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Vintage Sansui speaker value

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Vistance

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Hey guys, I've got the chance to buy two pairs of vintage Sansui speakers - wondering what kind of value you all would place on these assuming they are in good condition and if they're worth anything if they are NOT in good condition? Part of my ability to look at them stems on not knowing exactly their condition, so I'm fearing rotted woofers or one of the tweeters not working.

The first pair are Sansui SP-X6700 speakers which look like this:
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The other are a pair of Sansui SP-2700A speakers which look like this:
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Both lattice grill speakers with adjustable tone controls on the front. Again I really would like to know what sort of value these speakers have, talking Craigslist value that is. They certainly don't look like the bottom dollar speakers I unfortunately run into so commonly, so I would like to have some opinions from other AKers.
 
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Every market is going to be different as to what they are worth...and the interest level. After having owned various types of speakers like those, I tend to avoid them unless they are free or really close to it. Then, admittedly, I resell them after I clean them up. (it helps to fund a 44 year old college students expenses) I just never have liked the way they sound although some seem to love them. Some of them do sound better than others, though. So value wise, it will be kind of area related. Also check ebay auctious and see if there are recently closed auctions to kind of get you in the ballpark of CL ads.
 
I'm betting the 2700s sound better and have more value in the marketplace. I think that's an alnico tweeter up top.

I bet the SPX-6700s sound rather awful.. They are from a much newer era. I had 4 pairs of SPX-8900s and freely admit that they needed ALOT of EQ.

I wouldn't pay over $100 no matter what.
 
I've always liked the looks of lattice fronted Sansuis more than I like the sound. Some do sound ok, and synergy can sometimes come into play and surprise me, but in general the seven or eight different models I've had didn't sound good enough to reach my top ten of speakers I've owned.
 
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