Yard sales with the wife

hydrostream
hydrostream Posts: 549
edited September 2008 in Speakers
I had off this past week went to cape may and on the way home
thursday stopped at a flea market picked up a dayton plate amp
for 10.00 bucks.
Today i tagged along with the wife to some yard sales and picked
up a pair of Wharfedale sapphire SP89s for 30.00 bucks. Not knowing
anything about them they looked well built some what heavy and
nice binding post. (bi) Well i'm happy to say they sound great. I just
opened them up to check out the inside and man o man the X-over
is huge more do-dads on the board then the sub amp. You might
think i'm **** but they sound better then my RTi10s with my setup
and my music they rock. Will post some pics.
I never was one for yard sales but?
jerry
Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
DX-1400 and RTI10s
Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
drivers and X-overs.
My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited September 2008
    WOW love to see the Wharfs! :eek:
    Best deal I ever got was my Polk Mini Monitors I got years ago at a fleamarket for $30 for the pair!
    Still have em and use em today....sound great as ever!!

    Yamaha RX-A710 90Watt 7.1
    Mains: RTi A1's Center: CS150 Sats: RT15i's Sub: Velodyne DPS-10
    Music CD: Sony CDP-CE375 5 Disk
    HD TV: Vizio 42" LCD 1080p E420VO
    Blu-Ray: Sony BDP-S350
    DVD: Sony DVP-NC665P 5 Disk
    AV Rack: Sanus Euro EFAB-II Audio Base x2 EFAS-II Audio Expansion Shelf x4
    Cables Used: Monster Cable HPD Sony HDMI DLCHE18W
    Phones: Sennheiser HD280 Pro
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2008
    nothing wrong with owning a pair of Wharfedale's... :) i'm surprised more people don't actually. Nice snag... post some pics i'd love to see em.
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited September 2008
    No grills they had no idea where they were.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited September 2008
    What a score!
    2 thumbs up from here!!

    Yamaha RX-A710 90Watt 7.1
    Mains: RTi A1's Center: CS150 Sats: RT15i's Sub: Velodyne DPS-10
    Music CD: Sony CDP-CE375 5 Disk
    HD TV: Vizio 42" LCD 1080p E420VO
    Blu-Ray: Sony BDP-S350
    DVD: Sony DVP-NC665P 5 Disk
    AV Rack: Sanus Euro EFAB-II Audio Base x2 EFAS-II Audio Expansion Shelf x4
    Cables Used: Monster Cable HPD Sony HDMI DLCHE18W
    Phones: Sennheiser HD280 Pro
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited September 2008
    they look fantastic, nice find bro.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2008
    If you're not familiar with the history of that company, Google it. Great old company. That's a nice find, albeit a much more recent one of Wharfedale's offerings. You would've known right away if you found one of the old designs that allowed you to fill the walls with sand or shot.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited September 2008
    Awesome score. Congrats. The best garage sale score so far for me was a perfect working Hafler amp for $50.00. Many records as well including a box of old Rolling Stones and a bunch of other stuff for $15.00. It contained a copy of the very first Rolling Stones album first pressing from the UK (Introducing Englands New Hit Makers: The Rolling Stones). That one alone was worth more than the box. Happy hunting!!!
    SDA-1C (full mods)
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited September 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    nothing wrong with owning a pair of Wharfedale's... :) i'm surprised more people don't actually.

    I agree. They make very nice speakers at affordable prices. In fact, my surround speakers are Wharfedales. I've had them for about 3 or 4 years and I have no plans to replace them. Check out their top-of-the-line Opus floorstanders.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • dc55110
    dc55110 Posts: 128
    edited September 2008
    After some minor scores last summer I've become a garage sale junkie. Back in June it paid off big time. For $25 at one garage sale I got the following, all in perfect working condition: Pair KEF Q15's w/matching 80C center, Def Tech C-1 center w/matching BP-1 surrounds, Velodyne V-1012 sub. In July I got a mint Sansui SR-838 TT for $20.
    (((STEREO)))
    Sony DVP-N9000es
    Squeezebox Duet
    Theta ProBasic IIIA
    Audio Research SP14
    White Audio Labs B1
    Transparent SoundWave Super
    Paradigm Studio Monitor
    B&W 802 s3

    HT
    Sony Bravia KDL-40Z4100
    Sony BDP-S350
    Yamaha HTR-5790
    NHT SB3 (Fronts)
    NHT SC2 (center)
    NHT SB2 (surround)
    Velodyne FSR12
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited September 2008
    I can see why they sound better than your RTi10s, with the missing midbasses..........;)
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2008
    For $30 that's a no brainer for headspace but it's not a very good series from Wharfedale for me. YMMV.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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