Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals

stevep · April 20

If it has foam around it, it's either a SL2500 or a SL3000.

bcwsrt · April 20

Weird. These are the original SL3000s in my RTA 15TLs. Thus, why I thought the domes back then were all silver.

audioluvr · April 20

bcwsrt wrote: »

Shows ya what I know! I thought all the tweeters from back in the day had silver domes. When I saw the black ones on these I assumed they had to be the 194 or 198 replacements. Thanks for the correction! Not as good a deal then.

Still a good deal for someone considering their condition and the SL2500 is a pretty good tweeter.

pitdogg2 · April 20

Most of the sl2500 I've seen have been black, however the sl3000 can be one 3 colors, silver, goldish or black chrome like. It all depended on on which order the metals were vaporized on the domes. That is what I was lead to believe by a long ago member here who I no longer remember who it was.
I have however have seen all 3 versions.

Toolfan66 · April 20

pitdogg2 wrote: »

Most of the sl2500 I've seen have been black, however the sl3000 can be one 3 colors, silver, goldish or black chrome like. It all depended on on which order the metals were vaporized on the domes. That is what I was lead to believe by a long ago member here who I no longer remember who it was.
I have however have seen all 3 versions.

Ditto, the other nice thing is the SL2500 can be replaced with the RD-0198

bcwsrt · April 20

audioluvr wrote: »

bcwsrt wrote: »

Shows ya what I know! I thought all the tweeters from back in the day had silver domes. When I saw the black ones on these I assumed they had to be the 194 or 198 replacements. Thanks for the correction! Not as good a deal then.

Still a good deal for someone considering their condition and the SL2500 is a pretty good tweeter.

I kinda wish I woulda just got ‘em! I think they could be had for less.

VSAT88 · April 20

Unusual to see those tweets in those speakers. I had no idea they ever used those in the smaller speakers like that. 10,s, 7, 5 and such. It would have tricked me too. Would have probably thought that someone put the wrong tweets in from another set of Polks or something. That is a nice set of speakers. I hope you get them and get a good deal on them too.

bcwsrt · April 20

I may have used up any goodwill I had here with all the help I got from various members on my RTAs, since I would feel like I needed to repeat that process to bring these up to snuff, also. All the good comments about 5s still has me thinking about it, though. I will be passing by them a number of times in my travels the next few weeks. We shall see …

VSAT88 · April 20

Come on man. They ain't gonna break the bank. Go get them and let's see pictures!

Toolfan66 · April 20

bcwsrt wrote: »

I may have used up any goodwill I had here with all the help I got from various members on my RTAs, since I would feel like I needed to repeat that process to bring these up to snuff, also. All the good comments about 7’s has me thinking about them when they come around.

Not true, also fixed your post.. 😁

bcwsrt · April 20

LOL, I still haven’t found a home for @ALL212’s L100s I got from him a year ago. This place ships, so they could be yours just as easy! 😜

Conradicles · April 20

The modified L100's?

bcwsrt · April 20

I know, 7s are sweet! But, some 5s with the VH treatment would be pretty cool, too, you gotta admit! 🤔😉😝

la2vegas · April 20

VSAT88 wrote: »

Unusual to see those tweets in those speakers. I had no idea they ever used those in the smaller speakers like that. 10,s, 7, 5 and such. It would have tricked me too. Would have probably thought that someone put the wrong tweets in from another set of Polks or something. That is a nice set of speakers. I hope you get them and get a good deal on them too.

I also have a pair of 5's that I bought about 8 years ago. Although mine aren't as nice they were considerably less. I bought them for 30 dollars.

xjghost · April 20

I originally got into Polk in the 80’s when I got my Monitor 10’s. I still listen to them daily in my basement office. My 5’s are a part of the bedroom system. I have some 7’s but something isn’t right with them. Someday I’ll look into them. My actual office has some M12’s. My main system in the den has the SDA 3.1’s. The 3.1’s replaced the RTA 12c’s in my main system. Oh yea I have some 4’s on the shelf too. Hi my name is Glenn and I have a problem. Im addicted to Polk’s from the 80’s.

Tony M · April 21

Nice collection.

I have a few Polk audio speakers myself.

VSAT88 · April 21

Think I am down to five sets.... Nope, six. All Polk Vintage stuff. That is if LSi15's count as vintage.
Monitor 5, SDA-SRS2's, SDA2b's, RTA 15tl, SDA-CRS, RTA 8t's. Wait, that's seven! I gotta sell some speakers man.

xjghost · April 21

I'd like to get a set of the RTA 15's some day.

VSAT88 · April 21

Where are you located?

xjghost · April 21

VSAT88 wrote: »

Where are you located?

Camden, SC. But they are not in any kind of budget right now. In the middle of a kitchen remodel and building a lean-to for a place to put my new mower and slab leveling table.

VSAT88 · April 21

I can understand that. I am always up to trade. In Alabama. Get up with me if and when you might want them.

HzTweaker · April 22

VSAT88 wrote: »

I can understand that. I am always up to trade. In Alabama. Get up with me if and when you might want them.

A trade of vintage Polks for vintage Polks?

agingboomer · April 22

Sounds like a great slogan: Vintage Polks for vintage folks.

VSAT88 · April 22

I don't see why not. I would rather trade with the folks here on CP than just about anyone.

aprazer402 · April 22

No Affil.
FB Marketplace. These have been on for some time and reduced. Not too bad expect the tweeters need to go. 7C's.

CGTIII · April 23

LSi15s - $500 (Riverview, FL) Appear clean. No affiliation.
https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/ele/d/riverview-polk-audio-lsi15/7844285264.html

VSAT88 · April 23

Damn with that description makes me want to buy a set! Oh wait.. I already have a set!

VSAT88 · April 23

These are pretty sweet speakers. I had a set. Liked them and never did a thing to them and they still had a very nice sound. Found on M.P. No idea about the condition.
https://www.facebook.com/share/191ACbDLCx/

aprazer402 · April 25

No affiliation. On FB Marketplace.
Don't see these early ones often around here.

The ad's photo of the front of the speakers (not shown) looked like a stock image with grills on.

I'm not well-versed on the first gen. SDA's. I'm sure these each have two tweeters.
Might have two front port holes, they may be covered also.

I thought the speaker wire was a cobweb at first.

Didn't some of these early ones have fuses above the binding posts?

I paid $400.00 for my SDA 1C's a dozen years ago. These's aren't a real bargain IMO.

pitdogg2 · April 25

SDA1a had no ports nor fuses. The SDA1 had ports and fuses. The SDA1 signature had no ports BUT did have fuses.

Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals

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