found on the bay for a tenner & very good condition, no damage whatsoever

it came with a pair of goodmans "power series PQ 130's" 3 way uk built speakers!

8 inch drivers need refoaming or replacing - not a problem i'll do em as i want to use them as main pair for my dolby surround tv amp!

main unit really nicely made - all it needs is a turntable belt, cassettes are fine with no isuues

A Tenner! Real steal!

you cant beat that for a tenner !   the goodmans speakers look similar to the jamo ones of the same period .

For £10 that's a nice bit of fun! Cool speakers too (that's your tenner right there before we get to the Music Centre). I still miss my Ferguson Stereo Master, slightly cheesy name but very well built (brass inserts for supporting PCBs etc). Had a nice sound.

Looks like the speakers will need re-foaming but maybe worth doing? Take a look here for ideas.

http://www.speaker-repairs.co.uk/refoam/index.html

haven't decided whether to refoam or just replace the woofers - what do you guys think? they are the forerunners to the very popular jamo range - & the condition is amazing how could I not keep these speakers! when I had my repair shop in the early 90's there were replacement drivers of all sizes available for very little cost - I guess I could find some online, as I say I will use these to replace the tiny sony's fr main left and right tv sound

personally i would re-foam them nick .

Nice machine. I once got a 3750, off barnsley second hand market, for £5. I remember, vinyl, sounding gorgeous on it. Fired up my panasonic sg6070, after 7 years last week. It wasn`t very happy about it, as, it`s developed a few faults.

If i were you. I would get some better speakers. Goodmans, have never appealed to me. I had several pairs, in the 80`s. Get some missions, ar`s, etc. There are some good one`s on fleabay. Look out, for the mission 700LE`s.

These are the ones i mean, but, i have seen them go cheaper.

          http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mission-700-Leading-Edge-Hi-fi-Home-Audio-Standalone-Stereo-Speakers-Spkrs-/380630393793?pt=UK_AudioVideoElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_HiFiSpeakers&hash=item589f56e3c1#ht_5259wt_1031

Just looking at the auction though. They are a bit tatty.

very nice nick...wish i had the room for something like that..

lit i had a set of mission 753 check em on the bay...very powerful but not much low end....i scrapped em...still have the drivers though

Any missions are good lad. I`m still using my 780`s, that i got about 20 years ago. They are on atacama stands, filled with lead shot. They`ll be there, til the house get`s knocked down, coz, you can`t shift em.

heres the ones i had lad.....cabs were real wood...threw em out....bass wasn't good...still have the drivers..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Miss...;hash=item2c6f7c4d96

Nah. not for me. To get the full potential from these, you need a massive room. It`s like, driving a ferrari, in the UK. All that power, going to waste.

there misleading rich only 5 inch drivers my technics are the same size and are way better than the missions....all the reviews say the bass rolls off at 70hz....but did i read the reviews first nope grrrr........i like powerful bass at 30 hz and below

I have to say I've had incredible luck with Toshiba products and their reliability. Great score for a tenner!!

yeah i was weaned on top notch hifi esp the likes of linn audio the sondek turntable naim amplifiers isobarik speakers etc

the old 60's &70's goodmans were a different story altogether up there with wharfdale & the other uk brands - i have to say that all the so called "high end" gear never really did it for me & still doesn't, too many wild claims & silly write ups even by the cream of the hifi press. they used silly words & situations etc i'm sure some of you will know what i mean

the mission 7 series has long had a huge following too i am well aware of them & probably too good for what i want eg: decent telly sound & abilty to pump out mp3's from my hdd recorder with plenty of bass - & anyway i have to save these early 80's speakers lol prob with a couple of 90db sensitivity 8" replacement drivers.....the tiny sony's used on tv at moment were £3 off the tip ten years ago & they are good for a pair of discarded mini system speakers!! will use them on the toshiba music centre!

i used to be so much more "into" hifi i guess til the late 90's when my technics system was rarely used & all that "special low loss" cable trends kind of died out along with gold plated oxygen free interconnects etc....really lost interest in all that when i bought the mighty logitech Z2300 2.1 speakers for the pc - now they are awesome & surpass anything i have ever heard for a pc set of speakers.....the bose equivalent came close but even they ain't as good as the Z2300's   i guess that's why it's taken me so long to start collecting the stereo's that i always loved.....big silver japanese boomers! & the odd item i have no roon for too

btw what about the wharfedale E series speakers?

any of you familiar with them?

i'd love a pair of E70's or even more so the E90's

very rare in good condition nowadays sadly there really are not that many left now

this looks a nice,well built unit,fully featured too,had a few music centres in this ones style and they really do kick some buttthe speakers can be replaced,or refoamed no problem,quite a find you have there

Wharfedale's E-series speakers are generally good quality, easy to drive (sensitive), but can be a bit OTT for some people. Best description of the sound is "the opposite of laid-back".

I have a pair of Wharfedale Vanguards, which are mid-late 80s successors to the E70, & I love them. Definitely no sub needed in the home cinema set-up. Very clear, detailed & 'grown-up' sounding... with the added feature (as all E-series) of being incredibly loud & able to take an awful lot of volume for sustained periods. My brother had some E45s & they took one hell of a pasting too  

yeah def very sensitive great for parties & i still crave a pair of 70's or 90's for myself

i remember a review in the 90's on a pair of cerwin vega's with something like 95db sensitivity! a crazy 15" woofer etc in the cv red & black livery - would love to try a pair of them!

Can anyone remember the "studiocraft" range of speakers, from the 80s? They looked really cheaply made, but, sounded incredible. I had a pair of the mid-size ones. Don`t know, if, studiocraft, was the name of the company, or, the speaker. Badge on the front said studiocraft.

Just found this pic. Turns out, they were made by bose. This one, has no badge.

bose really cracked it in the late 80's especially with it's range of speakers used in pubs & mobile disco's - they were extraordinary performers even at high volume levels & even cd's sounded good on those things (in the era when so many cd's were terrible sounding) i also remember the bar on top of my local nightclub had the sub & 4 satellite setup 2 X left & right channels - i remember hearing pat benetar pounding out of those with amazing prescence at high volume!

Pat benatar, now you are talking. These, were classics, in their day (1982+).