gear wh*re

sucks2beme
sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
edited April 2010 in The Clubhouse
Ok, I really seem to have a problem letting unused gear go.
I've got stuff stashed away I'm never going to use again, but
I keep it. I'm starting to feel like one of those crazy people on
tv that horde stuff. I've let a couple of things go in the last year,
but most of that went to local polkies I know well. I do find myself
breaking it out once in a while to re-rate what's good and bad.
I almost thought about selling my set of my Bedrocks, but I put
them back into the system. And they do sound good. I guess it's
time to roll stuff out and see what happens. Now that my tube
hybrid Stax amp is running, I'm going over to head fi and dump
a bunch of stax amps. Really, I am. Maybe ........
"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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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited April 2010
    How about a beer at your house, and you can get me going on something to setup here?

    :D
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited April 2010
    keep me on the short list of destinations for some of that stash. I promise to give them a sgood home and play nicely with them often.:):cool:
    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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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited April 2010
    until you have to climb on top of your gear to get to a different room then you might have too much, until then enjoy!
    jk
    If you lived closer I would say I'm more than willing to help you sort through some stuff!
    but it is hard to give up stuff your not using, I had the problem with music gear, guitar, saxophone ect just hard to let it go even though you don't really use it anymore.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited April 2010
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    How about a beer at your house, and you can get me going on something to setup here?

    :D

    The offers still good on the Nad tuner/pre. Yours if you come get it.
    You still got my number?
    Any if anyone local needs a good amp for Sennheisers, let me know.
    I don't think I need three of those either!
    Goal one- one set of stax headphones/energizer
    goal two- one amp for my Senns
    goal three- one set of 2 channel speakers
    (the ones at both son's apartments don't count)
    Goal 4 one Dac, one CDP
    goal 5 one two channel amp -either stay 50wpc tube or go big SS.

    If all goes well, I'll be giving away a bunch of fat clothes, too. Down 25lbs!
    "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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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited April 2010
    I just give it away.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited April 2010
    I smell a Karma coming...
    - Jeremy

    Amps: Jolida FX-10, NAD 3045, NAD C320BEE, Sansui G-9700
    Speakers: Polk Monitor 7A's, KEF Reference 104aB
    Sources: ProJect Debut Carbon, Sonos streaming FLAC
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    I like this thread. I have a few items in boxes in the shed that I'm sure I'll never use again one of them being a Hafler DH 220 amplifier. I bought it to do the Musical Concepts mods on it. I completed the mods back in 1988. I've never heard this amp before modding it or after. For some sick reason, I just can't bring myself to sell it or even give it away.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited April 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I just can't bring myself to sell it or even give it away.

    I'd be more than willing to take it off your hands for free, lol. I need an amp for my newly aquired Monitor 10's. :D

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    wutadumsn23 wrote: »
    I'd be more than willing to take it off your hands for free, lol. I need an amp for my newly aquired Monitor 10's. :D

    -Jeff

    I don't even know if the damn thing works!:eek: It's heavy as hell though.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited April 2010
    Then drag it out and test it already, lol. Heavy=bad for shipping to WA. from NJ. though, lol.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    wutadumsn23 wrote: »
    Then drag it out and test it already, lol. Heavy=bad for shipping to WA. from NJ. though, lol.

    -Jeff

    You are talking about a major pain in the ****, digging it out, unhooking MIT biwires, connecting new speaker wires, not to mention no working space in or near the rack. . . not to mention needing a variac to wake it up slowly. . . bah humbug!!!

    BTW I'm in Newark DE, not that armpit Newark NJ!:eek::D
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited April 2010
    I'm hardy alone here in that, am I?
    I did recently clear out most of the networking gear , two dozen servers,
    and several large equipment racks out of the garage. Now's it's time to
    clean out the gadgets in the office, too. Maybe throw out a couple of pc's.
    I don't need one on every MS operating system ever made any more.
    "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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  • tx_polkhead
    tx_polkhead Posts: 248
    edited April 2010
    Another DFW Metromess Polkie here, if you need help dumping gear you let me know! I think your list of Goals is a good list but as long as you have closet space available then maybe a back-up device or two can't be all bad. Congradulations on loosing the 25lbs. it is hard work right? I think I am down about 30lbs. (not sure I don't weigh myself that often) but my 42-44 inch waist is down to 38!
    Polk Audio RTA 12c's, Monitor 7c, Monitor 5JR+, SDA CRS+
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited April 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    You are talking about a major pain in the ****, digging it out, unhooking MIT biwires, connecting new speaker wires, not to mention no working space in or near the rack. . . not to mention needing a variac to wake it up slowly. . . bah humbug!!!

    BTW I'm in Newark DE, not that armpit Newark NJ!:eek::D

    Joe if I ever get out your way I'll drop by and help you out with it! I just don't know when I would ever get out that way in the country.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I like this thread. I have a few items in boxes in the shed that I'm sure I'll never use again one of them being a Hafler DH 220 amplifier. I bought it to do the Musical Concepts mods on it. I completed the mods back in 1988. I've never heard this amp before modding it or after. For some sick reason, I just can't bring myself to sell it or even give it away.

    whoa, my first separates (DH110 and DH220) bought in 1985, kept them until 2003 before I sold DH220 to Bruce (tour2ma) and DH110 to Jeff (forgot his CP ID) here. Yes, kept them in the closet all those times for memory-sake. Finally I had the one final farewell and tribute and moved on. They were paired with B&W DM110 back then...(sniff)
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,194
    edited April 2010
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Goal 4 one Dac, one CDP

    If this implies that you have more than one DAC, I might be interested. Kind of been wanting to give one a shot.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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