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[Beosystem10]

It is indeed a UK colloquialism, but not one that can be used in polite company, since it refers to an act of self pleasure in which the participant wears a glove on the hand she uses to do the job.
Stick a y on the end though, and then it meant almost the same as the US version of the word, but dropped out of common usage in the Edwardian era.

 

[bill]

I see . Sorry I gotta run and finish my breakfast . I'm having biscuits and crumpets. Lol

 

[Beosystem10]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crumpet

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Hi John,that rare 656 that your talking about is the rare 656LB!! Different look,even cooler than the regular one!!

 

[Beosystem10]

Jeff, All of mine have been LB models, that's UK spec, so DIN I/Os only (no RCAs), three am bands; Medium, Long and the 49-16 metre bands, and waffle grilles. The later style is also available in LB spec as the only example I've found was that very model (the seller wanted way too much for it and I'm as tight as a fishes backside, so I walked away) but I think that the difference is when, rather than for where the model was built.

This one is a 656 LB:

and the front of him looks like this:

Wretched HOX cam, the handle on that one is arrow straight!

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Ok my mistake,I do believe it's a 656LBII
I could be wrong but there is a variation of the 656 that looks different in the front,maybe round speakers instead of waffle or the tweeters look different.
I may have to do dome research,definitely rare as I've only seen a 2-3 over the years.

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

I think the round speaker version came later and only has one antenna.

I prefer the RCA version due to those two words: 'Line In'
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[Beosystem10]

That's a good thing, but the DIN input cuts the tuner when you plug an external source in, so in reality, the only difference is that on RCA versions, they took the time to print the words "line in" on the panel. It still works in exactly the same way, just switch to tuner as neither version has a separate position on the selector switch.

I'll happily admit that I only discovered this after I'd already owned two 656s for over a year..