Best bargain find ever ?


I've just missed out on sooo many I'm curious what others have snagged. I've found some really good deals but have yet to hit the proverbial jackpot. I once got a Kenwood KD-650 TT w/granite base/ SME 3009 III/Shure V15MR MKV in immaculate condition with owner's manuals for $200.00. I also snagged a Parasound PH/P 850 Pre-Amp for $125.00 (when they were going for $450.00 new) I also once got a complete Adcom set-up GFA 545 II amp, GTP-450 Pre, GCD 600 CD Player with a pair of Paradigm Titan speakers for $400.00. How about you ?
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I wandered into a thrift store and found ALL of the original Beatles albums in cassette format with the original carrier. 25 cents each, plus $1 for the carrier. The cassettes are like new. Someone probably bought them just before CDs were introduced and then never played them.
Best bargain EVER? I was in a pawn shop in Tallahassee, in the early 90's and there was a JBL Paragon in perfect shape, it had a $900 tag on it, I really didn't know anything about that model, but I loved JBL and the wood was to die for. I asked the sales guy about it and he said a senators son pawned it because he was on drugs, and said he just wanted out of his shop, offered it to me for $600. I lived 50 miles away and needed to bring back a van, so I left and came back a week later and it was gone. Too stupid to have not paid for it first, but I did not know at the time they were selling for $20 to $30 thousand dollars in Japan. To this day I wake up sometimes in a panic about that deal I missed!
I went to an estate sale and bought a complete house full o audio design associates gear. It was probably $30k when new a few years ago. I took everything, even the keypads out of the walls plus the controller and several amps. I kept an amp and sold the remainder for a $3500 profit. I turned that money into a brand new c-j preamp and revel M106 speakers....
Just last sunday i went to a thrift store not the one
i go often...And found believe me or not a pair of
Acoustic Research AR 3 for $10 cad not each for both!!!!!!

They are in great shape every driver work and they sound
like nothing i have ear before. The best speaker i ever
had also the less expensive. One pair just sold for $1425US
on ebay...

Before i get a MINT Sony DVP-S7700 $75 cad and a Mint
Meridian 565 here for $220 US.

Just need to get a good power amp that love AR 3