Been into nice audio equipment for years, prefer analog and vinyl but accepted that digital is here to stay. Well had a windfall on the way home today. Sitting on the side of the road waiting for the trashman was a stack of two pieces of older equipment. As I was tossing them into the back of the truck all I could see were a set of VU meters bigger than my hand on a amp and a older audio power mixer covered with dust. Hee Hee, I ended up with a Onkyo Integra M504 power amp rated at 200 watts per channel and a Peavey 684 stereo power mixer.
 Hit the shop and used a old Kenwood analog reciever for a preamp on the Onkyo and it worked great, sound was crisp, clear and loud enough to overload the shop speakers at 1/5 volume. Bet I could launch them across the shop at full volume. Haven't tested the mixer yet but all the lights come on when plugged in. Don't know if I'm using the mixer but still want to see if it works.
 Shop Audio Upgrade Time  

Really sweet! Congrats  

In years past, I have seen some of what appeared to be good stuff on the side of the road like that.  I have normally just left it sitting figuring something must be wrong with it. But, these days, people have no appreciation for quality, will happily sit there and listen to 20% distortion and comment on how good it sounds, don't want anything single purpose (one box has to do it all), I might have to start paying more attention.