Looking For Advice From The Pros on Tips To Sell Vintage Audio Equipment

Hello Everyone,

First time poster, but I've been lurking for the past week or so.

I'm looking for advice from others on what might be the best way to sell some vintage audio equipment I have acquired through an estate. The gentleman was obviously an audiophile who had a nice assortment of higher end electronics from what appear to be the 80's. The lot consists of everything from tuners to CD players to FM Stereo transmitter to what appear to be vintage parts in unopened boxes.

I recognized many of the names such as Marantz, Technics, and Harman Kardan, but never heard of Audio Alchemy, Magnum Dynalab, PS Audio, and Njoe Tjoeb until I started researching this stuff.

That's how I found this site.  I figured it's always worth a shot to pick others brains in the industry who might have different ideas of how to get this stuff out in the marketplace. I obviously know eBay, which I have bought and sold on before....but I have no idea how niche audio equipment might fare there.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Mark

Thanks for the responses so far...

cifani090 - not sure what you're asking when you refer to pieces?

tjohnusa - it's hard not to sound like an idiot when you have little knowledge of component systems. I do have a Harman Kardan PM 645 Stereo Amplifier. I assume power supplies and tuners are different animals? I'll be checking out the audiokarma site today or tomorrow.

Dissonant - I'm attaching a few pictures of a lot of the stuff. I don't have the desire to put together a setup for myself. I'm more of a musician than a budding audiophile. And not a very accomplished one at that! Nor do my photography skills shine...

Needless to say, this guy had quite a stash of stuff. Most of the boxed components are simply units that have been kept that way. The Ultra Di and the Audio Alchemy DTi Plus boxes contain what appear to be brand new merchandise. The Realistic 12 band equalizer has factory seals on it. Unfortunately, the remotes for everything seem to be missing. .

Thanks for the link fabio-fi. Looks like the majority of the "buying" links are looking for very specific items.

cfani090

Yes I have model numbers. Here's a list of the major stuff.

Archer Video Sound Processor 15-1278A
Audio Alchemy Digital Drive System III CD Transport
Audio Alchemy Data Stream Transceiver (x2). NIB
Audio Alchemy Power Station One (x2) NIB
Audio Alchemy DTI Plus (x2) NIB
Audiosource SS One II Surround Sound Processor (x2) (in Box)
BBE ARS Audio Restoration System
Behringer DI100 Ultra-Rugged DI Box (NIB)
Clearaudio Cartridge Weight Watcher Digital Stylus Gauge (in box)
DBX NX40 Noise Reduction System (in Box)
DBX SX-10 Dynamics Enhancer  (In Box)
DBX SX-20 Video Sound Impact Restorer (in Box)
Godar FM1A Antenna (in box)
Hallicrafters S-38E (Not Working)
Harman Kardon PM 645 Stereo Amplifier
HTMS 2510 Spatializer
Magnum Dynalab 205 FM Signal Slueth
Magnum Dynalab MD 90 Analog FM Tuner
Marantz Stereo Tuner ST-17
Mitsubishi HS-U53 VHS
Musical Fidelity X-PSU v3 Power Supply
Njoe Tjoeb 40000 CD Player
Panasonic PV-S7670 VCR
Philips 921 CD Player
Polk Audio Surroundbar 3000
PS Audio Digital Processor Ultralink
Pyramid PS-15KX 12 Amp Power Supply
Ramsey FM-100 FM Stereo Transmitter
Realistic Stereo Reverb Unit 42-2108 (in Box)
Realistic Stereo Audio Mixer | 6 Channel | #32-1210
Realistic 5 Band Mono Frequency Equalizer (x4) (no power supplies)
Realistic 12 Band Equalizer 31-2009 (NIB)
Sony CDP-391 CD Player
Technics SL-P170- CD Player
Tekna Sonic C-5 Vibration Control Absorbers (x4 NIB)

hint- Have you ever seen the show Storage Wars? Looks like I hit a home run on this one!

Doing more research, I also ended up with several interesting audiophile LP albums (pink noise, samplers, etc). I could stock a small store with all  this stuff. From what I've gathered, I'll most likely end up using eBay.

As for the vintage tag....I'm really clueless as to how old it needs to be to be considered "vintage". Didn't really know what to call it. Sounded good at the time....