Look at these. Ugh.

BrettT1
BrettT1 Posts: 560
edited July 2011 in The Clubhouse
http://texarkana.craigslist.org/ele/2490616599.html

Absolutely no affiliation. :eek: I don't think I can "handle it".
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited July 2011
    BrettT1 wrote: »
    http://texarkana.craigslist.org/ele/2490616599.html

    Absolutely no affiliation. :eek: I don't think I can "handle it".

    Errr... I'm sure the tweeters sound great pointed at your feet...

    :confused:
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited July 2011
    Anybody else curious about a set of those for sale on craigslist with a fresh coat of paint in a room with seemingly no furniture and a big hole in the wall?

    I bet they were a STEAL!

    1C
    Too much **** to list....
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited July 2011
    White and cherry?

    Those look like something someone stole out of a church
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited July 2011
    Why is it upside down?????
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited July 2011
    SDA1C wrote: »
    Anybody else curious about a set of those for sale on craigslist with a fresh coat of paint in a room with seemingly no furniture and a big hole in the wall?

    I bet they were a STEAL!

    1C

    They are in a garage.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited July 2011
    Wow, Maybe someone helped him get them in the garage and left before they could flip them upright? Or maybe the person is a tool and doesn't know any better? I am guessing it's number two.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    Yech!! Just needs some decoupage flowers on the white grills and a couple macrame' hangers with spider plants in them for a rockin' cool decor...:tongue:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited July 2011
    That's kinda funny!

    But, unless my eyes are lying to me, it appears that the crossover plates might be mounted upside down. That could lead to a certain level of confusion I think.

    The white color though, just different. I think it probably had more to do with a WAF and not wanting massive, black obelisks sticking out in her all-white living room. So change the fabric to white and you're golden!

    Still though, it's clear the guy doesn't know what he has.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited July 2011
    "Electrical Recommended Amplifier Power 1000 w/channel Crossover Isophase"

    That should make cfrizz happy. :biggrin:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,222
    edited July 2011
    LMAO!!!!! Did audiocr381ve buy another set of SDA's and the wife has him selling them already???
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,222
    edited July 2011
    As long as everything is in working order and the crossovers have not been jacked with $850 is not that bad. If you could pull them for like $700 it would be worth the extra work..
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2011
    Larry,

    I would take these as a 'warning' of what 'not' to do when you start work on your 3.1s?

    No white grills or paint, or paisley patterns for that matter! lol

    cnh
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,222
    edited July 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    Larry,

    I would take these as a 'warning' of what 'not' to do when you start work on your 3.1s?

    No white grills or paint, or paisley patterns for that matter! lol

    cnh

    Agreed!!! :biggrin::cool: I really have my heart set on using some Sponge Bob Square Pants bed sheets for the grill cloth... :tongue:
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  • byfthalone
    byfthalone Posts: 345
    edited July 2011
    stuwee wrote: »
    Yech!! Just needs some decoupage flowers on the white grills and a couple macrame' hangers with spider plants in them for a rockin' cool decor...:tongue:

    Oh my god...OOOHHHH my god....Stuwee...you just desribed my listening room...so cool listining to Tommy James and the Shondell's "draggin' the line" !!!:cool:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited July 2011
    Hey, the original Monitor Series Model 9 was available in white (the "Rat" at Johns Hopkins had a white pair in the 1970s)... why shouldn't there be white SDAs, too? :-)

    modelnine.jpg
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    As long as everything is in working order and the crossovers have not been jacked with $850 is not that bad. If you could pull them for like $700 it would be worth the extra work..

    I've never heard this version with the passive on the top.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited July 2011
    madmax wrote: »
    I've never heard this version with the passive on the top.

    Ideal for listening to Australian (southern hemisphere) musicians.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Hey, the original Monitor Series Model 9 was available in white (the "Rat" at Johns Hopkins had a white pair in the 1970s)... why shouldn't there be white SDAs, too? :-)

    modelnine.jpg

    Argueably the worst Polk loudspeaker ever. Built using the leftover drivers from the BOSE 901 knockoff's Matt and the crew were making.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    The grilles on the RC85i going in the wifes new bathroom are slated for a violet or lilac paint job !:eek:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited July 2011
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Argueably the worst Polk loudspeaker ever. Built using the leftover drivers from the BOSE 901 knockoff's Matt and the crew were making.

    10-4.
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19965&highlight=bozo

    That said... the Model 9A, which swapped out the Motorola piezo for the Peerless KO10DT silk dome tweeter, was markedly better sounding. I (ahem) have a pair of the 9As and they're perfectly respectable sounding. Those little 4 inch CTS extended-range drivers are nice sounding little drivers.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2011
    Ha, ha. I'm listening to a set (of what will become 'garage' speakers) that have an Electric Motorola Piezo horn? From the time when KLH was dredging the bottom of the bin in audio parts in the mid-late '80s. Also a good 'test' speaker for the new/old Pioneer SX receiver (in case anything 'blows'?).

    OK for party speakers though.

    cnh
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited July 2011
    The piezos can be made palatable by adding an appropriately designed crossover. Using the piezo's own electrical characteristics delivers a too-low crossover point which seems to be responsible for their "spittiness". (that's with a "p", not an "h")
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,182
    edited July 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    which seems to be responsible for their "spittiness". (that's with a "p", not an "h")

    LOL.

    BTW, I just talked with the seller. The IC is blade/blade.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited July 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    10-4.
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19965&highlight=bozo

    That said... the Model 9A, which swapped out the Motorola piezo for the Peerless KO10DT silk dome tweeter, was markedly better sounding. I (ahem) have a pair of the 9As and they're perfectly respectable sounding. Those little 4 inch CTS extended-range drivers are nice sounding little drivers.

    I agree, my set also have the Peerless tweeters and they sound great to me also.:wink:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited July 2011
    The 9A is also a surprisingly sensitive loudspeaker - mine sound dandy driven by a push-pull EL84 amp (ca. 12 watts per channel).
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