JBL 830T Value question

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A woman i work with brought in a set of JBL 830T speakers today and asked me if I wanted to buy them. I did some searching on the auction site and found only 1 current auction and it looks like they wont sell for $150.00. These things are huge and in pretty decent shape and i dont want to lowball her on the price (at least not too bad). Does anyone here have any info on these? Like maybe the price new or what you might have paid for a used pair? Are these even decent speakers? They look pretty impressive. Thanks for any help. This picture is not mine but these are the speakers.
 

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JBL 830T, 1988-89, "200 watts", 2 8-inch woofers, 1-inch tweeter, msrp $325 each.
I'd bet they sound pretty darn good.
Offer $125 if the drivers are all in good shape.
 
We have settled on $100 for a price and i will be taking them home tonight. I'll post a few pics and a quick review later.
 
I got a pair of those at the local Goodwill for $70 (no grills, woofers caps pushed in). I sucked out the dust caps with a vacuum cleaner hose and a styrofoam cup with the bottom cut out, worked great. All the drivers work great and they have a port hole on the back side. I noticed that they are a 4 ohm speaker and like to have a little bit of power going into them. I'm using them as my basement speakers with a Pioneer (what else :D ) SA-9500II integrated amp and a CD player. They sound great! I had them playing at the AK Midwest Fest at my place last September and I think one person actually picked those speakers over a pair of Vandersteen 2Cs! Hope this helps your decision a little.




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noprayer said:
We have settled on $100 for a price and i will be taking them home tonight. I'll post a few pics and a quick review later.
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Let us know what you think of them after you get them hooked up.



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There were a couple pair for sale local to me, then advertised as giving away for free. I think he ended up giving some of them away and parting others out & tossing the cabinets.

Some folks like them, but I haven't heard about any going for any decent $$.

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