2. misc-audio
  3. 986159265

Time for spring cleaning

Well, spring has arrived and I must confess that I have a lot of "stuff" that I should part with. You know, that old gear that's just laying around. From who knows when. Such as.....Technics SE9600 amp/SH8065EQ, Kenwood KA801 int amp/KT815 tuner, Yamaha A1000 int, (2) NHT SW2 subs, DBX 1BX-ds/3BX-ds, ADC Sound Shaper 20 eq, Numark EQ2500 eq. And of course this doesn't include the "stuff" on loan to family and friends. (that I really don't want back). So lets fess up folks. What have you got collecting dust? Please don't tell me I'm the only one with the "audio pack rat" habit!
mrderrick
macm
116 posts
 
Glad I'm not the only one. I've got a Classe CA-300, a BAT VK-5i, Harmonic Retrieval System, two pairs of Harmonic Technology Truth Link XLR's, a pair of Pro-Silway Mk II XLR's, NHT AudioCenter 1, NHT 3.3's, Technics receiver...Whew! Didn't realized I had so much until I wrote it out. Two bad I don't have space for a second system.
macm
116 posts
 
Er.."too"...
jmcgrogan2's avatar
jmcgrogan2
6,346 posts
 
Man, you guys are too much. I have one extra XLO 2a balanced cable, that's it. That's money sitting in your closets!! My system lists for about $25k but cost me less than $10k. Any money I can get for a spare anything, it's for sale, it's upgrade time. Sometimes I wish I had extra stuff laying around because sometimes there is a week or so in between items when I can't listen cause I'm missing a piece. I guess if I scale down I could afford extra parts. NNNNAAAAHHHH!!!!
kennyt
1,226 posts
 
I tend to roll over my old equipment for upgrades, but still have some oldies around, like and older HK EQ, some Nordost Blue heaven speaker wire, and an Acurus A250. I had a Rotel tuner that was in the closet for years, now that I upgraded to a seperate pre/pro and amps, I use it again...

Some of my eqipment dated back to college, and I just gave it away to friends as it was suffering some problems not worth fixing. They use them and are happy.

I find I'm always selling off my 'spare parts' to get better, different new ones! Besides, living in a condo, I don't have enough storage space for all the boxes for what I use!
gregm
3,395 posts
 
Mrderrick & others--many thanks, I loved reading this! Let's team up & launch a virtual audio charity shop. I can chip in with cables and some old-fi piling dust... a couple of Micromega CD players (solo & optic), a Cambridge c100 pre, a pair of rogers LS3/5A, a used Blue Point Special, somewhat used VdH MC10 & 20, a Maranz cas. deck, Nordost cables (Red dawn, spm, quattro fil), Siltech (silver IC) Symphonic Line cables (speakers & ic), DNM cables (ditto), Kimber (speaker: 8 something), Madrigal (IC) + the usual bric-a-brac: mitchell speaker posts - WBT rcas, etc.
On second thought, maybe I should trade in my quattro fils & Siltech as downpayment for a new house!
More to discover