Hi-Fi Do's Online Newsletter

July 12,2003

July 7th was Tanabata(the Star Festival) in Japan.
On this day, people write their wishes on paper and hang
them on bamboo trees. What is your wish? To be a successful
bidder?
Our wishes is the peace of the world and to satisfy our
subscriber.

If you want to post your items for auction or join
"BUY & SELL", please e-mail to

mailto:merumaga@hifido.co.jp


Inside this issue:

1.Sales result of "How much would you pay to buy Tweeter?"
2.How much would you pay to buy Phonosheet?
3.Hardware Auction
4.Software Auction
5.Information from Shop Manager
6.Buy & Sell
7.Mail server trouble announcement

1.Sales result of "How much would you pay to buy Tweeter?"

Number of bids : 0
Winning bid : JPY0

Unfortunately,there was no bid. The reason might be that this
item needs repair.

2.How much would you pay to buy Phono sheet?

We would like to introduce a set of 4 phono sheet included
four songs issued by Japan Angel Record which title was
" All hit songs". The market price was JPY360 in those days.


http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/special/speciale.html

If you want to buy, please send your name, shipping address,
and your price to

mailto:merumaga@hifido.co.jp

Closing date is July 16(local time)Wednesday.
The item goes to the person offering the highest price
when there are other applicants.


3. Hardware Auction

The Result of acution in last week is as follows:

1)JBL-075(2402) Parts for horn

Number of bids : 12
Winning bid : JPYJPY50,000


2)Micro BL91 Turntable

Number of bids :12
Winning bid : JPY45,500

3)Koetsu cartridge Black

Number of bids :5
Winning bid : JPY55,000


The items for auction in this week is as below :

1)SONY C-38(Condenser microphone)

This microphone marketed around 1965 and it was professionally
used by TV and radio broadcast because of the most suitable
microphone for vocal recording.
Brown colored excellent carrying case is available.
Minimum bid price is JPY10,000.

2)AKG C522MS(Condenser microphone)

As you may know, AKG is a world famous manufacturer for
microphone in Austria.
AKG dynamic microphone is well-known for Japanese audiophile
but this item is condenser type. The performance and sound is
excellent. Carrying case is available.
Minimum bid price is JPY40,000.

3) CDP-X5000

This item was provided for auction in our Newsletter dated June 28.
Following is brief introduction for this item:

Top loading unit and the physical laser head is fixed.
Mono-box chassis
Full feed foward system digital filter
Out put : RCA,COAX, OPT, XLR(AES/EBU)

CDP-X500 has high performance and cool design.
Instruction manual and remote controller are available.
There is no major scratch or stain on the surface of
this item.
Minimum bid price is JPY50,000 same as before.

4)SME SERIES IV(4)

This item marketed on April 1987 and the market price was
JPY240,000 in those days.
SME SERIES V(5) is outstanding tonearm developped with
high- precision precessing technology by A.R. Aikman and
SME SERIES IV(4) is the former model of SERIES V.

Specification for SME SERIES IV is as below:

Tapered magnesium armtube
Static balance
2-pins shield output cord
Nominal length : 233.2mm
Height above mounting surface : 56.4-87mm
Original box ,instruction manual and original scale are inclueded.

Present market price is JPY320,000.

http://www.sme.ltd.uk/html/iv.html

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/auctions/hardindexe.html


4.Software Auction

Followings are the result of auction in last week:

1)Cool music CD collection

Number of bids : 6
Winning bid : JPY14,000

2)5 copies of Stereo Sound

a. Stereo Sound No.12 1969 Autumn

Number of bids :7
Winning bid : JPY4,100

b. Stereo Sound No.13 1970 Winter

Number of bids : 3
Winning bid : JPY3,500

c. Stereo Sound No.16 1970 Autumn

Number of bids :1
Winning bid : JPY10,700

d. Stereo Sound No.17 1971 Winter

Number of bids :0
Winning bid : JPY0

e. Stereo Sound No.18 1971 Spring

Number of bids :0
Winning bid : JPY0


The items for auction in this week are as below:

1) Twins CD collection

Twins means this item has two cases for Compact Disks.
This collection includes Jackie McLean Quintet, Jim Hall
and Friends, Benny Carter and Tommy Franagan.

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/auctions/cde.html


2)5 copies of Stereo Sound

a.Stereo Sound No.11 1969 Summer

Feature article : All about FM Stereo tuner

b.Stereo Sound No.19 1971 Summer

Feature article : Latest Player Systems

c.Stereo Sound No. 20 1971 Autumn

Feature article : All about Premain amplifier

d.Stereo Sound No.41 1977 Winter

Feature article : World famous excellent Component Stereo

e.Stereo Sound No.1 1967 Winter

This is the first issue of Stereo Sound magazine.
Same issue was provided auction of Our Newsletter dated
April 18 and the winning bid was JPY65,000.

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/auctions/softindex2e.html

3)All about JBL

This is a separate volume of Stereo Sound.
Same magazine was provided auction dated May 3 and the
winning bid was JPY18,000.
The condition is excellent.

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/auctions/jble.html

4)LP record " The world of Maki Asakawa" by Toshiba EMI


http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/auctions/makie.html

Bidding period :From 10:00am local time on July 12 (Saturday)
to 5:00pm local time on July 17(Thursday)



5.Information from Shop Manager

Ohsu Shop

We would like to introduce our delivery car of Ohsu Shop.

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/osu/osue.html

by K. Sone

Nipponbashi Shop

We would like to recommend following music software.

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/nihon/nihone.html

by Y. Murakoshi

Akihabara Shop

Followings are new and rare items in Akihabara shop:

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/akiba/akibae.html

by Y. Koshihama



6. Buy & Sell

We got an offer to sell Ortofon RS212 for "BUY" request
and a deal was clinched by negotiation.
The item offered by seller was the early model of Ortofon
RS-212 with original box and the condition was excellent.
The final selling price was JPY65,000.


"BUY" information in this week:

Model Name : FM tuner EXCLUSIVE/F3
Price to buy : JPY50,000( It depends on the condition
of the item.)

If you have above item and want to sell it, please contact us.


"SELL" information in this week:

1) EMT-997

Model Name : EMT-997 Long arm(early model)
Condition : Excellent( This item has been hold in acrylic case.

Armcord is not original one, but it can be used generally.
Selling price : JPY120,000

http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/sell-buy/sell2e.html


2) Jensen RP-302 Tweeter(pair)


Model Name : RP-302 Tweeter
Impedance : 16 ohm NO-220033 NO-220528
Selling price : JPY88,000


http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/030711/sell-buy/sell1e.html


If you want to buy above items, please e-mail to

mailto:urikai@hifido.co.jp


We are also waiting for "Buy / Sell" information.

Updated information is available :

List by manufacturer
http://www.hifido.co.jp./merumaga/urikai/urikai-maker.htm

List by categories
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/urikai/urikai-bunrui.htm

How to Buy & Sell
http://www.hifido.co.jp/merumaga/info/urikai.html#eng


7.Mail server trouble announcement

Our mail server had trouble in replying to our customers
who joined our auction at the evening on July 10.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused
and we will do our best to improve present system as soon as
possible.


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