teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[TR0N]

Interested to hear what you think of the retrofreak, a friend of mine had his break down within 2 months of what I would call normal use.

Most of what i've heard it over heats so i don't know if that's true or not.So far it runs fine and it even plays the hucard reproductions i have.

[DragonmasterDan]

Got this lil gem of a receiver today...

Sounds crystal clear and it's in tip-top shape for it's age.

Nice about a month or so ago I picked up a big ass Pioneer stereo receiver at a thrift. It's now in use with a basement PVM setup I have.

[Dicer]

Got this lil gem of a receiver today...

Sounds crystal clear and it's in tip-top shape for it's age.

Nice about a month or so ago I picked up a big ass Pioneer stereo receiver at a thrift. It's now in use with a basement PVM setup I have.

My current unit was having issues, and I've been crawling the thrifts and CL and stuff and this popped up for a song, so I grabbed it...literally 0.04% distortion which is less than my hairy old man ears can hear. It's not a tube amp or anything, but for such a random old unit, it sounds so damn nice. Very happy to have it. Now to re-belt or replace my turntable and be a true hipster lol.

[NightWolve]

From MicroCenter. Never pay full price, go for the open box returned specials! #cheapbastard



A much needed video card upgrade to make 1080p my desktop standard, run most games, and allow for 4K video viewing eventually if I can also upgrade the old CPU.

[Gypsy]

Nice on the receiver. I actually picked up a Technics receiver (sa-gx350) today at a thrift store for $5. Going to a friend for free most likely (provided it will suit his needs).

[xelement5x]

Got some stuff signed recently at NDK! At top is the Macross Plus International Version Volume 1 LaserDisc which was signed by Shinichiro Wantanabe who worked on the OVA. He also directed a little anime you might have heard of called Cowboy Bebop.  He worked on that along with Dai Sato, so those are the signatures on the poster below.

[Bloufo]

No more trying to locate working Game Gear units. 

[Medic_wheat]

Woah hay wait. Would that game gear converter work on a real Genesis?

[Sparky]

My current unit was having issues, and I've been crawling the thrifts and CL and stuff and this popped up for a song, so I grabbed it...literally 0.04% distortion which is less than my hairy old man ears can hear. It's not a tube amp or anything, but for such a random old unit, it sounds so damn nice. Very happy to have it. Now to re-belt or replace my turntable and be a true hipster lol.

Nice Dicer! I love how the old units light up. Sexy!

[Zero_Gamer]

Picked these up this weekend... Can't wait to get them out in the woods:

[esadajr]

Ah yes the pain. I'm currently in wait mode as well. For Saturn goodies mostly. It had been awhile since I got anything good for Saturn, and it kinda just worked out that I bought some stuff, and managed a nice trade for some Saturn imports as well. Good times ahead.

Maybe not on part of it. Seller still hasn't shipped a week since the order so I'll probably have to just have the order canceled any move on to other sellers. Meh. In the meantime, I should at least have 3 solid Saturn imports in my clutches by Monday. Win some lose some I suppose.

Sweet! thanks!

You will enjoy it I reckon. It's a lot of fun.

Just got it, will play it tonight.

[xelement5x]

Recent pickup, finally entering the new generation of consoles!  Got a heck of a deal from a gent on another forum who happened to be in Denver so I met up with him on Saturday and got it from him.




Uncharted 4 Special Edition Playstation 4
Upgraded 2TB Internal Hard Drive
All paperwork and box in excellent condition
Playstation 4 Stand

Plus 14 games

Alien Isolation
Bloodborne
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Destiny
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
God of War III Remastered
Killzone: Shadow Fall
The King of Fighters XIV
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metro Redux
Shadow of Modor GOTY Edition
Street Fighter V
Uncharted 4
Until Dawn

[Gypsy]

Ah yes the pain. I'm currently in wait mode as well. For Saturn goodies mostly. It had been awhile since I got anything good for Saturn, and it kinda just worked out that I bought some stuff, and managed a nice trade for some Saturn imports as well. Good times ahead.

Maybe not on part of it. Seller still hasn't shipped a week since the order so I'll probably have to just have the order canceled any move on to other sellers. Meh. In the meantime, I should at least have 3 solid Saturn imports in my clutches by Monday. Win some lose some I suppose.

Sweet! thanks!

You will enjoy it I reckon. It's a lot of fun.

Just got it, will play it tonight.

I really like three of the four tables on it, but I have a clear favourite overall. Still waiting on DP Necronomicon in the mail. The "Dreamlands" table on that one looks completely mind blowing.

[jtucci31]

Sweet xele. Add me on PSN! I just picked up MGS 1-4 so that I can build my way up to Phantom Pain

[NightWolve]

I just picked up MGS 1-4 so that I can build my way up to Phantom Pain

Ah nice, I'd also like to do a start-to-finish playthrough of all of them in one sitting.

I haven't even unwrapped "MGS:3 Snake Eater" yet. I was talking to a random clerk at a local Game Stop and the MGS series got brought up, he emphasized that 3 was a great game - I myself stopped at MGS 2 before my long-term gaming backlog set in... From rabbit, beating a game every weekend, to turtle, beating a game a year or years apart/whatever... Almost broke my PS2 also when I couldn't find the lithium battery to change, had to do plenty of soldering work for the input port, heh.

Do have a question, I stuck with PS3 purchases up to V, but how much better is the PS4 version of V/Phantom Pain ?