Potteries Auctions — “Hi-Fi Systems Value Guide” (2026)
A UK auction house’s price guide to used hi-fi, published 2026-04-23 by Dave Spence. It exists to attract consignments, so every number leans toward “your old system is worth selling — through us.” T3: a real trade participant with real price exposure, publishing brackets rather than sales records. No auction results are cited to back any figure.
The brackets (GBP, used)
| Category | Range |
|---|---|
| Basic all-in-one systems | £20–£80 |
| Mid-range separates | £80–£250 |
| Quality branded (Denon, Yamaha, Pioneer, Sony) | £150–£600+ |
| High-end vintage separates | £300–£2,000+ |
| Luxury / audiophile (Naim, Linn, Rega) | £500–£5,000+ |
| Speakers, per pair | £30–£3,000+ |
| Amplifiers | £30–£1,000+ |
| Turntables | £50–£2,000+ |
| CD players | £20–£300+ |
The two-orders-of-magnitude spread on speakers is the whole story of resale value compressed into one row.
What it says drives price
“Brand reputation and condition are often more important than age.” Then: working and testable, original accessories/cables/remotes present, cosmetically cared for, and sold as a matching system rather than piece by piece. Vintage gear from respected makers is called out as in demand, credited to older build standards and the vinyl revival.
Reading it against this spoke
Nothing in that list is an acoustic measurement. Not one of the T/S numbers, response curves, or group-delay plots that decide whether a speaker is good appears among the things that decide what it sells for. That gap is the subject of loudspeaker-resale-value.
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