Polk SDA-2B (TL)
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audiocr381ve wrote: »Funny you mention that, I'll be driving to Colorado July 5th for a huge concert/festival I'll be working sound at. We'll be in Olathe. We are driving a 15 passenger van out there so if they don't sell by then, and if we have room which I doubt there will be, they are yours!
Wow, what a coincidence. But, even if you did have the room in the van, there's no way I could make it to Olathe during that week -- work conflict.
Have you tried Craigslist? -
audio_alan wrote: »Wow, what a coincidence. But, even if you did have the room in the van, there's no way I could make it to Olathe during that week -- work conflict.
Have you tried Craigslist?
Ahh bummer, I would have loved to have given them to a Polkie who would know what to do with them.
I have, I just posted an ad. They aren't the most popular speakers in the world due to their size. -
audiocr381ve wrote: »They aren't the most popular speakers in the world due to their size.
OMG!!! Thats my new sig right there!!! ;-)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 -
audiocr381ve wrote: »I have, I just posted an ad. They aren't the most popular speakers in the world due to their size.
LOL...I doubt they would have lasted 2 hours in the Indianapolis CL.... there are a couple flippers out there that woulda hopped on the SDA train.....
Personally after hearing NooshinJohns rig w/ SDA fronts, LSi 15 surrounds it gives me thoughts for HT later on...."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »OMG!!! Thats my new sig right there!!! ;-)
Remind me why Polk stop making them?
Lol, you're a joke. -
Nvm.
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deleted!!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 -
TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »deleted!!
That was big of you, thanks. -
Polk stopped making them because people stopped caring about great audio and they were hard to sell in a store when they are not setup correctly. You should understand that since you can't set them up correctly without ticking the wife off.
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http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45468
According to Matthew himself, it was a little bit of everything mentioned so far in this thread. SDA technology lives on in the Surround Bar products.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »OMG!!! Thats my new sig right there!!! ;-)
Sorry it's just too good to pass up :biggrin:, If you want me to change it just say so.“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain -
Sorry it's just too good to pass up :biggrin:, If you want me to change it just say so.
You proved my point Brock, size size size. How big are the surround bars?
gimpod, keep it! -
audiocr381ve wrote: »You proved my point Brock, size size size. How big are the surround bars?
gimpod, keep it!
and there it is! the birth of our newest thread that won't die...should i get a surround bar? how good will it sound? will it piss of my neighbor? my wife? my cat? will i miss my 2btl's if i get one?....blablabla fkn blablabla
YMMV
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audio_alan wrote: »Any chance you are coming to Colorado soon? I might be interested in them for $400. :biggrin:
Did you check with your wife and neighbors? LOL :biggrin:
These are great speakers, someone buy them and let's get this over with.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 -
inspiredsports wrote: »Did you check with your wife and neighbors? LOL :biggrin:
These are great speakers, someone buy them and let's get this over with.
Have you seen my livingroom?!?! LOL No approval necessary. I do talk to my neighbors about my loud music though, so I've given them ample chances to complain. They always say "no, no, you're fine". If they do have a problem, they can't say I didn't try... -
and there it is! the birth of our newest thread that won't die...should i get a surround bar? how good will it sound? will it piss of my neighbor? my wife? my cat? will i miss my 2btl's if i get one?....blablabla fkn blablabla
YMMV
mike
You forgot to ask where you can buy black paint at! :biggrin:
Also I kinda think this thread may be in the running as well! lol
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120775--Gary--
Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out. -
audiocr381ve wrote: »You proved my point Brock, size size size. How big are the surround bars?
gimpod, keep it!
You are correct the shear size was one factor, not the only factor. Everyone who has stated why traditional SDA's are no longer in favor are correct. I wasn't trying to prove anyone right or wrong........just putting the facts out there straight from the horses mouth.
The Surround bars are smaller and use dsp technology vs. passive technology to accomplish about the same thing. Passive SDA's are still the best overall IMO. At PF 2009 when Matt Polk was visiting with us, he expressed how someday he'd like to marry the Passive approach with some of the DSP programming he had come up with. Essentially what I would call a more modern day version of the SRT, which used passive and electronic technology.
Perhaps a little less costly and smaller foot print than the balls to the wall statement piece the SRT was.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
Mods please label this thread as sold.
I spent the evening clearing out my daughters closet so I can store them there to get them out of the wife's sight, so, they will remain mine. The irony is I got an email from a very interested buyer just as I finished storing them.
My ads should come with a disclaimer: "Act fast or seller may decide to keep them" lol, sorry to be such a bone head around here. -
Glad to see your keeping them.
When you finally get the chance to set them up correctly you will thank yourself.
Now turn that Bass knob down!!!!!! -
Glad to see your keeping them.
When you finally get the chance to set them up correctly you will thank yourself.
Now turn that Bass knob down!!!!!!
sounds like he has a potential buyer....that story will probably change at least 6 times, tho -
sounds like he has a potential buyer....that story will probably change at least 6 times, tho
It already has Just not posted for us to see yet..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 -
Your both probably right. Lets hope we hear soon.....
"Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of audiocr381ve's life". -
You're making the right choice. You have a pair of speakers that you are very happy with, and also a pair that you have sweat equity in. Making a rash move and selling them now because the wife thinks they're too big and the neighbor doesn't like hearing them when you plan on moving to a new house soon may well be a decision that you will grow to regret. When you're in your own house, chances are your neighbors will not be as big of an issue compared to an attached condo, and you may just end up with a house with a room that's much more fitting to these speakers. If not, you can always sell them later on.
I hope you understand why many people have grown to be upset by you. I think there are two reasons:
1) Most of the regulars on here are big admirers of these old speakers, and enjoy helping others get the most out of them, and thus are willing to spend our time answering questions and giving advice. When we spend that time helping someone, quite successfully I might add, only to find out that you're going to immediately turn around and sell the speakers, it makes us feel like we've completely wasted our time answering your questions and helping you out. Especially when the reason is along the lines of, "my wife thinks they're too big." Sorry, were they smaller before we started helping you mod them???
2) Your impatience and rash, impulse decision making is tiresome. People are trying to give you advice on how to build a system slowly and methodically, and you keep turning around and changing your mind about decisions before doing anywhere close to adequate research. It makes it very hard to give you advice, and becomes annoying to try and help you when you are changing your mind about big decisions so rapidly. You've already proven to yourself that break-in matters, so you should commit yourself to taking weeks to evaluate every decision you need to make in your system, not hours. You seem to be putting way too much pressure on yourself to build your ultimate system today, right now. This is not a wise way to pursue this hobby.Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance. -
You're making the right choice. You have a pair of speakers that you are very happy with, and also a pair that you have sweat equity in. Making a rash move and selling them now because the wife thinks they're too big and the neighbor doesn't like hearing them when you plan on moving to a new house soon may well be a decision that you will grow to regret. When you're in your own house, chances are your neighbors will not be as big of an issue compared to an attached condo, and you may just end up with a house with a room that's much more fitting to these speakers. If not, you can always sell them later on.
I hope you understand why many people have grown to be upset by you. I think there are two reasons:
1) Most of the regulars on here are big admirers of these old speakers, and enjoy helping others get the most out of them, and thus are willing to spend our time answering questions and giving advice. When we spend that time helping someone, quite successfully I might add, only to find out that you're going to immediately turn around and sell the speakers, it makes us feel like we've completely wasted our time answering your questions and helping you out. Especially when the reason is along the lines of, "my wife thinks they're too big." Sorry, were they smaller before we started helping you mod them???
2) Your impatience and rash, impulse decision making is tiresome. People are trying to give you advice on how to build a system slowly and methodically, and you keep turning around and changing your mind about decisions before doing anywhere close to adequate research. It makes it very hard to give you advice, and becomes annoying to try and help you when you are changing your mind about big decisions so rapidly. You've already proven to yourself that break-in matters, so you should commit yourself to taking weeks to evaluate every decision you need to make in your system, not hours. You seem to be putting way too much pressure on yourself to build your ultimate system today, right now. This is not a wise way to pursue this hobby.
Thanks for taking the time to give me this insight. I understand. Humility on both ends is something that would have been nice to see.
I'm cool moving on and taking crap from certain members ^^^^^ It's allllllllllllll good -
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Glad you decided to keep them bro. These guys are good and you should definitely stick around, a lot more to learn and talk about here
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i hate i missed this deal
