Parting out Pentas?

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ducha (archived)
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Posted March 22, 2010 at 16:35 GMT
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Hi all,

Hoping you can help me out with my dilemma. I recently purchased a pair of Penta IIs in need of attention. One speaker has two damaged bass drivers. After doing a little research, it looks as though a new pair of drivers from B&O will cost me about $225 US. I wasn't planning on keeping them as they came with other B&O pieces that I was more interested in. I don't know if I want to put this kind of money into them because there are some dents in the stainless steel cabinets, and the grill cloths have several small holes in them. I'm not looking to make a lot of money on these, but I'm not sure if there would be enough interest in the individual parts if I decided to part them out. Should I have them repaired and sell them, or should I part them out? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Aaron

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tournedos
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Posted March 22, 2010 at 16:50 GMT
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I don't know the US second hand market, but I still suspect you'd be left with more cash (and after much less effort) if you bought the spares, fixed the speakers, and sold them complete and working.

But you never know eBay - the complete amps and displays might go for some ridiculous price... anyway if you part them out, you will need to do more transactions and will still be left with a lot of parts that probably won't sell.

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ducha (archived)
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Posted March 23, 2010 at 11:40 GMT
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Thanks for your reply, Mika. Just this morning I found some reasonably priced Penta woofers on U.S. ebay that I have purchased. So, I will fix the Pentas up and sell them as-is. I really did hate the thought of having to part out such fine speakers!

Aaron

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