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What are Epicure 3.0 Pyramid speakers worth?

I have a pair of Epicure 3.0 Series II Pyramid speakers that I am considering selling but I need to know how much to ask for them. I re-foamed the woofers and midranges about 15 years ago and had great results except for a rattle in one of the midrange drivers. I replaced both midrange drivers with some unknown name drivers I found at the local electronics store. They (the mids) have a power rating of 200 watts and sound good but are more efficient than the originals so I added l-pads to attenuate them. They now sound as good as the originals minus the rattle. I will include the original midrange drivers for the perfectionist to have rebuilt. The foam tweeter covers are in great shape. The front foam covers have long since disintegrated so I replaced them with round auto stereo speaker grilles. Not original but a good look anyway. I understand these speakers sold for $1000.00+ back in the 70's. Anybody out there have any input?
mandobassman
rlwainwright
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Based on the age of the speakers, non-original drivers, l-pad, I think your best bet is to keep 'em and use them as patio or garage speakers. I doubt you could get even $150 for them as-is...

-RW-
mandobassman OP
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I hate to sound argumentative but these speakers are in excellent shape and could be easily restored to original specs. The small hole for the L-Pads could be filled and would have no effect whatsoever on the sound. Front foam grilles could be custom fabricated if so desired. I know Epicure had a pretty good following in it's day. I would certainly expect them to be worth more than $150.00. You can see pics of them here, http://www.mandobassman.com/Epicure.html
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onhwy61
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I doubt you could even get $150 for them. Your limited to a local sale to someone who is an EPI fanatic. Drivers need to be rebuilt and the crossovers probably need work.

Here is a link to info about them: http://www.humanspeakers.com/cgi-bin/page.pl?page=e/epicure-3.0.txt
snofun3
601 posts
 
Epicure was pretty good in it's day, which is now measured in decades.

What you can buy from PSB, Paradigm or others in the low hundreds would make a 30 year old speaker that "only needs new grills, a replacement midrange, holes filled where the L pad was etc, etc" sound dreadful.

Rather than argue with the responses here, just put them on ebay and see how great the following for something that needs a bunch of work is?
mandobassman OP
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Ok, so $47.00 to rebuild one mid plus shipping. Sound is clean so I think the crossovers are fine. Woofers and Tweeters have no issues. My main speakers are vintage Klipschorns in mint condition so I do know what quality sound is and while these do not have the live presence of the Klipshorns and not nearly as efficient they do have a very rich natural sound that you only find in high end equipment. Aside from the sound the cabinets are very nice too. I have to believe they are worth more than $150.00 to someone. If I can't sell them for considerably more than that I will certainly keep them.
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