What is used professional PA equipment worth?

UK price guide

What is a used PA system worth?

Professional line array and subwoofer cabinets hold value better than most used equipment, because the installed base is long-lived and parts stay available for decades. L-Acoustics SB218 subwoofers ask roughly £850 to £1,250 each and legacy dV-DOSC cabinets around £650, with controllers and amplifiers often worth more than the boxes they drive.

Researched 23 October 2026. Asking prices, not sold prices — see the limits at the foot of this page.

What the market is asking, per cabinet or unit

Measure	Asking	Source
L-Acoustics SB218 subwoofer, single, EU dealer	€990 ex VAT	JSFrance (seller-published)
L-Acoustics SB218, pair, UK	£1,632 or best offer	PicClick UK / eBay UK
L-Acoustics SB218 with wheel board, pair, UK	£2,547 or best offer	eBay UK
L-Acoustics dV-DOSC, lot of 9, ground-stack only	$7,800 the lot (about $867 each)	GearSource (seller-published)
L-Acoustics LA8 controller and amplifier, UK	£3,360 asking	eBay UK
Yamaha M7CL-48 console, EU dealer with meter bridge	€1,595 ex VAT	CueSale (seller-published)
Yamaha M7CL-48, typical European used range	€1,400–2,100	Stereonet listing analysis

Why the range is that wide

Two things make this category behave unlike the others here. First, flyability: the same dV-DOSC cabinet is worth substantially more with its rigging than without, and the GearSource lot of nine was explicitly ground-stack or front-fill only, which is why it worked out near the bottom of the range. Second, the amplifier and controller are often the expensive part — an LA8 asking £3,360 is more than five dV-DOSC cabinets, because without processing the boxes do not work and the processing is proprietary. The practical effect is that a complete, flyable, correctly-amplified system is worth considerably more than the sum of its line items, and splitting a rig up to sell it is usually the wrong decision.

What moves the number

Flyable, with rigging, or ground-stack only

The largest single swing. Cabinets with their frames, bumpers and pins command a clear premium; without them the market narrows to front-fill and ground-stack use.

The controller and amplification

Proprietary processing means the boxes are not usable without the matching amplified controllers, and those often carry more value per unit than the cabinets themselves.

Complete systems over single boxes

A coherent rig — cabinets, subs, controllers, flying hardware — sells for more than the parts listed separately, because the buyer is replacing a system rather than filling a gap.

Drivers, grilles and cosmetic condition

Reconed drivers and replaced diaphragms are normal in touring stock and not a problem if documented. Undocumented repairs are, and torn grilles signal how the stock was treated.

Flightcases and dollies

Worth real money on touring inventory and frequently excluded from a headline price. A sub on a wheel board is a different product from a sub on a pallet.

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The limits of these figures

These are asking prices, not sold prices.
Several figures are in euros or US dollars because the UK used market for professional PA is thin and priced internationally. No currency conversion has been applied — the original currency is shown.
Figures marked seller-published come from dealers and brokers in used professional audio.
dV-DOSC is a legacy product. Comparables are scarce and vary enormously with rigging and condition, so that figure is weaker evidence than the SB218 range.
Flightcases, rigging, spare drivers and transport are excluded unless the listing stated otherwise.

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