Picking SRS's : TL'd 1.2's / original SRS's

drumiv
drumiv Posts: 171
edited February 2014 in Vintage Speakers
Well, after spending a entire day listening to the TL'd 1.2's, I finally really started to hear the differences. It wasn't the OMG experience of first seeing/ hearing the SRS's, but more like expanding on the original. That being said, we're keeping the old set. For one, the 1.2's need a lot of TLC; complete re-fabric, new bases, refinish tops & sides. The other factor is the wife. She likes the old ones (couldn't tell a difference). Down the road, I plan on sending my x/o's to VR3, now that I have a taste of what's to come. A third factor is my first set is mint. Really mint. I've got the original paper work, including the receipt. I also like the idea that these are the ones that started it all (they're '85's), at least as far as SRS's go. I'm sure there are those that might not agree with this decision, but there it is. Thoughts?
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited January 2014
    I recently acquired two pair of SDA 2.3's, one was the TL model. I just sold the original 2.3 version and will be keeping the TL model. These things happen. It's a shame the 1.2's were not as advertised, condition wise, sounds like that might have made a difference in your decision.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited January 2014
    I will purchase all the MW6511 drivers, tweeters, and passives..

    ;-)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited January 2014
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I will purchase all the MW6511 drivers, tweeters, and passives..

    ;-)

    Yep... you ill be able to recover your investment from parting them out, but that would be such a shame. I am also looking for a pair of passives for my SRS/M project.:lol:
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    “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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  • VCoak
    VCoak Posts: 200
    edited January 2014
    Not to HiJack but pulled the plug on my SRS 1.2's. Just bought the RDO 198. Total price was 414.72. Not off to Trey/Vr3 and maybe a dreadnaught. Found out my adcom 5500 is not a common ground and had the polarity reversed. Leason learned,
    W4S SX-1000, Adcom gfp-750, Polk 1.2tl, W4S DAC 2 DSDse, 2012 mac mini (mod), JRivers ver. 19, WD Cloud NAS 2 t.b., Monster Cable AVS-2000 signature, Doug's Alpha I/C & Doug's biwire 6' speaker cables
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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited January 2014
    I am hoping I don't have to resort to parting them out, they are an icon. IMHO. I'm trying to work something out with my friend, but I can't take a big hit on these. The wife will never let live it down.
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited January 2014
    once your wife hears them, she will understand. My mother almost beat me to death in the driveway when I brought a pair of 1.2TL's home for my father when I was on a trip in another state. We set them up and she was happy to see us enjoying the sound and even liked it herself...

    I think it will be worth the work for you.

    I found those feet and will send them out this week.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited January 2014
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Yep... you ill be able to recover your investment from parting them out, but that would be such a shame. I am also looking for a pair of passives for my SRS/M project.:lol:

    You can have the passives if needed John..

    ;-)
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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited January 2014
    chandler9a wrote: »
    once your wife hears them, she will understand. My mother almost beat me to death in the driveway when I brought a pair of 1.2TL's home for my father when I was on a trip in another state. We set them up and she was happy to see us enjoying the sound and even liked it herself...

    I think it will be worth the work for you.

    I found those feet and will send them out this week.
    That's very generous of you, thank you. The wife loves the speakers. She just wants to keep the old ones. I can live with that. I feel lucky I got to keep them in the first place.
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited January 2014
    Bring them back if you are not satisfied. You stood in the driveway, shook my hand and thanked me. You saw the condition of the speakers in the house and took them anyway. You did not buy blind so the burden is solely on you. You got a great deal on them. I gave you the 2 extra bases and an extra driver. I sold you 8 working SL2000 tweeters for $100. You are not a victim. Sorry for the rant. I have been a part of this board since it's inception and I will not let my name be smeared any more.
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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited January 2014
    If you read all my posts here, you would know I'm not blaming you for anything. The cond. was worse than described, but again, it was my choice. Don't worry about it. I'm not.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited January 2014
    flason wrote: »
    Bring them back if you are not satisfied. You stood in the driveway, shook my hand and thanked me. You saw the condition of the speakers in the house and took them anyway. You did not buy blind so the burden is solely on you. You got a great deal on them. I gave you the 2 extra bases and an extra driver. I sold you 8 working SL2000 tweeters for $100. You are not a victim. Sorry for the rant. I have been a part of this board since it's inception and I will not let my name be smeared any more.

    I've read all the posts and I never had the impression that you were being trashed personally. I understood from drumiv's posts that the condition was less than the pics, but that the he was happy with the purchase overall. We all know that pics often may not be accurate due to lighting, the camera used, settings, etc.
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited January 2014
    My apologies. It may have been a bad day. Thanks for understanding.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited January 2014
    flason wrote: »
    My apologies. It may have been a bad day. Thanks for understanding.

    Its all good, we all have them. Life goes on :smile:... Now lets all crack open a couple to relax :biggrin:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited January 2014
    When your ready to part them, I'm ready to pay.. ;-)
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited January 2014
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    When your ready to part them, I'm ready to pay.. ;-)

    Blasphemy I say :razz:
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    edited January 2014
    drumminman wrote: »
    Blasphemy I say
    ^^^ Winner.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited January 2014
    drumminman wrote: »
    blasphemy i say :razz:
    schurkey wrote: »
    ^^^ winner.


    lol!!!!
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited January 2014
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    When your ready to part them, I'm ready to pay.. ;-)
    You building custom cabinet for the drivers? :wink:

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited January 2014
    Mystery wrote: »
    You building custom cabinet for the drivers? :wink:

    No, but I am:lol:

    If these were closer to me, I would be all over them like Jesse on a jelly donut.: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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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited January 2014
    Mystery wrote: »
    You building custom cabinet for the drivers? :wink:

    Nope, he needs spares.....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited January 2014
    No parting out. My friend/ tech. is going to take them, as is. On another note, there's a set of tl'ed 2.3's on ebay, with Tiger maple tops that has me thinking..........
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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited February 2014
    I'm saying good bye to the 1.2's today. I'll post pics of them with my other set, as soon as I get help uploading them. I'd of loved to have been able to keep both sets, but my better half said "no way". I also would have liked to hear them both in a quad set-up. That would have been something.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited February 2014
    Do that quad setup before he takes them... you will punish yourself if you don't.
    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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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    edited February 2014
    Don't waste your time on the quad set up. Been there done that and all it does is muck up everything. 1 pair of sda's per room just like everyone here told me to do at the start of my sda journey is truly the one and only way to listen to them.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited February 2014
    ^^^ Lol... everybody knows that, but still, the experience of having two pairs of the big girls in a room at the same time should still be experienced if they are already there to begin with.:smile:
    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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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited February 2014
    To late for the quad. The only way I could have done it would have been to have my other Parasound, which is what I was picking up as I dropped off the speakers. Still, it would have been cool. I'm a little sad they're gone, but I love the one's we kept. Sorry to toolfan66, and others that wanted the parts, but keeping those together was the right thing, I think.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited February 2014
    drumiv wrote: »
    . . . keeping those together was the right thing, I think.

    I agree
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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