this is why i love vintage POLK AUDIO

ALSATIAN in USA
ALSATIAN in USA Posts: 127
edited March 2014 in Vintage Speakers
I came in US about 13y ago!..I discovered POLK in pawn shop. The big SRS-SDA for 500$, SDA2 for 120$ (mint), monitor 11t for 120$, RT-3000 & cs-1000 for 700$ (I missed F-X 1000),RT-55I at 149$, rt 600 (x2) for 70 &100$, RT-1000P for 199$, RTI-100P for 299$, MONITOR7 for 35$....and 3 pair BOSE 10.2, 1 pair 2.2 (yes, they're all very good) for a total of around 550$.... Yes, POLK are a very nice sounding speakers and use all the same 6.5 driver (smart!)... I have to say, for HOME THEATER, the big SDA-SRS are the best, they sound so full and big and the SDA effect "open" more the surround effect!...The RT-5000 system is wonderfull but, yes, the SDA-SRS (7 channel with MONITOR 11t & SDA2) sound so huge than the RT-5000 can't match!... All are powered with EV power amp. EV P1200, P1201, P1202, (3)Q-66, Q44, (2) CP-2200 (for custom sub)... (Not all AMP are used)...I'am in heaven!...I was sometime in the IMAX at MOORE and found my POLK sounded better (cleaner)..By the way, I built a center Frankenpolk with 2 monitor7 and sub3000 drivers with 4 passives 6.5" from parts. it's a huge (62" wide) with 2 tweeter SL2500, 4 active 6.5" and 4 passive 6.5" and sound marvelous!... Also, I have to say, the RT-5000 system is one of the (big) best looking system ever on earth!...Satellites over sub is a genius configuration.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited February 2014
    Hello,
    Welcome to Polk's audio forum. It's great to read of such spirited enthusiasm for vintage speakers. Since the enjoyment of fine audio equipment goes well with the enjoyment of great wine can you, as an Alsatian, recommend your favorite Riesling or Pinot Gris?
    Cheers, Ken
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  • ALSATIAN in USA
    ALSATIAN in USA Posts: 127
    edited February 2014
    I love both!... I drink some California wine and they are good!...Thank's for the welcome!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited February 2014
    Welcome aboard! Would love to see that center channel you built.
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • monepolk
    monepolk Posts: 1,142
    edited February 2014
    Welcome to Club Polk!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited February 2014
    halo71 wrote: »
    Welcome aboard! Would love to see that center channel you built.


    Me too!!!
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  • ALSATIAN in USA
    ALSATIAN in USA Posts: 127
    edited February 2014
    thank's all, I let my wife posting photos (not here today) because i'am "zero" about computers!, also picture of my DIY (2)dual 15" sub matching!... It's also a simple WWMMttMMWW with black melamine in the front and walnut veneer all over, nothing more!
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited February 2014
    Some if not all the older polks have this magic to them that is so attractive to listen to. polk is what got me so into home audio equipment.

    Welcome to the forum.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited February 2014
    Welcome to C P... Sounds to me you like your BIG Polks as much as some others here do too :smile: cant wait to see your DIY project. Welcome again sir
    ..
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited February 2014
    ALSATIAN in USA wrote: »
    I came in US about 13y ago!..I discovered POLK in pawn shop. The big SRS-SDA for 500$, SDA2 for 120$ (mint), monitor 11t for 120$, RT-3000 & cs-1000 for 700$ (I missed F-X 1000),RT-55I at 149$, rt 600 (x2) for 70 &100$, RT-1000P for 199$, RTI-100P for 299$, MONITOR7 for 35$....and 3 pair BOSE 10.2, 1 pair 2.2 (yes, they're all very good) for a total of around 550$.... Yes, POLK are a very nice sounding speakers and use all the same 6.5 driver (smart!)... I have to say, for HOME THEATER, the big SDA-SRS are the best, they sound so full and big and the SDA effect "open" more the surround effect!...The RT-5000 system is wonderfull but, yes, the SDA-SRS (7 channel with MONITOR 11t & SDA2) sound so huge than the RT-5000 can't match!... All are powered with EV power amp. EV P1200, P1201, P1202, (3)Q-66, Q44, (2) CP-2200 (for custom sub)... (Not all AMP are used)...I'am in heaven!...I was sometime in the IMAX at MOORE and found my POLK sounded better (cleaner)..By the way, I built a center Frankenpolk with 2 monitor7 and sub3000 drivers with 4 passives 6.5" from parts. it's a huge (62" wide) with 2 tweeter SL2500, 4 active 6.5" and 4 passive 6.5" and sound marvelous!... Also, I have to say, the RT-5000 system is one of the (big) best looking system ever on earth!...Satellites over sub is a genius configuration.
    ..62'' wide-why so small :smile: my wife would shoot me :)
    ..
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited February 2014
    Welcome to the Club, can't wait to see a picture of that center.
    Home Theater
    Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
    Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
    Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
    Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
    Two Channel
    Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV
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  • Zentish
    Zentish Posts: 127
    edited February 2014
    We all want to see pictures!
    Receiver: ONKYO TX-NR929 7.1 AVR 130wpc
    Mains: 2x Polk RTA 8TL's
    Center: Polk CS245i
    Surrounds: 2x Klipsch RS-41ii (because they fit perfectly over the door and window)
    Rear Surr: 2x Polk M4a '90
    Subwoofer: Speakerlab DAS-SW dual-voice-coil 10" '88 30Hz-150Hz
    Subwoofer Amp: ONKYO A-8019 AMP '85 100wpc
    Display: Samsung 55" UNC55-8000 3D LED
    Console: Xbox360
    DVR: custom MythTV rig w/ 3 tuners OTA
    Zone2: 2x Polk M5b '87
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  • Mr. Bubbles
    Mr. Bubbles Posts: 736
    edited February 2014
    Welcome to CP. The vintage polks are very nice indeed. I too, enjoyed reading your post and seeing you enthusiasm. I also am waiting on pics of your center. It sounds nice.
    If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?!


    Monitor 5Jr, Monitor 5, RTA12, RTA 15TL, SDA 2A, 1c, SRS 2, 1.2TL, CRS, Atrium.
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  • ALSATIAN in USA
    ALSATIAN in USA Posts: 127
    edited February 2014
    Here are the photos I promised.
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  • ALSATIAN in USA
    ALSATIAN in USA Posts: 127
    edited February 2014
    I had to remove the passive Nb2 and Nb7 (now "blank) to tame the pic aroud 120-180HZ of the center channel...Now the 2 single passive travel more (X-mass) and boost the sub-frequency (40-20HZ) like I want!...Set to "small" the center sound "BIG"!!!!!
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  • Mr. Bubbles
    Mr. Bubbles Posts: 736
    edited February 2014
    Though i have some resrvations about multiple tweets and mids spread that far out in a center for my own tastes, your build looks very nice. The subs look nice too. i like the nesting table thing. Did you build the tables too or build the subs to match the tables you already had. Also, whats up with the bose cubes?
    If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?!


    Monitor 5Jr, Monitor 5, RTA12, RTA 15TL, SDA 2A, 1c, SRS 2, 1.2TL, CRS, Atrium.
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  • ALSATIAN in USA
    ALSATIAN in USA Posts: 127
    edited February 2014
    No problem! heard at 12 feet from the center, he is not so large, the passive work also "out of phase", all active driver make this speaker not "wider" than a CS-1000P. Multiple tweet are like all SDA. Sub is nice but I really want to have more $ to fit TC-SOUND drivers instead of I-PIPE (franckly not bad but need a excessive boost at 18-22HZ and no sound above 100HZ (hight cut begin at 60HZ at 24DB/octave))... Tables, just to fill the gap!...Bose cub is for my wife, wired to a Pioneer. (I discover something amazing about the sound of bose cubes!!!!????...explain later in a new tread in "speakers")
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  • nhhiep
    nhhiep Posts: 877
    edited February 2014
    wait until you hear the Polk SRT System. their TOTL system.
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  • bigaltx24
    bigaltx24 Posts: 141
    edited February 2014
    Man that's a center and a half.
    Denon PMA-900V
    Linn Axis with Grado Red
    Cambridge Azur 650C
    Polk SDA-1BTL
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  • Eocuph
    Eocuph Posts: 75
    edited March 2014
    Welcome and wow your equipment looks great!
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  • ALSATIAN in USA
    ALSATIAN in USA Posts: 127
    edited March 2014
    Thank's!
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