Roughly 1256 miles for SRS 2

bored184
bored184 Posts: 324
edited June 2013 in Vintage Speakers
Thanks to MikeReeter these SRS-2s have a new home. I took advantage of the fact my brother in-law was heading towards Olathe, KS. Not the best photo in the world, I will try to get some better ones tomorrow. They are currently hooked up to one of my TFM-25s, with a Carver C1 pre. So far I am quite pleased with these new acquisitions. I cant wait to hook them up my my Carver M1.5t.

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While looking at the map, A is also F and B is also E. I guess in google maps they don't show both.
Speakers: TL Monitor 10s, RTA 11TLs, Fortes, Thiel CS 1.2
Amplifiers: ]Ashly FTX 2001 III, Dynaco ST-70, DIY F6
Pre: Adcom GFP 750, Aikido Tube Pre
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited June 2013
    Holy macro... that's a lot of rubber rubbing on the pavement. :eek:
    Congrats though!

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  • Phasewolf
    Phasewolf Posts: 514
    edited June 2013
    Are they stock? What mods do you plan on doing first to them and what is your long term goal with them as far as mods??

    Nice looking speakers good luck with them I am sure they sounds sweet.
    Absolute corruption empowers absolutely.

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  • trav0810
    trav0810 Posts: 1,056
    edited June 2013
    Nice! Glad you made it back with them OK! I'll have to check them out this week!
    The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.” -Albert Einstein

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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2013
    Congrats on the new additions Bored184, these speakers will bring you many__ years of audio bliss. They look great sir, sometimes you just have to go for it, and you did. They love a big room and love to be driven with a lot of watts:cheesygrin:
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited June 2013
    That's about right man, I drove roughly 1150 to pick mine up from Sal! You're gonna LOVE em!
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited June 2013
    Very nice!! They look in great condition! Btw what are those speakers on the stands? They look familer to me.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited June 2013
    Glad you made the trip home and have the SRS 2's in their place, enjoyed meeting you and your bro-in-law. Feed your new SDA's a steady diet of clean power and good music and they will serve you well. Happy that a c.p. member has taken ownership and will give them a good home.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited June 2013
    Congrats to both of you... now let us help you spend some coin on upgrades.:cheesygrin:
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited June 2013
    I second that! Nice Pioneer turntable too!
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Congrats. They are a Great pair of SDA's.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited June 2013
    Looks like it was well worth the road trip. Enjoy them.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited June 2013
    Outstanding! Wonder if this is a record for personal pick up? Where there's a will . . .
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  • bored184
    bored184 Posts: 324
    edited June 2013
    Phasewolf wrote: »
    Are they stock? What mods do you plan on doing first to them and what is your long term goal with them as far as mods??
    Nice looking speakers good luck with them I am sure they sounds sweet.
    They were pre modded when I bought them, the full package from my understanding.
    soundfreak1 wrote: »
    Very nice!! They look in great condition! Btw what are those speakers on the stands? They look familer to me.
    They are infinity RS-6Bs, these were my first real pair of speakers. Bought them and stands off of great gentleman in Indy.
    Mike Reeter wrote: »
    Glad you made the trip home and have the SRS 2's in their place, enjoyed meeting you and your bro-in-law. Feed your new SDA's a steady diet of clean power and good music and they will serve you well. Happy that a c.p. member has taken ownership and will give them a good home.
    They made the trip with out any problems. It was a pleasure meeting you. I wish we would have had more time to talk. I would of loved to pick your brain about your tube amp. They will have a great diet of power from my Carver M1.5t.
    Mike Reeter wrote: »
    Glad you made the trip home and have the SRS 2's in their place, enjoyed meeting you and your bro-in-law. Feed your new SDA's a steady diet of clean power and good music and they will serve you well. Happy that a c.p. member has taken ownership and will give them a good home.
    I volunteered to take my brother out to Olathe KS. It was shortly after that the Mike mentioned he still had them for sale. After that is was a no brainer to me, I would be bringing these back home some how.



    Question: Will these accept the dreadnaught?
    Speakers: TL Monitor 10s, RTA 11TLs, Fortes, Thiel CS 1.2
    Amplifiers: ]Ashly FTX 2001 III, Dynaco ST-70, DIY F6
    Pre: Adcom GFP 750, Aikido Tube Pre
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2013
    Are they pin/blade ?
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  • bored184
    bored184 Posts: 324
    edited June 2013
    Polkie2009 wrote: »
    Are they pin/blade ?
    They are blade/blade.
    Speakers: TL Monitor 10s, RTA 11TLs, Fortes, Thiel CS 1.2
    Amplifiers: ]Ashly FTX 2001 III, Dynaco ST-70, DIY F6
    Pre: Adcom GFP 750, Aikido Tube Pre
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  • CLPolk
    CLPolk Posts: 133
    edited June 2013
    Well that just Sucks I thought I had the record 1000 miles in 18 hours by my self four my SRS SDA 2
    • SDA SRS 2
    • SDA 1A
    • Monitor 11
    • Monitor 7B
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  • bored184
    bored184 Posts: 324
    edited June 2013
    Does anybody know if these blade/blade SDA SRS 2 will accept the AI-1 dreadnaught. The SDA handbook says no, but since these have been TL modded I was wondering if the TL mod supersedes the SDA handbook.
    Speakers: TL Monitor 10s, RTA 11TLs, Fortes, Thiel CS 1.2
    Amplifiers: ]Ashly FTX 2001 III, Dynaco ST-70, DIY F6
    Pre: Adcom GFP 750, Aikido Tube Pre
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2013
    I was holding off saying anything because I was hoping someone else would chime in on this. I knew for a fact I was able to use a dreadnaught on my pin/blade SRS2's because of their serial numbers. I was thinking the dreadnaught couldn't be used with the stock blade/blade SRS2's and I wasn't 100% sure if it could be used with the TL modification. There's a number of old posts about this , but I was too lazy to check it out. :lol: Hope you can use the dreadnaught with yours!
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited June 2013
    I only drove about 600 miles round trip for my 1C's but it was well worth it. Congrats on the new (to you) SDA's!!!!
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited June 2013
    Blade-blade = no dreadnaught
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  • bluecomet
    bluecomet Posts: 1,118
    edited June 2013
    Those are 4 ohm speakers. Give them plenty of power and they will rock the house. I had a set of the SRS 2 b/b They had excellent bass and were great with rock music. I have the P/B SRS 2 now. Same great sound just a little easier to drive. I am sure you will enjoy them. What mods were done to them?
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    edited June 2013
    bored184 wrote: »
    Does anybody know if these blade/blade SDA SRS 2 will accept the AI-1 dreadnaught. The SDA handbook says no, but since these have been TL modded I was wondering if the TL mod supersedes the SDA handbook.
    The TL mod is nothing more than replacing a 4.4uF capacitor with a 5.8uF capacitor, and stuffing in RD0-198 tweeters in place of the SL2000s. Does nothing for the SDA section of the crossover, which is where the problem with the AI-1 is located.

    The speakers can be modified to use the AI-1, (I performed this experiment on my SDA 1Bs, electrically identical to your speakers except for one resistor in each crossover) but since it degrades the sound quality considerably, for practical purposes NO you cannot use the AI-1/Dreadnaught.
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