Can anyone identify these subs?

breal74
breal74 Posts: 324
edited August 2011 in Vintage Speakers
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/ele/2540763154.html Very curious as to what they are and if they are worth $50.
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited August 2011
    Not worth $50 to me. They're actually a frankenpolk SDA-CRS. It's a shame they've been butcher. The moron screwed up one tweeter (the main tweeter actually; the dimensional tweeter is still there) and installed car subwoofers in place of the passive radiator. To revitalize them, you'll probably need to replace all the drivers. Don't bother.
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  • breal74
    breal74 Posts: 324
    edited August 2011
    Thanks Bobsama.
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited August 2011
    For only $50, even if you had to replace the drivers I still think it's worth it. Hell, the seller even says "best offer". I say go for it.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited August 2011
    For $50 OBO I would be all over that.
    --Gary--
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited August 2011
    HTguru1982 wrote: »
    For only $50, even if you had to replace the drivers I still think it's worth it. Hell, the seller even says "best offer". I say go for it.

    In an unmolested CRS the bass driver is a passive radiator. If the seller installed a powered woofer that means he probably fubar'd the x-overs. So it's not a matter of buying a couple drivers. Plus, the passive radiators haven't been available from Polk for years which means he'd have to source used ones.

    A whole lot of hassle for something that is fairly common in unmolested form. If they were super duper rare then rebuilding would be an option, but he'd basically have to build these from the ground up if the franken-woofer turned out to be powered.

    Just my .02c

    H9
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  • breal74
    breal74 Posts: 324
    edited August 2011
    Think I'm going to pass guys. Thanks for the details H9!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited August 2011
    IMO if the MW's work they are worth $50 easily. He "could" just have that sub in there using it as a passive radiator, not even hooked up. I'd check them out if I were close.
    --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.
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited August 2011
    Don't forget Murrphy 3 rd law--- "once a job is screwed up anything done to fix it makes it worse."
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited August 2011
    They're gone....:eek:
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited August 2011
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