[003]

Just a heads up, there is a Sextett on e-bay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/AKG-K240-Stereo-...QQcmdZViewItem

From the looks of the pictures, it is either a mid or late production one, maybe leaning more towards late production.

These need way more recognition, hope someone on head-fi gets it!

 

[skellington]

There are often K240sextett on ebay.de.
Did you get your K240 back then? How do you find them?

 

[003]

Oh, hopefully I will receive them back tomorrow. Here are pictures of them:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...85#post3149985

I have the silver discs with me, I will glue them on when I get them back, and I am also still waiting for the pads I ordered from AKG to arrive.

 

[ericj]

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Originally Posted by 003 /img/forum/go_quote.gif These need way more recognition

How do you figure?

Frankly I prefer it when great vintage cans remain obscure.

Edit: And the way sextetts have been getting bid up at the auction sites for at least the last 18 months, all evidence points to them being recognized just fine.

 

[003]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif And the way sextetts have been getting bid up at the auction sites for at least the last 18 months, all evidence points to them being recognized just fine.

Yes thats true, but it seems that the people who bid them up are not head-fi members, that, or they are all a single head-fi member who will go un named

Why would you prefer the great vintage cans to have little recognition? So it would be easier for people that know about them to get good deals? But if you already have one, why would you be concerned about that?

 

[skellington]

If they offer paypal on ebay.de the price doubles...

 

[003]

How come?

 

[skellington]

The average price is lower, about $40-50, but Germans generally only accept bank transfer.

 

[xnothingpoetic]

Time to update your avatar soon 003

 

[ericj]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 003 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why would you prefer the great vintage cans to have little recognition? So it would be easier for people that know about them to get good deals? But if you already have one, why would you be concerned about that?

The major factor there is the fact that i don't already have one

 

[Chrispy]

what's the normal going price for these?

 

[003]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrispy /img/forum/go_quote.gif what's the normal going price for these?

the prices are all over the place for the sextetts

eric you don't have one??? I thought you did!

 

[ericj]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 003 /img/forum/go_quote.gif eric you don't have one??? I thought you did!

Nope. I've got a super-old K240-M which appears to be descended from the K241 which was a direct descendant of the Sextett - it has six filter patches in two different colors (and allegedly two different permeabilities) in the baffle, but no passive diaphragms.

And I've got a -DF.

 

[Chrispy]

there are a couple other 240s on Ebay. Is there something special about the one you've pointed out. I placed a bid for the one you linked to.

 

[003]

Yes it has the silver rings on the earcups instead of gold ones and it has the holes in the headband. Although there were some sextetts with solid headbands I believe. The silver is the dead giveaway usually.