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Thrift store finds?

Your experiences on any thrift store finds?

I just snagged a Technics SL-PS70 CD player for $5.50 Cdn. the other day. Brought it home took the cover off to see under the hood and it was clean and nicely built inside. Wiped the dust off the unit and fired it up. Was not expecting much from it as my feelings on MASH dacs were low in expectations. But low and behold, she sounds pretty nice. Good etching of vocals and instruments, fairly deep soundstage, a nice rounding of notes, not tinny or edgy, not a ton of air in sound but a pretty nice sounding machine.

I like its brawny build. It's got a nice display that can be switched off, gold plated jacks and even a digital out. I dug out some old cony of mags and found it to be a rather pricey unit for 1990-91 between $600 and $800 Cdn brand new. The old Canadian Sound and Vision mag of the day had two of their four editors pick it as a critic's choice pick for 1991 in the $500-$800 range.

Anyways for $5.50 a nice higher end Made in Japan player of the day.

Comment and / or your thrift store finds?
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elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Marantz 2285 ($25)
Adcom CD player ($6)(sold both to a friend @ cost)
Integra pre and tuner ($30/$30)(I don't use the tuner! it is just sitting)
Pioneer Elite DVD player ($15) needs remote
Sony five disc DVD ($8)
Several various decent solid wood cabinet speakers.. I passed on a pair of Bose 901 without the eq box. In GREAT condition too.
Usually you have only five minutes from the time a great item is put out until it is purchased.... You just have to be there! Sort of like on the goN' where a GREAT item at a great price is sold by the time 10 people have looked at it. (that too is in the first five minutes!)
jsbail
320 posts
 
Thorens TD-115mk2 in very nice condition for $10 at Goodwill.
donshoemaker
38 posts
 
Original Marantz 7C, 8B and model 10 all for $30. (just kidding). Have seen Altec console speakers and large Advents in abundance here in Upstate NY.Have picked up many sealed newer records for a dollar or two, but you have to have patience going through them.
forrestc
89 posts
 
Pair of KEF 103.2 near mint at Goodwill for $25 and a
pair of Magnepan MMGs also near mint at the same Goodwill for $40 all within the same week three years ago. Nothing else but junk there since.
mechans
2,999 posts
 
I usually find at least one pig who has to have all of the records until he lets you see them.
Recently a thrift store staffer bought out a new movers box full of LPs. 100 or more. I started to go through them. When this jerk has the audacity or the balls if you prefer, to look me in the face and say to me "I am taking all those" he had not looked at a single disc. I said you can't sell every scratched to death time life music of the 50s record on ebay. The guy then denied that he was a flipper.
I don't flip but I would if there was something I thought anything was worthy of the effort. Why are they invariably ashamed to say sure I flip. This is how I make enough extra money to get by. I never have seen a sign which says Flipping not allowed. I said to him-you don't have that many hours to listen to them all. His response I throw them out if I don't like them.
I wanted the sales clerk to complete the transaction in front of me.
new point
I will say there are some interesting medium value pieces fairly often, of late I picked up a Sony reel to reel intact with unused 60s style mike. Another non flipper asked me casually if there was anything in the audio trash heap . They have a pretty solid Sansui TT but get this the TT still has the OEM Sansui cartridge. He brush it off. I came back and he was scrambling to take the head shell off.
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