Purple SDA 2's

Toolfan66
Toolfan66 Posts: 17,251
edited December 2010 in Vintage Speakers
Well these are like a mile away from me, so I thought what the hell if I can pick them up for $100 for the drivers alone it would be well worth it.

The guy was willing to go down on the price so I went to take a look at them.well the guy was going on about what great speakers these are, I was like well I like to refurb these old SDA's and that I have 3 sets at home.

I asked him about the SDA cable he had no clue what I was talking about. Keep in mind I'm just thinking parts here. well he turned on his system so I could hear how great they are..:rolleyes: I went to look more into them taking off the grills only to find two frozen drivers on the right one. the left one had a peerless tweeter (at least it was a polk tweeter) and the passive was trashed.

But to this guy they sounded great even without the cable he knew nothing about..lol

Of course I passed even for $100 there was nothing there even worth $50

Here is the link, I know this was posted a few days ago but I thought I would share how bad they really are.

http://denver.craigslist.org/ele/2076644268.html



It was a shame to see these in the shape they are in. I would have been upset had I drove accross town to look at such garbage..
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    when I read PURPLE
    I thought you were just joking.

    What did he say how and why they became to be PURPLE ?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,567
    edited November 2010
    Ugh! I'm thinking the guy took too many hits of LSD.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited November 2010
    LOL!!

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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited November 2010
    You mean you left a downed comrade in the field to die a slow death? Wait until Noosh sees this.
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited November 2010
    You don't know what you missed out on man. Those are the ultra rare purple sda2's. They only made 1 pair of them back in 1988. They didn't use an interconnect cable, and came stock from the factory with a bad passive and 2 frozen drivers. If this was a bird in the hand I'd feel safe to say that it would be worth two in the bush. :rolleyes: :tongue:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,251
    edited November 2010
    AudioGenics wrote: »
    when I read PURPLE
    I thought you were just joking.

    What did he say how and why they became to be PURPLE ?

    He picked them up that way..
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  • Audioquest
    Audioquest Posts: 104
    edited November 2010
    disappointed.jpg

    Wrong on so many levels!
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    2 Channel: Carver ALS Platinum, Audio Research LS-2B preamp, Counterpoint SA-100 amplifier, Integra CD player, Denon SL7D tt, TC750 phono pre, Nikko tuner
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  • carvcom
    carvcom Posts: 240
    edited November 2010
    Ya Larry, I saw those on CL the other day & thought " the wife would LOVE those!!!!"
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,251
    edited November 2010
    carvcom wrote: »
    Ya Larry, I saw those on CL the other day & thought " the wife would LOVE those!!!!"

    Belive it or not that pic does that speaker justice..:eek:
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited November 2010
    Glad to hear that they weren't the ones I passed along to allan ;)

    I think im going to sand down the wood on my LSI's and paint them neon green and spray paint the black finish a nice bright blue.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,251
    edited November 2010
    I know where you live!!!!
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited November 2010
    Thank god, I take that as an offer to help. Bring a power sander by and I'll supply the beers. Id say it might be a good idea to redo the grill cloth in a crazy color but then again, if I just leave them off I'll likely trash the speakers quicker so they match the purple wonder boxes.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,251
    edited November 2010
    I'm still shocked he thought they were great speakers..
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,034
    edited November 2010
    Dude, there are people on this earth that think BOSE speakers sound great :eek:. It can't be that surprising.
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited November 2010
    I saw this ad in the SDAs for sale thread.
    I'm so glad someone went and saw these in person, if only for the confirmation. Although it is sad that they were treated so poorly. Still I get a laugh every time i see that picture. The guy probably was so proud of em, and thought they were the business.

    too funny
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited November 2010
    Lovely
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited November 2010
    Great Christmas gift for the Ravens fan in your life.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited November 2010
    Where do you buy Purple Paint?
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  • beef316
    beef316 Posts: 154
    edited November 2010
    Rumor has it that these were once owned by the artist formerly know as Prince.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited November 2010
    Here is the audio rack that matches..:tongue:

    It's for sale here in my local Craigs list.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Audioquest
    Audioquest Posts: 104
    edited November 2010
    tony millard wrote: »
    Here is the audio rack that matches..:tongue:

    It's for sale here in my local Craigs list.

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    HT: Polk SDA SRS 2.3 main fronts, Klipsch RC-25 center channel, Polk RTi-150 rears, M&K V1B sub, Denon AVR-5800, Samsung 52" LCD, Sony BDP-S550

    2 Channel: Carver ALS Platinum, Audio Research LS-2B preamp, Counterpoint SA-100 amplifier, Integra CD player, Denon SL7D tt, TC750 phono pre, Nikko tuner
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited November 2010
    LOL..:biggrin:
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited November 2010
    grimmace19 wrote: »
    Thank god, I take that as an offer to help. Bring a power sander by and I'll supply the beers. Id say it might be a good idea to redo the grill cloth in a crazy color but then again, if I just leave them off I'll likely trash the speakers quicker so they match the purple wonder boxes.

    Heck, just spray paint the grills too :biggrin:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited November 2010
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    Heck, just spray paint the grills too :biggrin:

    Make sure you use multiple coats, you don't want any of the black grille color to bleed through. :cool:
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited November 2010
    Maybe a Raven's fan ??????
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,251
    edited November 2010
    Vette C6.r wrote: »
    Maybe a Raven's fan ??????

    I'm thinking cross dresser...:tongue:
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited November 2010
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    I'm thinking cross dresser...:tongue:

    That would be a Steelers fan!:eek:
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    Backup Rig-2 CH-Rogue Audio Zeus w/Factory Special Dark Mods,Joule-Electra 300ME Platinum Preamp,OPPO-105 w/Modwright Tube Mod, Auralic Aries G2.1,Polk 2.3TL,3.1TL's,Dreadnought,RTA-15TL's,1C's All Fully Modded,2xRTA-12c's ,Benchmark DAC3 HGC,Synology NAS,VPI Scout w/Dynavector DV-20XH and Rogue Audio Ares Phono Preamp,Sony PCM-R500 DAT,HHB-850 Pro CDR,Tascam CC-222SLMKII Cassette/CDR,MIT S3.3 Shotgun Cables,Shunyata Hyra-8,Shunyata and Triode Labs Power Cords

    I’M OFFENDED!!!!
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  • drselect
    drselect Posts: 664
    edited November 2010
    Polkersince85 wrote: »
    Where do you buy Purple Paint?

    I think you can usually find it next to the black paint?:biggrin::tongue:
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  • audio_alan
    audio_alan Posts: 770
    edited November 2010
    grimmace19 wrote: »
    Glad to hear that they weren't the ones I passed along to allan ;)
    ....

    Ha, no kidding! I might have vomitted if I dropped by and saw they were purple! :tongue:
    grimmace19 wrote: »
    Thank god, I take that as an offer to help. Bring a power sander by and I'll supply the beers. Id say it might be a good idea to redo the grill cloth in a crazy color but then again, if I just leave them off I'll likely trash the speakers quicker so they match the purple wonder boxes.

    Is this an open invitation speaker "modding" party? If so, I can bring over my hammer to help freeze a couple drivers for you. :biggrin: :wink:
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  • Audioquest
    Audioquest Posts: 104
    edited November 2010
    Someone locally just posted this TV to go with the stand and speakers. Now all we need to do is find the other audio components and we are set for a Barney weekend of enjoyment!

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    HT: Polk SDA SRS 2.3 main fronts, Klipsch RC-25 center channel, Polk RTi-150 rears, M&K V1B sub, Denon AVR-5800, Samsung 52" LCD, Sony BDP-S550

    2 Channel: Carver ALS Platinum, Audio Research LS-2B preamp, Counterpoint SA-100 amplifier, Integra CD player, Denon SL7D tt, TC750 phono pre, Nikko tuner
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