one side. I don't know whether the felt was purposely left off based on the listening room of the previous owner, but there's no sign of stickiness to indicate it was there and fell off.

Sequential serial #'s. These were my friend's main speakers, so they were in regular use, and he loved their sound.

7) Monitor Audio Gold 20's: $550
These were the regular speakers prior to my friend getting the Ohms. These are Made in England vintage, bi-wireable (with wire jumpers in place now). Cabinets in 8.5/10 condition with a few minor dings. They're black speakers, so these can be touched up pretty easily. Grills intact, but can probably use a light cleaning (no tears/rips). These also come with the platforms to give them a wider base, but I didn't see the spikes that screw into them, so you'd need to source some spikes if you wanted to use them with spikes.

8) Martin Logan Dynamo 300 sub: $60
Very good condition. I didn't get around to testing this - I'm sure it works, but you'll want to test

9) Yamaha M4 Power Amp: $200
120W/ch into 8 ohms, A/B speaker selection. 1979-82 vintage.

I used this as my test amp testing a variety of preamps and it worked well during my testing. Power, A, and B lighted buttons all working. Cosmetically, the face is nice, but the cage on top has a few dings and paint chips.

10) Harmon Kardon A300 Tube Integrated Amp: $350

6V6/7408 based integrated amp with MM phono stage. 12W/channel of tube power. Speaker taps for 8 or 16ohm speakers.

Checked this out via AUX input and sounded nice, no issues, all front controls working well. Did not have a TT available to test the phono input. Uses 4 x 12AX7 and 1 x 12AU7 in the phono and line stage in addition to the 4 power tubes. Faceplate is nice, no top cover. Condition is very good - see pics.

11) Harmon Kardon Citation Eleven solid state preamp $175

Tested and everything working

13) Cambridge Audio DACMagic Upsampling DACs
b) DACMagic #1: $125, #2: $100
Supports coax, optical, and USB inputs, up to 96 sampling rate. Balanced and RCA analog outputs.
#1 comes with power supply and manual, #2 comes with disassembled power supply that may not work and no manual

14) Yamaha ATS 1060 Sound Bar: $75
I believe this was used only briefly by a friend of his, then gifted to my friend. It's like new in original box.

15) Sony CDP 302/302ES (2 units available): $50 each
These are old 80's vintage CD players. A friend of ours bought these, recapped them, and upgraded opamps to the 2604 op amp and said there was a big upgrade in sound. These might be for someone who likes the early DAC sound (warm, smooth).

Both units are in very good condition, but have a few marks here and there due to age.

However, I believe both units have an issue with flaky drawers. So you hit the open/close button and the drawer often doesn't respond and needs help. Could be belts, could be lube. Not uncommon in these old units, but needs to be disclosed as an issue that needs attention.

Remotes available for both units.

16) Soundcraftsmen Tri-channel 2020 6BQ5 Integrated Amp: $300

Uses 3 x 12AX7 tubes, 2 x 6BQ5 tubes, and 1 6CA4 rectifier tube. All tubes are included with amplifier. Guessing it's probably about 12W/channel.

This originally had a hum, so I recapped it with new electrolytics and poly film coupling caps.

This was originally missing 2 of its original knobs and I had 4 other smaller knobs I wasn't using, so I put those on the top set of controls and put 4 of the 6 original knobs on the bottom four controls so all controls would have knobs. I'm including the 4 smaller knobs already installed on the unit, as well as the other 2 original knobs.
 
Wondering if the Sony CDP units are still available?

Yes, they still are. Here's an updated list of everything not sold with reduced prices in some cases (see first post for details on each item):

1) B&O Beogram RX-2: $125

2) NAD 3150 Integrated Amp: $100

3) Nakamichi DR-3 Cassette Deck: $200

4) Ohm Walsh 4 speakers: $725

5) Monitor Audio Gold 20's: $450

6) Harmon Kardon A300 Tube Integrated Amp: $300

7) Yamaha ATS 1060 Sound Bar: $60
I believe this was used only briefly by a friend of his, then gifted to my friend. It's like new in original box.

8) Sony CDP 302/302ES (2 units available): $40 each

9) Soundcraftsmen Tri-channel 2020 6BQ5 Integrated Amp: $275
 
Nakamichi Deck also sold. Updated list:

1) B&O Beogram RX-2: $125

2) NAD 3150 Integrated Amp: $100

4) Ohm Walsh 4 speakers: $725

5) Monitor Audio Gold 20's: $450

6) Harmon Kardon A300 Tube Integrated Amp: $300

7) Yamaha ATS 1060 Sound Bar: $60

9) Soundcraftsmen Tri-channel 2020 6BQ5 Integrated Amp: $275
 
Here are the pieces remaining after another few pieces sold, with lowered pricing on the last piece (Soundcraftsmen integrated tube amp).

1) B&O Beogram RX-2: $125

2) NAD 3150 Integrated Amp: $100

3) Ohm Walsh 4 speakers: $725

4) Yamaha ATS 1060 Sound Bar: $60
I believe this was used only briefly by a friend of his, then gifted to my friend. It's like new in original box.

5) Soundcraftsmen Tri-channel 2020 6BQ5 Integrated Amp: $225
 
Soundcraftsmen sold, here’s what’s left

1) B&O Beogram RX-2: $125

2) NAD 3150 Integrated Amp: $100

3) Ohm Walsh 4 speakers: $725

4) Yamaha ATS 1060 Sound Bar: $60
I believe this was used only briefly by a friend of his, then gifted to my friend. It's like new in original box.