Made him an offer and he has countered with £750 but can’t find any price history to see if that is good or not, the pip preamps seem to go for anywhere between £700 - £1500
Seems to be a similar design as the LFD MC-1 and there is one available for £450 so not sure how much better the PT is.
750 for a PIP phono stage AND working batteries is a fair price.
Apparently the PIP2 phono doesn’t use batteries, that was the 3x box preamp.
Think I’ll accept the offer and give it a punt.
Seriously dribbling at the moment but he won’t post to the UK 
That’s a lot of money for a unit that you’ve never heard, and probably never will. Resale could be a challenge
Meh.
For only 300 hours use it has had a bit of a battering.
you would think they would at least dust it and clean the pins before taking the photos
It’s been posted before, Kev.
Looks like a dog to me
Ah, I don’t bother much with ebay (or this thread) except when I am after something.
I should have had got a clue from the seller!
Intact Audio transformers are great and I’m sure that this phonostage wouldn’t have been brought to market if it wasn’t in a similar league. I’m just saying it’s a lot of money to buy it on reputation alone.
Did you sort your SUT loading?
What phonostage are you using atm?
Emporium. Nuff said (IMO, of course),
Got some foo resistors arriving next week to sort the loading. Using a puresound p10 at the moment as I’ve sold the Whest.
As long as your foo resistors aren’t those Charcroft Vishay naked bulk foil things and they are some form of tantalum you will be fine 
33K 1W Audio Note Tantalum Non-magnetic
I’ve got one of these and like it immensely. Offers can be made and if a lower one was accepted it would be good vfm. A musical cartridge, great at tracking, very quiet in the groove, detailed but not a HiFi sound.
"This cartridge is still surrounded by the same Japanese air as it was when packed in the factory. "
Well that was a waste of money, it sounds bloody awful.
Not sure how it’s supposed to be but the gain is really low, need to have the volume about 50% higher than the other phono amps (puresound p10 & whest ps.20) and then the bass is really flabby and muffled with quite a peaky treble.
None of it sounds right to me, very dull sounding 
What do you expect from The Emporium - you should have learnt your lesson by now.
