Gotta love Ebay

snow
snow Posts: 4,337
edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
It's gotten as bad as CL :p

Here is a listing for a receiver that looks like it survived two world wars and a college party house. He claims that it is per his description

"There is 4 knobs off which in no way affect the performance of this great and powerful receiver. Cosmetically there is some minor nicks on the wood, as shown in photos, but is clean and looks very good"

http://cgi.ebay.com/PIONEER-SX-1980-530-WATT-STEREO-RECEIVER_W0QQitemZ120506854366QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item1c0ec4abde

I wonder what it would look like if he felt it was dirty and had major dings? :eek:



REGARDS SNOW
Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    The man has had too much holiday grog.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited December 2009
    someone actually paid $971 for that. Off to Good Will and as many garage sales as possible!
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    someone actually paid $971 for that. Off to Good Will and as many garage sales as possible!
    The ironic thing is that if he had spent an hour or two cleaning, sanding, oiling the wood, polishing the face and listing a detailed description he could have very well doubled that amount, their very collectible and I have seen this model sell for as high as $3200.00 with the original box and paperwork.

    I have one of these in the repair shop that has been promised to be fixed by mid Feb that is in as mint condition as any I have ever seen, that I fully expect to break the above record if and when I ever sell it. Here are a few pics.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited December 2009
    No disrespect Snow, but I will never understand the attraction.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited December 2009
    I agree, it looks like it came out of a frat house after a couple of decades of hard partying. :D
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    No disrespect Snow, but I will never understand the attraction.
    None taken George. From everything I have read the smaller less powerful models sound much better then the monster Pioneers do, which I believe to probally be true, from my limited experience it has held true. I have a Marantz-2235 which I love dearly an awesome sounding little unit and have owned a few of the more powerful models and they simply didnt sound as good, they left and the 2235 has stayed.

    I think it has more to do with bragging rights than anything else. My intentions as soon as I get this out of the shop is to give a listen and if it doesnt sound better then everything else I own then off to the Auction house it goes. I have no desire to keep something that I have no intentions of using no matter how rare or collectible. The only reason I got this thing originally was I knew I could make a dollar on it and use the funds elsewhere.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited December 2009
    Each to their own. It doesn't do anything for me.
    There's a lot of nice gear to be had for a lot less.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2009
    Yes, mine sounds great!!

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78911

    Post #10 has a couple of pics

    snow wrote: »
    None taken George. From everything I have read the smaller less powerful models sound much better then the monster Pioneers do, which I believe to probally be true, from my limited experience it has held true. I have a Marantz-2235 which I love dearly an awesome sounding little unit and have owned a few of the more powerful models and they simply didnt sound as good, they left and the 2235 has stayed.

    I think it has more to do with bragging rights than anything else. My intentions as soon as I get this out of the shop is to give a listen and if it doesnt sound better then everything else I own then off to the Auction house it goes. I have no desire to keep something that I have no intentions of using no matter how rare or collectible. The only reason I got this thing originally was I knew I could make a dollar on it and use the funds elsewhere.



    REGARDS SNOW
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited December 2009
    Snow, Snow, Snow.... That BOSE sign has got to GO!:D
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Snow, Snow, Snow.... That BOSE sign has got to GO!:D
    Look at the upper left corner of that sign ;)



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited December 2009
    snow wrote: »
    Look at the upper left corner of that sign ;)



    REGARDS SNOW

    Gotcha!:)...
    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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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited December 2009
    Looks like my Dad's old receiver. Used to drive 4 AR 2ax. The freakin windows would shake (when he wasn't home of course). I almost cried when he said he sold it for $20.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    wallstreet wrote: »
    Looks like my Dad's old receiver. Used to drive 4 AR 2ax. The freakin windows would shake (when he wasn't home of course). I almost cried when he said he sold it for $20.
    Hell I would have too. Here are a few more pics from the same shop of different older gear throughout, I had a Sansui G-9700 in for repair then it's in the first pic.

    He has quite a bit of vintage gear in his shop hidden away in other rooms literally boxes of NOS tubes.... Telefunken 12AX7's Genalex KT88's etc I have been back there and looked at literally hundreds of old tube amps receivers etc but he wont let me take any pictures in those rooms :D

    Sorry about the bad quality of pics.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited December 2009
    I'd like to visit that shop! I see some vintage Gallien-Kruger, Gibson, Fender and I think a few Musicman amps.
    --Gary--
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited December 2009
    That piece of junk sold for more than $800!:eek:
    Carl

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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    schwarcw wrote: »
    That piece of junk sold for more than $800!:eek:
    Yea hard to imagine huh? I should part mine out rather than fix it which is most likely what the new owner is going to do, but I dont have the heart to do that even though I could most likely make a lot more that way and it certainly would be easier to ship in pieces the damn thing weighs 78 lbs unpacked.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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