So yesterday. I went to a local electronics recycle shop. Honestly helluva place as they test everything and have good prices. I was picking up an HD621 for $200 to use with my G61.

There was some cool stuff in there. Krell showcase for $500, a datasat (yes) for $500 which sadly sold. I think the guy just comes into so much stuff he just wants it gone.

So I asked, do you have any other Meridian stuff. And he says yeah these two things in the back. He goes and take a picture and it’s an 800 and an 861. He was a bit obsessed with the 800 being worth something but had no idea, nor cared what the 861 was.

They said they would not sell stuff until tested. I think the guy just didn’t want to work. So I messaged the owner. He said he’d have them test it and I said well if it’s a pain I’ll do $200 each untested. After a while (I knew he wasn’t going to be able to test anything) he brings the cart out and says ok $200 each.

I got home and the 800 doesn’t work. The light display has some kind of light but no words and the door to the CD player gets stuck and needs a nudge.

So I’m not very optimistic about the 861, but I did notice that it had SpeakerLink. So I hope the thing is just decent. “I’ll be happy if it’s a 4,” I said, and it’s an 8.1. Sucks that all my speakers are rca but I’ll figure that out if I can find some ac12.

I’m at work or I would post the unit and receipt.

I go through the motions, make ann Ethernet to RCA Frankenstein cable, and the damn thing works like a champ!

So always be looking and asking, there are people out there who have no idea what they have.

The entire reason I bought the HD621 in the first place was because I had just bought a pair of DSP 6000s, with two 5000s, with a DSP 5000 center and a 565 and a LD rf modulator for $1300 because the guy said the speakers weren’t that good anymore. I got them home and tested at the same time as the 861, and yes, sounded like a blanket had been put over them.

I figured, screw it, there’s nothing I can lose if I mess it up. I’ll just order a tweeter online, so I pulled the tweeter out to check the ferrofluid, I cleaned it out and happened to have one tube around, so I filled up the ferrofluid, put the tweeter back in, and lo and behold, just like new. So needless to say last couple of days have been Cheistmas.

TL;DR: I got two dsp6000, two 5000, a 5000 center, a 565, rf demodulator, 861 v8.1, broken DVD 800, and HD621 for $2100 and tax



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Realized the receipt was in my back pocket

Last edited by AngryGM; 2026-10-21 03:31.