What are these guys

Nightfall
Nightfall Posts: 10,086
edited October 2013 in Vintage Speakers
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Not dimensional SDA because they're SL2000, right? What are these?
afterburnt wrote: »
They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited October 2013
    Early SDA 2s see link below. They have dimensional tweeters and MWs! Someone may have "replaced the tweeters"?

    http://www.polksda.com/sda2.shtml

    And then again, here are some SDA 2 with SL2000s?

    http://www.polksda.com/ebay/5715735474_SDA2.pdf

    So maybe they are original?


    cnh
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    So basically they're the worst SDA's made worse by replacing with incorrect tweeters?
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited October 2013
    Nightfall wrote: »
    So basically they're the worst SDA's made worse by replacing with incorrect tweeters?

    See my revisions above. It looks like there actually were some SDA 2s with SL2000 tweeters? Not "everyone" hates the dimensional tweeter, there are a "few" fans!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    cnh wrote: »
    See my revisions above. It looks like there actually were some SDA 2s with SL2000 tweeters? Not "everyone" hates the dimensional tweeter, there are a "few" fans!

    cnh
    I think I posted right before you edited in the second link. Thanks, I never knew there were dimensional SL2000's, learn something every day.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited October 2013
    Those are probably the correct tweeter. Are you looking to purchase them?
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    zingo wrote: »
    Those are probably the correct tweeter. Are you looking to purchase them?
    Nope, just learning. They're $250 on Denver's craigslist if anybody is interested in driving or getting the seller to ship.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited October 2013
    If you are interested on those, my pair is much better. ;)

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2013
    Mystery wrote: »
    If you are interested on those, my pair is much better. ;)
    That's the truth. I'm not looking for SDA's just yet, I love my RTA12's and need to get an amp with some headroom before I start moving on to the bigger guys.

    Now the Monitor 4's you have left on the other hand... Just let me know.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Blacksoldier
    Blacksoldier Posts: 47
    edited October 2013
    Hi guys, those look exactly like the ones I have. I got them for $90 last year. They look like the original SL2000 like the ones that came in mine. I had to make the interconnect cable for mine and also recapped everything as well. Love them, just wish I had some more power. I am using a 100 WPC Sony ES receiver to power them and I can tell they need more juice to to really shine.
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited October 2013
    Blacksoldier wrote: »
    Hi guys, those look exactly like the ones I have. I got them for $90 last year. They look like the original SL2000 like the ones that came in mine. I had to make the interconnect cable for mine and also recapped everything as well. Love them, just wish I had some more power. I am using a 100 WPC Sony ES receiver to power them and I can tell they need more juice to to really shine.
    Depending how loud you want to run your speakers, those old Sony ES avr's amp weren't too bad. Doesn't it have preouts , maybe you could find a decent used 200 or more watts per channel power amp to open them up:).
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited October 2013
    Blacksoldier wrote: »
    Hi guys, those look exactly like the ones I have. I got them for $90 last year. They look like the original SL2000 like the ones that came in mine. I had to make the interconnect cable for mine and also recapped everything as well. Love them, just wish I had some more power. I am using a 100 WPC Sony ES receiver to power them and I can tell they need more juice to to really shine.
    You might want to check the specs on that Sony. The 2nd Generation 2s are 4 ohms nominal, and most likely hit 3.5 ohms at certain frequencies.
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    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
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  • Blacksoldier
    Blacksoldier Posts: 47
    edited October 2013
    westmassguy wrote: »
    You might want to check the specs on that Sony. The 2nd Generation 2s are 4 ohms nominal, and most likely hit 3.5 ohms at certain frequencies.

    Thanks, I will definitely check that out. Don't want to damage anything. I am also on the lookout for an amp in the 200 wpc range that can handle a 4 amp load as well.
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