Monitor Audio R852 speaker advice

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I've been having a bit of a clear out of some stuff via ebay and would be grateful for some advice. Amongst the stuff I've got a pair of Monitor Audio R852 speakers with original Monitor Audio stands. They work fine and after a little elbow grease should look reasonable. Any ideas of value, they are quite heavy and would be a little tricky to package so I only want to go down the ebay route if its worth the hassle. I don't have any photos at the moment but if it helps I can get some on here.

[Seeker UK]

Looking on Ebay suggest that a minty pair go for £100-£140 ish so if you want to clean 'em up, go for that. If you want to sell them as is, £80.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Cheers for that, I can feel the elbow grease being cracked open.

[clived]

Just out of curiousity are they the original model or the later gold MD model?

[RedWhiteMonkey]

The originals, they have black metal tweeters not the gold. Is there any real difference?

[clived]

Only that I much prefer the originals I've had a pair since they came out. Pulled them out of the cupboard the other day and plugged them in. Love them still - the air, the tight bass.... <sigh> ;-) I put them back in the cupboard as I couldn't bare to get rid of them.

A pair went on ebay the other day for £88. Absolute bargain.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I'm not too sure of the specification of these speakers and can't find any info on google. Does anyone know their spec, particularly their watt and ohm rating is.

[clived]

From memory the impedance is 8ohms - can't remember the power rating. If this is for your ebay listing, no-one who knows what an 852MD is will care that you can't remember that :-)

Look at this thread and search down it for 852MD.... ;-)