France in Focus

Sony Model TA-F440E. "Vintage" (whatever t[/b]hat means) in black. 80 watts per channel, in good working order. Plenty of grunt for those who like their music loud. A few scratches externally but nothing too bad. 100€

A nice pair of "Solid" bookshelf speakers (engineered by Bowers and Wilkins and made in Japan). 100€

Collection from Plougonver 22810

Have you tried Catawiki, online auction they deal in a lot of retro Hi Fi, I bought a technics system, amp, tuner, cassette deck,5 cd drawer, and a couple of quality speakers, total with shipping about 250€, don't tell the missus she thinks it was loads cheaper.

I have seen the name Catawiki but never had a look. Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. I had a go at joining Fartbook today to get onto the "marketplace". Holy cow what a cafuffle! They want your inside leg measurement and the number of third parties you have to agree to let them share with numbers several dozen. Eventually I got registered with a temporary email address and bogus birth date but within 15 minutes they shut me down. To get reinstated I had to provide a clear full face photograph. I uploaded a nice one of a chimpanzee and then logged out. Game over for me and Fartbook.

I may well have both items sold. Friend in UK is planning to visit in December, subject to workload, so I'm holding them until then. He (sensibly) wants a demo in his place fed by his turntable, etc. Also his lady has the final veto on the speakers. She's an interior designer.