THE $500 Question: Should I have the Tannoy Lancaster Cabinets Shipped, or just the Gold Dual Concentrics

[1931jared]

I purchased in an online auction some vintage Gold Tannoys, 12" Dual concentrics. My problem is getting them shipped back to me. I live in Los Angles and the Tannoys are in Texas. They are in Lancasters cabinets. I enjoy hi-fi, listen to about 6 hours of vinyl per day, but I also resell. These Tannoys will be for resale. I have been quoted (the lowest) $620 to have them shipped to me. Pretty steep and cuts severely into my PM. QUESTION: Is spending the $620 for both intact cabinets & speakers worth it, or...do I have my relative who lives there, take the speakers and the crossovers out and ship them to me for just $120? In other words, how valuable are the Lancaster cabinets themselves? Is it worth paying $500 more to have them shipped? Important to know is that one of the cabinets is black and one is brown (See Attached Photos).

Again, I am re-selling. It's not a matter of trying to duplicate the sonic environment of the Lancasters (which would be difficult)...I'm just asking a pragmatic question. How much am I depreciating the set of Gold Duals by not including the Lancasters, and if so how much? Thanks in advance for everyone's time.

 

[adrianywu]

These cabinets are nothing special. They will not cost you $500 to build. I found a pair of Tannoy SRM10B locally for very little money since the owner dropped one of them and one corner was severely dented. I guess he did not realize that the drivers are valuable. I was going to buy a pair of Mastering Labs cabinets and crossovers for them, but never got round to it.

 

[christoph]

I purchased in an online auction some vintage Gold Tannoys, 12" Dual concentrics. My problem is getting them shipped back to me. I live in Los Angles and the Tannoys are in Texas. They are in Lancasters cabinets. I enjoy hi-fi, listen to about 6 hours of vinyl per day, but I also resell. These Tannoys will be for resale. I have been quoted (the lowest) $620 to have them shipped to me. Pretty steep and cuts severely into my PM. QUESTION: Is spending the $620 for both intact cabinets & speakers worth it, or...do I have my relative who lives there, take the speakers and the crossovers out and ship them to me for just $120? In other words, how valuable are the Lancaster cabinets themselves? Is it worth paying $500 more to have them shipped? Important to know is that one of the cabinets is black and one is brown (See Attached Photos).

Again, I am re-selling. It's not a matter of trying to duplicate the sonic environment of the Lancasters (which would be difficult)...I'm just asking a pragmatic question. How much am I depreciating the set of Gold Duals by not including the Lancasters, and if so how much? Thanks in advance for everyone's time.

Welcome to the What's Best Forums and congrats on your purchase of the vintage Tannoys.

Cheers,
Christoph

 

[ddk]

I purchased in an online auction some vintage Gold Tannoys, 12" Dual concentrics. My problem is getting them shipped back to me. I live in Los Angles and the Tannoys are in Texas. They are in Lancasters cabinets. I enjoy hi-fi, listen to about 6 hours of vinyl per day, but I also resell. These Tannoys will be for resale. I have been quoted (the lowest) $620 to have them shipped to me. Pretty steep and cuts severely into my PM. QUESTION: Is spending the $620 for both intact cabinets & speakers worth it, or...do I have my relative who lives there, take the speakers and the crossovers out and ship them to me for just $120? In other words, how valuable are the Lancaster cabinets themselves? Is it worth paying $500 more to have them shipped? Important to know is that one of the cabinets is black and one is brown (See Attached Photos).

Again, I am re-selling. It's not a matter of trying to duplicate the sonic environment of the Lancasters (which would be difficult)...I'm just asking a pragmatic question. How much am I depreciating the set of Gold Duals by not including the Lancasters, and if so how much? Thanks in advance for everyone's time.

These cabinets are in pretty rough shape and worthless as they sit, not sure if they’re even original.

david