Goodwill/SA/Thrift Store Discussions & Finds

[jsjazz]

thrift finds

Pioneer sx-790 $20.00 GW
Pioneer sx-626 $20.00 GW
Pioneer sx-780 $30.00 Tag sale
Yamaha ct-810 tuner $8.00 GW
Celestion ditton 15 $10.00 for pair tag sale
ADC MK11 improved cartridge new in box $3.00 tag sale
Denon 1500 cdp $20.00 GW
Gladding Audio Mark 200a receiver $8.00 GW

 

[Jim H B]

Funny what we remember...

1) I'm going to start cruising the local SA and GW

2) Isn't it funny what we remember?

Wife's birthday? Hmmm.....
Where did I get that HK 730? Garage sale, $10, replaced a fuse and 2 lamps, cleaned the pots (the face plate was a bugger to get off) and it was good to go; remember it like yesterday!

 

[prisoners]

My 2 cents: Sansui 2000X rcvr free from my friendly neighborhood trash collector, only the tuner dial need attention.
Mint Pioneer TX-9500 tuner given to me from a friends dad.
The best though, is this tale. When renewing my drivers liscence I stopped at a TV repair shop to look around. The tech(?) showed me a pre-amp and matching amp that he wanted to sell because "when I plug my cd player into the "disc" jacks it sounds horrible, so you'll have to fix that."
Hmm, I didn't want to tell him that "disc" meant phono in the early 70's, so I got the pre and power amp for $250. They both work and sound spectacular. Did I mention that i'm referring to an Accuphase C-200 and P-300? Yeah that was a good day for me!

 

[chrish]

Nice but i got all ya beat!!!

:yes: Pawn Shop- Suspect it was from the dot com bust but in 2000 I found a Linn Majik and Linn 100w amp(forget the model $1200 each new) $65 each..you should have seen me tryin to get then down on the price it was pathetic! Faroudja DV1000 @ same shop for $165($5500 new) a shop up the street had a B&W CDM set-CDM9's and CDM 1's, had to pay $1000 for them though. My guess is they have no "Bluebook"! The currently have some Jamo HT stuff. Problem is, they wont nego. on ANYTHING!

 

[chrish]

Oh yea almost for got the Bozak Sym.No.1's at a church sale $20!!
Spent $75 at chiropractor afterwards!

 

[gary7]

Hi, I'm new to the forum. Lets see what I found. Most in Very Good shape.
Thrift stores...
Sansui 9090DB $25.00
DCM TF400 speakers $50.00
Pioneer PL-51 TT $10.00
Pioneer CT-M6R $30.00

Flea Market.......
Carver DTL-50 $3.00
Pioneer CT-F850 $5.00

Pawn shop.....
Altec Santana's $50.00
Onkyo DX-7500 $20.00
Pioneer CS-99A $40.00

Good Hunting.

 

[CountZero]

My Cheap Finds

Denon DRM-400 Cassette deck $5.00 Garage Sale
Technics RS-B40 Cassette Deck $2.00 Church Fair
Both immaculate

My Favorite
Pioneer CT-A7 Cassette Deck $8 Recycle Centre
Needed some repairs, new belts ($6) works perfectly now still need outside cassette door

Sony MDS-JE510 Minidisc Deck $12 Garage Sale
Pioneer PL71 DD Turntable $5 Garage Sale

Lovan Speakerstands $5 (sell for $200 here) Garage Sale

and many more, I think you just have to keep looking and the stuff will find you

 

[Andyman]

:yes: Pawn Shop- I found a Linn Majik and Linn 100w amp(forget the model $1200 each new) $65 each..you should have seen me tryin to get then down on the price it was pathetic! Faroudja DV1000 @ same shop for $165($5500 new)

Damn, them Aborigines have some nice stuff down there!! :yes:

 

[GibsonLesPaul]

Guy at work gave me a Pioneer PL-560 TT. It works great! He had a Audio Technica
Pro-13e cartridge on it but it didn't come close in sound quality to my blue Grado.
I was using a PL-100 but the 560 is much better. And price was right...

 

[SumDumGuy]

the deal on this Marantz made me dance

Howdy,

I am new to this neck of the woods...(in fact I just joined)
I bought a Marantz 2252B in absolute MINT shape yesterday for $14.99 Canadian! Yipee...
this is not the first such find I have made, but it is one of my better ones.
Searching for vintage stereo Equipment (sold cheaply) has become a hobby for me.

This game takes patience, keep fishing the oysters and sooner or later you will a pearl.... but you need to be prepared to walk out empty handed MOST of time, and A car that is fuel efficient helps too

 

[Roypercy]

My favorite thrift shop finds:

Technics SA-500, pristine, $19 at Goodwill.
Sansui G-5500, even more pristine, $19 at SA

At a local (non-chain) thrift shop my finds have included the following:

Scott S-15s, $8 - excellent condition. A very sweet sounding pair of speakers, particularly for jazz

KLH 32s, $8 - Very good condition after replacing the caps. Nicest small speakers I ever had.

Two pair of Fisher XP-55b for $1 each. if you ever have the chance to pick up a pair, I highly recommend them (especially at that price!). Gave mine away in vintage systems I put together for friends.

NAD 6140 tapedeck, $5 at same place. Excellent working condition, sounds very good.

Philips 406 turntable, $8 - A real surprise. Beautiful, functional, and an excellent sounding table. Amazing headroom and bass extension in a lightweight package.

And most recently, a Lafayette LR-440 quad receiver, $7. Working but not particularly impressive, but hey, it's my first quad.

I'm sure there's more, but I can't remember at the moment!

 

[Charivari]

Well, since this thread has been resurrected, I better take advantage of this opportunity to brag.

Goodwill has provided me with the following:

Magnepan MG-I - $20
Infinity Quantum 2 - $15 (25% off sale)
Design Acoustics D-12 - $18
EPI 120 C - $5

Pioneer SX-737 - $10
Dynaco SCA-35 - $5

St. Vincent de Paul: Dynaco A-25 - $7

Salvation Army: Bozak 302A - $25

Well, those are my best thrift store scores, but not all my scores, of course. This has been over the course of the last year. I must say I’ve been quite fortunate. Now, I just have to wait and see what will turn up this year.

- JP

Edit: I should've written Pioneer SX-727, not 737.

 

[Balthazarr]

How often must one go to these places, each one every week?

 

[Andyman]

Balthazarr:

It's a total crapshoot; you have to be there before someone else who collects gear gets there first. Most "good" stuff won't be on the rack for more than a couple days, if that. I picked my Carver TFM-35 up seconds after the employee set it down.

So go as often as you can; but expect to leave empty handed most of the time. You're not going to walk in and find racks of untouched treasure; too many folks know the story here.

Good luck and happy hunting!

 

[Charivari]

Well, I do believe I have something better to add to my list.

As of this morning (5/30/2005), I came into possession, wholly thanks to Goodwill, of a pair of Tannoy Berkeleys for the grand total of $40. The tale is chronicled here.

I do believe that counts as a 'score.'

- JP

 

[lfender]

Judging from this thread, there are a lot of good deals out there if we just had the time to look. My schedule allows me time to look and I've found plenty of great deals. There's a picture of some of my finds on the "my "play" room" thread.

One of my best finds ever: $25 for my SX-1280

Also: a Thorens w/Grado wooden arm for $10. Sold AS-IS on ebay for $480

Best deal ever: I know it's not vintage solid-state, but I found my working 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb, which I gig with, in a pile of trash 2 blocks from my home.

 

[dyna]

re: best deals

Picked up a Telefunken TR-414, Yamaha R-700, and a Kenwood KR-2300 all for 25 bucks today at a flea market. Telefunken needed a slew of lights and filter caps, sounds prety good for such a pile. The kenwood was filthy inside, needed a light and some caps were leaking, sounds not to bad, but still its a receiver(yuk). The Yammer was fried on the left channel, right ok, after replacing almost every active component on the left side I have restored proper voltage and will put in a new output. Excellant quality sound from the yamaha on the right channel looking forward to my part to comming in. All in all I had a fun day expecially with the Telefunken receiver, looks prety weird inside but very simple. The output device(25 bucks) is my only other out of pocket expence as I had all the other parts in stock.

 

[Top Cat]

Some really great stories in this thread :thmbsp: . Timing is everything and I often find junk. Albums, cassettes, and CD's are another story - I've found some real treasures and rarities. As for equipment:

Marantz 1060 integrated amp and matching 110 tuner, both work and in very good condition (a bit of paint splatter on the metal cases): $30 for both at a no-name hole-in-the-wall thrift store.

Infinity Reference One bookshelf speakers in near mint condition - even the tweeter domes and surrounds are perfect : $14 at GW.

I'll keep looking as time permits.

Good Luck to all AK'ers in their search for vintage audio nirvana on the cheap!

 

[Rockmonton]

Best deal ever: I know it's not vintage solid-state, but I found my working 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb, which I gig with, in a pile of trash 2 blocks from my home.

hot damn, i found my brownface fender deluxe for 40$ from a chick i was banging's grandpa.... pretty similar deals, schweet.

 

[thunderbird3370]

my best scores were, marantz 2385B-$2.00 at a thrift store needed a fuse,was a beautifull peice, DLK 3s at a thrift store-$5.50,good sound, very few nicks in the cabinets, i still have them stored,pioneer-SX-1980 at a yard sale for $70.00, that was stolin out of my car during a move,I still shake when i think of that. the bird