what is the best deal you ever got on audiogon

I picked up a Chang Lightspeed HT 1000 Mk I for $450 shipped, I've had many other great buys, but this is the best 'bargain' I've gotten. I consider all my deals that end in new friendships a bargain. I still regularly speak to many people I've dealt with, and that is priceless to me (at the risk of ripping off a CC commercial..) I have also paid far more than am item was truly worth if it was worth it to me.

Case in point;

I have had a pair of JSE 1.0's with the JSE bases since I was a sophomore in college (1986), well, I ran across a guy here on the ‘Gon selling the 1.8’s for $600 with no boxes. I Emailed him anyway, figuring I would likely never want to pay the needed cost of packing and shipping, but was really interested in the speakers… Well, turns out the guy lives ~20 miles from me!! We spoke on the phone and agreed that $500 was fair, I went to his house and got to listened to them. I was happy, but told him (after I’d already agreed to the price, and paid him FWIW) that I thought the speakers were worth less as they only cost ~$1200 new 20 years ago, but I also told him they were worth every penny to me.

So, I guess what I am saying is that this wasn’t the best ‘bargain’ based upon retail price, but to me was a phenomenal deal! I currently have these speakers with sound fusion vibe buster 8 spikes in my bedroom and love them!!

I hope to continue getting my ‘bargains’ here for a long time!

Ken

I'm just reading this thread to see if anything I've sold is listed. ;-))

ATI 2505 Amp for $1200 shipped. 5 x 250W of clean, clear, raw power. A good price for a 7/10 condition used, but it turned out it was a dealer going out of business and they had never even hooked it up because they never had a 20 amp circuit to plug it into. All 110 pounds is still sitting in the box as I build our Custom Quality Theaters showroom. It's the prize cheerleader that you had to wait for a year to take to the prom, but you just know how good it's gonna be when it finally happens.

Focus Audio FS688's for $1350 with free shipping. Sell for $2990. Weren't even burned in when I got them. Emailed the owner after I received them and he said they were to be part of a 6th system he was putting together. Wife said enough and made him part out 3 of his systems. Said he had maybe 20 hours on the speakers.

MaxxC

Last year, I won the bidding on the classic Sony SCD1 SACD player... brand new in the original packaging with warranty ($2,600). Not bad considering that they haven't been in production for years. It's a great CDP, and I have the Audiogon users to thank for the research information.