Fairchild 412-1B

[Fairchild]

This is the first 412-1B I have seen on that auction site other than my own. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fai...pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item20c06ad0ad The price on the other Fairchilds have been rediculously high.

Jim

 

[speakerman1]

You going to buy it?

Larry

 

[Fairchild]

No, I have one that was NOS, and I have a 440 I can scavenge for parts if I ever need to. Check past auctions, the prices on these things to me are out of sight.

Jim

 

[stuwee]

Yes they are Jim, and rightly so, a very nice table, just as nice as the Thorens of the era, and you have the SME arm like mine, still the best for the money, you'd have to spend thousands to equal it sonically today, I'm not familiar with the ReoKut arm, looks like a Thorens crib design, is it?

 

[Pure_Brew]

Built like a tank. Yeah I don't see heft on a TT under $1000 new. I'd like a pretty machine like that.
Honestly, I haven't been able to figure out why some new tables cost as much as they do, even entry level. I believe the margins are still good.