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Guidelines for buying used speakers (as in, are there any?)

HI,

Can anyone offer up some suggestions or guidelines for buying used speakers?

Initially I thought 5 years old max, buy from original (and only) owner, half original retail.

But then ...

Found some nice Zu Omen Defs ($1350) but they've had 2 owners.

Also found some Vandersteen 2c signatures ($900 + $100 shipping) but they're 10 years old and, again, 2 owners.

So you can see my guidelines may be preventing me from getting very high quality speakers at a good price.

The Defs I can listen to and physically examine; the Vandersteens would be purchased online.

Thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
128x128jimspov

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jzzmusician
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Yeah, read the feedback.  But that's no guarantee either.  I bought a pair of supposedly super fine Quad 2805s and one of the speakers arrived with a damaged panel.  A month trying to work it out, ( not really good, but I got some compensation) and 1k in repairs. 

Feedback is everything and if I did it again I would not only look at the feedback here, but elsewhere as well.  If there is even a hint of a problem, go away.

bob
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