I'm always going to flea markets, yard sales, thrift stores, etc and looking for vintage car audio gear and I've seen a bunch of other people who do the same.
How about a sticky for found gear? Over on the video game collecting forum we have a similar stickied thread and it's quite popular
I was at a local audio shop that has been around forever.. About 3 years ago I remember seeing an Audio Art 200ms in a glass case still new from 1995. I stopped by to check again and sure enough it was still there.. got it for $150 and its MINT. Then my addiction started...
Diamond D7401 for $80
Hifonics Zeus series Vii for $60
RF power 800A4 $25
orion XTR600.4 $25
Orion Xtreme600 $10
A few more...
Now those are some good deals! i picked up a RF power 800@4 for $50 and i got a great deal, you got yours for half of that, lucky i bought a d7401 from a pawn shop for $80 about 5 years ago.
My true first "steal" was an RF punch45 with blown fuses and an RF punch75HD working for $40 total. Later I got a nib set of RFA-54 5 1/4" RF audiophile miss for $25. I guess I have better deals finding OS RF gear. I'm not a big RF fan, but I do like some of their OS stuff.
I never find any 'really' good deals. I think it's because I'm now jaded and I only look to buy Arc Audio CXL amps. I used to buy all sorts of Mantz amps and got some for okay prices. Nothing like the $10-60 steals you guys got though! Jesus.
I was at a local audio shop that has been around forever.. About 3 years ago I remember seeing an Audio Art 200ms in a glass case still new from 1995. I stopped by to check again and sure enough it was still there.. got it for $150 and its MINT. Then my addiction started...
Very jealous, that thing is in beautiful condition!
I found a DEX-P1R a few years ago in the used glass case at a local dealer that had been in the shop owner's personal truck, bought it, used briefly in my TJ and then re-sold it so that someone could enjoy that deck which was mint. Was the 5th P1R I've owned; those were the days.
Too many to list. My latest was 2 BNIB Nakamichi PA200 amps.
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I had a customer pass these on to me at work a short time ago... All brand new in box!!... Open to selling all except for the CD700... that's not going anywhere...
Bought this USA400 off a kid who told me it was garbage because it "didn't push my Kickers good" for $20. Kid had it running off of one run of 8 gauge...
Got this at my local pawn shop for $10. Using it in my car under the front seats now.
Got this for free from a friend of mine. I use this daily on a computer power supply along with a old Pioneer headunit and some bookshelf speakers.
Got these two amps at the pawn shop as well. One is an old Lanzar in need of repair and the other is a Legacy in need of repair. Both should be cheap and somewhat easy fixes. Paid $30 for the Lanzar, more than I should have, and paid $10 for the Legacy.
I also have gotten a few good deals on head units and wire. I've bought an Alpine CDA9855 with a fried internal amp for $5 and a brand new Sony CDX GT500 for $10.
Think I may cruise to the pawn shop later and see what else they have. They love it when I walk in because they know I'm the only person buying all the "junk" people push to the side.
Jesus, dude. $20 for a USA400?! $5 for a 9855?! I've found some good deals but that's insane!
Thanks man. Some folks have a throw-away attitude, those are the folks I like to be acquainted with. The Alpine had a blown internal amp so to the dude I got it from was going to chuck it in the trash. I grabbed it up fast because who uses the H/U amp anymore?
Powered it on and it works great. As long as the outputs work I'm happy. I need to get a new harness for it though.
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