Age of SDA owners

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    audiobilly wrote: »
    Don't look from where you sit, I am attacking your high post count ->

    This,, is madness.

    My statements must all be irrelevant*. You did not even post them in your attack on me.

    ok,,,,,, well,,, I am sorry you feel that way. That sir, is your choice, not mine.

    This is a poll, not a debate. Please refer to the OP.

    Dangerboys' high post count would mean to me that he is a good resource of this forum, been there done that got the t-shirt kind of thing. My bad. What is your definition of participation, to speak for dangerboy?

    I am sorry dangerboy that I have offended you in any way. Hearingimpared states that I have done this. Therefore, I sincerely apologise** for my unkind actions towards you.

    I can guarantee*** it will never happen again.

    I will have no more of this.

    Good Night Gentlemen, and Good Night to All. May everybody have a GREAT Friday!



    * irrelevant- Ir*rel"a*vant; a. Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case.

    ** apologise- uh-pol-uh-jahyz; a.to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing him falsely. b. to make a formal defense in speech or writing.

    *** guarantee- gar-uhn-tee; a. a promise or assurance, esp. one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time.

    Easy does it there Bro. This is the internet and it can be very difficult to ascertain where one is coming from with the written word.

    Your couple of few posts to Al seemed like unwarranted attacks on him to me and me being a friend of his for atleast four years didn't sit well with me.

    If I misinterpreted your posts, I apologize. BTW I don't recall stating that you've offended Al.

    However you now can see how tight knit this group of awesome members on this forum can be. I never saw you out-of-line before and have found you to be a good contributing member here.

    It's all good Bro. We are all here to have fun, learn, debate, help each other etc., etc and because we all have one big thing in common . . . . our love of music and this hobby not to mention our love of Polk Audio products.

    Let it go for I certainly will as I make it a point in my life to try not to hold grudges as they only hurt me.

    Joe:)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Damn Joe. The years have not been kind to you.

    Ah shed ep Russ!:p

    :D
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  • audiobilly
    audiobilly Posts: 351
    edited July 2010
    Greetings Joe,

    It is released into the ether.

    I stand on the same ground as you, for the same reasons. You and I are not that different. ;):D

    Best Regards,
    Bill

    hearingimpared wrote: »

    Joe:)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    audiobilly wrote: »
    Greetings Joe,

    It is released into the ether.

    I stand on the same ground as you, for the same reasons. You and I are not that different. ;):D

    Best Regards,
    Bill

    :eek::eek::eek: Ether, tried that once . . . never again! It makes one really stupid and feeling like being on the moon!:eek:

    Good deal Bill. Glad we got that ironed out.:)
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  • audiobilly
    audiobilly Posts: 351
    edited July 2010
    Whooooa there! Wrong ether! Look out!!!!!!!!:)
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek: Ether, tried that once . . . never again! It makes one really stupid and feeling like being on the moon!:eek
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited July 2010
    I'm glad we can all be friends again :)

    About 100 posts in and 46 seems to be holding up as the average age of a Club Polk SDA owner.
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • bluecomet
    bluecomet Posts: 1,118
    edited July 2010
    Us mid forty guys went to high school and college in the 1980's. Could it be we all loved the Polk SDA and SRS speakers but were to poor to buy them. I think we are making up for that, I know I am.
    Polk HT system 1: LSIC, LSI25 mains, LSI F/X rears, Lsi F/X rear centers,
    Yamaha RX-V2500 System, Carver A753 3 channel amp.

    Polk HT system 2: , SRT system with f/x 1,000's rear speakers on 7.1 system currently using Onkyo TX-RZ820 receiver, powered by Sunfire Grand Theater amp

    Polk Speaker collection: SDA SRS 1.2tl x 2, SRT system, SDA SRS 2 P/B, SDA 2A, SDA 1C Studio, SDA CRS+, Monitor 7B & 4, SRS 3.1tl, RTA 15tl, LS90, LSI 9
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  • audiobilly
    audiobilly Posts: 351
    edited July 2010
    I agree with you totally! You have hit the nail on the the head brother.
    bluecomet wrote: »
    Us mid forty guys went to high school and college in the 1980's. Could it be we all loved the Polk SDA and SRS speakers but were to poor to buy them. I think we are making up for that, I know I am.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,694
    edited July 2010
    bluecomet wrote: »
    Us mid forty guys went to high school and college in the 1980's. Could it be we all loved the Polk SDA and SRS speakers but were to poor to buy them. I think we are making up for that, I know I am.

    I'll second that. I remember walking into my local audio store(before BB & Circuit city) They had a set of SRS and I loved the sound but NOT the price. I bought the Sony ES CD player they had and walked across the street to the other audio store and bought my Carver TFM25 and C16pre. I still have them to this day. This shop also had RTA 11's I also like those and still could not afford them if I was going to have the gear I just bought. I have moved up a bit I now have a TFM45 still have the Sony ES X33 CD player as well to go with my SDA 1 signature's and SDA 2a's....ahhh life is sweet that way
    By the way just turned 45 in May...still looking to get some SRS's though:D
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  • jrgoswick
    jrgoswick Posts: 159
    edited July 2010
    YAMMIT!! You SDA guys have all the fun. IF I COULD(read if my wife would let me) own SDA's it'd be SRS's OR even CRS's(I think I'd like the CRS's better, but the bigguns is braggin' rights). I'M VOTING ANYWAY(because my ears want me too).
    Onkyo TX-SR705 AVR
    Onkyo M-501-Given to my father.
    Onkyo DX-C730 CD Changer
    Onkyo DV-BD507 Blu Ray player
    Onkyo CP-1036A turntable with Grado, Audio Technique, and Azden cartridges(GOT CARTRIDGE??)
    Polk Monitor 12's with RDO's and XO's
    Polk CS300 Center
    Polk Monitor Series 4 rears

    EBAY is like cocaine. At first you only look, next thing you know, your house is full of crap you have no idea why you own.:eek:
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited July 2010
    jrgoswick wrote: »
    YAMMIT!! You SDA guys have all the fun. IF I COULD(read if my wife would let me) own SDA's it'd be SRS's OR even CRS's(I think I'd like the CRS's better, but the bigguns is braggin' rights). I'M VOTING ANYWAY(because my ears want me too).

    TL'd SDA 2B's aren't much bigger than the Monitors in your signature. You should be able to sway your significant other into a switch.

    Bragging rights are nice from time to time, but you can enjoy the actual sound every day! :)
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2010
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    TL'd SDA 2B's aren't much bigger than the Monitors in your signature. You should be able to sway your significant other into a switch.

    Bragging rights are nice from time to time, but you can enjoy the actual sound every day! :)

    Exactly right, especially if the monitors are up on stands. (as they should be);)
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited July 2010
    35. Bought my first pair of SDA's at 34 and my second pair at 35. Makes me happy to know that I will have enjoyed SDA's for 10 years before I hit the height of the bell curve. :D I try not to think about all of the years I wasted listening to non-SDA speakers.......
    ____________________________________________________________

    polkaudio Fully Modded SDA SRS 1.2TLs + Dreadnaught, LSiM706c, 4 X Polk Surrounds + 4 X ATMOS, SVS PB13 Ultra X 2, Pass Labs X1, Marantz 7704, Bob Carver Crimson Beauty 350 Tube Mono Blocks, Carver Sunfire Signature Cinema Grande 400x5, ADCOM GFA 7807, Panasonic UB420, Moon 380D DAC, EPSON Pro Cinema 6050
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    edited July 2010
    I remember seeing the "out of reach" SDA line way back when (I think it was at a long-out-of-biz place called Square Deal?), but I am ashamed to admit my first experience really listening to a pair was at Lasareaths house a few years ago :o.

    For the record, I fall right into the 46 group... for now!
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


    http://audiomilitia.proboards.com/
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited July 2010
    My dad bought his SDA 2.3's when I was 9 years old. I am 29 now and enjoying my own pair of 2A's. Hopefully I will have a son someday to pass on the SDA love to.
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  • Bnewsom
    Bnewsom Posts: 26
    edited July 2010
    I was 21 bought a pair RTA15TL, in the last year I bought a pair of sda's orginals.
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  • JayCee
    JayCee Posts: 1,500
    edited July 2010
    I'm 44. From 84-85 I worked for Technics/Panasonic at the Mainz Kastel audio club in Germany just after high school (went to Wiesbaden). We had demo rooms for every company imaginable. Sometimes it was hard to find me because I was hiding out in the Polk/NAD room drooling over the Polk line. I had the opportunity to purchase the SDA-SRSs at cost, but didn't have the money. Was looking at going to college and joked if I'd had them I'd sleep on top of them as my bed in the small dorm room I'd live in.

    Flash forward to 2009, I was feeling a bit nostalgic and thought I'd see if there was anything listed on-line about the speakers. Found this site and went bonkers. Three months later I owned a pair of 2As, 1Cs and 1.2tls.

    Any of you military guys out there stationed in Germany around 84/85? If you visited the Mainz Kastel audio club and purchased Technics/Panasonic there's a good chance I sold it to you. My last year, I also worked at the Frankfurt audio club. I sold tons of VCRs, SL-1210 MkII TTs and TVs. During my AF career I've run in to quite a few people I can be certain I crossed paths with.

    John
    ➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬
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  • audio_alan
    audio_alan Posts: 770
    edited July 2010
    36ish... so I have plenty of time to find/mod a perfect 1.2tl! :D

    I'm new to vintage Polk speakers and loving it!
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited July 2010
    I'm 21 and haven't heard or owned SDA's... :(

    Can't wait to, and in the meantime, enjoying some cool monitor 10's :) Polk wins for still supporting their vintage products; very cool!
    - Jeremy

    Amps: Jolida FX-10, NAD 3045, NAD C320BEE, Sansui G-9700
    Speakers: Polk Monitor 7A's, KEF Reference 104aB
    Sources: ProJect Debut Carbon, Sonos streaming FLAC
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited July 2010
    I think the reason why more than anything else that you see the largest age group that you do owning SDA's is that back in the day when they were first introduced there was literally nothing even close that sounded as good for the money and we were impressed and as time went on even though we may not have been able to afford them then we can now and do. I remember at my local audio shop hearing SDA's in the mid to late 80's and I was impresed so some 20 or so years later when I seen a pair for sale I grabbed em.

    I think if you were to take a poll of LSI owners that the largest age group would drop dramatically by at least 10 years.

    It seems to me that if you were to take a poll of Carver owners you would find that most are also 40 years of age or older also and for the same reason as with the Polks.

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • John in MA
    John in MA Posts: 1,010
    edited July 2010
    Turned 27 today. Bought my 1.2TLs when I was 24.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    John in MA wrote: »
    Turned 27 today. Bought my 1.2TLs when I was 24.

    Hey John . . . good to see you again . . .

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c&feature=related
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I'm at the ole double nickels but I purchased my first SDA/SRSs when I was 29. Wow that seems so, so long ago!
    because it WAS brother :D
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Cool it Billy. You may be missing out on some good people here who can offer you a wealth of knowledge and friendship. Stick around a while. Yuo'll see.
    Russ

    BTW I'm 42 and SDA's suck.
    your old, creepy, and you spelled you'll wrong :D
    right behind you at 39, and thanks again Russ for making the road trip to deliver my 2b's
    panasonic th-50pz85u
    pioneer elite vsx-92txh
    pioneer elite bdp-05fd
    emotiva xpa-3
    monster power hdp 2550
    sa 8300 hd dvr
    sda 2b's
    fronts - rti a9's
    center - csi a6
    surrounds - fxi a6's
    sub - polk dsw pro 600
    harmony one
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    superjunior wrote: »
    because it WAS brother :D

    FFFFFSSSSSSSTTT!!!! Ouch, while pulling the spear out of my back!:D:p
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,465
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    FFFFFSSSSSSSTTT!!!! Ouch, while pulling the spear out of my back!:D:p

    deleted... mis-read the post.

    Let me get my old **** reading glasses out.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    deleted... mis-read the post.

    Let me get my old **** reading glasses out.

    Damn! and I had a great come back for your original post!;)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,465
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Damn! and I had a great come back for your original post!;)

    I guess you are getting slow in your OLD AGE!:p
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited July 2010
    superjunior wrote: »
    your old, creepy, and you spelled you'll wrong :D
    right behind you at 39, and thanks again Russ for making the road trip to deliver my 2b's
    No sweat, Dan. I feel a Northeast, Mid-West road trip coming on.....
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2010
    your old, creepy, and you spelled you'll wrong
    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

    YOUR spelling of the contraction YOU'RE( meaning "you are") is wrong.;)
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited July 2010
    gdb wrote: »
    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

    YOUR spelling of the contraction YOU'RE( meaning "you are") is wrong.;)

    You used too many grin icons in your post. (In my opinion, or course);):p

    Greg
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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