Please talk me out of buying the Avalon Eclipse

Maybe you could contact the guy by you, explain the situation. Maybe even offer him a small fee for his time.

@grislybutter ,

Grizz, that’s my old neck of the woods. Was a firefighter in Panama City. A lot of really cool places still along the gulf that haven’t been overrun and ruined yet. They call that part the Forgotten Coast.

Funny enough, there’s a pair super close to where I live, Ft. Lauderdale. However, the owner won’t sell them for $700! The one I am talking about is in Alabama.

Could be stolen.., don't get popped after driving 12 hrs.

Erin from Erin's Audio Corner lives nearby in Alabooma. Give him 700 bucks and maybe he'll a) pick it up for you b) measure it on his klippel and start hearing all kinds of things before he looked at his graph (the fakeass lying golden ear 'subjective listener' that he is)...i.e., without ever looking at a graph, he'll tell you he heard a 0.5db bump @ 3200hz!!  and c) freight ship it to you (maybe)

In short, don't trust the way of these Alaboomans too much...be cautious. 

@thecarpathian cool! Does sound like a region out of the touristy tracks. 

@thecarpathian I just read your itinerary with my wife, she loves it :) She says we might make that trip; speakers or not :)

@deep_333 I doubt they are stolen. It is a super nice lady (I think her partner owns them). I can tell from her writing.

@grislybutter he is a nice person. He may accept if I asked, but still I wouldn’t feel right about it.