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Can you all help me with a valuation for a pair of Marantz Imperial 8 speakers?They need a little TLC, but overall are in good condition.
Cabinets are nice condition(a few scratches, dings from normal use)
Grills are in need of some re-tacking around the edges
All the speakers are original, but 4 of 6 mids need refoaming.
Original separate bases are included
77 lbs eachI know shipping will be expensive, but how does a person start to put a value on them?
Thanks for any insight.
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except unfortunately for their line of loudspeakers. Your best bet would be to try and sell them locally, as the shipping would be about 2 times more than the speakers are probably worth.Like the other buyer said, search around fleabay, and get an idea of the market value. IMHO probably around $50-75 for the pair tops, except if they NOS or in extremely mint condition.
Trust me, selling large loudspeakers these days is not easy, except the finatically collectible ones, such as higher end JBL, Altec, etc. I have a pair of Rectilinear 3's, a pair of EPI M-400's and even a complete Dahlquist DQ-10 set up including DQ-MX1 X-over & DQ-1W that I cant move, because of exhorbitant shipping costs. Or fear of destroying them. I refuse to give them away, so in storage they sit waiting for the right buyer to arrive. Good luck on your voyage!
Thanks for the replies.Shipping is the obvious roadblock here. Anything can be shipped, but these are as close to non-shippable speakers that I've owned.
With the refoaming needed I don't think these are minty. Also the covers appear to not be the originals. They don't have those rectangular foam ones I've seen in ad photos.
I also have a nice pair of Sansui SP-5500X that are smaller than these Marantz IM8's, but still big and heavy.
I'll likely tinker with restoring them. I'd like to keep them original, but refoaming is something I have not tackled yet.
Look at eBay auctions for a starting place. Then adjust to equalize to the condition of yours. There is also the Orion guide but many times it does not reflect the market influence of web selling that has dramatically changed value of much of the vintage audio equipment market.
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