reel set up

[steveooo]

Originally Posted by warrior

I work by the HB pier and take my walk there for lunch. One day a guy was selling all his gear because he was moving away and wouldn't need his ocean gear anymore.

Once i bought a pair of $800 Acoustic Research speakers from a guy in a van for $150. He said that his company had accidentally received an extra pallet of them, and his boss just gave them to him, because their company trip got cancelled that year. His story sounded a little fishy, I'm not sure a guy selling trini's by the pier is too legit either.

On the other hand, my sound system rocks.

[warrior]

This was an older retired guy and after going to his house I could tell that everything was legit. Amongst all his gear he had one other reel still in the box, everything else was used but well taken care of. It looked like 50 years of stuff by my estimation.

Is it cheaper to buy the Spectra and fill it myself or go into a shop?

[robmandel]

Originally Posted by warrior

Is it cheaper to buy the Spectra and fill it myself or go into a shop?

depends. but, a shop will have the machine and can put it on level and tight. it has to go on tight. spectra is a bitch if it isn't on right. mono isn't as big a problem with that. the good news is that you'll not need to replace the spectra for a long long time. so, even if it's more expensive, it's really a longer term thing.