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I've got a vintage speaker that I bought from a garage sale about ten years ago It came in a cabinet and cost me Au$20. The garage sale was at the deceased estate of an uncle of a friend of mine. By the time I got there most things had gone. Uncle was an old HiFi buff from way back. He'd obviously made the speaker cabinet.
I also scored a 60's all valve Revox reel to reel two track tape recorder for Au$25.
I was looking around for some info about it a couple of days ago when I found a couple of ads for second hand speakers of the same type. I was just FLABBERGASTED at their price.
- http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Vintage-Vitavox-1...2120612329 -

Quote:Vintage Vitavox 12" DU120 Duplex Speaker Drive Unit Tannoy
                       

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08 May, 2016 21:57:12 BST
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£522.00
Approximately EUR 619.77

- http://www.ebay.ie/itm/182111996296 -

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Approximately EUR 825.17

(07-31-2016, 04:15 AM)GoldenVulture Wrote: [ -> ]I was just FLABBERGASTED at their price.

To paraphrase Frankie Howard, your Flabber has never been so gasted.

That must be approximately AU$1000.

(07-31-2016, 05:01 AM)Funkfingers Wrote: [ -> ]To paraphrase Frankie Howard, your Flabber has never been so gasted.

That must be approximately AU$1000.

Yes around that..
How about the second one I put up. It comes in a cabinet for an extra 170 pounds.

Here's mine.
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Sell that speaker and go on holiday

I'm certainly thinking it could fund something else.[ Travel/gear ]
I must look up what the Revox might be worth.

(07-31-2016, 05:10 AM)GoldenVulture Wrote: [ -> ]Here's mine.
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Was the bag of weed included?  Vintage!

(08-07-2016, 05:39 AM)Dr. Vegetable Wrote: [ -> ]Was the bag of weed included?  Vintage!

If you zoom in I think you should be able to identify that it's a bag of screws for the back panel.
Putting scews and things in bags when dismantling things can save one a lot of frustration later. :evil:

Maybe that's what i'll do if I sell this speaker.... Blow it on drugs.

Don't sell it. Do drugs and listen to Meddle on that speaker. I guarantee results.

Nice score! Now you just need three more exactly like it so you can break out Quadrophenia.

(08-07-2016, 11:04 AM)Dr. Vegetable Wrote: [ -> ]Don't sell it.  Do drugs and listen to Meddle on that speaker.  I guarantee results.

Nice score!  Now you just need three more exactly like it so you can break out  Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

I have a tape copy of Darkside otM quad mix made from a disk of said recording.

I could down mix it to mono and use the single speaker..