What do you do when you inherit some gear that you don’t want.


I have purchased and sold on here in the past.  But now I have inherited some gear that my father purchased but unfortunately never was able to hear assembled.  Please keep in mind that all the gear I list is still in unopened factory sealed boxes.  1 pair paradigm persona 3’s carbon black,with grills, 2 kef  KF92 subs, 2 each Parasound A23+ amps in black, Parasound A6 preamp, black, along w straightwire bi amp cabling..  i am favorable to keeping the Parasound and kef subs, I feel that the Parasound gear is quality neutral to me.  The paradigm persona 3’s are a different story.  I have paradigm founder 80f’s powered by a Arcam SR2500 with 2 sunfire subs rebuilt by Flannery.  The Dirac and sub crossover on the Arcam works well, at least for me but that’s enough paradigm for me in my life.  I don’t think I will like the beryllium tweeters in the persona 3’s and neither will my dogs, 45k?  I would like to keep the Parasound gear and kef subs, I have no interest in the speakers I would rather have a pair of Vandersteen trea CT’s or Totem acoustics to use the Parasound and kef subs with, any reasonable opinion is welcomed.  Also, if I were to sell the persona’s how do you ensure safe shipping to the buyer and determine the shipping the cost?  I’ve never shipped something of this size nor value,

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YMMV, I’d be reeeeally hesitant to trust UPS with a set of heavy speakers. 

All I can say is you are right to sell the paradigm  speakers unless they goy way better in the ensuing  years I had a pair of studio  100s they were there top speaker back in the day and they were awful. They are just another cheap  Canadian  speaker.  

Disagree. The Personas IMO are outstanding. Finicky yes probably. Just heard a demo and was pretty much gobsmacked. 

Anything bigger than a few pounds go FedEx and for the speakers, check out some common carriers. My speakers came on a pallet to my front door. 

As retired as the Farmer.

After pairs of Studio 100's versions 1 and 2, in home auditioning S8's and a dealer audition with all ARC amplification of 9F's.

Get relaxed, sit back, close your eyes and listen to your glistening tweeter then the wafting of the midrange and the fullness of bass as each is doing its job. Like you can almost reach out and touch each driver. That's Paradigm.

I can't do that anymore because I can't tell which driver is doing what until I actually put my ear to within just a few inches of each driver. Thank you eye doh lon's.