Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals

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  • Mr_Hz
    Mr_Hz Posts: 176
    Nice Avatar, kmeek

    Cool commercial
    2.3TL's - Living Room
    CRS+'s (4.1 TL's) - Office
    SDA1C's - Famdamly Rm
    SDA1C's - Master Bedroom
  • Maxell baby....
    HT
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (Front), Adcom GFA-585 Amp (Side), Adcom GFA-555 Amp (Rear), Adcom ACE-515, Pioneer CLD-3070 Laserdisc, Sony CDP-605esD, Sony BluRay BDP BX59, Samsung 50" Plasma, Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL Front (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Side (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Rear (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Living Room)
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom ACE-515, Sony CDP-705esD, Magnum Dynalab FT-101A Etude, Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS 2 (Walnut), STAX SR34 Electret Earspeaker System.
    2 Channel (Office)
    Adcom GFP-555 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-555 Amp, Sony CDP-605esD, Adcom GFT-555 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 1C (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Garage)
    Hafler DH-110 Pre-amp, Hafler DH-220 Amp, Sony CDP-505esD, Hafler DH-330 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 2B (Walnut).
  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    No price no affiliation but has the name of them wrong so maybe he doesn't know the full value.

    http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/ele/5947230554.html
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • At least a $1000 high.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,327
    edited January 2017
    la2vegas wrote: »
    Vintage polks being offered for sale on Craigslist usually fall under two categories.


    2, the seller thinks that his older speakers are like fine wine or exquisite art work that steadily go up in value.

    More often than not number two applies.

    10000000000% agree

    just dealt with this on some RTA's. Seller wanted more than they cost new.
  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    la2vegas wrote: »
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    SDA 1C's in Sandy Ego, no affiliation. Comes with pin/blade from original owner.http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/ele/5966989959.html

    This deal strikes me as an example of #1 above.

    $225 for 1Cs that look to be in as good condition as these is more than reasonable.
    Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.

    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

  • Mr_Hz
    Mr_Hz Posts: 176
    la2vegas wrote: »
    Are these the studio version?

    yes, with the black end caps... studio version.. unless someone, for unknown reasons, decided to paint the natural wood end caps black.
    2.3TL's - Living Room
    CRS+'s (4.1 TL's) - Office
    SDA1C's - Famdamly Rm
    SDA1C's - Master Bedroom
  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,876
    Mr_Hz wrote: »
    la2vegas wrote: »
    Are these the studio version?

    yes, with the black end caps... studio version.. unless someone, for unknown reasons, decided to paint the natural wood end caps black.

    Good luck with that ...
  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,795
    Mr_Hz wrote: »
    la2vegas wrote: »
    Are these the studio version?

    yes, with the black end caps... studio version.. unless someone, for unknown reasons, decided to paint the natural wood end caps black.

    Good luck with that ...

    That's where all the black paint in the world went to.
  • kmeek
    kmeek Posts: 225
    No price no affiliation but has the name of them wrong so maybe he doesn't know the full value.

    http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/ele/5947230554.html

    Yeah I contacted this guy the first day the ad came out. He had no pictures and called them Polk SDA SRT speakers. He just had the number of drivers in the description and had no asking price (drives me crazy when people do that!). I emailed him how much? He tells me a pair sold on Ebay for $3,000 but give him a reasonable offer. Said no thanks to my offer (around a $1,000)......
    I did try and give him some good info on the worth of early SRS speakers (especially now seeing they are an early spade/spade version).

    He then updated the ad to include pictures and was asking $1,500 cash and $1,500 in trade. Now he has changed it back to reasonable offer. I have a feeling they are going to be there for awhile.
  • kmeek
    kmeek Posts: 225
    Those 1C's do look nice!!
  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    la2vegas wrote: »
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    I just love the look of the all black studio version.

    That's it!

    I don't need them, but I want them. Can anyone in San Diego help broker a deal for these? I can drive down on Saturday, but I'm afraid they'd be gone by then.

    Did the studio version even have end caps?

    Looks to me like the exposed wood on this pair was painted black by somebody who had no trouble finding black paint.
    Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.

    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,119
    edited January 2017
    la2vegas wrote: »
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    I just love the look of the all black studio version.

    That's it!

    I don't need them, but I want them. Can anyone in San Diego help broker a deal for these? I can drive down on Saturday, but I'm afraid they'd be gone by then.

    Did the studio version even have end caps?

    Looks to me like the exposed wood on this pair was painted black by somebody who had no trouble finding black paint.

    My Studios don't have the caps. The bottom also indicates they aren't studios.
    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,119
    la2vegas wrote: »
    Something smells fishy, can we get a concensus on the subject of these 1C's?

    Apparently they were painted black. I also have 2 sets of non-studio 1C's and other than the color that pair is just like them.

    We now know what happened to the last of the black paint.
    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,119
    edited January 2017
    la2vegas wrote: »
    @VMAXER do you have a picture of yours that you'd care to share?

    Not the best photos, I currently don't have either set hooked up but I think you can tell a bit from them.

    Note the tops and bottoms are different.

    Studios:

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    Non studios:

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    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,119
    edited January 2017
    Both of these have the RD-0194 tweeters in them so they look different.
    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,436
    The 1C's look a lot like my 2B studios--and my 2Bs don't look like most of them out there.
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    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * McCormack DNA 0.5 amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,119
    edited January 2017
    agfrost wrote: »
    The 1C's look a lot like my 2B studios--and my 2Bs don't look like most of them out there.
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    This may help.

    http://vr3mods.com/uploads/SDA_Handbook_2011_Rev3.pdf

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    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
  • kmeek
    kmeek Posts: 225
    I have no affiliation to these. This guy has had these on again off again on Craigslist here locally in Phoenix. Always for $400 mo more no less.

    https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/ele/5972343624.html
  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    la2vegas wrote: »
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    Not mine.

    My 2B studios are the same, no end caps. Granted I like the original end caps.
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

    "Temptation is the manifestation of desire which equals necessity." - Mikey081057
    " I have always had a champange taste with a beer budget" - Rick88
    "Just because the thread is getting views don't mean much .. I like a good train wreck doesn't mean i want to be in one..." - pitdogg2
    "Those that don't know, don't know that they don't know." - heiney9
    "Audiophiles are the male equivalent of cat ladies." - Audiokarma Member
  • Here's a pair of nicely updated SRS 2s. No affiliation.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/192086224987?ul_noapp=true
  • No affiliation ... I have a pair of SDA 2Bs and love them ... in Houston!

    http://houston.craigslist.org/ele/5973654783.html
  • https://www.ebay.com/itm/152409160732

    Non common ground amplifier interface from Polk ... no affiliation.
  • I think this answers the question on those 1C's in SD. Clearly standard 1C's (all wood) that someone painted black.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-SDA-1C-speakers-/272536109026?hash=item3f746affe2:g:mzEAAOSwNnRYirDf
    HT
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (Front), Adcom GFA-585 Amp (Side), Adcom GFA-555 Amp (Rear), Adcom ACE-515, Pioneer CLD-3070 Laserdisc, Sony CDP-605esD, Sony BluRay BDP BX59, Samsung 50" Plasma, Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL Front (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Side (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Rear (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Living Room)
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom ACE-515, Sony CDP-705esD, Magnum Dynalab FT-101A Etude, Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS 2 (Walnut), STAX SR34 Electret Earspeaker System.
    2 Channel (Office)
    Adcom GFP-555 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-555 Amp, Sony CDP-605esD, Adcom GFT-555 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 1C (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Garage)
    Hafler DH-110 Pre-amp, Hafler DH-220 Amp, Sony CDP-505esD, Hafler DH-330 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 2B (Walnut).
  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    250GTLusso wrote: »
    I think this answers the question on those 1C's in SD. Clearly standard 1C's (all wood) that someone painted black.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-SDA-1C-speakers-/272536109026?hash=item3f746affe2:g:mzEAAOSwNnRYirDf

    awful!
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,194
    LSi15 pair not far from Nashville. Claims excellent condition. Asking $400. No affiliation.
    https://huntsville.craigslist.org/ele/5970601520.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.
  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,876
    la2vegas wrote: »

    Minty looking LS90's next to them...
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,327
    agree two nice sets in that ad. Not to mention the SDA SRS2 in the back ground...
  • lawdogg
    lawdogg Posts: 467
    <3 my 3.1TLs

    I will fix your shifted magnets for free. :)