Rogers LS3/5A value


parkergetdean

40 pairs left now, got crossovers for them ordered, some with me and some coming.

Sales trickling along, mostly dependant on the occasional mention in the forums.

A lot of LS3/5a buyers want the original drivers - it doesn't matter that they aren't original unless they are from Falcon, just that they look original (i.e. clones).

You could point out that if the BBC were still using LS3/5as then there is a very strong chance that they would basicsally be the same as the current Graham Audio LS3/5as (which are very similar to the Stirlings but with the more robust 12mm cabinets). They certainly wouldn't still be using B110s and T27s.

Hopefully be finished soon - the biggest issue remaining is making all the tygan grills as I haven't managaed to get that down to less than an hour a pair. 

@parkergetdean if you follow the shop goodwill site, the exact same pair of Rogers with the exact some photos from the exact same seller is listed again, which I believe is the third re-listing since your original post.  I have reached out to the seller, and get no response. I can only assume the previous winning bidders have not paid, hence re-listing.  If mt memory serves me correctly, the winning bids have ranged from 1400 to over 1900.  Sight unseen, assuming need to repair drivers and or crossovers with parts from falcon, I stop bidding at 1000.  Current pair is already at 900+.

my first high end speakers were these same 15 ohm Rogers in teak, matching the pictures here, which I purchased for $495 in 1976 from Oxford Audio Consultants near Dayton Ohio.  Owning another pair is more nostalgic than anything else for me.  

@meiatflask there are about 3 pairs that keep coming back for auction. You are right, people overbid and then don't pay. I stopped at a $1000 as well.

Are all Rogers?   I saw some (less desirable) spendors that seemed to me went lower than the Rogers. I followed, but not interested.

i would think shop goodwill would have a mechanism to offer them to the second hi bidder and so forth, rather than relisting.

i have never purchased anything of significant value from goodwill: a golf bag, a lot of vacuum tubes, nothing more than a hundred bucks.  A big skeptical of big ticket items:  why would someone just drop it off at goodwill?  The only situation I can think of is an estate.