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plagueis
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Post subject: Importing a LD player Posted: 30 Jan 2019, 05:38 |
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Joined: 14 Jan 2018, 01:56 Posts: 17 Location: United States Has thanked: 2 times Been thanked: 0 time
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Has anyone recently imported a LD player from Japan? I have read previous posts here mentioning services, but a lot of the posts are 4-5 years old (mentioning services like Celga, that don't appear to be functional). Is fromjapan or zenmarket an option?
Ebay has players such as the S9, 959, and R7G, but even with shipping there appear to be better prices going straight to the source with a proxy. Any thoughts?
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pbiancardi
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Post subject: Re: Importing a LD player Posted: 30 Jan 2019, 11:21 |
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plagueis wrote: Has anyone recently imported a LD player from Japan? I have read previous posts here mentioning services, but a lot of the posts are 4-5 years old (mentioning services like Celga, that don't appear to be functional). Is fromjapan or zenmarket an option?
Ebay has players such as the S9, 959, and R7G, but even with shipping there appear to be better prices going straight to the source with a proxy. Any thoughts? Your idea is correct, higher end players are MUCH cheaper from Japan, you can basically ignore any eBay price and listing on any of those. Personally I use Zenmarket, pay the extra 1000 yen for reinforced packing and FedEx for shipping and have not lost a player yet.
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: Importing a LD player Posted: 18 Feb 2019, 14:48 |
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takeshi666 wrote: It's a CLD-99S, and although my existing converter is supposed to be for US devices, it's rated at 110V rather than 120. 110-120 that's OK. Others will answer but I don't know why we have 120 from the wall but our electronics are 110. I guess they can deal with a fluctuation?? I saw it written before but am too lazy right now to search it up.
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tasuke
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Post subject: Re: Importing a LD player Posted: 18 Feb 2019, 18:29 |
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the 99S is slightly better made than it's U.S. 3030 variant. the 99S has a thicker, copper-plated bottom panel, with the usual, deep-stamped PIONEER "Honeycomb Chassis" pattern, while the 3030 has a very flimsy, non-plated bottom panel, with only the slightest, barely-there suggestion of the usual late-80's PIONEER Honeycomb anti-vibration pressing pattern in evidence.
also, the stock front polycarbonate isolator feet on the 99S are taller than those on the 3030.
that aside, i am unsure of any significant internal differences...
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elahrairrah
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Post subject: Re: Importing a LD player Posted: 19 Feb 2019, 22:30 |
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Joined: 30 Aug 2005, 15:38 Posts: 3419 Location: New Jersey Has thanked: 79 times Been thanked: 143 times
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plagueis wrote: Has anyone recently imported a LD player from Japan? I have read previous posts here mentioning services, but a lot of the posts are 4-5 years old (mentioning services like Celga, that don't appear to be functional). Is fromjapan or zenmarket an option?
Ebay has players such as the S9, 959, and R7G, but even with shipping there appear to be better prices going straight to the source with a proxy. Any thoughts? I got an R7G from Japan via Celga (and they're still around: https://celga.com/ ) Just be prepared to probably pay as much if not more for the shipping and markup. Still cheaper than getting it off of Ebay though.
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Importing a LD player Posted: 20 Feb 2019, 00:14 |
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lons_vex wrote: I have a 115 V adapter that outputs 137 V when measured with a voltage meter, which is 37% more than japanese 100 V equipment expects to get. So I bought a dedicated 100 V adapter, which outputs 101 V when I connect a voltage meter to it. Better play it safe. They are harder to find, that much is true. Depending on how you measured it and the vintage 137VAC may be fine. Test it with a player plugged into it and running and see what it drops too. This is the nature of old school transformers... To answer 666’s post, don’t waste your money if you already have a 240-110 converter. The difference between 120 and 110 and 100 is irrelevant. Most power supplies are manufactured exactly the same between US and JP. If you just bought a rare as hell high end turntable from the 70s that would be something different but disposing of an extra 10VAC is no problem for an LD player. It won’t even be measurable on the other side of the DC bus.
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takeshi666
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Post subject: Re: Importing a LD player Posted: 20 Feb 2019, 03:36 |
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signofzeta wrote: To answer 666’s post, don’t waste your money if you already have a 240-110 converter. The difference between 120 and 110 and 100 is irrelevant. Most power supplies are manufactured exactly the same between US and JP. If you just bought a rare as hell high end turntable from the 70s that would be something different but disposing of an extra 10VAC is no problem for an LD player. It won’t even be measurable on the other side of the DC bus. Thanks. I think I will buy it then, unless the seller has already found another buyer.
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admin
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Post subject: Re: Importing a LD player Posted: 22 Feb 2019, 09:49 |
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Buyee is a running a "no commission on Yahoo Auctions Japan" campaign starting today: https://media.buyee.jp/campaign/auction1902_buyee/en/Per the fee page, it's waiving the 5% commission on the final price, not the shipping + reshipping costs. Interesting for a highly priced item. Julien
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