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Best Find Ever???

I am curious to hear what the best find you ever had was. It doesn't have to be limited to audio equipment, though best audio find around here gets the 'bull-of-the-woods' I suppose. I read somewhere of a guy who got a Lexicon MC1 from his local pawn shop for $150 because the doofus behind the counter thought it was an equalizer or something. What's the retail on one of those, around $6K? I am either too new at this, too slow, or too much like Charlie Brown to score something like that.

I did have one, not audio. Back when I was young and dangerous and into motorcycles, I had a friend back his truck up to the house with about $10k worth of somebody's entire flattrack program in it. In addition to the bike, there were spare everythings (extra engines, extra wheels, parts, gears etc.--most of it new!) He swore it was legit; I paid him $750, but made him promise if the real owner ever came for it he was giving me back my money and told him I was turnin' him in. I nervously sat on it for about 6mos., (rode a bunch of wheelies) and then sold it for about $5.5k.

One caveat though, if you are going to lie, try and at least make it believable. Thanks. Chris.
chstob
vdub
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I found a set of Polk SDA-1Bs, NIB, under a sheet at a rummage sale where they were using them as a table. Paid $75 for the pair. Still using them (I just like the sound). Found a B&O RX-2 in the original box and virually new at a junk shop for $9.00. Found lots of less interesting stuff that turned out to be worthwile, but these are the two best.
nilthepill
842 posts
 
Hmmmm. I gotta stop by at one of those yard sales and pawn shops. Sounds like you never know what you find there!!
tireguy
1,964 posts
 
Nilthepill- Who is this Giana fellow any way, is he related to that Giorgio dude, I don't know but you can take it all for $15, as long as you take all of that Ermengildo crap too, who are these people? Dolce & Banana? LOL ;)
bishopwill
369 posts
 
Swampwalker, that is EXACTLY what happened. A few months later, while moving, I dropped the Dragon onto a ceramic tile floor. RIP, draco.

And a year or so after than, my then-adolescent godson kicked the woofer cone out of one of the KEFs.

It's not nice to fool mother nature.

Will
mogear
9 posts
 
I used to own a small audio consignment shop.
One day a guy walks in and asks if would be interested in
buying a preamp.I told him "sure. bring it in". All the while Im thinking "great. Another friggin Onkyo."
The guy brings in a pretty clean Mac c-11! I'm thinking that it's going to cost me dearly. I ask him how it works, he said it doesnt.all the tubes light up but no sound.
About this time my woodie is starting to deflate and I ask
him what he wants for it in it's non-working state.
he said,"would a hunded dollars be too much?"
We make the deal and he leaves the store,and I stare at this potential boat anchor that I just bought.
After mucking about with it for a while,I notice one of the
chrome end caps were loose.I pull it off and notice a small
flat disc-like control that was labelled level! Same under the other side,and they were both all the way down! I cranked them both up,plugged it in, and the thing just sang.
Full woodie! closed the store early,took it home where it still resides and listened to it the rest of the day.
Feel kind of like I cheated the poor guy,but I never saw him again.I honestly didnt know about the really tiny level
controls, and obviously neither did he.
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