What is the very best deal you ever received in HT/Audio??

[Clive]

Hehehe.........Sonnie you are right on both points ^_^

[Sonnie Parker]

You know... I got to thinkin' about it though... a few years back those things were kindly expensive. Of course in the last year or so the prices have really dropped... the newer Pioneer models with added effects are just barely over $100 new (street price).

I been trying to think of my best deal... I guess it would be the Sunfire Cinema Grand that listed for $2750 (at the time) and I only paid $1575 ... OR... maybe my HGS-15 that retailed for $2695 (at the time) for ~$1500 (can't remember exactly and I feel terrible now that as good subs are out there for 1/3 what I paid).

No wait... it was my Lexicon DC-1 for $1500 (retail was way up there... near $5K with all the adds that I had (5.1, DTS, etc) at the time of course. And I sold it for $2600 on Audiogon... whoo-hoo!... right before the newer DC-2 was about to hit the streets. Did the price ever drop after that... down to $1500 then down to less than a thousand. Cheap now... really cheap!

[Eddie Horton]

When I went shopping for a new TV, I knew that I wanted the Sony KP51WS510. Before heading to the store, I checked their web site and saw a Panny that was out of stock. Went in, told the clerk, "I'll take that Panny." Clerk said, "We're sold out of that one at the moment." Told the clerk, "I'll take that Sony if you'll sell it to me for what the Panny costs." After talking to the manager, they agreed. Got the one I wanted for $200 cheaper than sticker. The gear that I presently own constitutes my first foray into serious (for me) HT, so this is the best deal I've found so far. The TV was my first purchase, so I didn't know places like Audiogon even existed at that time. My speakers, amps, and sub are all internet direct purchases, so I feel like I got a good deal on that stuff anyway, so I'm happy. Great forum you guys have here, by the way. Sonnie, glad to see another Alabama resident here. Your BFD setup guide was invaluable. Thanks.

[Sonnie Parker]

Welcome to the guide Eddie from B'ham! We can finally say we got some BAMA boyz in the hood now. :T

Hmmm... a meter reader with one fine audio system to go along with a southern redneck hillbilly wannabe home theater ethusiast. Now that's a pair. I dont' know how much damage we are going to be able to do here Eddie.

Any chance you are related or know Debra Horton from Monroeville, AL? Good friend of my wife and in our wedding some 21 years ago.

Hang around... I think you find this to be one heck of a nice place for sure.

Thanks on the BFD Guide... glad it was helpful.

[willbrosk]

Well I must say some people have gotten some amazing deals, and I thought I was a good negotiator. Sony kf 60we610 2400$, yamaha 1500 450$, wharfedale evo 30s 600$, def tech bpx 575$ all new and shipped. I shouldnt have listed these prices since all the audio will be for sale soon Ive got some serious upgraditis going on.

On a side note my best deal lately though has to be my bmw 330I brand new loaded with 119 miles for 32k even made them throw in floor mats and an alarm. Unfortunately since it was recently rear ended ill be trading it in. A wrecked car never drives the same

[Ricky]

Hhmm, which deal was my best?

....about 3 years ago, I bought a used Onkyo 989 top of the line receiver for $1200 locally. I used it for 1 year, then sold it on ebay for $2000....for an $800 profit.....

[whoaru99]

Paradigm Servo 15 and pair of Studio 100v2 for $1000...

[Chris D]

Wow, here's an old thread! 5 years running, and only 1.5 pages long! Must be a record...

[JürgenW]

My best deal wasn't something I got extremely cheap, but something which had the effect to be for me the very best deal in HT/Audio.

It was buying the AV-receiver Audionet MAP V2, secondhand, for 4.400,- Euro. It was so good, that it started a complete turnover of my HT/Audio.

[scottielee]

Jadis amplifiers 40% off retail
Velodyne DD-12 40% off retail
Cardas cables 30% off retail
all brand new

[george_k]

I bought a brand new paradigm servo-15 v.2 at cost, the price I paid works out to about $1550 in US dollars.

[Armond]

NAD # 5340 CD player I bought for 20 bucks from my neighbor. It's over 10 years old and still selling on E-bay for over 100 dollars.

[KeithM]

I almost got around 10,000 dollars in amplifiers on ebay for 150 dollars, but I was outbid by 67 cents.
The best deal I actually got was a pair of KEF k120 speakers for 25 bucks. I love the sound of them.

[RobP]

One of the best deals that I got was at a garage sale, they were a pair of Western Electric 555 drivers, I picked them up for $20. That was about five years ago, last year I put them on Ebay, they brought $4800.

[Armond]

4800 big bucks! WOW....this tops it all I think

[Mazar]

I got my
DVP-S7700
STR-DA777ES
3 MIT Termainator 2 10 FT Speaker cables
2 MIT Terminator 4 40 FT Speaker Cables
2 MIT Terminator 2 1 Meter Interconnects
2 MIT Terminator 2 Pig Tail Interconnects
Boston Acoustics VR 975
Boston Acoustics VR12
Boston Acoustics VRS PRO
All For $1,250.00 No Sales Tax
Taken they were all demo I came out with a sweet deal.
I reciently sold the DA777ES for $650 and bought a B&K 507 II for $1350.00 at my local Tweeter......NOT OPEN
This is what you call a sweet deal.
Now all I need to do is upgrade my DVD Player to a new unit and I can say I am finished

[comeup]

I got a Lexicon DC-1 version 4 controller for five Hundred about four years ago in storage now, but will still out perform most receivers of today in DD/DTS format. Just dosen't have the new bells and whistles.

[locomk]

I got my Energy veritas V2.4 speakers for $720 (retail 3999.99)
Parasound A21 for $300
two A23's for $50 each
Music Hall Maverick for $100
about $3000 dollars worth of cable for about $100.
LG 26lx1d 26'' lcd for $500

[Chris D]

Eh? Loco, how the hell did you get that? Crazy prices.

[nopat]

The best deal ever was this ebay auction, something like $10,000.00 in amps for like $150.67.

[miner]

Got a friend of mine to give me $100 for a pair of Bose 301s.

[snowball]

OLD OLD Thread I see...

To bring it back from the dead...

I just picked up Two B&W Nautilus 802s for $140 USD each...

8O 8O :jawdrop:

HOW ???? :E :blink:

[brac]

Yard/ estsate sale many years ago, I bought the whole stero setup for $200.00 I was a non-working carver cd player (That I sold as non working for $150.00) It also had a large Carver Amp, and a set of Bose 901's I as I recall the pre/amp and the tuner were both sherwood.

I later sold the amp for $800.00 and the 901 for $600.00...
Of course Had I know a bit more about this stuff back then I would have never sold the amp.
Brac

[locomk]

Eh? Loco, how the hell did you get that? Crazy prices.

I worked for the Good Guys from november '01- november 05'.

Working for GG, we always got wholesale prices and accomodation programs. Bought craploads of stuff over the years their, but when my location was closing back in november. i made a few deals with the liquidator. i bought the stuff that was supposibly defective for cheap prices, a couple of Fuses later everything works. almost got a C1 too, but the lowest he would sell it for was about $2000, and i didn't have the money at the time. but i can't complain about my setup now.

[Hdale85]

Funny i worked for compusa recently which GoodGuys was a sub company of CompUSA lol i was going to order Klipsch speakers from them but now im looking into DIY and i dont work at CompUSA anymore.....which im very happy about man that place is hell lol i worked for the HUB which handled the online orders they push and push and push and expect you to kill your self for the same amount of money the floor sales ppl make yet they do like 1/10th the work lol and they get spiffs we didnt so i was happy to get out of there


I'd also like to know how he got the B&W 802's for 140 each....man i wouldve begged my mom for the 300 bucks id need to purchase those lol sold a kidney or somthing that is cheap! i was recently lookin at these speakers cause somone mentioned they got a set for 500 and i was like wow thats cheap but this tops that price any day! i couldnt find anything near this cheap lol couldnt find anything even under 1000 bucks

[wkhanna]

I must be lucky........

The best deal I ever got was always the last thing I got.

Ignorance is bliss!!!!!

Honestly, I’m so cheap I keep an EXCEL spread sheet on the all selling prices of used equipment that I’m looking for!!!! It's catagorized by High, Low and Average price, too!

Once you've been poor, it's like a tatoo, it stays with you.

[David Meek]

A pair of brand new 23' AQ Mont Blanc w/DBS (speaker cables) for $250. Yes 23'.

[peterS]

this guy for $ 15 :dancenana:

[Hdale85]

whered you get it for 15 bucks? ebay? thats pretty cheap lol those still sell for like 150 in stores

[DeanP]

Two things for me. One was a Luxman amp that I bought out of town(growing up town) and when I when to my local dealer, he asked me if I was the guy who got the amp for below dealer cost! I guess the dealer lost some money on that!
Next was this past summer, I went into the Brick(Canada store) and asked if they price matched, "yes" they said. So I told them that A & B Sound had a Hitachi 50V500 plus stand for $2548, they price matched without even calling A & B...I haven't seen this price ever since!
I guess there are three;ThomasW sold me three Shivas for ~$50(Can) each with shipping! Thanks ThomasW! :T

[june]

B&W P6

Hello All,

A pair of B&W P6 speakers. I caught someone getting ready to sell them to a pawn shop. $200.00 got me my first pair of B&W speakers.

[Race Car Driver]

Nice!
B&W's at a thrift/pawn for the win!

[peterS]

whered you get it for 15 bucks? ebay? thats pretty cheap lol those still sell for like 150 in stores

employee accomidation

(50% off retail plus $90 in the mail from sony)
btw this is the pc programable one with the aluminum finish that sells for 199.99 :

[DelRay]

I got a pretty good deal last year. My co. was remodeling a local radio/tv station. To make room, they had to get rid of alot of stuff. As I was getting ready to throw a box in the dumpster, I happened to see what it was. It's a Technics SP10MK2A turntable with the power pack.
Took this baby home. It was all original with the packing. I wasn't familiar with it, so I went to ebay to see how much they sell for. Around $400. Oh yea. A couple of days later I was talking to the janitor about the TT that I found. Not about how much it was worth though. He tells me that he threw about 6 or 7 of them in the dumpster. :E So I tell my coworker I'm going to go dumpster diving at lunch. When I go out there at lunch, No Dumpster. A truck had come and took it away. :M I even called the refuse place after work and told them I accidentally threw my power saw away and could I come by and see if I can find it. Sorry, that load has been pushed over the hill. Man I wanted to cry. I decided to sell the one I had. Got $389 with BIN. Used the money to get my Rotel RT-1080 tuner. Oh Well!

[hamm]

Just a week ago - a brand new in box xbr960 for $900 - not the best in the world but I was pretty happy with the deal

[Audiophiliac]

Before I worked where I work now, I bought a new set of Paradigm Studio 60 v.2 for $1100. Well then after I had worked there for a while, a co-worker was having money problems and I jokingly offered him $400 for his Studio 60 v.2. He said ok...I wrote him a check and ran them as rears.

Then...heres the best part. I sold them for almost $700. Same with the LCR450 center channel. Bought it on ebay for $250...sold it on ebay for nearly $300 to the guy who bought the 60s.

But since I can buy stuff at cost, I dont shop around too much else. Maybe i need to start dropping in the pawn shops from time to time.

[pikers]

Funny this thread is up

I have just come into a great deal (I hope) 3pcs Brystons amps 3Bs all for $700.00 Canadian.

There is an infocus PJ the LP335 coming up for me this wknd for $350.00 Cnd.

I have an opportunity to buy a Janis sub Amp for $80.00 bucks too! What do you think is this 100 watt amp worth it?

Last month pickup a Sharp PJ with a 100 in. screen both for $200.00cash in perfect working order > 431 hours on bulb and sold it for $1000.00 and $600.00 for the screen.

Bought in China town NY a sony CD player with pitch control for $40.00 sold it here for $250.00 couple years back.

Hope this qualifies :E

Only if it's not counterfeit, because we all know that Chinatown is a bastion of retail honesty. :rofl:

[Suss]

Best Deals

OK, Two here,

80 metres of Monster MCX-2S UL Rated In wall stereo Cable for about $300. Enough to wire a room for 7.1 Home Theatre and have enough left over for HiFi in Lounge.

Another one - Not Stereo Related - 3 X IBM R40e Laptops for $201 each brand new. They missed a zero on the price and had to ship 'em! Sold one for around $1500, kept the other two.

Looking for good amp deals now (going chinese methinkith)

Jack

[IntegrateMe]

Best Deal

The best deal I ever got just happened a few months ago.

I picked up a brand new Crestron TPS-15G-QM ($10,000 Retail) for $4,000!!!

I doubt I'll beat that anytime soon!!

[comeup]

3 or 4 years ago bought a Lexicon DC-1 upgraded for $500.
retail is $4995. It still will hang with alot of processors of today.