Goodwill/SA/Thrift Store Discussions & Finds

I cancelled all my streaming subscriptions to go back to physical media. I had them all, amazon prime, netflix, google music, spotify, tidal etc. I mostly buy media in thrift stores now. I'll buy new albums of lesser known artists, like Joy Villa, Morgan James, Haley Reinhart.
 
Scored a t-amp for $8 today at GW
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Scored a Set of Marantz Imperial I's from GW :cool:

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These are Going to be Refinished with a Hand-Rubbed French-Lacquer Finish. and Then Go in My Wife's New Chic Space with an SX-780 or SX-1080, SG9500, CTF-9191, PL-518, Akai GX-4000D Reel to Reel for Good Measure. ;)

There's A Lot of Nice Gear in This Thread, Mike. :smoke:
 
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Scored a Set of Marantz Imperial I's from GW :cool:

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These are Going to be Refinished with a Hand-Rubbed French-Lacquer Finish. and Then Go in My Wife's New Chic Space with an SX-780 or SX-1080, SG9500, CTF-9191, PL-518, Akai GX-4000D Reel to Reel for Good Measure. ;)

There's A Lot of Nice Gear in This Thread, Mike. :smoke:

Nice! I have a pair of those and also found at gw.. Speaker grills on mine are different. Can you post a pic of them without the grills?
 
Was Your Grill like the One on the Right.....

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I don't have Mine Yet they have to be Shipped......

,Mike. :smoke:
Yes, exactly like that! One thing I noticed with mine, the woofers have a cloth surround, and a foam surround over the cloth.. Of course the foam was shot.. I plan on restoring mine and I like dark grill cloth much better.

EDIT: Now that I am looking on my computer, it is not like the one on the right.. There was either a third option, or mine does not have the original cloth.. I will see if I can find time to get a picture later..
 
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To complement my recent find of a TEAC A-1200U R2R, I found a pretty sweet TEAC E-3 Head Demagnitizer in box in working order with instructions :) Since the instructions seem to e hard to come by, I feel I should upload them somewhere for people... any suggestions?
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You should upload the scans here on AK and on Hifiengine.com
There is lot of info there.
Joining is free, and I have never had any e-mail spam from that site.
 
To complement my recent find of a TEAC A-1200U R2R, I found a pretty sweet TEAC E-3 Head Demagnitizer in box in working order with instructions :) Since the instructions seem to e hard to come by, I feel I should upload them somewhere for people... any suggestions?
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I wish I could have found that when I was fixing up my TEAC A-2300SD. Oh well. Good find.
 
Man, I'm on a roll. I answered a CL ad for a Kenwood KR-950 15 minutes after it was posted. I run over there and we get to talking about old stereo. I asked if he had any records and he led me downstairs. I shuffled through a crate and got a few good ones. $26 for it all. The receiver works pretty good after a little Faderlube and deoxit. It came with the box and owner's manual. It sounds good with some punch too, 85wpc into 8 ohms. Has a MC phono stage also.
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Edit: I have to say, this thing rocks. The sound is definitely to my liking being on the warm side with ample bass. A couple of problems: the FM selector doesn't always stay in when you press it and the station memory #1 button doesn't work. I'd like the FM to work and might have to fix it if it completely stops working. All in all I'm happy with the sound, other features, and the price was right.
 
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Man, I'm on a roll. I answered a CL ad for a Kenwood KR-950 15 minutes after it was posted. I run over there and we get to talking about old stereo. I asked if he had any records and he led me downstairs. I shuffled through a crate and got a few good ones. $26 for it all. The receiver works pretty good after a little Faderlube and deoxit. The receiver came with the box and owner's manual. It sounds good with some punch too, 85wpc into 8 ohms. Has a MC phono stage also.
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Nice score!!!
 
I came across a few speaker finds a couple days ago-- first I found a pair of Acoustic Research M.5 holographic imaging speakers for $20

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Next I found a pair of Minimus 7's (the Made in Japan ones) for $15

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Last I found a pair of M&K SS-150 THX tripole surround speakers for $50:

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The first two are OK deals. I think the M&K's are a pretty good score.
 
I came across a few speaker finds a couple days ago-- first I found a pair of Acoustic Research M.5 holographic imaging speakers for $20

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Next I found a pair of Minimus 7's (the Made in Japan ones) for $15

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Last I found a pair of M&K SS-150 THX tripole surround speakers for $50:

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The first two are OK deals. I think the M&K's are a pretty good score.

Are those AR ported? I don't think that series of AR is supposed to have ports.
 
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