Fair price for 515E?

[gortnipper]

What is a fair price for 515E drivers?

I know someone who has half a dozen that are generally in good condition. The only bad thing is that they have two opposite sides of the basket fronts cut down slightly to fit some weird cinema install that they were in. They are parallel cuts straight through the bolt hole so there is still enough basket to mount them well, I think.

I see them on ebay for $500 each, but this seems high. Does anyone really pay that? What would a fair (to both parties) offer be?

Thanks.

[Old Guy]

For E's that is very high. The E is considered less desirable than earlier or later ones. Personally I'd think $250 and less with cut frames.

The 16 inch frame has to be cut to fit in older 210's. Later 210's are widened.

[valhallax]

e's in an 828 cab pound..i mean drive ya off the couch, type pound! so i bought another pair and loaded the garage pair of 210's. for what it's worth, the cut sides are strictly a cosmetic issue and wont effect sonics

[gortnipper]

For E's that is very high. The E is considered less desirable than earlier or later ones. Personally I'd think $250 and less with cut frames.

The 16 inch frame has to be cut to fit in older 210's. Later 210's are widened.

Which of the 515s are best and why?

[Old Guy]

Here are one qualified person's opinions

altec

I never liked the E as well myself, if the unit will seal, the cut frame is mostly cosmetic. But it creates a weak point. And devices always fail at a weak point. I would pay less for cut frames.

[bowtie427ss]

There are at least two variations of 515E.

This type(some of us call them "flat magnet" style) pretty much sucks, in my next life i will try them loaded with 416 parts:

515Ea.jpg

This type(rounded magnet) ain't so bad, IMO as good as 515G in the small horns like 828, 816, and 817:

ALTEC515E1.jpg

I tell a similar tale about the 416C...........................

[gortnipper]

They are the rounded magnet type.

The tale is the same on the 416C, meaning rounded vs. flat magnets?