My latest insane SACD find!

headrott
headrott Posts: 5,496
edited January 2012 in The Clubhouse
Today I found a used copy, mint condition of the stereo SACD of Peter Gabriel US from my local FYE store for a whopping $3.99 after a buy one get one 1/2 off used CD sale. Yes, this means the normal normal price was $7.99!! As the title says insane! By far the best deal I've gotten on a SACD (or CD) in a long long time. This SACD is the single layer SACD, not the hybrid. This SACD normally goes for anywhere between $70.00 up to $120.00!! I was driving by my local FYE store today on the way home from the gym and got the feeling I should stop at the store and look around. I looked at the classical section for some Motzart, then the rock section and Van Halen's 1984, then the Peter Gabriel section. I looked through the CD's and noticed the "remastered" US cover in the CD's. I looked at the cover and it looked like the normal CD. Then I noticed the back cover through the case had teo notches in it. I jokeingly (to myself) looked at the back side and said, "it's probably the SACD" as US is the only SACD I had planned on getting by Peter Gabriel and did not have yet. I looked at the back cober and saw DSD-mastered and the SACD logo and then looked at the price ($7.99)!!!! I grabbed a Supertranp best of for the same price and got half off of the Peter Gabriel SACD for a total of $3.99 for the SACD!! Now that's a good deal!!:cheesygrin::cheesygrin::cheesygrin: I need to follow those intuitive feelings all the time to see what other deals I can get!!:cheesygrin: Just had to share my good fortune with you all! Thanks for reading!

Greg
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Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
"I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited January 2012
    Rick88 wrote: »
    Great find, congrats! I too have found several good SACDs cheap at my local FYE store. Good thing they don't know the value of some of the used media they take in... :mrgreen:

    Keep this on the down low, we wouldn't want them to actually have a clue.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited January 2012
    Therein lies part of the magic of a bricks and mortar record store. I've snagged a few SACD, DSD, and hi rez recordings at the local place for under $10. Seems they go purely by title to price rather then catalog number.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,155
    edited January 2012
    Congratulation. Excellent find
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited January 2012
    Lasareath wrote: »
    What's an FYE?

    For your enjoyment?
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited January 2012
    For your entertainment, amazing the closet one to big d is 95 miles.
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  • squeeb
    squeeb Posts: 426
    edited January 2012
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Massage parlor?

    And in this particular case ... with a happy ending! :cheesygrin:
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,147
    edited January 2012
    Congrats on a great find!

    I can't wait till one day when I go to Good Will and walk over to the cd rack and find a couple dozen SACD's. They charge 1.00 a piece for cd's.
    It's going to happen for somebody some day. Good Luck to us all.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,114
    edited January 2012
    Are these FYE stores a chain store like Tower Records once was? I wonder if there are any in the Chicago land area, if so I will have to check one of those stores out. Sounds like ya scored big time Greg!
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited January 2012
    Yes, they are a chain store. They are located online as well at www.fye.com so you can see if there is a local store near you. The one in Salem often has some pretty decent used CDs for sale. Not necessarily as cheap as the Gabriel "US' SACD. Also, a few weeks ago I found the MFSL Moody Blues "On the Threashold of a Dream" gold CD and Eric Clapton's "Just One Night" gold CD. I already had the Moody Blues CD, but not the Clapton one. This was all in the past month. Worth checking out the stores near you, potentially.

    Greg
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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