Who's up for a "Cheap as Chips" Challenge?

[Alex_UK]

I have to say Mark, you really are taking this seriously! Hats off to you - but don't forget it's a marathon, not a sprint!

[Jac Hawk]

Alex, what's going to be the ruling on "out of a skip" items, as i foresee loads of top quality gear being found in these big bins over the comming months

[Jac Hawk]

Also the likes of components for upgrades, which can cost a bomb will suddenly turn up out of a loft or be donated by an old friend etc.

Sorry to dump it on you but it's your baby Alex, i think a rule book should be drawn up ASAP.

[Alex_UK]

Also the likes of components for upgrades, which can cost a bomb will suddenly turn up out of a loft or be donated by an old friend etc.

Sorry to dump it on you but it's your baby Alex, i think a rule book should be drawn up ASAP.

OK, point taken! I don't think I realised it would be so competitive!

[Dingdong]

I have to say Mark, you really are taking this seriously! Hats off to you - but don't forget it's a marathon, not a sprint!

I just enjoy fixing up old stuff. My spare room is looking a bit teaktastic at the moment with my recent acquisitions. I just got home with my other SP25, mounted in a rather lovely Fidelity radiogram sort of thing. Mine for the considerable sum of £9.99.
I shall be declaring lubricants(for the hifi) and other bits and pieces, such as a gallon of teak oil and some sandpaper.
I am currently £17.50ish out of pocket for my amp, speakers and a turntabley sort of thing. I need a lot of the budget for a cartridge.
I shall try to sort some photos out soon of the bits and pieces and what I do with them.

[hornucopia]

Bought lovely old Heathkit speakers for 99p a few years back.
They are appreciated -I hope!! - every day by customers at my cafe, Royce Rolls Cafe in St Nicholas Market, Bristol, where I left them when I sold it and retired in 07.



forget the model name. Big 3 unit things.

[spendorman]

Bought lovely old Heathkit speakers for 99p a few years back.
They are appreciated -I hope!! - every day by customers at my cafe, Royce Rolls Cafe in St Nicholas Market, Bristol, where I left them when I sold it and retired in 07.



forget the model name. Big 3 unit things.

Possibly the Heathkit equivalent of the KEF Concerto.

[MCRU]

wOw
THINGS HAVE MOVED ON, I read this when it was on page 1 and its 16 pages long now. Did any rules get drawn up, for instance can I donate some cables, reasonably priced of course, no point in using £1000 of speaker cables with a £100 system! I have a spare set of those belkin i/c's that frank was so impressed with also, so that is a fiver gone of the budget!

Would it be fairer to say £100 for amp/cd/speakers then cables and stands donated by anyone? Sorry if I am butting in, if not wanted no problemo.

[Alex_UK]

wOw
THINGS HAVE MOVED ON, I read this when it was on page 1 and its 16 pages long now. Did any rules get drawn up, for instance can I donate some cables, reasonably priced of course, no point in using £1000 of speaker cables with a £100 system! I have a spare set of those belkin i/c's that frank was so impressed with also, so that is a fiver gone of the budget!

Would it be fairer to say £100 for amp/cd/speakers then cables and stands donated by anyone? Sorry if I am butting in, if not wanted no problemo.

Hi David, I need to sit down and finalise the rules, but all suggestions (like yours) still gratefully received.

I'm already worrying about the logistics of people trying to arrive at Scalford with their systems on the day, and trying to squeeze them all into a room, and then how would they be judged? (Maybe each system would get a certain period of time, whoever heard it over that time would give the system a score, and then that is averaged? But then if only 1 person hears a system and thinks it is the bees knees, it wouldn't be very even...)

Oh, I should just mention that I did get as far as rule #1:

This is a FUN challenge, the overriding aim is for everyone to enjoy themselves, and not take it too seriously. In the event of any dispute or discrepency, please refer to Rule #1!



I'll work on it further as soon as I can, but one other possibility is we could potentially organise a separate event for it, and make it a bit of an AoS get together - find a suitable town/village somewhere in the middle of the country near to a good pub! Rule #1 will definitely apply then!

[MCRU]

I must have mis-understood because I thought it was a case of us buying components and assembling them on the day as a system, so for instance we spend the time up to the show scouring for items to put in the system say a cd player that punches well above its weight for good money, them some one else will have found an amp and speakers so instead of 20 people arriving with 20 systems the best items found by the AOS members will be worthy of inclusion in the system up to £100?