What are these speakers that came with my home worth?

Thanks for the reply.  Were you able to get any offers?  A pair of the 24/96 DSP6000s just sold on eBay a few weeks ago for around $2200, so you have a recent benchmark sale.

If you decide to keep them, the Meridian DSPs are wonderful speakers.

Worth keeping around and giving them a 'test ride'...
Obviously the original owner had either 'fallen out of love' with them...or died, leaving them 'orphans' within the home...
Whether or not the $ of the home reflected their 'perceived worth' is another issue.

Love it or List it, as the show title states....good luck with the 2nd if that's your move. *G*

I'll hazard a guess that the original buyer put some serious thought into how this would all fit it to your new space. Perhaps you might consider just keeping it all. I'll also hazard a guess that you like music?

I hadn't thought through all the details but based on all of your replies, I was just going to post on Audiogon with pictures and ask for best offer.  and say that I prefer a local SF bay area sale.   if not, I'll need some help to get them packaged up to ship - and at that point, i'm not sure if it will be worthwhile from a cost point of view.

Open to suggestions.   and very much appreciate all the detailed responses you guys have been posting. 

Hi,

I can help with regards to the Meridian equipment.  Pricing depends on condition as well as version of electronics inside the speaker.  Please look on the backs of the speakers- both of those models were originally released as 18-bit ones, but could be upgraded to the 24 bit versions.  If you see a sticker on the back that says 96/24 then they are a later version (either from the factory or upgraded) and are worth more.  The sticker denotes that the electronics within the speaker have been upgraded to support 24-bit 96kHz sampling.

You can also look to the displays, older speakers have a 7-segment display, while newer versions have a dot matrix display.  All dot matrix displays are the 96/24 versions.

Assuming they are in good shape, no major flaws, have grilles and glass with no cracks, the DSP6000s (96/24 version) are in the $2,000-2,700 range. The 18-bit ones (without the sticker) are in the $1,200-1,900 range.

For the DSP5000C, this one unfortunately isn't worth much.  A perfect one 96/24 from the factory goes for the $350-$500 range.  The 18-bit version (again without the sticker) goes for $200-325.

While these are older speakers, they sound incredible when correctly set up!  The original retail price of the 96/24 versions of the DSP6000s was $24,995.00 and the retail on the 5000C was $4,995.00.  These were very expensive when new, but also note this was over 20 years ago and current resell values account for depreciation.

If the owner had the original boxes it will also help the sale.  The DSP6000s are about 140 pounds each, so without the boxes, you are stuck to a local sale or will have to have them crated to ship safely at added expense.  

How are you planning to sell these?

   The owners of a $9000. REL Studio III and a JL Audio F113 wanted to compare their subs to my subwoofer at the time a Velodyne Digital Drive 18. The combined consensus of the comparison was the F113 coming a close second to the DD-18 but only when fed the manually equalized Velodyne signal. 
   The REL owner sold the Studio III a few days after the comparison. REL has gone through many changes none of which seem to have been directed to their fundamental sub design.

   Since then Velodyne introduced their Plus series followed a few years later by the JL Audio DARO version still lacking extensive manual EQ and a $1900. optional CR-1crossover.
   Reading the SVS Ultimate setup procedure they include three memory EQ presets and a Q adjustment a notable DSP direction. 
   Aged and recently out of production the onboard conveniently remote controlled Velodyne Plus AFAIK is only approached by one or two third party equalization programs. The digitally servo controlled Velodyne DD series still provides one of the lowest levels of distortion and is far from outdated. Third party service is available.  

although dated those dd subs still keep up with some of the best subs made.  They lose a little demand for being 18" which is pretty large for most peoples homes.  The meridian are amazing speakers but also a bit dated and not often looked for.  That being said original price was closer to $25,000.  Current market is about $800-$1200 for each sub.  $1500 for the DSP5000 pair and $2500 for the DSP6000 pair if priced for pretty quick sale.  Id say $6000 mentioned above is a good ballpark

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to respond. 
Just to answer the earlier question, the Velodyne subs are DD. 
I will look around and list. With hope someone local in the Bay area really wants them 

hifishark is also a good resource to see what like items are selling for (or have sold for - click the sold/expired tab).

I did a little checking these are at least 15 years old ,and no longer 
made, these have powered amplifiers . You will just have to see what the market will bear . The buyer most likely will have knowledge of this type of speaker already , and likes its unique trades . These are selling if you go on ebay ,
or Audio shark for a fraction of their new price. The velodyne subs 
depending how old they are ,the newer ones have a microphone and Bass room correction  .this is why I said ,go to Audiogon 
Blue book and look up the model to get a ball park figure, and condition ,have you hooked them up to make sure they work perfectly . If need be have them put on consignment. Since they came with the house get what you can and market is very small 
on these ,this is going from just what I looked. Up. Best of luck.

When new everything maybe around $15k 
for everything maybe $6 k on a good day .

Veladyne subs are pretty much out dated vs Svs,rel, or JL audio
the speaker system go on Audiogon blue book to get a idea 
which is pretty close roughly 40% of the retail if you are lucky 
for they are not in high demand or even made any more that I am aware of .
i sold audio for a number of  years  and just telling you a true perspective 
just look online at other speakers for sale .rarelydoes any used speaker command even 50% of new price and the older it is the goes down ,
as well as if it is no longer made  ,something to keep in mind when trying to sell,plus original packaging , or local pickup only shipping is very expensive today.

What model are the Velodyne subwoofers? Should be printed on the metal plate on the back of the unit such as Digital Drive or Digital Drive Plus.