What's a Realistic Price For SDA SRS

flason
flason Posts: 278
edited June 2011 in Vintage Speakers
Not selling. I'm thinking of buying. Cosmetically a good 8. Poly switches need to be replaced or bypassed. All drivers seem to work. I haven't heard or seen these in person as they are several hours away. They are the original SRS and not the 1.2's. And would they be leaps and bounds sonically better than my 2.3"s? So price wise. What should I pay?
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited June 2011
    Looking at the pics again, maybe more 9 of 10 cosmetically.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited June 2011
    Are your 2.3's TL's ??
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited June 2011
    Nope. Mine are the original 2.3's with the donut drivers.
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  • aviator
    aviator Posts: 159
    edited June 2011
    Realistic? Don't know.

    Data point -- here is a set of SDA-SRS on eBay with over 40 bids at almost a thousand and 3 days to go.

    Listing says 1.2TL and corrected to SDA-SRS farther down.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220801688086&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited June 2011
    I wouldn't say leaps and bounds in the difference between those two sets. Have you Upgraded the xovers on your 2.3's? tweeters?

    I only say that bc I am going to do that to a pair of 2.3's I have in the basement. I will not ever sell them due to sentimental value but thats just me.
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited June 2011
    My 2.3 are stock. I replaced the poly switches but bought an original driver or 2 as well as original tweets from some of the guys on this board. I really love the way they sound but the SRS look like a Kubrick Monolith and I'd like the opportunity to don the monkey suit again!! ;-)
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited June 2011
    And if I did pop for them I would definitely sell the 2.3's very reasonable. I paid $200 but put about another $200 dor drivers/tweets plus $40 for Ben's interconnect caable. So they'd be sold for less than $500 to someone from this board. Of course that assumes I get the SRS's.
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  • eeagle
    eeagle Posts: 226
    edited June 2011
    The pics in ebay ad are definitely the SDA SRS (w/13 nut crossover plate) and stock tweeters. Can't comment on how noticeable the improvement would be over the 2.3's as I've never heard 2.3's.

    I would expect a set of excellent condition SDA SRS to be around $1500. ebay bidders get carried away though and may go even higher. I've seen the TL version go well over $2000.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited June 2011
    I'd keep the 2.3's and do all the upgrades including the rings. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised at what you hear.
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited June 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    I'd keep the 2.3's and do all the upgrades including the rings. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised at what you hear.

    +1 The 2.3's are probably 90% of the big boys.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    I'd keep the 2.3's and do all the upgrades including the rings. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised at what you hear.

    +2,,Full Court Press ,,I prefer the 2.3's and the tl's,,they just seem more musical to my old ears.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2011
    2.3TL, hands down, fully modified. There is no redeeming quality to the SDA SRS model that would engage you more than the 2.3TL.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited June 2011
    Keep the 2.3's !!!! With completion of upgrades you will have a much better speaker for less money then the SRS's...
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited June 2011
    Thanks for the advise. I guess then the 1st thing is to get the RDO's and work on the rest step by step. These are still the 2.3"s and not the TL version. I do know where I'm going with these is well tread territory and step by step procedures are right on the board. Thanks for the help though after the upgrades I will still spend about a grand!!!
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited June 2011
    I would hold out and try to pick up a pair of TLs,SDAs come up for sale in your state quit often.

    Then sell your 2.3s,shame you don't live closer to these http://denver.craigslist.org/ele/2461805075.html they already have the money spent on them and alot of the work done to them.
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited June 2011
    flason wrote: »
    Thanks for the advise. I guess then the 1st thing is to get the RDO's and work on the rest step by step. These are still the 2.3"s and not the TL version. I do know where I'm going with these is well tread territory and step by step procedures are right on the board. Thanks for the help though after the upgrades I will still spend about a grand!!!

    Be sure to start with Tony's new boards! I have the 2.3's also and starting to collect everything needed for when the snow flies here in the midwest.
    Let us know details when you start upgrading!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited June 2011
    Mike Reeter wrote: »
    I would hold out and try to pick up a pair of TLs,SDAs come up for sale in your state quit often.

    Then sell your 2.3s,shame you don't live closer to these http://denver.craigslist.org/ele/2461805075.html they already have the money spent on them and alot of the work done to them.

    Those belong to zarrdoss (Kevin)
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited June 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Those belong to zarrdoss (Kevin)

    I knew they looked familiar,couldn't come up with the owners name...seems like he had multiple pair of 2.3's
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  • eeagle
    eeagle Posts: 226
    edited June 2011
    Well I guess my estimate was a bit low

    40 bids....and they went for $1,615.00
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  • audio_alan
    audio_alan Posts: 770
    edited June 2011
    It sounds like you've already decided to just keep the 2.3's, but here's my 2 cents anyway --- My first pair of SDA's were a set of mint 2.3's (ahhh, memories). Because my home theater at the time was lacking a nice set of fronts, I put them there. I've been extremely happy with them in the HT ever since.... (btw, using SDA's in HT is a controversial topic - some like it, some don't, but let's just leave it at that and move on...)

    Then I caught the bug, and I found a set of SDA-SRS's for my 2-channel setup. Since I don't have the two sets of speakers in the same room, nor do I use them for the same duty, it's really tough to compare the two. However, I can say I wouldn't part with either set at this point in time. Both sets of speakers are great, imo. (1C's are awesome too! :biggrin:)

    Because of the extra money you'll need to spend just to get up to the SDA-SRS's, I agree with the others that you might be better off just upgrading your 2.3's (and you'll probably end up at about the same $$$ total as if you just bought a set of stock SDA-SRS's). However, if you're a speaker junkie like me, or want the biggest speakers possible, buy the SRS's (and maybe even keep both pairs! :rolleyes:)

    P.S. One difference I'm sure of is the SDA-SRS's have more bass slam than the 2.3's. You're going to have to pay a lot to get those few extra Hz though. If you're lucky you can buy a set of SDA-SRS's for sub-$1000, but you have to bide your time and wait for the right deal. They might require a bit more work that a 9/10 set as well...
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