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  1. 01-12-2010 08:13 PM #1
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    Default Just got in from the thrift store. LS70!!!

    Just walked in the door and set up my new booty. I got a Pioneer SX-980 in absolute mint condition (with box and original manual, works perfectly) and some LS70s in the light wood finish all for the low price of 80 dollars!!

    I must say these are the best speakers I have ever owned. Anything i need to know about them????
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  2. 01-12-2010 08:32 PM #2
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    very nice work on that sweet deal. enjoy. it all looks to be in good condition.
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  3. 01-12-2010 08:35 PM #3
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    Damn you!!!!!!!! I want those speakers! :) Congrats Bro.
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    Very nice. I love thrift stores. It is true: one mans trash is another mans treasure.
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    So, they sell stuff like this in places like Salvation Army? I've never been in a thrift store...I must start going! Great find for 80 bucks!
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  6. 01-12-2010 09:07 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pycroft View Post
    So, they sell stuff like this in places like Salvation Army? I've never been in a thrift store...I must start going! Great find for 80 bucks!
    Yep this was a Salvation Army. The guy that was working in the back says he sees stuff like this all the time donated.
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  7. 01-12-2010 09:19 PM #7
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    Being an ATM Technician I drive around all day, I try to hit the Thrift stores everyday, not THAT lucky yet.
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  8. 01-12-2010 09:21 PM #8
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    wow nice deal.. i would really like to try a pair of 70s or 90s
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    Awesome find.
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  10. 01-12-2010 09:37 PM #10
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    You sell bread?
    Congrats
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    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.
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  11. 01-12-2010 09:39 PM #11
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    You flip that Pioneer thing and you might end up getting paid a couple hundred to own those Polks.
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  12. 01-12-2010 10:04 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by George Grand View Post
    You flip that Pioneer thing and you might end up getting paid a couple hundred to own those Polks.
    I think Im gonna keep it and recap it. It sounds great as is and I was in the market for a 2 channel system
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  13. 01-12-2010 10:25 PM #13
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    Great find.

    Don't you love the way your heart pumps just a little bit faster as your spot the deal, see the price, and then the act of paying for it at the register it pumps a little faster still. then you load it up kind of in an elevated state of bliss. Then you calm down as you drive home and then the excitement starts all over again as you hook it up to test it out. Then when it works fine, you just say to yourself , WOW that was awsome...I'll have to go tomorrow and see what else I can find.
    I've been going through this scenario for 10 yrs. I love the high.

    Ask Nooshinjohn how he felt buying that Sansui gear.:D

    I might have soiled myself.:o
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies . I am glad to be a part of a select group that tries to take our auditory and visual senses to a higher level: we EXPERIENCE them.... GOT SDA?...GOT SUNFIRE? ...GOT Maggies?
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  15. 01-12-2010 11:23 PM #15
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    Looking good!!!!

    Nice deal you got there.
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  16. 01-12-2010 11:34 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by tony millard View Post
    Great find.

    Don't you love the way your heart pumps just a little bit faster as your spot the deal, see the price, and then the act of paying for it at the register it pumps a little faster still. then you load it up kind of in an elevated state of bliss. Then you calm down as you drive home and then the excitement starts all over again as you hook it up to test it out. Then when it works fine, you just say to yourself , WOW that was awsome...I'll have to go tomorrow and see what else I can find.
    I've been going through this scenario for 10 yrs. I love the high.

    Ask Nooshinjohn how he felt buying that Sansui gear.:D

    I might have soiled myself.:o
    Exactly how I felt when I got my SDA-1's for $80. Felt like a giddy little 12 year old kid again.
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  17. 01-12-2010 11:36 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnLocke88 View Post
    Exactly how I felt when I got my SDA-1's for $80. Felt like a giddy little 12 year old kid again.
    Wow...if I found SDA's for that price I'd feel giddy, too. Haven't been quite that lucky, although my entire 2 channel system has been bargain-bought.
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    You guys with these crazy thrift store finds are driving me crazy...all I ever see is a broken down Emerson Am/Fm/cd/cassette player with super cheapo 5 inch FULL RANGE speakers that sounds like crap and whose CDP does not work or whose tape deck is missing its door?

    Where are you guys located? Santa Monica? Beverley Hills?

    Enjoy the towers..there worth much more than that.

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  19. 01-12-2010 11:42 PM #19
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    Yeah, and if you ever do find tower speakers at a thrift store, they're always Sony's....and I hate Sony speakers lol
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    I live in an area where alot of people moved to over the last 15 years. Alot of them were retirees that were downsizing I bet.

    Now it's slim pickins too. Big piles of 20" TVs and Sony speakers too.:(

    Now I go for artwork mostly but always hope to find the Blue guys.(Macintosh). Carver amps would be an amazing find for me too.:D
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies . I am glad to be a part of a select group that tries to take our auditory and visual senses to a higher level: we EXPERIENCE them.... GOT SDA?...GOT SUNFIRE? ...GOT Maggies?
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    Quote Originally Posted by coolsax View Post
    wow nice deal.. i would really like to try a pair of 70s or 90s
    Yes... you do
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    Quote Originally Posted by tony millard View Post
    I live in an area where alot of people moved to over the last 15 years. Alot of them were retirees that were downsizing I bet.

    Now it's slim pickins too. Big piles of 20" TVs and Sony speakers too.:(

    Now I go for artwork mostly but always hope to find the Blue guys.(Macintosh). Carver amps would be an amazing find for me too.:D
    I think I would buy up everything there and sell to us & Ebay (us 1st of course). I've never found anything nice at ours.

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    What you need to know about those speaker and Receiver......









    YOU STOLE THEM......... :D

    Great find
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    I have a pair of 70's, rosewood, I bought new in 96'
    They are awsome speakers I will never sell!
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    Why can't I ever find such deals
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  26. 01-16-2010 10:05 AM #26
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    That was an Awesome deal!
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