Source for blade/blade

falcon377
falcon377 Posts: 47
edited May 2010 in Vintage Speakers
Hi, I recently acquired a pair of the original SDA-CRS with the blade-blade connectors on the sda cable, one is falling apart. Just wandering if anyone knows a source for these.
Thanks
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Mike
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,104
    edited May 2010
    I don't think Polk has any blade/blade cables to sell. Might find 'em on eBay; and it seems to me that Ben makes cables.

    Wouldn't be hard; worst part would be finding the actual cable ends. If you converted your speaker's SDA connectors to binding posts, all you'd need for the cables is four banana plugs and two lengths of speaker wire; and the materials (solder, heat shrink tubing, etc.) to hold it all together.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,336
    edited May 2010
    Call Polk they will hook you up with a blade/blade cable. They do not have the pin/blade cable.
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited May 2010
    @Tool
    Thanks for the heads-up.
    Here's a related question: does Polk have any of the the RTA-style connectors? The ones that look like thin-pinned 3-pin XLR's. I want to grab a few so that, later, I can build an AI-1 cable for my original SDA-1's.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,755
    edited May 2010
    Blade/blade terminals here, http://www.alliedelec.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?SKU=750-3200&SEARCH=P-302-CCT&ID=&DESC=P-302-CCT

    You provide the cable.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,755
    edited May 2010
    Bobsama wrote: »
    I want to grab a few so that, later, I can build an AI-1 cable for my original SDA-1's.

    You cannot use the AI-1 with your speakers. No way, no how.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited May 2010
    At all? :( That lowers my choices for poweramp upgrades. I guess the McIntosh MC162's and some other older models are still in, but newer MC402's are out.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,755
    edited May 2010
    >No<
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited May 2010
    Fun. -_- Well, at least I know this now instead of a few months down. I was eying a pair of mono amps but that's not possible then.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • falcon377
    falcon377 Posts: 47
    edited May 2010
    Thank you F1!!
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited May 2010
    There is one on e-bay right now.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Aftermarket-Interconnect-Cable-Polk-SDA-Speakers-/260587868065?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item3cac3f4fa1
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,336
    edited May 2010
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    There is one on e-bay right now.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Aftermarket-Interconnect-Cable-Polk-SDA-Speakers-/260587868065?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item3cac3f4fa1


    If my memory serves me right Polk charges $28.00 for the Blade/Blade cable.. It has been a year since I ordered one from them..
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • falcon377
    falcon377 Posts: 47
    edited May 2010
    Thanks all, I just need the connector plug. My cable is pulled out, and the plug is falling apart. I will order the plug from Allied that F1 provided the link for.
    Thanks
    Mike
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited May 2010
    Double check the polarity on the cable pins with a VOM. IIRC, on the cable the large pin to large and small to small.
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