Please talk me out of buying the Avalon Eclipse

Many years ago . I am looking for R3 Red rose speakers , they showed used $1500 and I bought them without hearing them. Iam happy . If you have time to drive. Why not buy them. If you have a friend to go with you is even better.Avalon speakers are good .$700 ?  Get them.

one more: find something that someone wants where the speakers are from where you are. If could be a wedding cake, runaway bride, contraband, exotic bird, back of the speaker some member managed to saw off, whatever. They will probably pay you more than your trip would cost. 

@jayctoy speaking of R3. I think it was 2001 CES when Mark Levinson was promoting them the very first time. I got to meet him too. He was saying you don’t need a center speaker if you have good pair of speakers. They were very good I remember. Good times. Now, CES isn’t fun for me. 

The other thought is, if for some reason they don’t work for you, you could probably turn around and sell them for a nice little profit given what you’re paying for them. Just another probably obvious thought FWIW.  

That is a total of a 24 hour drive. Add the price of gas and a hotel room to the price of those 30 year old speakers. Do you really think they are worth it?  If you do then go for it!