Bought them! 200 dollars. Cosmetically, they were dusty and dirty and smelled like cat, basement, or some combination of the two.
After cleaning them up, there's about one pin-head sized ding in the aluminum, and a few scratches that I'm pretty sure I can buff out. (Any idea as to what would buff the metal the best?)
Had to throw out the fabric on the speaker grills. Too much cat hair to remove, and smelled an awful lot like a cat (& I'm no cat fan). Gonna redo the grills this weekend, I think.
NOW: to test them, what do I need? I have a Beosystem 5500, which I THINK just runs passive speakers, right? How would I get these hooked up to my stereo to test the sound?
Thanks again guys for all your help & for your great responses!