Beveridge System 3's, worth repairing?


I have owned a pair of Beveridge System 3 speakers for over 10 years. they now no longer work and I have not used them in years. additionally, 2 of the bass drivers are now punctured. from memory, these were a very nice set of speakers. I have since replaced them, but I am wondering if they are worth repairing to either keep as my main speakers or put them up for sale. Rick Beveridge (son of Harold) is now in buisness restoring them. I currently own a pair of ML SL3's. are the System 3's the equal of the SL3's? I don't want to invest say, $2000 to repair only to find out I can only get $1000 for them. I would appreciate suggestions from anyone familiar with them.

thanks, Paul
pmwoodward

Showing 1 response by jvia

Unless you are just madly in love with them. probably not, at least not at 2000 dollars, though I do hate the thought of them going down the tubes. Few restorations of this sort
are worth the money, and I think you could find a used pair for less than 2k. ML's should be much better, though I have never heard them side by side. I would be asking Rick if he wants to by them, its not going to be much, but at least you would know they gave their lives saving others. Or I would be advertising them as parts units. That being said, if you did all the repairs yourself, perhaps a different story. Couple hundred dollars and 10 hours of your time lets say, it could be worth it. Tough call, but as I write everyone else with problems like this, feel free to send them to me.