Vintage Stereo Thrift Store Scores!
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- I found and bought all this the same day ; At two different stores in my area - JVC R-S7 rcvr/amp $8.00, Fisher ST-9425 speakers $9.99 for the pair and A turntable - A"Project/One" DR-IIA - $8.00 ! Some parts I ordered for the turntable ; New belt - $19.99ea (I ordered two) and A Shure M97xE phono cartridge"Audiophile" (retail $140.00) for $79.95.
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11years later always nice to watch again! Cheers!
I have my original Sony P-S 3300 direct drive turntable,Kenwood 4600 amp receiver with pioneer project 100A speakers from 1975 , it’s all about 45yrs old an in great condition, went to Goodwill looking for really nothing in particular when I found a BSR 12 band per channel graphic equalizer $15.00 , it upgraded my system to unbelievable sound reproduction, you can never beat that 70s audio equipment!!!!
It's unbelievable the deals that you can find at flea markets / discount stores. I have a friend that was looking around at a local flea market (what's with the flea thing) and found a Bob Carver CD player, complete with remote AND an additional remote, brand new in the box for $15. He sold the new remote on eBay for $158. AND he sold the CD player with remote for almost $800. You can't go wrong at sales. There is a treasure in every bunch. He brought it over to my house just after purchasing the deal, hooking it up to my kitchen system, ran the CD player through all of it's functions, and we declared it a winner. A once in a life time find.
When you get a smoking deal on good stuff, sometimes you just have to buy it, whether you need it or not.
Especially when its an old item that you used to have that you miss!
there’s a difference between being a collector and a hoarder. I’m not sure which one I am.
The Technics SA1000 receiver is the worlds most powerful vintage receiver at 330 watts per channel which i found at a thrift store in Tampa, Fla. about 20 years ago for $75. Monster receiver and very heavy, it took 2 of us to carry it out store.
You got a heck of a deal. I don't know how much they cost new, but I remember back in the day the sx 1980 by Pioneer (which I love) got most of the attention, and then I saw this beast from Technics. I have had several Technics components and have been very pleased with their performance. Dang, I bet that thing weighed 100 lbs.
Watching your find and hearing the price, I got as excited as if I had found it myself!!
You absolutely scored with these two finds, Congrats. The JVC amp is a fantastic old school JVC unit. I have one as my backup unit in my home office and it sounds great. That Project One deck is sweet. Nice job showing them a little love, they'll give it back in spades. Great video.
Great! I was into stereo components while in the army back in the early 80s. These receivers jam if they are working right!
That's great! I'll make it a habit shopping around some Goodwill stores in my area and hoping to find deals like that and keep the ones I like and sell some at eBay.
Awesome video, watched the whole bit. I have the JVC R-S5, almost identical to yours. I love fixing up old equipment, post some more videos.
What a wonderful buy.
Love these old receivers. Get'em when you can.
My best score was a Yamaha CR-1040 with a couple bad bulbs for $15.00. Didn't even need deoxing.
Great finds there. I have Fisher speakers as well. Mine are very similar looking. That turntable looks really nice, probably the best find of the bunch.
oh shit, the timing on that who album was spot on lol
I knew that was a Who record as soon as I saw the Decca label....Good finds!!
The MCS Turnatble is a Modular Components System made for Montgomery Wards back in the 1970's and early 1980's
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I just found at a second hand store the same receiver!! Very smooth sound!! JVC late 70s are amazing and people don't know about them at all. When people hear JVC, they think later boomboxes, but the early receivers are tremendous!
Yea, I know. JVC is kind of crappy now, I have never found a good JVC receiver.
great score!!!
While i never liked JVC as a brand, congrats on a great find.
Nice finds! Reminds me of the Hafler DH220 amp I found at a thrift store for $100. I plugged it in and it didn't work in the store but I knew amps from the 80's almost always have a blown fuse or two. Replaced 5 fuses for about $1.00 each and SHAZAM!
Knowledge is power !
I bought the Tandberg trio of the 3001A tuner (the big one, new about $2,000). 3002A preamp. 3003A power amp. Mint condition, cosmetic and function. Bought from work mate for $200 total. He knew the value, because he bought new retail, but wanted to get rid of them. He said he never was big on music. My buddy's dad fixed the tuner. Had problems with presets. It was a big job.
Great finds. I used to sell Project One. It was the house brand of mid west audio retailer Playback Electronics in the 70's. Some of the stuff was made by Pioneer and looked great cosmetically though the specifications were never quite up to snuff with the name brands. Having said that most folks couldn't hear or appreciate the difference anyway and the price was right. Nice stuff in any case. I'd love to have one of their receivers for old time sake. Thanks for the great video.
You lucky S.O.B! I NEVER find any Vintage equipment for THAT kind of price! LOL!!! I've got a Yamaha CR-620 amp/receiver (which I found at Goodwill) and I now need to find a quality turntable for it.
it's nice he appreciates the stereo he gets for their use and looks. not just some greedy retiree who is selling tax free on ebay who takes pics of it as soon as he gets it home.
Nice found!
The receiver is pretty cool, same with the turntable. On the other hand, I'm 99% certain the Fisher speakers were parted out from a "rack" system, so those really don't do anything for me. If they work though you could easily turn around and garage sale them for $20, so still a winner. Nice work.
love the way the song played out at the end haha
I like how you threw The Who on with Bargain. : )
I know how it feels :D i recently found a Marantz 2220B for 12 dlls on a second hand store, I only replaced some light bulbs with leds, cleanes the pots and interior really good, and now it rocks my world.
12 .dll's? Windows 95? Hell of a deal.
Wow - you got some amazing deals . Nothing like that here for sure in MA . I did score a free receiver from a friend who got it at a thrift store because it needed work but works perfectly . I also acquired a Technics turntabke that only needed a needle - also bought a Shure and had the same friend install it . My son is looking for some vitage units - i guess the thrill is in the hunt . Beautiful !
Ha...digging the Heineken in the background!
Lucky you. I've never found anything really good at a thrift store in my area.
And it's made in England, 1975 it said , I just fix the wires up on it, making a humming nose, it's a wheel drive, no bubber bout , and now it's going good
I find speakers in great shape laying in dumpsters all the time, But never got my hands on a pare of fishers! Nice finds
great timing with the who
That record and TT Sound real good
oh my god you scored big! so lucky. hopefully I get lucky one of these days.
Looks like a total system upgrade. You can get that Sure cartridge for $54.99 with free shipping from amazon. I bet your neighbors are happy with your new system too.
Great bargain! I'm amazed how vintage and modern audio equipment rival each other. I own a fairly expensive iPod speaker doc ($650) and I prefer my JVC stereo from the '90s...
About 15 years ago i found a Technics SA 1000 receiver in a thrift store in Tampa Florida for $75. Most powerful receiver ever made at 330 wpc. Took two of us to carry the monster out of the store. Worked great for about a year and then it broke... took it to two stereo repair shops but they couldnt get the parts for it.. ended up selling it as is for $50.
Found 3 gems in 5 years at goodwill. Yamaha rs1000 reciever brand new the box was dirty for $15, pair of mint cerwin vega ve15s for $30 and a yamaha m-80 power amp which was mint and a epic find. Used the m-80 for 4 years then sold it for $800
I wish we had a thrift store like that! Ours here usually have nothing but cheap junk. Stuff that really should have been scrapped. And if and when there is something good, they are asking WAY too much! Congrats on your findings!
I actually picked up a Zenith IS-4090 vintage stereo console with two Zenith Allegro speakers at a Mennonite auction for 5 bucks. I use it for decoration something went with the balance that unfortunately screwed up the sound. Tape player doesn't work either. But for 5 bucks with the radio and record player functional it's still a good conversation piece
Refinish the console and fit vintage or modern gear in it.
I am in Wisconsin. I find A lot of great stuff there.
I found a pair of Fisher STV 884's 15" 3 way 110 watts max, Fisher CD player model AD-870 and a Kenwood stereo receiver that was rated at 100 watts (not sure the model because I gave it away 2 years ago ) I paid $20 for them at a rummage sale. I also have my parents stereo system. It was all Pioneer. Receiver Pioneer VSX-402, dual cassette deck CT-W403R and a Laser Disk/CD player model CLD-S350 plus the speakers more Pioneer CS-M551's 3 way 150 watt max. It all sounds and plays good. The only down fall is they are the BLACK metal/plastic stuff. Oh well. You have a great find here guy!!! Keep looking!!
@TwinMillMC The speakers are 8 ohm.I have the system set up now with the JCPenney turntable and it sounds great.Thanks for the info.I think they had not tested the JVC;Probably why they priced it to move.P.S. i stopped back there the day after and both the "compact" systems were gone.
Hey, nice haul. The Fisher speakers ain't the greatest but it all seems to "gel" quite nicely. I'm still using a Shure M95HE cartridge on my Pioneer PL-518 turntable, with Ohm Acoustics model L speakers and Hitachi SR-804 receiver. All original purchases by me in the 1970's/80's. Can't knock vintage components.
M95HE, probably the best cartridge I've come across in many decades.
@@Radfordperson, I originally had a Shure M91ED but up graded to the M95ED and added the HE stylius. Yes an excellent cartridge for the money.
Still have the amp keeping it for now. I donated the speakers. Found 3 pairs since . I have 2 goodwills and A St Vincent DePaul in town,it is A "gentrified" area.
Someone gave me a Kenwood speaker and receiver 180w set for free also got a Fisher with white speakers these was also 10.00 and found Boston T80s in the trash look like they still in good shape too can't bet that I found great gear at the farmers market too and that's a great catch you found as well
I bought four Kenwood KL-777A speakers for $25 each from a co-worker. Wicked speakers, as good or better than equivalent speakers from Sansui and Pioneer of the same era, mid seventies. The Dishnet guy was at my house installing. He lusted after them. Since I only needed two (I hate surround sound, old quadraphonic or modern audio/video receivers). I asked him if he wanted to buy two and he jumped at them for $200 for both.
Nice video,can you tell me some of the stores you go to? Here in NJ I really cant find any thrift stores.Did you sell those speakers and amp?
If not how much you want for them?
Thanks Gio.
My best stereo find ever at a thrift store was a set of Vintage Altec Lansing Santana Series 1's with Bi-Flex Speakers for just 9 bucks !!!! At a garage sale I got Klipsch KG 2's for just 15 bucks a pair......it like being at a 95% off sale :)
I picked up a Denon DR-M30HX Cassette deck today for 8.00. I passed it up at first but i went home and did some research and found it went for 500.00 in 1986. came whith a remote even. it works flawlessly :) I saw a pair pf Fishers like that today also for 10.00 a pair.. maybe I'll go back and take another look.
@Fizbin32111 They work great. They were A recording studio mainstay for many years.The amp is from same era.
Good scores
I hope to get a turntable someday because they look awesome
I saw what you did there playing The Who. Nice.
Where did you fin g that vintage stereo equipment? Do they have a website? I have a Sony that needs repairing. Probably something simple as a tube. Thanks. Maybe I can replace the one I have.
@raymondleeleggs Very nice! Myself found some EVEN BETTER at the same thrift ; KLIPSCH tower speakers ,Look and work excellent-$10.00 for the pair.Will feature them in my next video.
that turntable looks very similar to my sanyo tp-626 except mine is black. The tp-625 is brown and i do know fisher made sanyo tables. nice finds
And I thought I got a good deal! I paid 59.00 for my fisher fm-120 receiver with matching amp and tape player. I found mine at a buy/sell/trade store that i've been going to for almost 10 years. I start talking to the owner about vinyl etc. He takes me to the back room which turns out housed his own crazy collection of vintage turntables and receivers hooked up and working. He just sold me my stuff just to be nice and I think he appreciated my interest. The room was larger than his actual sales floor. It's seemed like he planned on selling the stuff, but just can't let them go.
Radiohead Rules. ..Lol.
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My best score is still finding my Technics SL1200mk2 turntable for just $35 at a local pawn shop. They had no idea what it was worth.
my buddy and I went to a state of AK auction and picked up 4 technics 1200's for 60 bucks. everyone there was looking for other items. I fact they looked at those 12's like they were out dated technology. "Wow look at those phonograph players". btw that was late 90's I still have my pair.
How do your AKG headphones sound on the JVC R-S7? Does it make a good headphone amp?
What kind of cartridge/stylus did you end up putting on the TT?
I found a Yamaha turntable for $5.00 once at Goodwill. Ended up it had a $200.00 cartage in it... I still have it.
@SlimeAmTheBest My Sherwood was perfect. 70's era equipment is worth it even if it needs more than just A little T.L.C.
Top vintage turntable , JVC stereo receiver, Fischer speakers.
"Call it a bargain, the best I ever had" (c) The Who
Nice. I bot a very old turn table from cashcon verters
I shure would not find those speakers for 9.99 at my local goodwill store here in California, that is for shure.
Great deals!
Take care
that's a crime - $8 for the JVC?!! $9.99 for the Fishers?!!$8 for the Project turntable? and, i have to say it - you got the best song to play for this clip :-)
That Project/One turntable is actually a Pioneer I believe. Very nice turntable indeed. That JVC Receiver is beautiful as well - very HQ stuff you found for an awesome price. The only deficit in this system is the Fisher speakers. They were mid-fi, part of one of those low cost rack systems from the 80's. Check the ohm rating of them, I doubt they're 100 watts @ 8 ohms, maybe 4. Don't know if I would push those to 100 watts even if they say 8. C my latest video if u like vintage gear... cheers!
Im in kenosha and never find anything like this there . But I like your turntavle you found at the thrift store the project turntable .I would like to find a technics record changer style turntable at the thrift store but never do .
Nice JVC Receiver
Ever wonder why people throw good things away? lt's this: so others can have a chance to relive what they've been blessed with previously. That's why a grand or a plain buck wont matter...just that chance of owning one is THE real feeling we're all after...me,included. Nice find,mate.
are you from ABQ?
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Wow - $8.00???. A set of 4 banana-plugs alone are ~$20....lol. You've convinced me to make a run to the thrift store today.
The Project One turntable is made by Pioneer. That JVC is a real nice Receiver. $8.00? WOW! I wish I could have found one at that price when I was 12 back in the 70's. Those Fisher speakers aren't that great though. Those were sold as part of those cheap "rack" systems from the 80's. Check the ohm rating on them. They might be 100 watts @ 4 or 6 ohms, that doesn't translate well with a 100 watt @ 8 ohms Receiver. You'll fry them.
I am so envious, I paid a lot of money for my JVC r S7
Yes. And even the "new" stuff shown here I will put up on craigslist.I have got better things since.
That turntable is a CEC.Looks EXACTLY like a Realstic Lab 300.
CEC built for Marantz,Hitachi and others.I have the Lab,quite a good belt drive,solid build and quiet.The antiskate can be fiddly,you have to work with it to dial in the best soud.
Your receiver looks a lot like a Kenwood I bought back in 1980, except my 3 push buttons were round. Everything else nearly the same. Coloring on the dial was a tad different. My stepdad gave me $200 and said go buy something. Went to "The Federated Group Group the stereo people who do more than you're asking for." How did I remember their jingle? I want to say KR-4000 or something like that. Might have been reman. I think it was only 14W per channel. Then I got a Technics SLB1 Turntable maybe $70-$80 ? Still have it and a Audiotechnica Cartridge. That alone was $50-$60. I must have spent some of my own money too because the receiver was at least $100. But it blasted pretty good with these old 8 inch woofers and 3"-4" cone for a mid/tweet. When I saw that Decca label I thought, "I bet that's a Who record." Bingo.
Your a lucky guy.
i found a complet jvc stereo at a thirft sore one time it had a jvc rs 33 receiver i belive a q 41 turntable and a nice set of omega 300 speakers and i got the whole thing for twenty bucks and it came in an ol sullivan stereo cabinet youll never know waht you find at a thirft store thats a nice jvc receiver and the turntable is pretty nice too.
@cpalaimo The Shure M97xE
I found a tube amp in the trash and it works great
That's a reciever, cause it has a tuner built in. Still cool though
talk about great deals i got a dual 1246 turntable made in germany and it came with a v-15 typ 111 special tracking needle and in outstanding shape with the dust cover the same and i only paid 10.00 dollars for it what a score
Shure V-15 was a kick-ass cartridge. I had one installed in a JVC QL-75. Shure just recently stopped making cartridges all together. Shame.
Very vice bought!!!here in Greece we must spent 350 euros for the same pieces!!!!
There are lots and lots of thrift stores in the USA.
You in Dallas? We've got those stores here.
man i have a realistic st-90 i got for maybe 20 bux 10 years ago Q-Vox and all *early surround sound* had that powering 3 ten inch subs and multiple other speaker boxes and its done well but it died lately. not sure whats up with it.
maybe i'll make a vid of it so you can help me out to fix it. because i love old amps.
@lawrencelucas1959 Some demo vids to be sure. I have had time to donate some items cleanout closets etc. Also just today got another amp, two turntables and set of speakers so besides the job search I have little projects the keep the morale up.
Are you in kenosha Wisconsin .
I call that a good day. Its hard to find good eq. at a low price
u gotta bargain in that thrift store
TH-cam is the biggest reason behind the vintage stuff price explosion nowadays. No more good deals.
you won't find that in the thrift stores where I live all the good stuff the employees take first
Richard Golden-DeWitt that’s sad
Richard Golden-DeWitt How do you know this? Are you friends with one or more of the employees? Is the store manager aware of this? Sad case if this is true.
As long as people are bragging about the "find" of the decade, a few years ago I'm walking through a giant tent sale and stumble on a Pioneer spec 1 and spec 2 pair. The tag says $20 each. I don't really need them and I didn't have a good use for them at the time but my brain said to buy the pair because they'd be worth more together. The amp (like 300 watts per channel) must weigh 40 pounds and sounded like crap. (all distorted) I started poking around and noticed all of the board connections were press-fit and not soldered so I figured, WTF... and ran a hot iron on the ones I could reach. Presto! Had it for 10 years now and that old baby honks! The pre-amp is another story. Still have it but never figured out what was wrong.... BUT... I still have the pair and if I ever sell, I still have the matching pair that someone else can take a stab at. The biggest drawback to most vintage stuff is they don't have enough inputs for tape, CD, and extra aux equipment. (and you know us geeks have those items) The only exception seems to be early Dynaco pre-amps, which came with phono, tuner, tape, aux, and mic (could be wired different) inputs, in addition to tape monitor.
I hope they found a new home whatever you did with them