Hi everyone. New here. I have (2) pioneer reel to reel machines and (1) Sony from the 70’s

Welcome to the forum! I love reel to reel and have about a dozen machines lying around here, two of which are Pioneers.

It depends on which you have, the most desireable are the RT-707 and RT-909. The RT-707 is a tiny player that looks amazing especially when stacked with the SPEC Equipment, I have one in my main rack of my favorite equipment. I don't have it's big brother the RT-909, much bigger but with similar looks, both of these players go for a ton of money.

I've also got the much more common RT-1020, a very nice unit but more high-end basic, from 20 feet away it looks like the popular AKAI's and TEACs of the same era, they get decent money because of the branding, some people want an all Pioneer stack. I don't think they made as many as the other more common brands so they go for a little more.

Selling is the hard part, if you can't ship them you'll have to do a local sale, advertise them in the below sections, I would ask for a private message and not list your details. Ebay will allow local pickup along with Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Reverb.com also has mostly audio and musician equipment.

You could also call your local record shops and see if they have any interest, around here they'll buy any vintage stuff but most of these guys don't make a lot of money so they won't offer a ton but it helps pay their bills.

 

It's all relative, I bought mine for $15 USD from a recycler before being melted down and it was in great condition but that was 12 years ago. Steadily over the years they've kept going up to over $500 USD (and more) these days. It's a small niche market but there is demand for them. I'm not familar with the Sony but it was on The Vintage Knob Website, most of the equipment on here is the cool stuff but he says they sold a lot of them. (this zombie site hasn't been updated for years) Black is rare for RTR and might command extra dollars.
http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TC-399.html

You'll probably have to find three different buyers, not a lot of people want more than one. For some reason prerecorded RTR tapes also go for big money, normal tapes are in demand but don't get as much.

 

Pioneer had a full line of record players from entry level to high-mid level, some of the nicer ones are also in big demand. In case you haven't been reading the forums for the past few years, vintage audio equipment is really popular right now. Of course, tapes, records, reels, cd's etc are also being collected.

They don't make em like they used to, unless you dabble in new high end equipment these days it's hard to get the same bang for your buck you get with vintage. Tape decks are another story, they don't make the high end transports anymore so new tape decks aren't much better than entry-level decks of the 90's.

 

Everything looks really nice, you should do well with selling. I checked Ebay and there's no black TC-399's but the silver ones seem to sell.

 

You can post an ad in the 2nd hand market threads below in this forum, I'd have them private message you and not post your details. We have a few members in Florida but not many, otherwise Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace would be the best free places to advertise.

AudioKarma.org is a great forum for audio equipment, you need to buy a membership to post for sale items on their website but you can look over all of the threads for free.