Used Equipment Prices

[mcp6453[_2_]]

For there to be so many studios going out of business, there do not seem to be a
lot of steals on used audio equipment. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place.

An AKG C60 (untested) just sold for about $750 on eBay. The rare W60 windscreen
went for $89. I'd love to have both, but I'm not willing to gamble $750 on an
untested mic. Plus, the windscreen looked like new, but since it is plastic,
wouldn't it likely be brittle after all these years?

[hank alrich]

mcp6453 > wrote:

> For there to be so many studios going out of business, there do not seem
> to be a lot of steals on used audio equipment. Maybe I'm not looking in
> the right place.

It's a global vintage resale market, and hobbyist millionaires get there
before you or I do.

> An AKG C60 (untested) just sold for about $750 on eBay. The rare W60
> windscreen went for $89. I'd love to have both, but I'm not willing to
> gamble $750 on an untested mic. Plus, the windscreen looked like new, but
> since it is plastic, wouldn't it likely be brittle after all these years?


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I buy and sell online all the time and the formula thats seems to work for me is buy on Craigslist and sell on ebay.... I deal with only stuff I know about ie Pro-Sound and Drums... Ebayers these days are looking for deals so that means you have to buy cheap and maybe be willing to repair something or clean it up. I do well and feel very blessed.... I see band / studio complete system selloff's all the time on craigslist. That's where you make the real money is by buying a big group of items at once in one big purchase and selling them separately. Don't give up man, it's a buyers market right now and if you keep your ear to the ground you will find the deals....

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[mcp6453[_2_]]

On 12/7/2010 12:17 AM, hank alrich wrote:
> mcp6453 > wrote:
>
>> For there to be so many studios going out of business, there do not seem
>> to be a lot of steals on used audio equipment. Maybe I'm not looking in
>> the right place.
>
> It's a global vintage resale market, and hobbyist millionaires get there
> before you or I do.

That must be the case.

[Mike Rivers]

On 12/6/2010 10:42 PM, mcp6453 wrote:
> For there to be so many studios going out of business, there do not seem to be a
> lot of steals on used audio equipment. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place.

See the thread about resale value. If you want a Mackie d8b
digital console, you can get one of those for about 15% of
its original cost. It's not that it's worn out (though some
faders and encoders are shot), but because there's little
demand for it. Most people today do what a digital console
will do (and more) on their computer.

Things like Behringer mixers are so cheap to start with that
they don't usually go much below 60% of their original cost
- much less than that is just too little cash to worry about.

On the other hand, there will always be people wanting mics,
compressors, and equalizers that aren't easily replaced by
cheap modern hardware.



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[Scott Dorsey]

In article >,
hank alrich > wrote:
>mcp6453 > wrote:
>
>> For there to be so many studios going out of business, there do not seem
>> to be a lot of steals on used audio equipment. Maybe I'm not looking in
>> the right place.
>
>It's a global vintage resale market, and hobbyist millionaires get there
>before you or I do.

Precisely.

It's interesting to watch the prices on vintage microphones basically following
the Yen. When the Asian Currency Crisis happened a few years ago, prices on
RCA mikes dropped dramatically.

>> An AKG C60 (untested) just sold for about $750 on eBay. The rare W60
>> windscreen went for $89. I'd love to have both, but I'm not willing to
>> gamble $750 on an untested mic. Plus, the windscreen looked like new, but
>> since it is plastic, wouldn't it likely be brittle after all these years?

The people who are going to buy it are going to put it on a shelf in a glass
case and look at it, so they don't mind.
--scott

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[Ty Ford]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:15:00 -0500, Scott Dorsey wrote
(in article >):

> In article >,
> hank alrich > wrote:
>> mcp6453 > wrote:
>>
>>> For there to be so many studios going out of business, there do not seem
>>> to be a lot of steals on used audio equipment. Maybe I'm not looking in
>>> the right place.
>>
>> It's a global vintage resale market, and hobbyist millionaires get there
>> before you or I do.
>
> Precisely.
>
> It's interesting to watch the prices on vintage microphones basically
> following
> the Yen. When the Asian Currency Crisis happened a few years ago, prices on
> RCA mikes dropped dramatically.
>
>>> An AKG C60 (untested) just sold for about $750 on eBay. The rare W60
>>> windscreen went for $89. I'd love to have both, but I'm not willing to
>>> gamble $750 on an untested mic. Plus, the windscreen looked like new, but
>>> since it is plastic, wouldn't it likely be brittle after all these years?
>
> The people who are going to buy it are going to put it on a shelf in a glass
> case and look at it, so they don't mind.
> --scott
>
>

A friend just told me about a U 87 being used as a talk back mic in a studio
in FLA.

Regards,

Ty Ford


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