No matter how old or esoteric, odds are that you will find the item you’re looking for listed on eBay. The largest online area for used hi-fi is eBay. The vintage hi-fi business has moved nearly completely to the Internet. But similar businesses are now hard to find. There are still some retailers that deal in classic equipment, like Audio Classics in Vestal (Binghamton), New York. I didn’t buy anything, but I appreciated the treatment. The establishment’s owner actually moved a pair of very heavy speakers into his main listening room and let me listen to them on modern-day equipment - some pieces costing $10,000 or more. There was a giant room with shelves jammed full of interesting stereo gear. Luckily, a few weeks later, on a business trip to Seattle, I walked into Hawthorne Stereo. The Internet killed that business.” I walked out nearly in tears. “We don’t deal with used equipment anymore. I got some really classic stuff there.Ī few years ago I went back to try to find a particular pair of speakers and the owner looked at me as if I was speaking a foreign language.
Here in New York, I used to do a lot of bartering at Stereo Exchange. It was likely a place you could hear what something sounded like before buying it. Most of the time, gear was traded-in when it was time to buy new and improved stuff.Įvery big city probably had at least one store that had a booming business in used hi-fi. But first, let me offer some background.īefore the Internet, classified ads in local newspapers and local neighborhood hi-fi shops were the main outlets for buying and selling older equipment. It depends on many factors - especially how good it was when it was brand new. But some pieces are nearly worth their weight in gold.
Not all older hi-fi is worth a lot of money. Hi-fi gear is a hot commodity these days. There’s a possibility that the old stereo gear you bought or acquired from the 80’s - or 70’s, or possibly even the 50’s or 60’s - may be back in style with a vengeance.įorget about old TVs.
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