Selling, donating or giving away a good pair of vintage speakers


I have a pair of Koss CM1030 speakers, which I bought 40+years ago. They are still in fairly good shape but I have not used them since I replaced them for a pair of Magico A3 speakers. I have kept them stored in my office, but I can no longer do so. I hate for them to end up in a dump and destroyed.

Can someone advise me on what I should do to get rid of them?  Should I donate them, give them up for free, sell them and how? I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Your always expert advice is much appreciated.

rhg88

I'm late to the party but on Craig's list I like to sell at a low price.  There are resellers who will swarm you for free stuff but only people actually interested in your item will see it with a $5 price.  This gets it to an actual interested party.  A reseller will take it and try to sell it for a much higher price.

Jerry

Finding good homes for even great gear can be a bit of a crap shoot. When I was forced to downsize some years ago, I had to sell my pristine Quad ESL-57 system, which I’d lovingly restored and enjoyed for 20-30 years. Beautiful copper grills and a custom subwoofer built by a local speaker designer especially for my system & room. I could NOT line up a buyer before having to move & was forced to sell both to a gloating bottom feeder at the last minute for 10c on the dollar. A real heartbreaker.

Another example: I’ve got an old PS Audio 4.6 preamp (once a cult-audiophile favorite) in the closet that I’ve offered several times online for a mere $50 + shipping. Crickets. And none of my audiophile friends was willing to take it even for free.  Yeah, I haven’t fired it up in 10 years, but the last time I did, it still sounded great in passthrough mode. 

So go figure.

You could of used Facebook market place.But there happy and your happy case closed....