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hoosier21
hoosier21 Posts: 4,429
edited August 2003 in Flea Market
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3036830734&category=14993
Dodd - Battery Preamp
Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
Outlaw ICBM - crossover
Beringher BFD - sub eq

Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
    edited July 2003
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    I saw those last night, fair asking price for sure.

    Damn Tough to beat for $250.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,940
    edited July 2003
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    It's a shame how lightly regarded the "LS" series seems to be. These suckers sold for around $800-$850 less than 10 yrs ago and they just don't seem to have much value nowadays. The last pair of LS-50's on ebay went for a-freakin'-hundred and thirty-five bucks! They had some small cosmetic problems but, sheesh, gimme a break!
    The last pair of LS-70's (mint) got a high bid of $280 which didn't meet the reserve. These sold for $1200 new!
    There are 2 pair of LS-90's right now which retailed for $1600. One pair only has a high bid of $122.50 with only 3 days left and the other is doing much better at $405 with 2 days left.
    Considering what you have to pay today for a good set of floor standers I just don't understand why the LS's do so poorly on ebay. This guy will be lucky to get the $225 for these LS50's, especially considering they aren't mint.
    BTW......I own a pair of LS50's I purchased new in around 1995 for $800. They are no longer my mains but I'll be damned if I'd let them go for $225 , even if anybody would pay that. I'll use them as rears for the rest of my life before I'd do that.
    2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,637
    edited July 2003
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    Dragon - That's great that you speak so highly of the LS line, I believe that vintage Polks are really cool, and an excellent used choice.

    Nice to see you in the forum :)
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • DynamiteD
    DynamiteD Posts: 48
    edited August 2003
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    I have LS50 also, they are great! In fact I ran them side by side with my new RTi70's and they held there own easy, in fact I think they were better in some areas. Disregarding the SRT system and the LSi series I think the LS90's might be the best speaker that Polk has made in the last ten years.
    Mains: Paradigm Studio 100's
    Center: Paradigm Studio CC570
    Rear: Paradigm Studio ADP 470's
    Subwoofer: Paradigm Servo 15 v.2
    Receiver: Pioneer VSX-59TXi
    Amplification: California Audio Labs
    CL-2500 5X500
    DVD: Integra DPS 10.5
    Hitachi 51S715 51" CRT Rear Projection
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,077
    edited August 2003
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    I also have LS50's. Great speaker. I bought them in '96. You will not believe what I paid brand new. Good Guys had a deal on them. Buy 1 for $249 and get the 2nd for .01!!!!!!
    Got my CS350LS at the same time for $375. All 3 speaks still going strong.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,940
    edited August 2003
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    That's an amazing price...were they demos?
    I picked up my Klipsch KG 5.2's at Good Guys around the same time you got your LS50's. They retailed for over $800 and I got a pair of demos for $375 which included doubling the manufacturers warranty from 5 to 10 yrs. They are still my mains w/ the LS50's in the rear.
    I paid $800 for the LS50's and $399 for the CS350SL. I think you would be hard pressed to find a better center channel.
    2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,077
    edited August 2003
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    Nope, brand new in boxes. In fact they had a whole stack of 'em on the sales floor at the time. Yes, the 350 is a great center.
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