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In Reply to: Re: magnaplan 1.6 posted by pam posted by Hugh M on January 10, 2000 at 20:43:57:
Well, if you have a dealer who won't rip you off, or at least will give you a 30 day trial, then buying used equipment can be a very good way to go (audiophiles tend to take good care of equipment and if they have the $$$ they often tend to swap new equipment into their systems fairly often so some very good equipment can appear on the used market at much better prices than new... if you have an audio shop that seems to do a fast business, they might get in a lot of stuff in on trade-ups... occasionally something good might show up at a pawn shop, but not very often). Might also be good to look up the model numbers on used equipment (probably don't want something so old that it needs all the capacitors replaced, though I am using my 25 year-old Yamaha CA 610-2 integrated to drive an old set of mini Advent's as a computer sound system and it still sounds better than the plastic junk computer speakers at Best Buy). Technics? Probably not the best unless you're looking for a pro DAT/MD recorder or something. Parasound seems to have made a few nice amps. Hafler and Crown made some good and some bad amps (can never keep straight which model was good though). SAE made some good amps but they are out of business so repair could be a problem. While not audiophile, Yamaha did make some fairly decent AM/FM tuners and Dynaco made some nice tube pre-amps (my brother still uses one). You might check http://www.playitagainsam.com/ I've never dealt with them but you might get someone to wax nostalgic over various pieces of equipment to get some advice even if they don't have anything you might want at the moment. People here would probably be able to give some good advice too.
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