"Very nice Polk SDA 1 Signature Speakers. These came out after the SDA-1C and right before the SDA 2. They have been completely upgraded with 4 new RDO-194 tweeters, fully upgraded crossovers with mills resistors and SoniCap capacitors. New binding posts as well. This is hundreds of dollars in upgrades, and they sound amazing. Tops have minor wear, but overall in quite nice condition. Includes original SDA cable."
Actually they are transitional between SDA1 and SDA1a. The brass plate covers the port holes they glued dowel rods into. They are nice speakers with sonicaps I have a pair.
"....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)
Issues with their capacitance, they frayed and short circuited easy and some other things.....
A cool “display item”, but I wouldn’t use them personally.
Google displays a few threads here with comments from @VR3, @F1nut and then some other forums have references.
When new they were great, but again prone to short circuit or have other issues...
Direct quote from Jesse (on Hoffman forums)
Polk Cobra Cable loudspeaker cable
Stereophile review: 1978 (Vol.4 No.3). Highly capacitive, this distinctive-looking Japanese-sourced cable blew up many amplifiers that weren't unconditionally stable. Nevertheless, it blazed a trail followed first by Bob Fulton, then by Monster, then by countless others.
"....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)
So "... it blazed a trail ..." is the key phrase in that post by Jesse.
I'd defer to the "blew up many amplifiers that werent unconditionally stable"..... over "blazed a trail", but thats me.
Again, cool stuff to have as a display piece, wouldnt use it. My buddy's shop got some in a trade and I warned him off from using it too. Think he's got it hidden away somewhere...
"....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)
There's a pair of Rti 8TLs with one seized woofer at a Goodwill near me. But they wanted close to $100, I left them there. Still thinking about em though.
In the Philadelphia area Monitor 10s at $250 never sell on Craiglist. Currently there are three (one with Peerless tweeters) that have been constantly relisted listed for months with no takers (two at $250 and one $185).
At $150 they might last a month or two. You never know what they eventually sold for but the listing goes away.
At $120 they are gone in a week or two.
Under $100 they are gone before I can contact the seller.
it’s only a 6.5 hr drive one way for me... I may have googled it haha...
...on the other hand, I do like sleeping in my bed. I’m afraid I’d have to sleep inside the cabinets if I bought them... 😂
it’s only a 6.5 hr drive one way for me... I may have googled it haha...
...on the other hand, I do like sleeping in my bed. I’m afraid I’d have to sleep inside the cabinets if I bought them... 😂
My trip was a lot further, the 1.2tl's I went after were a lot more, I was laid off and it happened to be the day after Christmas when the trip was made. Go get them and sweat the minor details afterwards
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Nice looking pair in walnut at a fair price!
Actually they are transitional between SDA1 and SDA1a. The brass plate covers the port holes they glued dowel rods into. They are nice speakers with sonicaps I have a pair.
https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/ele/d/rochester-receiver-speakers/6908982687.html
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If they work, I feel that's one great deal.
The speaker cable? What was wrong with them?
Issues with their capacitance, they frayed and short circuited easy and some other things.....
A cool “display item”, but I wouldn’t use them personally.
Google displays a few threads here with comments from @VR3, @F1nut and then some other forums have references.
When new they were great, but again prone to short circuit or have other issues...
Direct quote from Jesse (on Hoffman forums)
I'd defer to the "blew up many amplifiers that werent unconditionally stable"..... over "blazed a trail", but thats me.
Again, cool stuff to have as a display piece, wouldnt use it. My buddy's shop got some in a trade and I warned him off from using it too. Think he's got it hidden away somewhere...
I will fix your shifted magnets for free.
Even a hundie seems like a good price, IMO! Certainly make an offer!
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Spare Room: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated,Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer,Rotel RCD-1072 CD player,Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner,Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers,Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
I paid 80 for one pr. and 40 for the other I believe. Both had good drivers, if indeed I've owned 2 sets of them.
I remember selling one set for over a hundred but they were "minty".
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/d/snohomish-pair-of-polk-audio-monitor/6909038042.html
At $150 they might last a month or two. You never know what they eventually sold for but the listing goes away.
At $120 they are gone in a week or two.
Under $100 they are gone before I can contact the seller.
It's like seeing speaker surrounds deteriorated and the seller says they " sound great".
Think of it as a ported upgrade.
I don't know man... these could be the mythical next-gen Polk SDA we keep hearing about.
Saying that it's "too hard" to pursue your dreams is no different than admitting to yourself that you are too lazy to achieve them.
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
https://bozeman.craigslist.org/ele/d/bozeman-polk-sda-srs-speakers/6905852797.html
Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL2000), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s, Dynamat, Sonicaps, Mills, H-nuts), SDA CRS+ (SL2000), RTA12c (194's), SDA SRS 2 (SL2000)
Repair pile: SRS 3.1TL (198’s), (1) lonely RTA 11TL to become a center channel... someday...
Pairs that have passed through:
Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10c (3x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, SDA2, SDA2a, SDA1b, SDA SRS2
...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
Saying that it's "too hard" to pursue your dreams is no different than admitting to yourself that you are too lazy to achieve them.
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
it’s only a 6.5 hr drive one way for me... I may have googled it haha...
...on the other hand, I do like sleeping in my bed. I’m afraid I’d have to sleep inside the cabinets if I bought them... 😂
Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL2000), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s, Dynamat, Sonicaps, Mills, H-nuts), SDA CRS+ (SL2000), RTA12c (194's), SDA SRS 2 (SL2000)
Repair pile: SRS 3.1TL (198’s), (1) lonely RTA 11TL to become a center channel... someday...
Pairs that have passed through:
Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10c (3x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, SDA2, SDA2a, SDA1b, SDA SRS2
...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
My trip was a lot further, the 1.2tl's I went after were a lot more, I was laid off and it happened to be the day after Christmas when the trip was made. Go get them and sweat the minor details afterwards
https://flint.craigslist.org/ele/d/fenton-polk-stereo-speakers/6914288509.html
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Spare Room: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated,Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer,Rotel RCD-1072 CD player,Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner,Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers,Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub