Are old SDA 2's of value and where is the best place to sell them?

madeintheshade
madeintheshade Posts: 1
edited January 2014 in Vintage Speakers
I have a pair of SDA 2's that are in excellent condition and have been stored in sealed boxes in my basement for 7 years. There is nothing wrong with them, they just outgrew my space. Are these of any significant value at this point? Any idea how much? Would welcome any advice on this and where best to sell them. Thanks!!!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited January 2014
    Search eBay for past sales.
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited January 2014
    The SDA2's are not that valuable as they are the least sought after of the SDA series. Heck, the entire SDA line isn't that sought after anymore. They simply haven't aged well. $50 is probably a fair asking price if in mint condition. Anything less than mint and you might have to pay someone to take them off your hands.
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
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    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited January 2014
    Heck, the entire SDA line isn't that sought after anymore. They simply haven't aged well.

    You have to be joking.
    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."

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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited January 2014
    F1nut wrote: »
    You have to be joking.
    I certainly hope so
    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

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited January 2014
    F1nut wrote: »
    You have to be joking.



    Come on man... everybody KNOWS how much better the RT1000's are. :lol:
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    edited January 2014
    Wow to think I'm hoarding a stash of unsought after speakers, I knew I was wasting my time searching for the ones I have now going off the misinformation I've gathered from the elders here on the forum. I was taught to listen to your elders glad I did as its been a blast searching and finding what the SDA hype is all about. I can say they are pretty much sought after and from all the happy owners here the proof is in the pudding!
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited January 2014
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    I can say they are pretty much sought after and from all the happy owners here the proof is in the pudding!

    Boy do we have you fooled.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited January 2014
    F1nut wrote: »
    You have to be joking.

    Just messing with the noobs. :)
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    edited January 2014
    Clearly they seem to sought after just as much as the Heritage line of Klipsch, JBL -L100S and AR3a, DQ-10s among other vintage brands that have had a resurgence in popularity.I would throw in the mix Ohm/Walsh 2xo or 3xo also.
    2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E

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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited January 2014
    They are no good! That's why Polk quit making them!
    Nothing but junk that thousands have to be spent upgrading them
    and even then a decent amp won't work.
    Another five grand has to be spent on special amps and cables.
    BTW where do you live I can come over and relieve you of that mess today!
    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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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited January 2014
    LOL... to be fair to the OP... I think half of HTGuru's answer is pretty spot on. I just gave a pair of SDA 2's away. They were in really good shape, with the interconnect cable and original manual, and I threw in an extra replacement PR I had acquired since one of them had the foam starting to curl at the edges, so it wasn't like these particular ones couldn't have been sold, but when you think about what we tend to do with the SDA's (replacing all the SL2000's, almost completely rebuilding the crossovers), you'd have to sink quite a bit of money into SDA 2's in order to get them just how we like them, and then you still have the dimensional tweeter problem to contend with.

    For the OP, I agree that the two options are: 1) hope to get maybe $100-150 for them tops if someone needs a good rec room speaker, or 2) part them out as there still seems to be a market for the MW6501's, interconnect, etc.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited January 2014
    Yea madeintheshade ought to be happy if someone would pick them up so he don't have to pay a recycling fee like you do with used tires :-)
    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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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited January 2014
    HTguru1982 wrote: »
    Just messing with the noobs. :)

    Whew, you had me worried.
    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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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited January 2014
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Wow to think I'm hoarding a stash of unsought after speakers, I knew I was wasting my time searching for the ones I have now going off the misinformation I've gathered from the elders here on the forum. I was taught to listen to your elders glad I did as its been a blast searching and finding what the SDA hype is all about. I can say they are pretty much sought after and from all the happy owners here the proof is in the pudding!

    Really? There has been 2 sets of them on Craigslist here in Denver for weeks!! There has also been two sets of SRS 2s there for quite some time as well..

    The problem is some people think these are made of gold, and worth a small fortune.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited January 2014
    Question is are they SDA 2Bs?

    Look at this.

    http://vr3mods.com/uploads/SDA_Handbook_2011_Rev2.pdf


    I have a friend that think every gun he owns is worth 2X retail :-)
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    Really? There has been 2 sets of them on Craigslist here in Denver for weeks!! There has also been two sets of SRS 2s there for quite some time as well..

    The problem is some people think these are made of gold, and worth a small fortune.
    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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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited January 2014
    I own an original copy of the SDA handbook..
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited January 2014
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I own an original copy of the SDA handbook..

    Is there an app for that? :wink:
    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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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited January 2014
    I have no idea who is joking and who is not. :rolleyes:
    But if Polkaudio members are saying they are junk,they are junk.
    Throw them away. I won't pick them up from trash. Too far away.

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited January 2014
    Yea I know you do I was trying to get our new friend to check it out, Thanks

    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I own an original copy of the SDA handbook..
    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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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited January 2014
    Well you know I am kidding.....It's like when I buy something at the thrift store I don't go to the counter and say,"do you have any idea what this is worth?"

    Mystery wrote: »
    I have no idea who is joking and who is not. :rolleyes:
    But if Polkaudio members are saying they are junk,they are junk.
    Throw them away. I won't pick them up from trash. Too far away.
    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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