Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals

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  • ThomasD
    ThomasD Posts: 260
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    subkron wrote: »
    $450 for SRS 2.3 with bad PR, no affiliation

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/276129959972503/

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    Yep, your absolutely right!! B)
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    Big A** Speakers Near Springfield, MO :D
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,801
    CGTIII wrote: »
    Big A** Speakers Near Springfield, MO :D

    Nothing comes up.
    2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout.
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,063
    Asked a friend to snatch these up if he can....we'll see....

    https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/ele/d/mustang-polk-audio-speakers/6860731596.html
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    xsmi wrote: »
    CGTIII wrote: »
    Big A** Speakers Near Springfield, MO :D

    Nothing comes up.

    I suspect you have to be a member of the Audiophiles on a Budget facebook group. It works for me.
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,063
    xschop wrote: »
    Asked a friend to snatch these up if he can....we'll see....

    https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/ele/d/mustang-polk-audio-speakers/6860731596.html

    Snatched up by my FIL for a measly $60...
    Can these officially be 'TL'-ed?
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    Polk Audio SDA 1Cs asking $400 with I/C. "Overall great condition for age." No affiliation.
    https://greenville.craigslist.org/ele/d/greenville-polk-audio-sda-1c-towers/6845617644.html
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    CS350 asking $50. "Pretty good shape."
    https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/d/decatur-polk-audio-center-channel/6865325565.html
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    id buy that if it was close. 19 hours 1 way is not close
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    CGTIII wrote: »
    CS350 asking $50. "Pretty good shape."
    https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/d/decatur-polk-audio-center-channel/6865325565.html

    I'd get it...
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    edited April 2019
    I'm one that would have it at home already also. It would be my 3rd.

    I sold my last one about a year ago for 100.00 to help a guy out and regret it for some reason. I guess I know what a GEM it is. ;)

    Short story... :p
    Shortly after I sold that CS350 to help the guy out, a CS1000P came up for sale with some FX300i surrounds and a PSW650 sub for 50.00 more than I sold the other center for. That was last summer I think.

    I JUST bought ANOTHER PSW650 the other day for 50.00. I let it sit on Craig's list for a few days but it never sold. Maybe a week passed and I just knew what a great sub it is, I emailed them. It was a guy who bought something from me and I from him over the past 10 years. It was funny. His wife brought the sub to my cottage's porch in her SUV since she was coming a few blocks away the day after I emailed them. Darn those subs are HEAVY! :s Now it's been in the way and my groin hurt for almost a week but it's ok now. :)

    Thank you Lord! Karma...? Maybe.

    Another short story.
    An old friend told me he bought a set of beautiful Boston speakers at the Habit store for 50.00. He hated to pay that much but he loved their looks. As he was describing them, I remembered a set I had that I sold to a member here years ago, T. Inguyendot.

    I was at my PC when he was describing them and looking for their model number. I told him I think I know and they came in 2 sizes. The M50 or the M60. I hoped he got the bigger ones of what I owned before.

    He said "These are VR-M60".
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    I told him yup, I had those before. You did? he asked. Yea, the M60s. I asked him if he knew what they cost new. He didn't have a clue.

    I told him 1K to 1200.00. 'WHAT?!" he asked. "Are you kidding me?!. No...I'm not, that's what they were when they were new. He said him and I were always attracted to the finer things in the audio world.

    I agreed. ;):D

    He just had his 80th birthday last month too. He still looks for the GEMS all the time. It gives him something to do he says. :)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Nice story Tony! I'm sure you got plenty more! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
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    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,743
    edited April 2019
    Tony M wrote: »
    I'm one that would have it at home already also. It would be my 3rd.

    I sold my last one about a year ago for 100.00 to help a guy out and regret it for some reason. I guess I know what a GEM it is. ;)

    Short story... :p
    Shortly after I sold that CS350 to help the guy out, a CS1000P came up for sale with some FX300i surrounds and a PSW650 sub for 50.00 more than I sold the other center for. That was last summer I think.

    I JUST bought ANOTHER PSW650 the other day for 50.00. I let it sit on Craig's list for a few days but it never sold. Maybe a week passed and I just knew what a great sub it is, I emailed them. It was a guy who bought something from me and I from him over the past 10 years. It was funny. His wife brought the sub to my cottage's porch in her SUV since she was coming a few blocks away the day after I emailed them. Darn those subs are HEAVY! :s Now it's been in the way and my groin hurt for almost a week but it's ok now. :)

    Thank you Lord! Karma...? Maybe.

    Another short story.
    An old friend told me he bought a set of beautiful Boston speakers at the Habit store for 50.00. He hated to pay that much but he loved their looks. As he was describing them, I remembered a set I had that I sold to a member here years ago, T. Inguyendot.

    I was at my PC when he was describing them and looking for their model number. I told him I think I know and they came in 2 sizes. The M50 or the M60. I hoped he got the bigger ones of what I owned before.

    He said "These are VR-M60".
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    yhfa10v6rifc.png

    I told him yup, I had those before. You did? he asked. Yea, the M60s. I asked him if he knew what they cost new. He didn't have a clue.

    I told him 1K to 1200.00. 'WHAT?!" he asked. "Are you kidding me?!. No...I'm not, that's what they were when they were new. He said him and I were always attracted to the finer things in the audio world.

    I agreed. ;):D

    He just had his 80th birthday last month too. He still looks for the GEMS all the time. It gives him something to do he says. :)

    This is a great story! Don't stop remembering and writing them here. People experiences are so warming. It's funny how certain speakers appeal because of their looks. Those Boston's really have the "look" like a piece of art. I plan to be on the lookout for a pair. (Update: Near mint pair on eBay $350 and others cheaper.)

    Boston1450 said the CS350 is too far away as I know he is in Maine. I have a CS350 that Wessmassguy helped me buy from CL several years ago by convincing the seller to ship; it was in Maine for $85.
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    ^^^^ i didnt see that. Nice score for sure. I have the Cs1000p but id love to add a decent sub with center same size as the Cs350. They are well regarded here.... I got my RTA15tl speakers right here in this thread from Denver Colo. Had them shipped to Maine. Excellent experience as well
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
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    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    I had the M-50s and paid 225 for them and sold them for 275 after a few months.

    They are great sounding speakers. I’d own them again for 50 bucks in a heartbeat.
    "....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)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    I'll try to type some more audio related stories here as long as I live I guess.

    I thought about getting another pair of Boston's off of eBay a couple/few of years ago too. I saw some for $200+pr. to $400pr. for the M60s but I never bought any.
    At that time, I had a boat load of audio gear and speakers and sure didn't need to buy anything more valued more than a 100.00 UNLESS it was something I hadn't heard or owned before and a GEM too.

    Back about the same time that I bought my Boston's( Pawn shop), I purchased a pr. of Paradigm Studio 20s...V3 from a GUN and Pawn shop. It's a BIG gun shop and a tiny pawn shop up front. There's always like 5 customers in there with 5 employees helping them. I was amazed at these paradigm's beauty just like the Boston's beauty.
    I went home and researched them and went right back and bought them! Man they were nice sounding too. :p Probably the best sounding bookies I've ever owned.
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    I sold them during the time audio gear reselling prices was bottomed out. I sold my Studio 20s V3 for 180.00. :s Now they're priced around ( none on eBay for 1 pr. only now) ...so back years ago, I saw them for sale at 700.00 pr. I think they were. :'( And right now, I'd say they're worth 700.00 pr. too. ;)

    They are definitely another set I SERIOUSLY regret selling! :'(

    2 beautiful speaker sets sitting in pawn shops across the street from each other at the same time...Crazy good time shopping that week or month! :D
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    I would ship the CS350 to one of you guys if he won't -- at my cost, of course. (Hopefully to someone who had an immediate use rather than hoarding it.)
    I'm frequently several miles from there with clients. Also <1 mile from a UPS regional customer center and <1 mile from a drugstore FedEx office.
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    Good looking pair of 3.1TL's, not mine

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/264294241313?ul_noapp=true
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  • TennMan
    TennMan Posts: 1,267
    This looks like a pretty good deal if you're in the market for some SDA 1Cs.
    https://greenville.craigslist.org/ele/d/greenville-pics-upprice-downpolk-audio/6845617644.html
    • SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
    • Crossover upgrades by westmassguy
    • Marantz 1504 AVR (front speaker pre-outs to Adcom 555)
    • Adcom GFA-555 amp · Upgrades & speaker protection added by OldmanSRS
    • Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
    • SDA CRS+ · Hidden away in the closet
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,928
    TennMan wrote: »
    This looks like a pretty good deal if you're in the market for some SDA 1Cs.
    https://greenville.craigslist.org/ele/d/greenville-pics-upprice-downpolk-audio/6845617644.html

    Need some love and they appear to be blade/blade.
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  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 455
    Ratty SRT's for sale in Salt Lake City - no affiliation
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2127472480621640/
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    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA1(mod to “a” & SL1000 Wuhan mod), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,872
    Looks like their dog or cat got ahold of them. Bummer.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

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  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,105
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's (look to be in nice shape) in RI...

    https://providence.craigslist.org/ele/d/north-kingstown-polk-sda-srs-23tl/6880378229.html
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    SDA 2s asking $300. (Upgraded tweeters?) No affiliation.
    https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ele/d/portland-polk-audio/6887043753.html
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,872
    Hey! $200 worth of RDO-194's and a pile of 6501's
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,078
    Polk Monitor 5 Jr: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/d/san-ramon-polk-audio-monitor-5jr-2-way/6882807650.html - $140

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  • pkquat
    pkquat Posts: 748
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Polk Monitor 5 Jr: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/d/san-ramon-polk-audio-monitor-5jr-2-way/6882807650.html - $140

    Those are actually M5A's with the 8"PR. Check the PR's for cracking / splits. The rubber looks a little warped in spots so I may have gotten hard and cracked.

    There appears to be mortite, so I think they have been opened. The tweeters do not have the "polk" hole that I could see, so I wonder if they have been replaced. I forget now if polk did use some without the hole. I remember a discussion on this a while back, but I think that was on the very early models. They at least appear to be actual peerless tweeters, not copies. One appears to have been slightly dented at one time.

    They should still sound great. The PR is the biggest concern.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,078
    Thanks for the info, but if I bring home another pair of speakers it'll be my nuts in a vice.
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Kinky...
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Thanks for the info, but if I bring home another pair of speakers it'll be my nuts in a vice.

    Well, none of us wants to see that!
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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