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

@rhg88

I can understand your attraction to these speakers. Big, bold cabinets. Lots of drivers ready to get the air (and music) moving about the room. As a speaker geek (I own a speaker patent) my guess is that the speakers were just a bit on the picky side in placement, but once dialed in, all the stars lined up and highly rewarding (and emotionally engaging) musical experience ensued. The fact you hung on to them as long as you did is a validation of their design. Your current choice of speakers indicates you have "good ears", so the Koss’s must have gotten a lot of things right.

Selling the speakers outright will certainly get them in the hands of someone with "skin in the game" who will have a high appreciation for the speakers. I also see the value of giving them to an audio club, and in the hands of someone who’s finances are a "couple of db down" from purchasing quality gear on their own.

At any rate, I hope your "old friends" find a good home. They deserve it.

I’m a member of both the San Francisco Audiophile Foundation here and the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society here .  Reach out to them first or PM me and I’ll try to pass your offer along.

I’m with you. In this disposable society, when a piece of gear have served me well, I’d like it to go to someone who can use, care, and appreciate it.  None/few would appreciate a good vintage speaker like an audiophile 

Thanks for your responses and suggestions.

I ended up listing them in Craig’s list and within 10 minutes I had 20 takers!

I gave them away to a couple. BTW, I even had the original boxes!

Nicely done! 

I'm late to the party but on Craig's list I like to sell at a low price.  There are resellers who will swarm you for free stuff but only people actually interested in your item will see it with a $5 price.  This gets it to an actual interested party.  A reseller will take it and try to sell it for a much higher price.

Jerry