Anybody know anything about car stereo equipment?

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Anybody know anything about car stereo equipment?

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Cause I know absolutely nothing, but my parents just bought a used truck and the guy gave us all this stereo equipment and my parents said if I can sell it I can keep the cash. Problem is I don't know where to start so I figured skrew it I'll ask racketboy. This is the the stuff...


hifonics sub woofer I think its 10 inches
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hifonics europa XI amp
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hifonics Thor XI amp
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Stuff all looks pretty nice, anywho I know this is a stretch but if you know anything about how much this might be worth or where I could find out how much its worth, let me know.
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I got one given to me last year exactly like the Thor one for fixing some laptops. It was top of the line back in the late 80's but has gone down in price. Not easy to find now but similar models by the same manufacturer were selling for anywhere from $170-$220 canadian on ebay last year as far as I could tell. For the price vs the sound it can produce I gave it to my dad and it's running all the speakers but the 15" sub in his Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme now. We needed to run an in-line noise supressor for the front speakers.

edit: dunno about the speakers or europa.
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damn these things are from the 80s?
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also try to sell them to someone in your area...trust me, its VERY hard to sell subs on ebay. I was only able to sell my setup by driving to a guys house, letting him hear it, take his cash, and THEN pull the stero.
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lost_within wrote:also try to sell them to someone in your area...trust me, its VERY hard to sell subs on ebay. I was only able to sell my setup by driving to a guys house, letting him hear it, take his cash, and THEN pull the stero.
Yea I put them up on craigslist basically saying ill take whatever anyone wants for them, If they want to hear these thing theyll have to hook it up themselves because I have no idea how to do that....I got a feeling Im not going to be able to sell this stuff
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its not impossible, its just that people dont know how used audio stuff was treated, atleast i was honest i told everyone i beat the hell out of mine lol. You just never get a good price on audio stuff thats used.

But if they were free...anything is good right? :D
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I'd say take it to a car stereo store and ask to have it tested. the craigslist the subs and ebay the amps. I'd say you might have $300-500 worth of gear.

older amps seem to do well as a lot of them were made in the USA and are built pretty stout. people collect old amps.

check completed auctions on the amps.
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I emailed my friend who used to be into car stereos and competed locally with his car back in the day the link to this post and asked him. He said:
that stuff looks pretty old and hifonics isn't too bad but not top notch - the speakers are probably only worth about $50 - the amps are worth maybe $75-100 each
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alright, thanks for everyones help we'll see how this turns out, I'm trying to some how turn this into a psp
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Solid amps. I'll see if i can dig up some cash and make an offer, or gimme a pm for what you want for them.
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