What was your best bargain in hi-fi?

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Once I bought a Audiolab 8000C/8000P combination at a hifi shop. It was not working and I payed 50 euro.

After a brief inspection, it turned out that the fuses were blowned. So, I only needed to replace those to get them rocking again!

That was my best bargain ever. What was yours?

 

[hoopsontoast]

Keesonic Kolts for £75 - Amazing what they do for so little money, beat the SCM7's in all areas other than Bass depth/SPL.

Target R1's for £31 - Cracking pair of stands at around 1/4 the price they usually go for.

 

[tonky]

A pioneer A400 advertised in a local paper 40£

A Rega Brio 3 about 50£

A pair of mint Epos es14 speakers complete with matching stands and biwire cable 100£

Denon dcd 1550 cd player about 30£

I always keep an eye open in the local paper for "preowned " bargains.

tonky

 

[Anonymous]

An immaculate Arcam CD192 from Cash Convertors last year; all of £125!

Kept it for a few months but then fell in love with a Rega Apollo so sold it on for £400 8)

 

[Paul.]

Michell Focus One with a Linn Basik arm, A&R P77 cart and Prisma platter. Cost me £50, used it for a few years then sold it on for £350

 

[Big Chris]

Paying £199 for my P85 was a particular highlight. Don't think I've seen one go for less than £200 before or since, more often than not they go for nearer £300. Having said that, £285 for my A85 and £320 for my CD192 ain't too shabby either.

 

[Sospri]

£700 for my Spendor SA1s on dedicated stands 6 months old and immaculate.

£750 for my Rega P7 with new Exact cart fitted, also immaculate.......

 

[stephennic]

Hi,

Two items. A pair of B&W speakers DM110i that was sitting in someone shed. I got them for around $130. A valve hybrid amp for $100 at Jaycar - a couple mods fantastic. I actually use these two items in my second system with my marantz cd63se cd player with some chord silverscrren speaker leads - very musical budget system.

Cheers

Steve.

 

[Anonymous]

Sony CDP 715E for £20

Marantz SR7001 AV receiver for £123

both on fleabay

 

[SteveR750]

Ex display D18s for £1300, not even run in when I got them.

 

[atticus]

A set of Quad MkII valve amps, a Quad preamp and an SME 4 tone arm; all bought for £25 in 1992 from a House Clearance shop in Wednesbury.

I was studying Sound Engineering & Music Production at the time and lived with two other guys who were doing the same course. When the kit got delivered, you should have seen their faces! I think I got £800 for the MkII's on eBay in 2004.

 

[danrv]

Target Audio hifi stand with 5 glass shelves for £3 from local recycling centre

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi Ocean37

The truly great Pioneer A-400

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[ErwinC]

A Vincent SV-236 integrated amplifier for free. Only needed to replace the speaker relays and the amplifier was again working perfectly. Costs new about £1750.

 

[Anonymous]

I bought an atacama equinox rack for £75 off eBay and got an isotek k2 qube, a pair of l.a.t speaker cables and a pair of silver audio synthesis Phobos chucked in for free beat that

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

A Pioneer reference series A-676 amp for £25 from cash converters, which I used for several years, and then sold for a decent profit.

I do regret selling ot now, it was a monster, but had a beautiful sound.

 

[WishTree]

Bought the PV1 off a friend for 160 Pounds which is like an awesome deal, IMO!

 

[seasiders rock]

The joys of buying second hand.

Musical Fidelity A1 FBP Pre £345. Boxed and in mint condition. :cheer:

Audio Analogue Maestro 24/192 CDP £350.

Lyngdorf Power SDA2175 £650.

 

[AlmaataKZ]

I use a free black RCA cable (that came with smth else) to connect my sub.

 

[kungula]

DAC Nu force HDP, just unbelievable for the price. You will have to invest a big amount of money into a CD player, cables and amplifiers to get a comparable sound with your PC ( via USB ).

 

[Sizzers]

A truly immaculate pair of Missions 780 SE's bought 2-years ago for £35.

Put them in storage for a while, and then very stupidly sold them to a friend as a "favour". Regretted it ever since.

 

[BenLaw]

Most so far are second hand items. I managed to get a new primare t23 for £410 (RRP £900) when four were being sold on eBay. Marvellous tuner but didn't get enough use out of it, sold it for £525 after a year

 

[HDNumpty]

A Marantz 7200 amp bought for £240.00 from a branch of Sevenoaks. Sold 3 years later for £190.00

Depreciation at £17 per annum!

 

[Big Chris]

Bought the PV1 off a friend for 160 Pounds which is like an awesome deal, IMO!

That is one hell of a bargain..... Unless he'd dropped it down the stairs or something.:O

 

[Anonymous]

That sure is a bargain! Is he still your friend?