what is the going rate on these?

xjghost

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/ele/4354173335.html

Is $140 too much? I want something for rears to go with my Monitor 10's that are in my den and acting as mains on a Denon Surround amp. I was thinking about 7's but cannot find any for a reasonable price. I was going to offer $100.00. Thoughts?

11tsteve

my thoughts are $50-60 is fair. But that is my price.

heiney9

$75-100

teekay0007

If they're in excellent shape overall - kind of hard to tell from the pics - I'd say about $100 +/-. They do have the SL-2500 tweeters which I much prefer over the SL-2000s. These have been going for a lot more lately than most people would think. A while back, I checked all the past closed auctions on that auction site for 5jr's and 5jr+'s and the average to-my-door price on a pair was around $140 (maybe he did the same and that's how he came up with his price), with some going for over $200!!!!

They work great as surrounds/rears with Monitor 10s. That's how I use mine and really like them - CS400i center and DSWPRO550wi sub. The Audyssey setup program on my AVR read them as full-range speakers. I manually set the crossover on them to 70 or 80 Hz.

boston1450

50-70 in good condition. Mint 1-120... 5jr's or 4's work well. 4's seem to work well here & perfect on stands or shelf. Good luck with search

xjghost

Thanks guys. It's a work/dream in progress. I appreciate the suggestions on the center and sub too. I have a center and sub but I have a hard time hearing voices in movies. IDK much about all this HT stuff. I'm not happy with the Denon receiver but hey it was something and all I could afford at that time. I really need to read up on the HT stuff and try and understand it. I'll likely have to mount the rears on the wall up high so idk how well this room will work. Ideally I'd like a set of 7's for rears.

mikemokr

FWIW a couple months ago I paid $75 for a pair of 5JRs with the SL2000, in pretty much excellent condition, CL local pickup. The ad you linked to does indicate cosmetic issues so I'd definitely resist the asking price but factoring in that those are SL2500s, yeah, $100 ballpark doesn't sound exorbitant as described.

7s strike me as awfully nice speakers to be relegated to rear duty although with 10s as mains it's not a crazy thought.

Mystery

I'm selling monitor 10's that are three models up from 5jr (5-->7-->10) for $100 and no bites here.
Depends upon location but 5jr around $60 is fair.

xjghost

Mystery wrote: »

I'm selling monitor 10's that are three models up from 5jr (5-->7-->10) for $100 and no bites here.
Depends upon location but 5jr around $60 is fair.

I'd buy them for that so my 15 year old son will quit threating to steal mine that I bought in the 80's with money I earned in a summer job! FWIW I just think that I just want some 7's. Of course the thought crossed my mind to use monitor 12's for my mains and move the 10's for the rears!

PolkieMan

only cause your so far away my friend...... chomp chomp!

Mystery wrote: »

I'm selling monitor 10's that are three models up from 5jr (5-->7-->10) for $100 and no bites here.
Depends upon location but 5jr around $60 is fair.