Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals
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Seems like a very good deal for the right person. Hard to imagine better sound/money! GLWS!Polk Audio: SDA SRS 2.3tl, SDA 1C, SDA 2B (TL mod), Reserve 200 || Zu Audio Omen dirty Weekend MKII
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Parasound HCA 1500a || Adcom GFA-535 || Crown XLS-2002 || AkitikA GT-102 || Appj Miniwatt
FX Audio P1 Tube Preamp || Fosi Audio Tube Phono Preamp || TEC Phono/Line Passive Pre -
Polk RT 25i speakers - $75 (Johnson City, TN) Claims perfect. No affiliation.
https://tricities.craigslist.org/ele/d/johnson-city-polk-rt-25i-speakers/7273771067.htmlExpect 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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Makes me want to upgrade my spare 7B crossovers as above to make them 7tl's w/ RDO-198's just to see what sort of difference there is compared to Peerless. $650 though? I WISH you could get your labor back in resale value......but heck I'm never selling mine!George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Crown D150 amp
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
If you are never selling them, why would you worry about getting you labor $ back. Listening pleasure is also worth something.
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Umm yes exactly! Just saying that I don't think they will sell for $650 especially in CA.George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Crown D150 amp
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
I thought everything was more expensive in california.
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I see these vintage Polks go for half the price in CA that I see them sell for in NJ. Probably depends greatly upon the area though. I am not far from NYC and everything is jacked up here.George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Crown D150 amp
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
Gardenstater wrote: »I see these vintage Polks go for half the price in CA that I see them sell for in NJ. Probably depends greatly upon the area though. I am not far from NYC and everything is jacked up here.
I've bought 4 pairs of 7's over the last 5 years. All of them have been for 30 dollars or less. One pair had peerless tweeters while another had the sl2500.
Vintage Polks do seem to run considerably cheaper out here in California in comparison to other states for some reason. -
Gardenstater wrote: »I see these vintage Polks go for half the price in CA that I see them sell for in NJ. Probably depends greatly upon the area though. I am not far from NYC and everything is jacked up here.
I've bought 4 pairs of 7's over the last 5 years. All of them have been for 30 dollars or less. One pair had peerless tweeters while another had the sl2500.
Vintage Polks do seem to run considerably cheaper out here in California in comparison to other states for some reason.
At those prices, they are experiments waiting to happen lol. The 7's can afford some interior bracing mods.Still modifying... -
Model 7s in Baltimore. $100
https://baltimore.craigslist.org/ele/d/baltimore-polk-audio-model-7a/7276395677.html -
RTA-12 just north of Nashville for $250
https://nashville.craigslist.org/ele/d/hendersonville-polk-audio-rta-12/7264337465.html"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
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Model 7s in Baltimore. $100
https://baltimore.craigslist.org/ele/d/baltimore-polk-audio-model-7a/7276395677.html
Looks like there is not a hole in that Peerless dome. Maybe Polk didn't do that early on.George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Crown D150 amp
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
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Single Polk Monitor 5a in a pretty decent condition - $25 (Walnut Creek)
I was thinking to get it, but there is nothing in my mind to convince in driving for about 40mls.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/d/walnut-creek-polk-monitor-5a-speaker/7281344786.html -
That’s a Peerless 5. Good deal for $25, some guys like them for center channel if they have Peerless monitor fronts.
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It’s raining monitor 7’s here in Utah. I already have two spare pairs, so yeah... somebody else can chase them... 😂
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/63014080
I didn’t jump on these and now they’re gone. They were asking $130 for them:
Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩 -
I do not recall ever seeing a set with the Polk logo down low like that with the wood on the bottom. That looks cool.
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Dang!
That's going into used Sonus Faber territory.
Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze. -
Monitor 12. Charlotte. No afil. $450. https://charlotte.craigslist.org/ele/d/matthews-polk-audio-speakers/7283720212.htmlSDA 2BTL, VPI Prime, Soundsmith Zephyr MKIII, Rogue Ares Magnum, McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold, ARC LS-17se, Cambridge cxn v2, MIT AVT MA ic’s and speaker cables, ps audio stellar power plant 3
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Monitor 12. Charlotte. No afil. $450. https://charlotte.craigslist.org/ele/d/matthews-polk-audio-speakers/7283720212.html
I'd love to hear a pair. One of my only Polks to escape my hearing. -
Monitor 12. Charlotte. No afil. $450. https://charlotte.craigslist.org/ele/d/matthews-polk-audio-speakers/7283720212.html
I'd love to hear a pair. One of my only Polks to escape my hearing.
Pretty much the same here.
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
RD tweeters looks like too. Bet they sound real nice.
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Polk SRS original owner, no affiliation.
https://modesto.craigslist.org/ele/d/ripon-polk-sda-speaker-towers/7283844027.html
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RD tweeters looks like too. Bet they sound real nice.
They came with the SL2500. They were black dome tweeters -
SDA 2B's with interconnect cable. A little rough around the edges but not a bad deal at 200 dollars. No affiliation. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/ele/d/gilbert-polk-audio-vintage-tower/7279576527.html
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A little pricey but these don't pop up too often. No affiliation. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/ele/d/surprise-polk-audio-monitor-10-pair/7284140309.html
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A little pricey but these don't pop up too often. No affiliation. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/ele/d/surprise-polk-audio-monitor-10-pair/7284140309.html
That is a very early monitor 10 (but too pricey unless you are starting a Polk museum).
But did Polk really make 55,959 speakers before it? Anyone have an idea of the vintage?
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I think they stared the SN's at 55959Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Belles 350A Reference modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
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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