Are these SDA's a good buy

OldmanSRS

Found these on local CL. What are they and is this a good price?


http://knoxville.craigslist.org/ele/2118912649.html

leroyjr1

Polk sda crs+

$250

gdb

I'd jump if I were you ! An AC Cobra will get you there quick quick !:biggrin:

george daniel

Looks as though he has the IC too--nice looking pair of speakers.

Toolfan66

There still there???

cnh

Nice speakers! Good Price!

+1, Tool....!

cnh

OldmanSRS

Never heard these before. Do they have decent bass and would they be suitable for a 20 X 20 game/party room? How much did they cost new?

Thanks,
Greg

Toolfan66

Dude your not going to find a better set of speakers for the price!!! The drivers alone will fetch that much..

cnh

Speakers of the late 80s. MSRP 900-1000 dollars a pair depending on the model.

Sample ebay sale price, below:

http://www.polksda.com/ebay/5729007298_CRS.pdf

cnh

OldmanSRS

Called seller and left a message. I'm going to look at them tomorrow if he calls back.

wayne3burk

Grab 'em up....

Looks like a sweet deal to me.

-- wayne --

drselect

If these are the CRS+ with pin/blade than can be 4.1tl mod than yes the are well worth the $175.
They should fill a 20x20 room with sound very nicely

comfortablycurt

Run don't walk!

That's a great price for CRS+'s!!!

OldmanSRS

Meeting him today. I hope they are in decent shape.

OldmanSRS

Meeting confirmed. These are blade-blade. What's that mean in terms of desirability?

Joe08867

You should still get them. Awesome speakers for the price.

smglbrth

Pretty sure the blade/blade models can't be TL'ed. However, I'd pick them up as well. These would have 2 MW 6510 drivers in each cabinet. Wish they were closer to me!! (why are all these good buys everywhere else?)

OldmanSRS

Picked them up today for $160. The seller was a nice guy with too many audio toys and he took great car of them. Only very minor scratched, not stains or stink, grills are flawless. Cabinet is sealed. These are a 9 out of 10 and sound amazing for their size. Amazing no matter what size for that matter. Pics to prove it happened.

On top of the SRS big boys for some A/B comparisons.

Tony M

What a great deal. You are a lucky guy.

Polkersince85

That was a steal. Congrats.

cnh

Great snag! Excellent condition...I agree 9/10!

Enjoy the NEW babies!

cnh

Toolfan66

Congrats!!!!!

leroyjr1

Nice grab. You should use them as surrounds.

indyhawg

Congrats- great price.

Tour2ma

leroyjr1 wrote: »

Nice grab. You should use them as surrounds.

I hope you're joking...

Well done, OldManSRS... You look to be a kindred spirit. Next time I stop by shack's maybe you'd be up for a visit.

... and if the seller has alot more audio toys... keep in touch with him.

newrival

Tour2ma wrote: »

I hope you're joking...

Well done, OldManSRS... You look to be a kindred spirit. Next time I stop by shack's maybe you'd be up for a visit.

... and if the seller has alot more audio toys... keep in touch with him.

I used to use CRS+'s as surrounds. They worked great with my SRS's as mains!:biggrin:

george daniel

Very nice snag,, a great foundation for another 2 ch system,,eh?

Congratulations.

OldmanSRS

Tour,
I can meet up with you and shack sometime.

I listened to these a lot last night at moderate (33 watt peak) levels. With them sitting on top of the SRS's and the HSU VTF-3 sub crossed at 35 Htz, they would sound VERY nice as a complete 2CH system. They actually have a wider soundstage that the SRS's in my smallish room. They lack some of the midbass punch of the SRS's but that's to be expected. They are just a little more muddy in the 150-300 Htz range then the SRS's but again, to be expected.

I connected them in parallel with the SRS's using a 2 Ohm power resistor (for some attenuation) to see what would happen. You know, the effect was positive. They added imaging height and a slightly wider sounstage, especially on the right side where I have a room shape issue. The SRS's are sort of laid back in the top end and running these in parallel added just enough extra presence to make things intersting.

I may use them with the SRS's as rears, as the mains in the upstars den, OR Keep them on top of the SRS's. IF they stay on top, I'm going to fit them with oak panels to make them look like an exact extension of the SRS cabinet. That will create an exta space behind the CRS's PR that I will leave partially open and lined with 3" foam to attenutate the PR. It's output is not needed for this application.

Polkie2009

Congratulations OldmanSRS, they look like they found a great home and will provide many more years of listening enjoyment:)

Tour2ma

OldmanSRS wrote: »

Tour,
I can meet up with you and shack sometime.

Excellent... Steve's local to you... me, not so much... But summer's is coming and I've yet to ride Thunderhead at Dollywood.

Some of your minor disappointment may be due to the +'s placement atop your SRS's. I'd bet that ear level placement will help. What were you spinning to get to know them?

OldmanSRS wrote: »

I connected them in parallel with the SRS's... added imaging height and a slightly wider sounstage... just enough extra presence to make things intersting.

Legendary story of a long-ago party at Matt Polk's where they stacked SRS's. Something for you to contemplate...

Enjoy...

OldmanSRS

I'm still playing with the CRS's on top of the SRS1.2's. I increased the series resistor from 2 Ohms to a 3.7 Ohms to bring the CRS output down closer to the same sound output level as one pair of drivers in the SRS. This setup sounds like a 10 MW/5 tweeter SRS1.2 system. The interesting thing is the CRS and SRS1.2 have very similar voices. Two diferences I noted were the SDA effect on the CRS is wider and the tweeter is full range and slightly louder than any single tweeter in the SRS. So far it's been an interesing listen. It added a little sparkle and a wider soundstage. I hear some things off to the side that I didn't hear as well before. Sitting about 20' away sounds it like a curved wall of sound from a pair of 6+' SRS1.2's.

I'm spinning newer Steely Dan stuff, pipe organ recording, Keith Jarret and other jazz, actually just about everything I own checking the effect.