SDA SRS on Ebay

I was just going to post this.

Seller claims to have "improved" them by replacing PR's with 15" active sub's... No mention of what he did, if anything, to the cross-overs. At least he's selling the PR's.

$1999 is not out of line for a pristine pair of SRS's, but these read more like "piss-stained"...

Note that they are sitting next to a pair of Klipsch (Cornwalls???). Kinda explains the tube amps. Kinda says "only recently became an SRS owner".

I'd be very wary...

The active woofer could have exercised the midranges a lot more than they would have been had he left the PR alone. I'm not sure it would have hurt them but it makes me a little less excited about the sale. It all depends on how loud he played them and for how long.
madmax

I was thinking the same thing max...

The MW's are used to the pressure relief the PR supplies. A 15's woofer in phase would put up quite a fight I'd think....

Actually, Jesse, I think you should borrow a couple of the CA's sub's and do a little experimenting...

Edit:
Which is a replacement MW??? One of the ones in the right speaker or one of the ones in the other picture of the right speaker?

On the plus side, the zoom feature in the ad is pretty cool...

You guys are way too picky. This is "near mint" by eBay standards. I don't have any problems with any of the seller's "disclosures":

"I have modified these with the substitution of an active 15" woofer in place of the passive radiator they came with, but this auction includes the original passive radiators should you prefer to change them back to factory specs. I prefer the extra bass of the subs, but in either case you can't go wrong with these."

This might actually sound good. I'm sure the seller did the proper crossover modification calculations to ensure smooth response.

"Also included in the auction is a crossover cable about 15ft long with the correct connectors....."

How often do you find a pair of these classics with the SDA cable included?


"The finish is not perfect...the tops could use refinishing due to watermarks, but you need to be well over 6 ft tall to notice and I don't think it would take much to do it."

I don't know what the threshold is for being "well over" 6 ft tall is. I am a little over 6 ft (6'-1") and I notice the tops of my SRSs very well. It's no big deal about the watermarks though. Nothing in this world is perfect. A little sanding and staining and they'll back good as new.

Also the grill cloth could use replacing....I had a visitor with a cat for a while..( They left rather quickly after that!). All in all they still look great though and I have never worried about it. "

I'll admit that more clarification is needed here. Is he referring to a human female that he pissed off or he referring to an actual feline that either scratched, pissed on, or used the speakers as a litter box?

"One of the 6" drivers has been replaced with a Vifa driver. It's a close match and no sound difference can be discerned, but it's worth noting."

For all we know, he might have sent a working driver to the Vifa factory to be analyzed and electrically matched.

These are a bargain at $2K. If I weren't saving my nickels for a new HDTV, I'd be doing the "Buy It Now" thing.:p

YOU DO REALIZE...

That those speakers have NO subwoofer, right?

The midbasses in those move air within the cabinet, and the air within the cabinet moves the PASSIVE*** radiator. So without the midbasses on, you can't have the 'subwoofer' on...

So my guess is you were running the midbasses (IE: The bottom post)

Actually, the speakers for sale by vorpalblade were mentioned in another thread here:

SDA SRS Thread


And in an Audiogon ad here:

SRS ad on Audiogon