Nice Score at the Church Garage Sale

stretchl

The church and school across the street from us has a huge "garage sale" at the beginning of each summer. Paying the $2 required to get in a day early paid off this year. I picked up the following in very good condition for $80:

• Technics SL-PD787 5 disc changer

• Technics SA-GX690 AV control receiver

• Denon AVR-3806 7.1 CH/5.1+2 CH Home Theater A/V, Surround Receiver

• Velodyne DLS-3500R subwoofer

I'm probably going to sell the Technics and Denon units (we don't really do home theater), but I'm wondering if I could (and if I can if I should) try the sub with my two channel system.

Thoughts?

Thanks.

nooshinjohn

Seems to be a fairly low end sub, and boomy from what I read about it. You should try it, but I think it lacks the refinement and speed needed to be a good sub for music.

Clipdat

Nice score! Congrats on the Velodyne!

I used to use a Velodyne CT-120 for music and it seemed to keep up just fine, but I think generally they are better suited in a HT environment. Still great quality subs though!

stretchl

Thanks, John. So it's safe to hook it directly up to my two channel amp, the Yaqin @ 52 wpc?

mlistens03

My comment disappeared, sorry if a double post comes around.
I say try it, if you don't like it, you can sell it.

joecoulson

I love scores like that.
Should be able to get money back and more for the Denon alone.
Congrats

stretchl

Well I don’t think I need any more bass now. Just hooked up the Modwright Oppo 105 and wow. The lsim-705’s sound so much better. Real bass.

I’m not sure if the difference is a result of the 105’s DAC or something else internal, but I’ve only tested it with CD’s and prior to the purchase of only streamed lossless files via a squeezebox touch and a TubeDac-09. Will be very interesting to use the oppo as a streaming device to make the comparison between that and the cd’s. But the cd’s sound fab.