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[Langas]

I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread for second hand bargains in SA.

If you see some decent shizzle in a Cashies/Pawn shop here in SA, POST IT UP

[~Samuel~]

You crazy man

I just saw some amazing CD players, cant remember which Cashies they were in though

[dougee]

~Samuel~, on 14 February 2011 - 03:58 PM, said:

You crazy man

I just saw some amazing CD players, cant remember which Cashies they were in though

TELL ME, we need a new deck or 2 for the laser...

[Sorin-Andrei]

Saw a Rockford Fosgate P400-2 at Cashies henley beach today for $170-odd.

[Langas]

Cheap Headunits....Mt Barker store I picked up a Pioneer DEH-P5750 for $45 Pretty basic headunit, but 3 sets of preouts, plays mp3's ect....perfect to slap in a car to sell

[Sorin-Andrei]

Seen this for $150 recently, do any of you guys think it'd be worth getting just to have for a 2-channel music setup?

http://martinsen.com...er/d409imgs.htm

Has no HDMI or Component, i'd really just look at running it off a stand-alone CD player for some musical listening.

Thoughts?

http://martinsen.com...heater/d409.htm

[Big Drew]

Sorin-Andrei, on 16 March 2011 - 03:26 PM, said:

Seen this for $150 recently, do any of you guys think it'd be worth getting just to have for a 2-channel music setup?

http://martinsen.com...er/d409imgs.htm

Has no HDMI or Component, i'd really just look at running it off a stand-alone CD player for some musical listening.

Thoughts?

http://martinsen.com...heater/d409.htm

Not audiophile by any means but a pretty good pickup for $150 i reckon. Would definately do the job.

[dougee]

If anyone happens to see a car trailer around let us know! No matter how screwed... Need a fixer upperer, going to make a fully enclosed trailer

[Langas]

Hey Sorin,
I have a Pioneer 7.1 channel receiver...and quite frankly, sound quality wise its not that nice.

Mines a newer version of the one you posted up....

I'd seriously question buying that You would be better off with a basic 2 chan amp

[Sorin-Andrei]

Thanks for the heads up dude. What 2-channel amps do you recommend?

[Big_Valven]

Personally, anything which has a recognisable brand name, and is heavy. Basically it means it has a linear power supply, which is good.

Take the mains power consumption (watts) rating and divide it by four, it's a very basic output power measure per channel for two-channel amps.

But in general, it's hard if you're buying second hand to recommend anything in particular as there are many good buys out there.

Additionally, anything of a discrete amplifier is quite often of fairly good quality (ie uses transistors instead of one whacking great power amplifier all-in-one IC.) However, as we know from Simon's rotel, which is a chip amplifier, they're not all bad.

Out of curiosity langas, does the pioneer have a switchmode supply?

Edited by Big_Valven, 17 March 2011 - 03:59 PM.

[Langas]

Nope, its linear....Has a massive transformer

Spec wise, its not all that bad. Motorolla 48bit DAC etc. BUT....I couldn't get it sounding that nice. Admittedly, I probably havn't persisted enough with it...but its menus are VERY counter intuitive.

[Big_Valven]

Langas, on 17 March 2011 - 04:10 PM, said:

Nope, its linear....Has a massive transformer

Spec wise, its not all that bad. Motorolla 48bit DAC etc. BUT....I couldn't get it sounding that nice. Admittedly, I probably havn't persisted enough with it...but its menus are VERY counter intuitive.

Like alpine HUs? hehehehehehe

[howze]

saw an earthquake tnt500.2 at cashies in mt barker today notthe worlds best cosmectic condition but only $45 didnt no wheather i should have grabbed it

[Sorin-Andrei]

Know a guy selling afew of these batteries - brand new - can get them for $120 each.

http://www.windweath...ht/Default.aspx

If you're keen for one or more let me know via PM, I am about to put an order for one for myself just to have in my daily. Could make for awesome GP setup potentially.