Used studio monitors in Edinburgh typically sell for £60 to £350 (about $81 to $470). Monitors are sold in pairs and judged on driver condition, since a blown driver on one halves the set.
Selling studio monitors in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
What studio monitors are worth
What lifts the price
- Matched pairs from recognised brands
- Intact surrounds with no perishing
What pulls it down
- Blown or distorting drivers
- Perished foam surrounds on older monitors
Working out what yours is worth
- Play a full-range test tone through both and compare
- Confirm both monitors match exactly
Getting it ready
- Check the woofer surrounds for perishing and the tweeters for damage.
- Note whether they are active or passive, the driver size, and what inputs they have.
Photograph
- Both monitors together, front, grilles off if removable
- The rear panel showing inputs and controls
Put in the description
- Brand, model and whether active or passive
- Input types: XLR, TRS, RCA
Heavy for their size and the drivers are exposed. Post each separately, well padded, ideally in original boxes.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
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Common questions
Where can I sell studio monitors in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Are they a matched pair?
Confirm both are the same model and revision. Mismatched monitors do not image properly and are worth much less.
How much are studio monitors worth in Edinburgh?
Most used studio monitors change hands for £60 to £350 (about $81 to $470). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling studio monitors across the United Kingdom, what studio monitors are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Music & Instruments in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.