addendum: too many pieces to ship, and shipping costs likely expensive
How to dispose of your system?
A lot of us are getting to the age where we may start thinking about what will happen to our precious systems when we’re gone? Will they be sold in pieces, breaking up the synergy we’ve worked so hard to establish? That seems to me to be criminal.
What about trying to sell the whole system, kit and kaboodle, maybe to a member of this forum? Would anyone, perhaps a novice, be willing to pay for a very finely tuned instrument?
If the system cost say, $35K to put together, what would a fair price be?
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I just wanted to say from my personal experience - if I took an amp like that in a condition like your amp to my local repair shop, I would get $300 if I was lucky, but likely less. Here’s their math.. They check ebay prices, which on this model are around $1k. A full service at their shop on such Marantz, including full recap, would run around $1k. Plus their sales commission of 30 percent. Plus your $300. So once they service it, considering all of the above, they would list it for about $1500 as fully restored with 1 year warranty, and will also lower that price further if it does not sell quickly - 2-3 weeks. I hope this helps as it’s not very clear how you’ve arrived at your asking price, but seeing that your amp needs full service, and hardly anybody can do full service now days, it’s a hard sell.. I personally would not pay more than $400-500 for any vintage unrestored amp - now that I know how much it costs to restore - and also how long it takes.. Anyway, hope this helps.. I have a vintage Pioneer amp that I will never ever sell for that reason alone, as it cost me in repairs more than a modern day Mcintosh amp costs.. |
@rvpiano With the direction the market is going it wouldn't surprise me if TMR does not exist when your time comes. |
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