Your best hifi bargain?
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walriley
Drum nut. Music nut. pix nut
Leak Troughline for a tenner at St Helens car booty (in the days before Ebay). My best one was a pair of B&W DM7's with a ciggy burn on the top of one of the cabinets, but working perfectly - also an absolute steal at a tenner. And another pair of B&Ws. D4's (£10), currently residing at my parent's house on the end of an ancient but trusty Ferrograph F307 amp - £15.
Car bootys were a gamble though. Picked up an Armstrong 600 series receiver from there for £20 and was assured it was working fine. Lying b*****d!
Ones that got away included a Cambridge Audio P60 integrated and matching tuner. Just didn't have enough spare to afford his asking price and he wouldn't budge. Didn't blame him to be honest. Think he was asking £60, but we'd spent up a lot of our budget, and Leak Sandwichs. The chap selling them knew something about them and so consequently, that was reflected in his asking price, plus they were sold as seen. Too risky!
Car bootys were a gamble though. Picked up an Armstrong 600 series receiver from there for £20 and was assured it was working fine. Lying b*****d!
Ones that got away included a Cambridge Audio P60 integrated and matching tuner. Just didn't have enough spare to afford his asking price and he wouldn't budge. Didn't blame him to be honest. Think he was asking £60, but we'd spent up a lot of our budget, and Leak Sandwichs. The chap selling them knew something about them and so consequently, that was reflected in his asking price, plus they were sold as seen. Too risky!
DuncanF
pfm Member
A broken late model A&R A60 I snagged on eBay for less than £40. Add the cost of components following Rob's A60 Service thread plus a couple of output trannies and it's a bargain. It came with a moving coil board too, so it sits in an LP12/Lingo/Ekos/Troika, A60, Epos ES11 system. Not bad at all. And no doubt the front end cost skew would please Ivor ...
Stunsworth
pfm Member
Full set of Quad valve amps- pre-amp, tuner, 2 power amps for £100.
The dealer even fitted a pair of phono sockets to the power amps so they could be used with another pre-amp and replaced some of the older components in them.
The dealer even fitted a pair of phono sockets to the power amps so they could be used with another pre-amp and replaced some of the older components in them.
deanf
pfm Member
a Tuner off ebay for a quid, after a prompt by a kind chap on pfm (thank you whoever you are).
Close is my CD3 with S1 chip which I'm told is absolutely mint. And I bought a car stereo on a boot sale at the end of the day for a quid on the understanding I didn't sell it on - not quite hifi but I had some serious musical value out of it.
Close is my CD3 with S1 chip which I'm told is absolutely mint. And I bought a car stereo on a boot sale at the end of the day for a quid on the understanding I didn't sell it on - not quite hifi but I had some serious musical value out of it.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Currently listening to...
Toshiba direct drive turntable £10
Creek CAS4040 with cover missing on one button £20
JBL L40s £50 + the cost of a replacement foam ring
The DL110 mounted in the deck cost about the same as the rest put together!
I'm always surprised how affordable vintage JBLs are in the UK (when they turn up). I had a lovely pair of L36s a while back that were £30 and went for about the same when I sold them on... these things go for about £700 in Tokyo!
Toshiba direct drive turntable £10
Creek CAS4040 with cover missing on one button £20
JBL L40s £50 + the cost of a replacement foam ring
The DL110 mounted in the deck cost about the same as the rest put together!
I'm always surprised how affordable vintage JBLs are in the UK (when they turn up). I had a lovely pair of L36s a while back that were £30 and went for about the same when I sold them on... these things go for about £700 in Tokyo!
Andrew.B
pfm Member
had my own from that place, audiolab 8000P for £70, I had no idea what it actually was when I bought it, just that it did what I needed, was shocked when it came to selling it.
a pity, smash combusters et al are all interneted up now and actually have a clue
A box full of linn parts for £60. Inside was an original LP12 power supply, a valhalla, motor, inner platter, bearing, welded subchassis, arm cable, black springs and bolts.
Then there was a pair of mint Neat Mystique IIs for £200. The seller gave me the cables too as they had no further use for them.....a bin bag containing 40m of QED Silver Anniversary!
Or the mint Trio KT 8005 with all the original packaging and manual for a tenner from a charity shop.
Then there was a pair of mint Neat Mystique IIs for £200. The seller gave me the cables too as they had no further use for them.....a bin bag containing 40m of QED Silver Anniversary!
Or the mint Trio KT 8005 with all the original packaging and manual for a tenner from a charity shop.
I bought a box of LP12 parts for £50, which was actually the whole deck apart from the plinth and lid! New, it had never been used!! It's the deck I use now.
But I think Tony's one is hard to beat, that's an awesome bargain.