With all the speaker talk going on around here, I thought I'd post my new recent find.
Couple weeks ago I stopped at Fry's and picked up an Onkyo surround sound system...ok, it was their lower end HT-S3300, but for under $300, it sure beats listening to the TV's speakers.
The sub is not powered, but oh well... it still beats the hell out of the TV's speakers.
Couple days after that, I stopped at a thrift store and spied a couple tall speakers. JBL P-50's is what they were. I popped the covers off to look. No tears. I pushed each cone in to listen for scraping noises. Hearing none, I decided to take a gamble, for $60 for the pair.. after all, they did write a "return OK if blown" note on the reciept. I'd looked them on on my cell phone and discoverd that back in the day, they were around $450. Each. In 1992.
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recent Craigslist ad is asking $300 for a pair right now...
All hooked up with the surround speakers, sub, and the JBL's on the secondary output, it don't sound half bad. In fact, it sounds prety damn good.
All for under $400.