R1155

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You don't 'win' anything on e-bay - you pay the highest price that anyone is prepared to pay for that item at that time.

I know, I know! E-bay is an American operation, as as we all know, the American culture is distinctly binary: win/lose, right/wrong, can/can't, devoted ally/determined enemy, etc. Their culture doesn't seem to recognise 'analogue' at all. To us Brits., this all seems very strange, to put it mildly.

The item in question is a common-place piece of ex-WD tat, well-enough made, but otherwise unexceptional.
I did have an un-modified R1155 which I considered to be nothing more than a dust trap.

Thus speaks a Yorkshireman! Straight to the point; short, sharp sentiments; no messing about! No, but seriously David, I suspect that there are a lot of R1155 owners out there who would not . . . err, how can I put this . . . agree with you.

The R1155 has always struck me as a receiver that was built when materials, cash and development time were all very short. It was designed for a specific - not a general - purpose and it was clearly realised that the lifetime of one would obviously be short. Consequently, there was simply no point in putting in features and quality-of-build more than absolutely essential to meet its specific need. And since the anticipated lifetime was so short, maintenance, I suspect, was not in the 'design requirements'.

Many years ago, I owned one: I was not impressed.

Al.