Where best to sell Cyrus and Dynaudio kit?

[James B]

Hi all,

With the arrival of our little one just over a year ago I haven't once turned on my sound system and am coming to the realisation that it will be many many moons before it will be practical to use it once again. I think the future for us sits in Sonos or similar as it's much simpler, wireless and doesn't need to be within the zone of terror that Master B plagues!

It's all Cyrus 7 and i have a fair few boxes, all perfect. The Dynaudio floor standing speakers are 6 or so years old now and equally perfect. I had a beautiful set of Concert Viennas before which were incredible but too large for the space so I swapped with my father for the Dynaudios.

I'm well used to eBay having bought and sold much of my Subaru racer on there and I see Cyrus kit being sold there but just wanted to know if there were any other sites that come better recommended? Perfectly willing to pay fees etc if the right audience is seeing the stuff.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks

James

[benz0]

Pink fish, ebay, AV forums.

[James B]

Thanks for that. Haven't heard of pink fish before so will have a look. I'm on AVF too but very very seldom do i post.

[chasingracecars]

I would be tempted to hang on to it. Put the speakers in the loft covered up and buy some cheaper ones that will do the job and you will not worry about. Then get a Sonos connect to allow you to have the Sonos type control. There are other makes available that will do this too and sometimes are cheaper.

[benz0]

floorstanders or speakers on stands with a little one are a no no.

I've simply got bookshelves on a tv unit with a loewe legro (Linn Classik) powering them.

If I were you I'd sell your kit and get some nice bookshelves (with grilles) and an amp, chromecast audio or sonos connect

[TonyRPH]

Firstly - do not put any equipment in your loft, even well wrapped. The damp will get to it (unless you have a remarkably dry loft). I have seen many turntables on Ebay with terribly corroded alloy parts, because of loft / garage / shed storage.

Both of my lads grew up around my HiFi equipment without any mishaps.

Here's a pic of my eldest when he was about 4 sat atop one of my speakers.

They both learned a healthy respect for my kit as they got older - never had a single finger poke at speakers either.

Has parenting changed that much in 25 years?

[MagicalTrevor]

Try the Cyrus Unofficial forum www.cyrusunofficial.co.uk

Out of interest, what speakers? I used to have Cyrus/Dynaudio gear

[UpTheIron]

... and what Cyrus boxes, might be able to expand my setup a little :-)

[James B]

Thanks guys. It's not something I want to to do desperately but I'm sure the prospect of not being used for years isn't great for the kit either.

It's all in my cinema/av room so is safe for now but that room may well be repurposed as a playroom in time so it would then need stored and that's when things may degrade.

I checked and I have;

Cyrus Integrated 8 vs2
Cyrus AV Master 8.0
Cyrus Stream XP
Cyrus X Power
Cyrus PSX-R

Dynaudio Audience 62

5 x Arcam Muso speakers for my cinema system
1 x REL Accoustics Quake Subwoofer

I'll be buried with my Pioneer 50" plasma though!!!

[James B]

The room never even had a chance. Wife was pregnant within 6months of completing it!





Still we did get this little guy so I haven't too much to complain about!

[Digger]

I absolutely loved my Audience 42's, 52's not quite as much, and 122's a bit less.

Always wanted to try the Cyrus kit! Can't afford it at the moment.

Try avforums as already suggested.

[anonymous-user]

Haha! I've gone the opposite way!

Got a set of Cyrus boxes and some B&W 603 floorstanders. Just bought a Cyrus CDi and pledged to spend more time listening to my CD collection, despite my 9 month and 4 year olds.

[VEX]

Just fence it off, and tell them! NO!

It is what we did with my kit and never had a problem (other than a single marble in the bass port of the floor standers, which wasnt them)

Personally, Better to manage behavour than hide it away, then it just becomes a temptation again when it is back out.

V.

[Patrick1964]

I used to listen to my Cyrus gear through Audience 62's, they were a good match. I'd keep it all, but then I'm childless....

[Crackie]

Is it possible to mass load the speakers ? If you have reasonable DIY skills you could make some very heavy plinths out of some paving slabs. add some black paint, lacquer and some machine screws from Halfords. Machine screws need to be same thread as speaker spikes ( Usually M6 or M8 ) and long enough to go through the slab and secure the plinth to the speaker base. Result is a speaker with a much bigger footprint and much more mass near floor level.

A word of warning, most paving slabs have very sharp edges, do you have , or know anyone, who has the equipment to radius the edges and 'soften the corners ?

Something along these lines, https://www.iqspeakers.co.uk/plinths-etc?lightbox=...

Edited by Crackie on Tuesday 10th January 22:21