Thought this might be an interesting topic.

Have fun.


Retro

90% thrift stores, 10% E-bay or local listings

Or I guess I could have answered 95% Japan 5% USA

Depends on what you were asking for :D

Lefty

Most of mine has come from local Goodwills, Thrifts, or that auction site... :thmbsp:

Scott

About half from pawns, thrifts and yardsales, a quarter from auctions, and a quarter from a dealer or manufacturer. :smoke:

Other than the CDP...built mine.

It's basically a combo of e-bay, new, and craigslist. I've never found anything other than records at a thrift and never found anything at a pawn. I've found a couple of minor not used very often pieces at garage sales. I have found quite a few good records at garage sales.

Oh man, I am all over the place on this one. Some from EVERYWHERE at this point, in a pretty even mix! Of course I've not been actively seeking gear as long as some of you...

And I will say that my NICEST gear has come from AK!

Mostly new retail, the rest mostly horse trading with friends, a little from AudioGon and eBay. None from pawn/thrift/garage sales.

90% thrift
5% local listing
5% trade...

wow. i 've done everything but audiogon.

One eBay. (tuna)
One Audiogon. (amp)
Five new at retailers. (the rest)

Tom

Got most of mine in the Army from the 70's.....Marantz :smoke:

Somehow started collecting 80's Pioneer...contamination from AK... :yes:

Next thing you know I'll have to have Sansui or Kenwood....:sigh:


Damn this is fun..... :banana: :banana:

Money sucking Ebay mostly :smoke:

More new from retailers (mostly on line) than anywhere else, but also from Audiogon, AK, eBay, etc.

Dr. Evil seems to have taken over my system. Venus Hi-Fi has a heavy hand in my listening pleasure.

Thrifts/eBay/Garage-Estate Sales/Curb Side.

TankDonovan

Hamfests, trash, trash, trash, oh and more trash. :D

Hi all.


I must admit.

I'm very, very fortunate.

I live in a place that is smack dab between 2 of the largest cities in America.
Alot of gear, ends up around here.
...Or at least within a reasonable driving distance.

Just by proxy.

I've amassed my collection mainly from GWs and garage sales, not to mention the various small repair shops that used to adorn the countryside.
Though, the days of really good collecting have fallen into the hands of the devout e-bay reseller.

Damn it.

I can't compete.
Not only in time spent searching, but available DI.
Oh well.....
All good things must come to pass.

What ya gonna do?


Regards,
John

Most of my original setup came from specialty audio stores. Lately I've been getting stuuf at garage sales/pawn shops/Salvation Army as they don't make "the good stuff" anymore. All the new HT stuff has no personality like my AU-717 and Infinity RS 1.5's.

cart.: ebay /fleamarket/store
ortofon spu gte /shure v15 mk3/denon dl 103
arms : scrapyard
Ortofo rm? 309/sme 3009
both modded sme total rebuild of the armwand headshell and vertical bearing
Turntable :diy my own design and work
mc stepup: Ebay /diy
Ortofon t10 ,t20/mic trannies
pre: diy
world audio klpp1 build from scratch
amp: "kringloop" ie gw/sa etc/scrapyard
kontakt k7 / klein & hummel
speakers diy/ "kringloop"
More than one pair /braun ls 80

misc ie cables/spikes /stands etc diy mostly using recycled materials

that just about sums it up
Enjoy F.

I got my speakers from The Stereo Trading Outlet in Jenkintown PA. Most of my gear was purchased from Audiogon, friends or Audio Classics. :smoke:

Here we go..........

La Scalas....................................garage sale
Onkyo T-9 tuner...........................garage sale
Kenwood Basic C2 preamp..............garage sale
Toshiba SD3960 DVD/CD.................Best Buy
Almarro A205A Integrated...............BrianB Venus Audio so AK
Akai GX-635D RTR.........................Ebay
DBX 200 switchbox....................... Ebay
Dbx 224 Noise reduction................garage sale
Dbx 3bx dynamic range expander.....garage sale
Denon DR-M3 cassette..................Ebay
Denon DP-59L turntable.................Craigslist

But the $$ for the new stuff and Ebay stuff was generated by flipping GS, TS and CL stuff.

Couldn't really pick one - a lot of my stuff I made, I buy a lot from retailers but usually used or demo items and some has come from friends.

All over the place...

Small authorized local audio retailers - Original Paradigm Reference v.2 home theater speakers and their v.3 replacements.
Medium sized local audio/video retailers - Home theater receiver and DVD player.
Internet retailers - Plasma TV and cables.
eBay - Parasound pre-amp, Paradigm Reference Studio 100 v.4 and Cerwin Vega PD-9 speakers.
Audiogon - Parasound amp and Consonance CD player.
Craigslist - Pioneer SPEC equipment.
Radioshack - Optimus Pro LX-8 speakers in my first home theater, now relegated to a stereo in my garage.

Martin

Mostly new retail, the rest mostly horse trading with friends, a little from ... eBay. None from pawn/thrift/garage sales.

Same.