Avalon U5 Direct Box & Instrument Preamplifier
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 23 used sales observed in the last 6 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 | €390 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €360–€440 | 25th to 75th percentile, same window |
| Window | last 6 months | the tightest of 90 days, 6 months and 24 months with 8 used sales |
| Sample | 23 used sales | ok sample |
| By condition | €410 | very good, median of 9 sales, same window |
| €370 | good, median of 8 sales, same window | |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Sell-through | 0% | 13 watched listings resolved, 6 months |
| Live asks | €832 | typical ask across 45 listings, 113% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €430 | 883 used sales, 2013–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 907 | all-time, all platforms |
| New | €1,129 | Thomann, read 28 August 2026 |
Typical prices are rounded (to 5 / 10 / 50 / 100 by size, in whichever currency you read); asks and the chart are exact. As of 18 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.
2 local pickup ads in Portugal, on OLX Portugal. Showing 2 local pickup ads in Portugal, on OLX Portugal. Local pickup near you, in Portugal: 2 ads on OLX Portugal.
OLX Portugal
Reverb
eBay United States
eBay Germany39 more live · €489–€1,664 · typical ask €832 · 18 Japan · 10 United States
- €48925% over typicalcondition unlisted ·
United States · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h ago - €53337% over typicalexcellent ·
United Arab Emirates · Reverb · confirmed 10 h ago - €53330% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 10 h ago
- €55442% over typicalexcellent ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 5 days ago - €56954% over typicalgood ·
Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h ago - €57856% over typicalgood ·
Canada · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h ago - €61065% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days ago
- €64766% over typicalexcellent ·
Estonia · Reverb · confirmed 10 h ago - €69989% over typicalgood ·
Germany · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days ago - €746102% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same unit
29 more · €781–€1,664 · Japan, United States, France, United Kingdom and 2 more
- €78190% over typicalvery good ·
Portugal · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit - €782101% over typicalexcellent ·
France · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit - €805106% over typicalexcellent · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €810119% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €832113% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €832113% over typicalnew · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €832113% over typicalnew · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €832113% over typicalnew · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €832113% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €841127% over typicalgood · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €866134% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €912134% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €912134% over typicalnew · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €952157% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €970162% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €995169% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,000170% over typicalgood · Germany · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,000170% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,036166% over typicalexcellent · France · Reverb · confirmed 10 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,045182% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,053185% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,107199% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,110200% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,122203% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,259240% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,266242% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,283247% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,286248% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same unit
- €1,664327% over typicalnew · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 11 h agocheck this is the same unit
Price history
What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Jan 2015: 876 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
23 used sales · last 6 months · middle half €360–€440 · ok
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | €371$417 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Sept 2026 | €433$492 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Sept 2026 | €482$550 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Aug 2026 | €511$595 as sold | good |  Greece | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Aug 2026 | €472$550 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 October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show the last 50 of 907 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug 2026 | €271$315 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jul 2026 | €387$450 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Jul 2026 | €387$450 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Jul 2026 | €361$420 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Jul 2026 | €365$425 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jul 2026 | €451$525 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jul 2026 | €339$395 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jun 2026 | €364$424 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Jun 2026 | €411$479 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Jun 2026 | €574$668 as sold | very good |  Luxembourg | Reverb | Details |
| 22 May 2026 | €344$400 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 May 2026 | €408$475 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 May 2026 | €417$485 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 May 2026 | €344$400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Apr 2026 | €391$455 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Apr 2026 | €859$1,000 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Apr 2026 | €387$450 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Apr 2026 | €408$475 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Apr 2026 | €420$489 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Apr 2026 | €461$537 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Apr 2026 | €429$499 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Mar 2026 | €408$475 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Mar 2026 | €451$525 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Mar 2026 | €471$548 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Mar 2026 | €472$550 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Mar 2026 | €429$500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Mar 2026 | €421$490 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Mar 2026 | €574$668 as sold | very good |  Netherlands | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Mar 2026 | €472$550 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Mar 2026 | €417$485 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Mar 2026 | €378$440 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Feb 2026 | €514$599 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Feb 2026 | €498$580 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Feb 2026 | €472$550 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Feb 2026 | €429$500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Jan 2026 | €515$600 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Jan 2026 | €472$550 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Jan 2026 | €429$500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jan 2026 | €515$600 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Jan 2026 | €644$750 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jan 2026 | €387$450 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Jan 2026 | €387$450 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Dec 2025 | €172$200 as sold | parts | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Dec 2025 | €429$500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Dec 2025 | €429$499 as sold | excellent | 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 October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Cheapest live: United States €427 · Japan €480 · United Arab Emirates €533 · United Kingdom €554 · before shipping
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
Sellers are asking a median of €832 for the Avalon U5 Direct Box & Instrument Preamplifier today, 113% over the €390 it actually sells for (23 recorded sales, last 6 months; most sold between €360 and €440). New, it costs €1,129 at Thomann (read 28 August 2026), so a used one at the median saves about 65%. There are 45 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay United States, eBay Germany, from €427 asking. Figures computed 18 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.