Charity shop selling marantz cdr630.... What the BBC used for spinning discs (although tricksy to but apparently)
Great cd player... In charity shop £44 - a few selling ebay for 300ish.
Only had one night but as good as arcam cds (which will play sacd and stream)
I like the clunky industrial rack look too |
A pair of Ohm Walsh Sound Cylinders for $37.50 + sales tax = $39.75 at my local GW! Excellent condition, superb sound! How could I not buy them?!!! |
A pair of original KLH Nines for $500 in 1991! I still have them in use! Later, another great find was a pair of Klipsch Heresy's at my local GW - $25 in excellent condition! |
Congrats!
Lyra carts are simply..........superb!!!!! |
My post back in July 2002 kicked off this thread, and I'm back some 12 years later with my best A-gon bargain yet! Last week I bought a Lyra Skala cartridge with VERY low mileage for $999 (retail is $3995). This completes the upgrade of the entire analog front end of my system, and I'm looking forward to many pleasurable listening hours. |
Dynavector 10XGold L for $250.00 (Only 50 allocated to US).
StraightWire Maestro speaker cables for $200.00 (6' pair w/spades).
Most recently, GoldenEar Triton 7's for $900.00. You will be hard-pressed to find a better pair of speaker for under $2,000.00. |
I just bought a Tandberg TR2075 receiver on eBay for $240 cash pick-up.
It's in beautiful condition, all the lights work, knobs are static free and the rosewood cabinet is in great shape. This is a classic and for this price I couldn't pass it up.
I picked up a Pro-Ject Perspective on Craig's List for $475. Sold it for a hefty profit. |
VPI Scoutmaster w Lyra Heligon installed $1200 cash on eBay.
For $800 more I also purchased her Audio Research PH5 phono preamp.
I'm sure her recently deceased uncle was turning over in his grave. |
I just want to said THANK YOU to all member here who have
in the past give to thrift store or sale their gear under the price market. The audiophile hobby could be very expensive...
But with little patience and thrift store search you can
build a very good system. For $137 total i have a Technics SU-V60,Technics ST-7300 a Sony DVP-7700 a pair of Angstrom
ref floor and a pair of Acoustic Research AR3... Who has
bring a LOT of JOY to my music experience. Now that i get
here a Meridian 565 i just need a good power amp and a DIG
coax cable and i'm on my way to get a wonderfull system...
As i know that the Technics is not the best to load A&R
AR3 speaker. I do what i said and give to other as an action
of love to a some where infair world... |
I have take pleasure to go at thrift store i discover
when i was staying in a room at Salvation Army. This
period was very hard for me but now i got a very good
work and i'm bless... Praise the LORD!!!
So same when i start to work and get better i still
visiting my local thrift store. I have found so many
good thing REALLY CHEAP too long to listed here. But
just three week ago i came in front of a pair of Acoustic
Reseach AR 3 at a thrift store. Peoples paid $1500 on ebay
for them plus shipping but me i get a working pair for $10. PAIR???
And i Have not yet realise HOW I WAS LUCKY... BTW they sound
amazing and my speaker search has end with them. Will build
my system around this wonderfull speaker legend and best
speaker 70 ever.
This is my best bargain ever and i give God the glory for that cause HE is Faithfull. |
Luxman M6000 amp $150. last weekend, works well. |
McIntosh MC60, sitting on top of a big trash pile on garbage day. But, alas, no tubes. Back then I didn't have the funds for refurbishing and purchasing its sister so I traded it for a very nice Knight KN-928, which I still occasionally use. |
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 |
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.... |
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 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. |
Walker Talismen for $75.00 |
I "hear" ya on the Ohms!! I purchased a brand new pair of Ohm Walsh 2s with match grain oak cabinets - the salesman's price was $199 directly from the Ohm factory. I owned and loved those speakers for the next 10 years...
However, the B&O MMC-1 cartridge that I won in a factory sponsored contest is right up there. And the best part was that I was able to choose my cartridge from among 30 that we had recently received from B&O. I spent a *long* lunch hour reviewing the specs and looking at each stylus under a microscope. I ended up with a cartridge that spec'd. absolutely flat (within 0.25 db) from 20 Hz - 20 kHz.
I sold that cartridge 20 years later for $800, it had < 150 hrs. on it and was only used to transcribe albums from vinyl to reel-reel or CD. My MMC-2 (came with a B&O BG 9000 turntable that I bought for $250) was used for day to day playback...
-RW- |
Sansui G-9000 at a thrift shop for $10!
It lit up beautifully when I plugged it in at the thrift shop but had some buzzing from some speakers I hooked it up to when I got it home. I had it brought back to specs at a reputable local audio repair place. Spend $100 and it's like new.
Weighs 65lbs and 160 watts of 1970's power. Has a strong tuner section too. |
I paid $600 used here on AGon for my OHM "Super" Walsh 2s, which are fairly recent 100S3 CLS drivers in refurbed original OHM Walsh 2 cabinets. These are essentially full range and can compete with most anything out there when set up properly in typical size rooms.
Denon DL103R for $300 is another giant killer that can compete with the best.
The NAD 7020 receiver that I picked up in a pawn shop for $25 back in the 80's is still garnering rave reviews (from me) pinch hitting as a pre-amp only in my smaller family room system. I normally use this as a spare but I am hard pressed to replace it this time around as a pre-amp only.
mhdt Constantine DAC for just over $300 used here on Agon, another big hitter for very little. Its sister tube DAC the Paradisea cost a TAD more and is just a TAD behind in the performance category.
Tube Audio Designs TAD 125 Hibachi monoblocks cost me well under $1000 here on Agon, and could the last amp many people would ever need. |
I won an auction for a storage container last week for $125.00. It had a bunch of personal paperwork,some Big Lots type furniture, a Mitsubishi 40" TV that had to weigh 250 lbs., a crappy Fisher "all-in-one" stereo, boxes and boxes of housewares and other useless items. The bargain came in the way of over 1000 CDs, most in pristine condition. |
Nakamichi cassatte deck mr 1 for $25, Rotel rc 995 for $150
without the remote. Atec speaker 879A for $100, Fisher tube amp x100 $10.50. |
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I picked up a Fisher 500 C receiver at a yard sale way back when for $1. |
I forgot to mention it also came with original receipts. This system was approximately $6,000 in the mid 1970's. The items were also extremely rare, especially the ESS Transar Speaker System. |
I purchased the following mid 1970's equipment for $400 back in 1997. All items were in mint condition complete with owners manuals. Technics 1200 MK2 Turntable and power supply with granite base (serial number 6). Complete ESS Transar Speaker system complete with multiple necessary cables and equipment. Luxman Power Amp customed at Luxman with before and after specs (high power with massive caps), Luxman pre-amp customed at Luxman with before and after specs (toggle switch construction), Luxman eq customed at Luxman with before and after specs (toggle switch construction). OH yeah It also came with 50 mint albums. This deal was a once in a lifetime purchase. |
I just bought another Sony DVP 9000ES at a thrift shop for $50. It sold new for $1500. Not bad, for a discount of 97%! |
Project Debut 3... $50
Paradigm Studio 100 Reference v2 + denon receiver + sony cd player... $300
Marantz MA500. $17 each |
JM Lab Profil-77s Craigslist find for $120
Aragon 2004, Aragon 24K and NAD 4300 Tuner for $400 Craigslist
ADS L-620 in decent shape $25 yard sale |
I found two Goldmund turntables at Western Audio twenty years ago. The Studietto was pristine and the Studio had some mods. The owner offered me either one for $1,000 but
would only sell one. I chose the Studietto, but I should have chosen the Studio. I sold it later at a profit. |
My all time best scores were a Mark Levinson 332 fully serviced and redone where the owner thought it was broken, and sold it to me for $900 and it turned out to be the rubber sealant and the amp was pristine and should need no service for a dozen or so years.
My greatest score ever was for $2800 I once scored a Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista DAC, A3CR Amp and Preamp (all heavily modified), a pair of B&W 805 Nautilus (with stands), Velodyne HGS-15, and a PS Audio P1200 (the big ole giant) all in great to perfect condition + some really fancy power cables and sold everything but the DAC and the P1200 in 36 hours making a few hundred bucks (plus selling my gear) and giving my best friend a hell of a deal on the HGS-15. That was a score of,a lifetime |
Best ever has been the tuner section for my MA6600. It is just the fm portion, it lists for $800.00. Won in auction for less than $100.00. |
In reply to: 04-05-08: Mnnc
I'd call it karma. |
McIntosh MC7200, C34V, Matching McIntosh tuner and CD transport for about $90 out of pocket and a few hours of labor. Also came with a 275 and a bunch of weird McIntosh multizone junk.
My Dunlavy SC-III were free, including a center channel. Came with a Sunfire Cinema Grand amp, though it's got a hum and needs a little love.
Synare 3 analog synth drum pad for $20 ($1k+ on eBay now)
Roland SH-101 analog synth for $45
Handmade Steiner EVI analog wind synth prototype for $175
B&O Beogram 1900 from what amounts to a dumpster |
..a local medical facility that does an fine ear wax irrigation for $50. |
i find a mcintosh mc275,mx110 and a pair huge klipschorn i think from the 60's ,all for 300.in a local trift store |
Slightly used Klipsch Heresy II Speakers $38 (yard sale)
Marantz 2240 $10 (community yard sale)
ADS L7e speakers 50 Cents (they were on a 25 cent per item table at a yard sale) |
Theta DAC genV version A for 400.00, now If I only would have kept it!!! |
Sansui SP-5500 Speakers for $400...one the best speakers ever made....EVER MADE! |
Thorens Td 165 in really good shape except for a scratched up dustcover with a stanton 600ee and a couple records for $20. That kicked off the vinyl addiction about 6 months ago and I managed to go through about 9 tables sense. |
I once found a perfectly original Marantz 7C for $35. |
That has to be my Symphonic Line La Musica. I paid Â1500,- for a demo model. List price is Â5200,- |
God bless craigslist. Found a pair of Aerial LR5 for sale. I called the guy to go see the speakers and he had no idea what he really had. He got them from another gentleman he did work for. He had nothing to hook them up with, so I ran home and got my trusty NAD integrated and found the tweeters were not working. The guy just said go ahead and take them. What a find. |
The best bargain ever was the SOTA TT circa 1985 that I sold (like an IDIOT) for $150. You didn't say I had to be the recipient! |
Over the last 3 years:
Most recently pair Tannoy 15" red GFR Rectangular all original. Was advertised on Craig's for $900. When I arrived, seller said he had calls with an offer for $2000. I offered $1500 and accepted, would've match.
Pair Klipsch Heresy $40
Sansui TU7500 & AU7500 mint $25
Jbl L166 & L88 $50
Box ot tubes with 10ea 45/80/6sn7/2a3 $5
Sansui G7700 in mint $30
Pair Tannoy 15" Golds $850
Pair Jensen Type H $150
Altec 755a $150
Hickok 539b $140
Marantz 2250 $25
Jbl L100 $175 |
marantz 7c for $65 in a pawnshop in 1977. I had a 1060/105 combo and had craved the 250/3300/120 trio. Went to a pawnshop with a friend and there it was. I had to wait a week for it to clear. I was waiting for the guy to open-up on day 7. I asked him about it and he just said: "I don't know what it does, ya gotta plug it into something!" Had it modded in 1986 (based on the Sid Smith mods) Sounds great and it is a "daily driver!" |
McIntosh c20 tube preamp...mint...$20!!! Elderly lady was selling her deceased husbands stuff at a yard sale....should have bought the tuner and a couple Dynaco's she had. After a couple years of ownership it was stolen during a break-in. Good things go as quick as they come. |
Here's to Craigslist!!
*Cheers* |
It was a Craigslist deal. They were moving and had to get rid of it all that day. I asked how much they wanted for it and they said "$500, but you MUST take all of it."
No problem. |
I think with the bargain find, we should include the circumstance around it (estate sale, goodwill, etc.) Yeah I'm lookin at you, Reelsmith. ;) |
