Polk SDA SRS 2.3TL ????

ox1216
ox1216 Posts: 49
edited December 2012 in Vintage Speakers
Im putting my Polk SDA SRS 2.3TL on ebay and looking for some advice....is 2500.00 a fair starting bid?

-Alan
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited December 2012
    UMMM No!!!!!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited December 2012
    That's what they cost when brand new.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • dracoskeeper
    dracoskeeper Posts: 142
    edited December 2012
    I've purchased two pairs here in Il. for 750$ each. Both mint and from original owners. YMMV but I'd say 700$ to 1000$ depending on condition and /or upgrades.
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited December 2012
    Good luck, You will be lucky to get $800 even if they are mint. Trust me I know on this one! Most people are not willing to pay up for good equipment.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited December 2012
    charley95 wrote: »
    Good luck, You will be lucky to get $800 even if they are mint. Trust me I know on this one! Most people are not willing to pay up for good equipment.

    That is not true at all, it comes down to buyer and location for the most part. I would have no problems in spending up to $1300 for a minty set of 2.3tl's..

    Find me a better speaker for $1300..
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited December 2012
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    That is not true at all, it comes down to buyer and location for the most part. I would have no problems in spending up to $1300 for a minty set of 2.3tl's..

    Find me a better speaker for $1300..

    I paid a grand for a minty pair.Fully modded spent 15-1600 and worth EVERY penny.
    Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC

    Backup Rig-2 CH-Rogue Audio Zeus w/Factory Special Dark Mods,Joule-Electra 300ME Platinum Preamp,OPPO-105 w/Modwright Tube Mod, Auralic Aries G2.1,Polk 2.3TL,3.1TL's,Dreadnought,RTA-15TL's,1C's All Fully Modded,2xRTA-12c's ,Benchmark DAC3 HGC,Synology NAS,VPI Scout w/Dynavector DV-20XH and Rogue Audio Ares Phono Preamp,Sony PCM-R500 DAT,HHB-850 Pro CDR,Tascam CC-222SLMKII Cassette/CDR,MIT S3.3 Shotgun Cables,Shunyata Hyra-8,Shunyata and Triode Labs Power Cords

    I’M OFFENDED!!!!
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited December 2012
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    That is not true at all, it comes down to buyer and location for the most part. I would have no problems in spending up to $1300 for a minty set of 2.3tl's..

    Find me a better speaker for $1300..
    I drove 7hrs. one way to get mine and was very pleased. I get countless PM's of people ready to buy my 2.3's and then they bail. I guess $800 is too much $$ for mine with RDO-194's and a pair of Gimpods boards?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited December 2012
    charley95, we're talking about 2.3TL's, not the 2.3's.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited December 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    charley95, we're talking about 2.3TL's, not the 2.3's.
    I realize that the TL is the more preferred but, the non TL is nothing to sneeze at. ox1216 let us know when and how much you end up selling yours for.
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited December 2012
    Not to drift here but, what is the going rate for a pair of 1.2TL's? There is a pair on the bay for $2500.00. He doesn't state that his are TL's though. They appear to have the 3000 tweeters.
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited December 2012
    charley95 wrote: »
    Not to drift here but, what is the going rate for a pair of 1.2TL's? There is a pair on the bay for $2500.00. He doesn't state that his are TL's though. They appear to have the 3000 tweeters.
    My bad, they are TL's.
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited December 2012
    charley95 wrote: »
    Not to drift here but, what is the going rate for a pair of 1.2TL's? There is a pair on the bay for $2500.00. He doesn't state that his are TL's though. They appear to have the 3000 tweeters.
    It clearly says "Polk SDA SRS 1.2TL Speakers", so they're TLs.
    The SL3000s are the original TL Tweeters
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

    dhsspeakerservice.com/
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited December 2012
    charley95 wrote: »
    My bad, they are TL's.
    Beat me to it
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

    dhsspeakerservice.com/
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  • ox1216
    ox1216 Posts: 49
    edited December 2012
    These are awesome speakers. Only reason I'm sealing is my divorce. :( but hey....it's a fresh start.

    I'll keep you guys updated

    Alan
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  • oldmodman
    oldmodman Posts: 740
    edited December 2012
    I turned down a pair due to poor condition of the wood and grill cloth. For $400.00

    I bought an "as new" pair for $750.00

    They look like the were just taken out of the box. And I have seen several other amazingly clean pairs for $600.00
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited December 2012
    I paid $1200 for my 1.2's

    and $500 for my 1.2TL's
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited December 2012
    [QUOT
    E=ox1216;1846894]These are awesome speakers. Only reason I'm sealing is my divorce. :( but hey....it's a fresh start.

    I'll keep you guys updated

    Alan[/QUOTE]I'm sure that you will have several PM's from fellow Polkies inquiring about yours. Sorry to hear that your divorce is causing you to have to sell yours.
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  • ox1216
    ox1216 Posts: 49
    edited December 2012
    charley95 wrote: »
    [QUOT
    E=ox1216;1846894]These are awesome speakers. Only reason I'm sealing is my divorce. :( but hey....it's a fresh start.

    I'll keep you guys updated

    Alan
    I'm sure that you will have several PM's from fellow Polkies inquiring about yours. Sorry to hear that your divorce is causing you to have to sell yours.[/QUOTE]



    It sucks...but the silver lining is I have custody of my son :). This will help fund his b day and Xmas. When we get our new home next year we'll start over and I'll get to buy new Polk Stuff :)
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  • ox1216
    ox1216 Posts: 49
    edited December 2012
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2012
    Some better pics and a good description plus their location in S. MD would help me decide whether to a make an offer. :wink: (Central MD)
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited December 2012
    If you put them on ebay at the end of the description generalize them by typing brands like
    Macintosh carver jbl pioneer kenwood
    that way when they do a search they will show up
    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
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    edited December 2012
    PolkieMan wrote: »
    If you put them on ebay at the end of the description generalize them by typing brands like
    Macintosh carver jbl pioneer kenwood
    that way when they do a search they will show up
    Keyword spamming is theoretically against eBay policy.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2012
    Annoying as H@ll too !:evil:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited December 2012
    ox1216, you are not allowed to sell anything here until you reach 100 posts and this is starting to look like a back door for sale ad, not cool.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited December 2012
    gdb wrote: »
    Some better pics and a good description plus their location in S. MD would help me decide whether to a make an offer. :wink: (Central MD)

    If you wonder why you're despised by everyone here, the above is an excellent example.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • ox1216
    ox1216 Posts: 49
    edited December 2012
    I love these things......my problem is I'm in a town house now, and all of us know what these things can do.
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  • ox1216
    ox1216 Posts: 49
    edited December 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    ox1216, you are not allowed to sell anything here until you reach 100 posts and this is starting to look like a back door for sale ad, not cool.

    Just looking for guidance from folks with experience in this area. That's all
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    If you wonder why you're despised by everyone here, the above is an excellent example.

    While there are many, many more examples for your case. I'll admit that I only noticed ox's join date and location without any notice of his number of posts.ox has been a member here longer than I have. Furthermore..... I NEVER stated just exactly where or how I'd make my offer, if I in fact, decided to make one at all. Lighten up a little would ya ,skidmark, It's Christmas time ! Scrooges are the ones that are usually despised the most, in my experience. :wink:
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited December 2012
    How long do you think before you can get straightened out?
    If it was a year or so would not a friend or storage building be a consideration?
    Yea Keywords is not a good thing, I retract that idea.:redface:
    The old saying is you don't know what you got till you lose it could apply.
    ox1216 wrote: »
    I love these things......my problem is I'm in a town house now, and all of us know what these things can do.
    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
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited December 2012
    PolkieMan wrote: »
    How long do you think before you can get straightened out?
    If it was a year or so would not a friend or storage building be a consideration?
    Yea Keywords is not a good thing, I retract that idea.:redface:
    The old saying is you don't know what you got till you lose it could apply.

    Exactly, and those trying to get retail for old speakers is so far fetched at this time of year. I think he'd be better off hanging on to them.
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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