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

Selling them might get them into the hands of someone with an interest in audio, which is always a plus if they had meaning to you. Giving them away to someone here should also result in them going to someone with an interest in audio. Donating them would likely result with them being sold for peanuts to a bargain hunter who may or may not have an audio interest.  It all depends on a given recipient.

An Agon member was offering up a free pair of Thiel speakers when I first joined. Due to my unfamiliarity with the messaging system here, I missed out, but would have loved to pick them up for my youngest daughter who’s a singer and music teacher....guess it wasn’t meant to be, but I thought the gesture of offering them was very cool. 😎

If I was in driving distance to you, I would surely take them off your hands. I would rebuild the crossovers, eliminate the toggle switches and find use for them in a 2nd, or 3rd system. Beautiful cabinetry. I lived with a pair for a while (on loan from the rep firm that handled Koss at the time) and thought they were enjoyable. My best, MrD.

Take a few photos and put them on CraigsList for $400-$500 for the pair.

List it for free on a local facebook audio enthusiasts group. Some young lad/lass who’s broke as a joke, but, loves music will pick it up and should (hopefully) have some fun with it.

If you put it on facebook marketplace, some regular utilitarian creature with no interest in music will pick it up and immediately resell/try to make a buck off of it.

On second thought... and sorry to be blunt, but, those speakers look like they are poorly designed (to begin with) and probably sound bad, i.e., a poor design coupled with 40 years of degradation. So, maybe, FB marketplace is fine for this speaker too.

If i were donating stuff that’s competent and sounds good (worthwhile), i will list it for free on the enthusiast groups and hope it reaches someone capable of enjoying it.

Since you live in the SF area, put them on the street, and someone will have a second bedroom by evening.