Anyone ever go to a goodwill to find...

27dnast
27dnast Posts: 255
edited June 2011 in Electronics
an AVR?

Just curious... any tips on picking up a really cheap (but good) used AVR outside of craigslist or ebay?
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    yep--IIRC they have a website too.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    I think there is one on the FM right now--safe as milk when you buy here.

    PM Trey
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited June 2011
    I bought an ancient Pio. for $10.00 no/remote , it's just used in the shop, though. (has a button for laserdisc!:biggrin:)
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited June 2011
    george daniel wrote: »
    I think there is one on the FM right now--safe as milk when you buy here.

    PM Trey

    What he said ^^^^^, but if anyone does go to a Sally Ann, Goodwill, or a place like that, bring a small el cheapo speaker and some wire, to test all the outputs, a lot of times those disposable beasts are in there for a reason; they're messed up! Then you can get a good deal, just test it first. If you have an all-in-one remote, bring that too, it wouldn't hurt....
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • jim 249
    jim 249 Posts: 347
    edited June 2011
    Any decent electronics that show up at a thrift store is scooped up by the workers before it ever gets to the floor.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited June 2011
    They don't at my GoodWill, they aren't alowed to buy anything from their own store.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited June 2011
    Ask George Grand about electronics finds in thrift stores. He's found many treasures.
    SDA-1C (full mods)
    Carver TFM-55
    NAD 1130 Pre-amp
    Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
    The Clamp
    Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
    Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
    Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
    Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
    Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
    ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
    Ben's IC's
    Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited June 2011
    Don't forget http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0,11677,2022-1,00.html
    Deseret Industries, one of the cleanest, neatest thrifts around, I scored over $600 worth of Ralph Lauren and Alexander Julian Colors clothes, never worn, for about $60, that same trip they had a 1930's solid teakwood with silver inlay flip top bar with a toobed multi-band radio Art Deco style for $750 :eek:, it sure was purdy, and worth every penny to a collector.

    They're only out west though.
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,470
    edited June 2011
    jim 249 wrote: »
    Any decent electronics that show up at a thrift store is scooped up by the workers before it ever gets to the floor.
    Ah, but alas....the workers who can buy the decent stuff at the store they work in are usually too uneducated to know the real gems. I know some who make a living off of thrift store finds and many who make a decent buck off things still sold at Goodwill after the employees get their pick of the litter.

    You just have to know what to look for.

    Things known to have been found at a GW shop for dirt cheap by friends of mine.....Carver Lightstar pre-amplifier $10, DCM time window speakers $14, Target Audio speaker stands $75, Vienna Acoustics speakers $20 and one cat I know found an antique organ that looked to be trash bound and was in severe neglect. He bought it for $20.00. The woofer that was in that organ he turned around and sold for $1200.00.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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