You have to fully evaluate what you have. First, hook them up and give them a listen. With excessive humidity you may have some internal damage to either the drivers and or the crossover. Once that is done, then you have to post based on a fair assessment of their appearance. You might be able to do a fix to the grills, if you're good at that type of thing. If you post on Audiogon, please take pictures of the smallest imperfections. Some can be very picky, while others just care how they sound. Use the Audiogon scale to fairly and honestly give them a grade 1-10. If they sound like crap, you have other options. You can fix. I haven't found B&W very friendly to deal with. You have to go through their layers of protection over the phone and get to their parts department. Another option is to sell the parts. This is just my guess but if you part out you are looking at hundreds. If you have great working speakers, that look great, you are looking at thousands. Hate to be vague but all we know if that you have a decent name branded product and some of their fine workings. Don't know these guys, found on line and in NY, but this would be the easy approach. http://stereoexchange.com/sell-or-trade-in-your-gear/. Good luck.
Several B&W Speakers to Sell....but there's a catch?
Hello all, sorry if this isn't the right place to post this or if I'm breaking any rules - but looking for some feedback. I'm not an audiophile like you folks, but have purchased a bunch of B&W speakers that were in a basement setup where they were exposed to an unknown amount of humidity, for a relatively short period of time. Would like to re-sell them and am trying to figure out what kind of value they might have....
This is what I've got:
1 Pair - Matrix 801 Series 3 - Floor-standing Speakers
1 Pair - Matrix 804 - Floor-standing Speakers
1 Pair - 800ASW - Powered Subwoofer
1 - HTM1 Nautilus - Center Channel
1 - HTM - Center Channel
There is no physical damage (warping of the cabinets, staining, immersion in water, etc.) but there is some minor corrosion visible on some of the grills (particularly on the tweeters on the 801's) and other minor areas. Yet as an example, the grills on the 804's are fine. I can't see any issue with the Nautilus - so it's kind of random (and who knows what is not visible).
They're in the NY Metro area and I'd like to see them go to a good home if that's still possible.
Thanks for any feedback!!
Scott
This is what I've got:
1 Pair - Matrix 801 Series 3 - Floor-standing Speakers
1 Pair - Matrix 804 - Floor-standing Speakers
1 Pair - 800ASW - Powered Subwoofer
1 - HTM1 Nautilus - Center Channel
1 - HTM - Center Channel
There is no physical damage (warping of the cabinets, staining, immersion in water, etc.) but there is some minor corrosion visible on some of the grills (particularly on the tweeters on the 801's) and other minor areas. Yet as an example, the grills on the 804's are fine. I can't see any issue with the Nautilus - so it's kind of random (and who knows what is not visible).
They're in the NY Metro area and I'd like to see them go to a good home if that's still possible.
Thanks for any feedback!!
Scott
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