Avalon U5 Anniversary Edition Direct Box / Instrument Preamp
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 13 used sales observed in the last 24 months, with outliers removed and the figure rounded. An observed sale is often the last asking price rather than a confirmed hammer price.
| Typical used price | €520 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €470–€600 | 25th to 75th percentile, same window |
| Window | last 24 months | the tightest of 90 days, 6 months and 24 months with 8 used sales |
| Sample | 13 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Live asks | €1,003 | typical ask across 4 listings, 93% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €470 | 123 used sales, 2015–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 127 | all-time, all platforms |
| Closest new | €1,129 | Avalon U5 Direct Box & Instrument Preamplifier at Thomann; a relative’s price, not this model’s |
Typical prices are rounded (to 5 / 10 / 50 / 100 by size, in whichever currency you read); asks and the chart are exact. As of 20 October 2026. Full method, including what each badge means
For sale right now
The best-priced as cards, a row of them; every other ad as a line, by ask. Each ask is the seller’s own number; the platform’s mark opens the listing. Each one says when we last confirmed it at its source: the price and availability are from that visit, so check the marketplace before you go.
Reverb
Price history
What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Jan 2016: 104 sales in quarters with at least three, and the bars along the floor show how many each quarter. The shaded band is where the middle half of sales landed.
Recent sales by listing date
13 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €470–€600 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2026 | €472$549 as sold | excellent |  United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Jun 2026 | €429$500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 May 2026 | €1,043$1,215 as sold | mint |   France | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Sept 2025 | €515$600 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Jun 2025 | €489$569 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and September 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show the last 50 of 127 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2025 | €487$567 as sold | excellent |  United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Aug 2025 | €642$748 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Jul 2025 | €601$700 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Jul 2025 | €584$680 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Jun 2025 | €387$450 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jun 2025 | €571$665 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Apr 2025 | €772$899 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Dec 2024 | €387$449 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Aug 2024 | €502$585 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Jun 2024 | €515$600 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 May 2024 | €682$794 as sold | very good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Apr 2024 | €502$585 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Feb 2024 | €494$575 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Dec 2023 | €494$575 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Dec 2023 | €644$750 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Nov 2023 | €515$600 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Sept 2023 | €511$595 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 May 2023 | €1,121$1,300 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Feb 2023 | €773$900 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Jan 2023 | €558$650 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Jan 2023 | €601$700 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Jan 2023 | €558$650 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Jan 2023 | €1,338$1,558 as sold | mint |  Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jan 2023 | €584$680 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Dec 2022 | €747$870 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Dec 2022 | €704$820 as sold | excellent |  Japan | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Dec 2022 | €514$599 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Nov 2022 | €515$600 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Oct 2022 | €537$625 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Sept 2022 | €773$900 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Aug 2022 | €597$695 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Aug 2022 | €644$750 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Aug 2022 | €991$1,154 as sold | mint |  Spain | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Jul 2022 | €644$750 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jun 2022 | €515$600 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Apr 2022 | €730$850 as sold | excellent | France | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Feb 2022 | €700$815 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Feb 2022 | €494$575 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Feb 2022 | €514$599 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 31 Jan 2022 | €686$799 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Jan 2022 | €644$750 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jan 2022 | €686$799 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jan 2022 | €709$825 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2021 | €365$425 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Sept 2021 | €429$500 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and September 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Cheapest live: United States €535 · 
Austria €1,360 · Germany €1,394 · before shipping
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
The Avalon U5 Anniversary Edition Direct Box / Instrument Preamp sold for a median of €520 over the last 24 months across 13 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €470 and €600. The closest version sold new, the Avalon U5 Direct Box & Instrument Preamplifier, costs €1,129 at Thomann (read 28 August 2026). There are 4 listings live right now across Reverb, from €535 asking. Figures computed 20 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.