surfdoc37
Endlessly Endless End
I keep forgetting about the best audio deal I've come across, as posted in another thread, and keep thinking it was the Marantz wood cased 2325 that I came across under an awning in an OUTDOOR CA flea market. It had been sitting there for over a year, some guy had just bought out the fomer dealer's inventory and didn't even know everything he had. It was under a STACK of other really raunchy stuff.
Price: $10, as-is. :withstpd:
Took it home, cleaned it up, replaced the dial bulbs, everything worked BRILLIANTLY, oiled the wood case. It left in a couple of boxes (sold the case separately) for a combined $625 or so. Nice.
But the BEST, as I recall (has to be!), were the Klipsch Belles. :guitar:
Driving down the road, tiny home in a poor neighborhood, tucked back sitting in a garage (yard sale, almost missed it, corner of my eye) was a GIANT set of Klipsch Belle oak speakers; filled the single garage door's opening. Behind them was a nice young man with a smirk on his face, on the front was a sign with large writing in felt pen: $50. Got them from his dad who retired to a motor home, neither had room for them.
The wife whimpered a bit, but she had gained some respect for audio-dom by that time; we paid and loaded the beasts up in the truck lickity-split. Some guy saw them before we even got home and offered $200 for the set (tempted...got his number). They were BRILLIANT. AWESOME. PERFECT. They left on a pallet a year or so later (still loyal to my M&K's) because we were moving. Turns out we should have kept them, the new house had PLENTY of room, the M&K's went into HT service in the den, Pioneers now man the main system in the living room.
Price the Klipsch's sold for? $2250 if I recall, plus shipping. Helped fund the move!
Good score--
Yours?
Price: $10, as-is. :withstpd:
Took it home, cleaned it up, replaced the dial bulbs, everything worked BRILLIANTLY, oiled the wood case. It left in a couple of boxes (sold the case separately) for a combined $625 or so. Nice.
But the BEST, as I recall (has to be!), were the Klipsch Belles. :guitar:
Driving down the road, tiny home in a poor neighborhood, tucked back sitting in a garage (yard sale, almost missed it, corner of my eye) was a GIANT set of Klipsch Belle oak speakers; filled the single garage door's opening. Behind them was a nice young man with a smirk on his face, on the front was a sign with large writing in felt pen: $50. Got them from his dad who retired to a motor home, neither had room for them.
The wife whimpered a bit, but she had gained some respect for audio-dom by that time; we paid and loaded the beasts up in the truck lickity-split. Some guy saw them before we even got home and offered $200 for the set (tempted...got his number). They were BRILLIANT. AWESOME. PERFECT. They left on a pallet a year or so later (still loyal to my M&K's) because we were moving. Turns out we should have kept them, the new house had PLENTY of room, the M&K's went into HT service in the den, Pioneers now man the main system in the living room.
Price the Klipsch's sold for? $2250 if I recall, plus shipping. Helped fund the move!
Good score--
Yours?
. Standard GW prices of 15 bucks each. I almost felt guilty... Naw.
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