Picked up a NM Firebird last night, South African press.
Picked up a NM Firebird last night, South African press.
My that is a pretty album cover, shame about the glare from the flash ruining the shot though.
Did they use UK-mastering stampers?
At least ( I think ) this modern amp has got the holy loudness switch that every other modern amps miss.Found this Marantz PM7200 for a whopping 4.99. It's not real high end but sounds pretty damn good. It's going to be a temporary stand in while I recap and do some preventative maintenance on my Pioneer.
Kenwood KR-4070 receiver.
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Has the infamous power switch problem but it was 1/2 price day so I thought I would take the chance.
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Yeah, the Goodwill in your area is WAY different than the ones around here.
A lot of it depends on who is pricing things in the back room that day. I picked up that receiver and a Magnavox TDA1541 equipped CD player for an additional $2. Neither had been out that morning but were there in the late afternoon when I returned.
The other factor is due to the massive influx of newcomers to the area, Goodwill is absolutely inundated with donations. It is not unusual to see 10 or 12 cars lined up to drop stuff off on a Saturday afternoon. Some of them have gotten the point of having mini outlet stores in the back room where they have 4'x4'x4' dump bins full of merchandise. Everything is $0.99.
A step up from what was in there, I suspect.I picked up a beat up set of Pioneer CS-53's today with grill fabric torn and needing to be refinishing but I thought I could use them with my 70's Pioneer system in the spare bedroom. Loading them into the car I noticed a horn where there shouldn't been one, when I got home I found they had been modified with Electro Voice Wolverine MR-10 midrange horns and TW-35 tweeters along with their crossovers.
They sound very nice with a Marantz R-220. Both were free finds
A step up from what was in there, I suspect.
It does not have a loudness switch sadly, but it does have a Class A mode which is quite nice.At least ( I think ) this modern amp has got the holy loudness switch that every other modern amps miss.
Good catch there.