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This isn't mine, but someone should get it.
I would be all over this but I'm in the wrong city and pickup only. Great price on a pretty cool machine, and seeing them complete with the tape section is getting rarer.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/281240227116?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Spoke to seller and he will do courier but I'm out...

I am compelled to bid on this.
Damn.
Paul

If only it had of been in Melbourne there would be 3 of us going for it!
Good to know about the courier Myles- I might chuck a bid on too.

Can't you Melbourne guys leave something for us Sydney guys?

I was hoping that this would be a simple process of buying a Byer 77....but now...





Just playin'

I'm out.....

Paul, I'm only fooling around

interesting ,
It's in a Mark III case.
The earlier motors were sometimes questionable in these.
Clive Sloss who started Syntec was Max Byers salesman way back when.
They used to sell the ones with good wow & Flutter figures to the radio stations and the not so good ones to schools etc.
Mk III are probably the pick of the bunch

Weeeeeell, I want 3 of everything.
Bank says "no".
Not this month anyway...
Cheers,
Paul

What do people think of the Byer 66 MkII?
There one on the bay.

And a Byer 77 Mk II as well -- untested-- which the seller wants $1295 for!

66 had simpler electronics and no balanced mic input.usually 3 3/4" / 7 1/2" often 1/2 track heads.not the choice for making a mic pre.. 77 Mk III would be preferable,best transformers.MK II is second choice.

Is anyone on Trock bidding on the Byer ? If someone here is I won't bid against them.
If no-one from Trock is bidding then I will.

For whatever technical reasons and there are a few
The 66 makes an outragously good sounding guitar
Amp plugged into a quad box
Right up until they melt
.. I have sacrificed a few

The 66 uses a push pull amp with a pair of EL 84 for the output,will run 6.5 W into 4 ohm at about 2% distortion.they actually had an ultralinear output transformer. The 77 mkII used a single N78 in class A,only gave about 2.5 W,but had a better front end for the mic inputs,2 x EF86 and a 12AU7 driving the line amp transformer in push-pull.that all goes a long way as to how they sound as a pre-amp.
The 66 mic input is high impedance and goes straight to the grid of the ef86,perfect for a guitar input and overdriving.
Incidentally,the one sold here on eBay was a hybrid.the electronics were 77 but the transport was from a 66.
A quick way to tell is the head shields. The 66 only had 1 shield on the play head,the 77 had 2,on play and record.
The case it's in is from a Mk III 77.

MK III also had solid state rectifiers,whereas Mk II used 5Y3 tube rectifiers...= a bit of sag when you hit it hard.

not wanting to hijack this thread, but i have a B77 MKIII for sale at the moment.

Its for sale on consignment, so no trades please. (ist not mine). Please feel free to make offers that i can pass on to the owner.

There is no tape transport, its a mic pre/di/gtr amp only.

Its in Melbourne (Hallam).

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