My latest killer Craigslist Deal

[VPIVinylspinner]

I came across this ad on Craigslist last night:

Vintage Audio Equipment

I went through the list until I found the tuner section. Looked promising, a Kenwood 7300 and Yamaha TX-950 and then at the bottom of the list for $75 was the Yamaha T-85. E-mailed immediately to see if it was still available and verify it wasn't a type. Well I picked it up today.

It is in very good condition with just a little bit of dust. The only strange thing is a proprietary cable coming out of the back with an 8 pin connector that was apparently used to connect it to a Yamaha preamp at some point.

Between this and the Kenwood L-07T a few weeks ago I am really beginning to become addicted to checking Craigslist.

 

[bob adams]

You extremely lucky SOB!!! I'm jealous as hell. ........ but happy to know that an AKer got it. :banana2: Where do you live? I never see any audio deals in this part of the country. Most of the stuff in the newspaper is Soundesign or Yorx and/or priced outrageously.

 

[VPIVinylspinner]

Thanks. It helps alot licing a very large, very high-end oriented city like Manhattan. I have counted three Nakamichi 3-head cassette decks on Craigslist today and all seem to be below market value.

Any idea what the proprietary connection might be for?

 

[bob adams]

Right now I'm at work but tonight I'll look at my Yamaha CD/Recorder manual and see if it mentions anything about this type of connector.

 

[VPIVinylspinner]

Thanks. I am leaning towards a custom installation of some sort as it is definitely not the same fit and finish of the rest of the unit. I will take it apart tonight and see where it ends.

 

[art2music58]

Yamaha t85

You can download an owneners manual from www.fmtunerinfo.com it seems to be quite a good tuner well done!Randy