Happy Birthday Nando
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Happy Birthday Nando
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Thank you. As always, I am busy with a few vintage audio purchases, completed repair pick-ups and drop-off of other audio components for repair.
I was in Vancouver, yesterday, at a place called Urban Repurpose. It was my first time there and it was recommended to me by my youngest son. Although I didn't pick them up at the time, there are a pair of JBL L36 Decade speakers that need new surrounds, at the very least. My son is going to take a few pictures of them and I may buy them if the price is good and, subsequently, have them repaired.
Nando.
I was in Vancouver, yesterday, at a place called Urban Repurpose. It was my first time there and it was recommended to me by my youngest son. Although I didn't pick them up at the time, there are a pair of JBL L36 Decade speakers that need new surrounds, at the very least. My son is going to take a few pictures of them and I may buy them if the price is good and, subsequently, have them repaired.
Nando.
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Whenever I've revisited the Lower Mainland, I went to Urban Repurpose. Since my workdays were spent nearby, when my shift ended, I went to that store frequently over several years even since before it relocated to Brooksbank Ave. There was never a ton of audio but what I did find there were good deals.
Sony WM-D6 - $2.00
Boston Acoustics A70's needing new woofer surrounds - $2.00
Dual 704 working with Shure M95 cartridge - $4.50
Sanyo Plus P55 working - $10.00
Sansui AU-D11 working - $50.00
A nice, virtually brand new Krups coffee maker that I still use - $15.00
A dozen or so Vancouver punk LP's & EP's - $1.00 each.
Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc 78's - $0.50 each
On one visit, I turned down a pair of JBL Decade L26 that were being unloaded when I arrived. They were offered to me for free - just haul them away, but I wasn't interested. Those tweeters turned me off and no space at home to put them.
My last visit there was last summer and the pendulum had swung hard in the other direction. I spotted a pair of AR18 for $248. When new, those would go on sale for $99 per pair. But I did find a hall runner I needed for $2.00.
I can't blame Tom's capitalizing by jumping on the "vintage" bandwagon but if I still lived in the GVRD, I would not haunt the place like I once did. To quote B.B. King - "The thrill has gone".
Sony WM-D6 - $2.00
Boston Acoustics A70's needing new woofer surrounds - $2.00
Dual 704 working with Shure M95 cartridge - $4.50
Sanyo Plus P55 working - $10.00
Sansui AU-D11 working - $50.00
A nice, virtually brand new Krups coffee maker that I still use - $15.00
A dozen or so Vancouver punk LP's & EP's - $1.00 each.
Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc 78's - $0.50 each
On one visit, I turned down a pair of JBL Decade L26 that were being unloaded when I arrived. They were offered to me for free - just haul them away, but I wasn't interested. Those tweeters turned me off and no space at home to put them.
My last visit there was last summer and the pendulum had swung hard in the other direction. I spotted a pair of AR18 for $248. When new, those would go on sale for $99 per pair. But I did find a hall runner I needed for $2.00.
I can't blame Tom's capitalizing by jumping on the "vintage" bandwagon but if I still lived in the GVRD, I would not haunt the place like I once did. To quote B.B. King - "The thrill has gone".
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Gary: Interesting back story on the Urban Repurpose shop. It seems to be a family-run business and my son - who deals with them - says the owner is open to offers on stuff in the store.
Nando.
Nando.