[will9998]

On my normal stroll home from work, i happened to stumble upon what i thought was just but under closer inspection, it was the exact opposite.
 
in heap next to the road, ready to be collected by the garbage men, i found...
 
-Luxman Pd-284 Turntable
-Luxman L-230 Amplifier
-Luxman Cassette Player
-Scott Tuner
-Two Interdyn Speakers
 
and what was most intriguing
 
- Two pairs of STAX SR30 electret earphones, and two STAX SRD-4 transformers...
 
The lot of them were all pretty dusty, but overall, good condition.
 
After lugging them all home, connecting them up and chucking on David Bowie's "Changes" all was working, and sounding great.
 
What i am most interested abour is that the receipts were discarded with them, and the total set up was worth, in 1983, over $2200. Was that expensive??
 
What in terms of quality are these bits and pieces, in there hay day and today? and how much are they worth now, just for interest....
 
I think i'm going to keep them all, the set up is quite quant, and i enjoy the aesthetics...
 
 
 

 

[bcg27]

Cool find. $2200 sounds fairly expensive in today's dollars. I looked up a quick inflation calculator online and that works out to be close to 5k adjusted to 2010 dollars, so it's a pretty good stash. I am not familiar with any of that equipment, so maybe someone else can comment on whether the equipment is decent or not.

 

[will9998]

Yeah, thanks, i didn't even know of the inflation calculator, i just used it for Australian dollars and it came close to 6 thousand? I really just want to know about the individual components, just some history...

 

[burnliff]

Holy hell!

 

[keanex]

Stax are highly regarded around here, I'm not sure about Luxman, but if the person bought Stax chances are Luxman is good too.

 

[scompton]

The SR-30 are electrets and are not as good as the full electrostatic Stax.   That doesn't mean they're bad.  They're a pretty good introduction to the stat sound.

 

[idletime1213]

Luxman is a pretty well-known name in audio. And hey, it's free!

 

[batphink]

You lucky sonofagun.  Jealous.

 

[burnliff]

Doesn't quite measure up to the guy who found that vintage pair of Grados at a garage sale though..

 

[keanex]

Quote:

Doesn't quite measure up to the guy who found that vintage pair of Grados at a garage sale though..

Does the half ellipsis indicate sarcasm?

 

[Eric_C]

keanex: I think it indicates envy.

 

[blitz-dice]

right place at the right time! 

 

[burnliff]

Bingo. Envy and depression.
 
Quote:

keanex: I think it indicates envy.