For all who love used gear....

mantis
mantis Posts: 17,185
edited February 2009 in The Clubhouse
Whats up everyone???

As most of you know , I work for the Audiolab in Fairless Hills , Pa. We are having a huge Swap sale. This means a bunch of crazy old Audiophiles will be bringing in there used gear and selling, trading, buying. We already have a lot of gear already including a few vintage polk speakers. Cool stuff. It's like going back in time and seeing Audio develop. We even got in "THE FISHER" gear from the 60's. All tube stuff. Sweet man. Over the last few days I met a few crazy Audio dudes. Cool conversations about where audio came from and where it's going. Some of these dude you would think spend all there time being all about Audio.... like some of us...LOL

So if any of you people want to come down and join the party, it starts on Saturday the 14th. 10am the doors open and first come first serve. We already have people coming in to scout the gear and gear up for purchase.

I so love this. It's like being at a mini show or something. Like a flea market of only stuff you love.

You can check out some details on our website at www.audiolab.com. Check it out guys and girls, you may find some cool stuff. I know I have, I want to buy like a mad man. Guys there are DAC"S for days, Tube amps, old tuners and Phonos, some dude has a Reel to Reel there. Cool stuff.

For you MIT people, we even have a nice set of MIT 2's.

Dan
Dan
My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited February 2009
    Thats nuts!


    Wish I loved closer.....


    Nick
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  • whitetruk
    whitetruk Posts: 308
    edited February 2009
    awesome,just don`t forget to make your house payment first.
    i would be broke with stuff like that.
    I thought it was fairly amusing also. The Polk Ogre doesn't always get 'it'
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited February 2009
    When you see all the gear coming in, see gear you lusted after years ago and now can own for so much less..... it's tuff.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    I may be taking a ride thru that area in March. I hope there's something for me to buy.
    Those PM700's look interesting. So do the BP7002's:o
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited February 2009
    mantis
    Isn't it great to have a job you love?
    Very nice offer, thanks
    Drew
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,066
    edited February 2009
    mantis wrote: »
    When you see all the gear coming in, see gear you lusted after years ago and now can own for so much less..... it's tuff.

    I'm going to try to make it. I just have to remember to leave the credit cards home!!! I'd love to give the Def Techs a listen.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited February 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    mantis
    Isn't it great to have a job you love?
    Very nice offer, thanks
    Drew
    I'm thankful that I was able to get into this field all those years ago. I was a customer turned employee. It's awesome.

    Thanks for asking and you guys are always welcome,

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited February 2009
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    I'm going to try to make it. I just have to remember to leave the credit cards home!!! I'd love to give the Def Techs a listen.
    Nah Bro, bring the money, you will need it, wait to you see how much gear we got in. It looks like a convention in the Lab, I'm so all about it.

    Russ and Troy would have a field day, shame they don't live around here. hell be worth the road trip.

    Many used polks and some really nice B&W's including a really nice pair of Matrix 801's in black. I got my eye on to many things but I probably will come home with at least the Sonus Faber Concertino's. I already had them hooked up and loved them.

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2009
    Dan I am glad I am no where near that place!
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited February 2009
    how far away from philly is this get together... I will be there Sunday afternoon...
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited February 2009
    about 10 mins away from North East philly.
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

    My Home Theater Rig || Television: 58" Panasonic TH-58PZ800U Viera Plasma || Power Conditioner: Power Monster HTS 3600 MKII || Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR805 || Blu-Ray/Gaming: 60 Gigabytes Playstation 3 || Amplifier: Emotiva XPA-5 || Fronts: Polk Audio RT800i || Center: Polk Audio CS245i || Surrounds: TBA|| Subwoofer: TBA
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited February 2009
    Cool!

    Eh, my days of chasing down gear is done.....well, except now I have to find another man's amp. ;)

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • GEBBY44
    GEBBY44 Posts: 939
    edited February 2009
    Wow, Dan, I never saw this post from a few weeks ago. I was in the store a last Thursday picking up the old Pio SA-8500 and Acurus amp you guys had in there. Wish I would have known you worked there, I would have said hi. David was really nice and you guys really do have some great stuff in there.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited February 2009
    TroyD wrote: »
    Cool!

    Eh, my days of chasing down gear is done.....well, except now I have to find another man's amp. ;)

    BDT
    Dude tell me it isn't so... Really??? Come on man, you hung the hat? I don't believe it.

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited February 2009
    GEBBY44 wrote: »
    Wow, Dan, I never saw this post from a few weeks ago. I was in the store a last Thursday picking up the old Pio SA-8500 and Acurus amp you guys had in there. Wish I would have known you worked there, I would have said hi. David was really nice and you guys really do have some great stuff in there.
    Very cool you found a score. There was a lot of cool gear. I really enjoyed listening to the Martin Logan's a lot of people listened to them . We hooked them up to the Krell amp and we had a pretty nice crowd. We also hooked up those huge old Inifiniti speakers, the huge wood Oak ones. They also had a crowd.

    I worked the sale on Saturday and I met Pearsall001, he came in to look around. Nice guy. I'm gonna make my way over to his house for a demo and calibration.

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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