"NEW" MODEL 17's

**bowtie427ss** · October 25th, 2016, 07:10 AM

I position myself a lot further down stream with pole in hand ready to snatch the big ones that every body overlooked or never saw. Just this past weekend I was at a flea market and picked up a box of oil filled capacitors, old and dirty. The big heavy metal cased ones from the 40's I'm guessing. Found a few 8uF Western Electric caps with the neat WE logo on them and the insulated screw terminals. About passed out when I saw what they sell for on Ebay. I figured they were worth a lot more than I paid for them, but not that much. Makes nice trading fodder for gear down the road.

This i can totally relate to.

The good thing about guys like this is that they bring nice used gear into the market place and they don't mind loosing money doing so. Helps guys like me,

This is where our road hits a bit of a fork.

This fella couldn't show off his purchasing power fast enough or in a big enough way, had no interest in auditioning anything, just wanted to leap to impress the mental midgets flocking to his pursuit. AC Cowlings could have been his chauffeur. Guys like this help audio enthusiasts(our peers) find a different hobby.

I regret not referring him to "the good sound club" at first contact. But. i swallowed his bait thinking his Altec interest was genuine. It would be interesting to know how he relates to the Altec experience after the speakers are sold and gone. Usually, a capitol loss like that for an individual ends up with innocent parties being tossed under the bus.

GM · October 26th, 2016, 11:36 AM

Are we sure he's not Romy in one of his 'schizo' personas?

GM

**Elitopus1** · November 2nd, 2016, 11:41 AM

Price is coming down. Might turn into a score for someone if he really wants to sell these and eat the loss

**bowtie427ss** · November 3rd, 2016, 08:39 AM

As the price falls, the appeal grows. He's got to be down close to cost.

Those cabinets were well executed, at least from the exterior, and as much as i would not want the seller to hear my opinion, i'd go as far as to say "beautifully done".

FWIW, just the grills would cost you in the neighborhood of 5 bills for me to build them. I can't see the total build cost being less than 1500 if he hired a shop/contractor without a significant "friend discount".

**Elitopus1** · November 3rd, 2016, 01:00 PM

I think thats top dollar for original model 17's. There are two pairs listed for 5,500$ and 6,500$ that will probably sit until they accept a lower offer.

I think custom speakers are a tough sale. If I had that kind of money to spend on them I would find a builder and have them build exactly how I want them. And I would use 604G instead

If he goes down another grand or so then it would be under cost. I could see them selling for 2,500$

**BillWojo** · November 3rd, 2016, 10:43 PM

In his build thread he said he paid 2K for the drivers from GPA and 2.5K to have the cabinets custom built and finished. He's bleeding already.......

BillWojo