SDA-2 Identification Needed

On3s&Z3r0s
On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
edited July 2014 in Vintage Speakers
Polk Audio Speakers SDA-2 - $685 (Burien) (http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/4561303168.html)

So, I know the blade/blade IC on the back gives these away as 2A's (statistically speaking... I know they could possibly be 2B's, but not very likely).

The identification I was hoping for was which of the following would induce the seller to think he will get $685 for them:
a) Booze?
b) Weed (newly legal in WA state... YAY!)? :biggrin:
c) Inhalants (WA state requires me to show ID to purchase compressed air to clean out my computer with)?
d) The really good, and actually illegal, drugs like your meth and/or your crack?

Sorry, for making everyone look... I just couldn't resist when I saw the asking price on these.
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited July 2014
    He's pretty proud of them.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited July 2014
    He'll find out soon enough, when nobody calls him.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    edited July 2014
    Lots of folks "trolling for idiots". Apparently, there's just enough idiots to make trolling for them an occasionally-profitable venture. Once in awhile, somebody must hook one or I'd think the practice would die-out.

    Example: Some bonehead on eBay is asking $1850 for SRS-2 speaker which they incorrectly describe as "SDA SRS" speakers; and as usual they don't have the acuity to describe them as blade/blade or pin/blade, and also as usual, don't have a photo of the actual speaker and interconnect cable attachment.

    Judging by the rear-panel decals, they're blade/blade units worth about $500.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLK-AUDIO-SDA-SRS-/311012983036?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4869d180fc
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited July 2014
    What's really scary is, I've got more invested in upgrades for my 2ATLs than he's selling those for. Not even counting the walnut veneer I'll be installing.
    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
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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited July 2014
    westmassguy wrote: »
    What's really scary is, I've got more invested in upgrades for my 2ATLs than he's selling those for. Not even counting the walnut veneer I'll be installing.

    Very true... If I were to try to get just materials expense back for my 2BTL's (fully redone XO's including inductors and Gimpod's boards, 198's, rings, spikes, binding posts, BH5) on top of the $200 I paid for them stock I'd be over $800. But that just makes the $685 for stock 2A's seem all the more cuckoo for cocopuffs.

    Although to be fair, I guess there are different definitions of crazy. When I look at the $450+ I've got in an AL 1000va transformer, enclosure, Cardas binding posts (I did my Dreadnaught before Speakons) and custom IC cabling, I sometimes think, "This replaces a vacuum cleaner cord" and wonder if I've lost my mind. :smile:
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    edited July 2014
    On3s&Z3r0s wrote: »
    Although to be fair, I guess there are different definitions of crazy. When I look at the $450+ I've got in an AL 1000va transformer, enclosure, Cardas binding posts (I did my Dreadnaught before Speakons) and custom IC cabling, I sometimes think, "This replaces a vacuum cleaner cord" and wonder if I've lost my mind. :smile:

    So true, so very true . . .
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2014
    westmassguy wrote: »
    What's really scary is, I've got more invested in upgrades for my 2ATLs than he's selling those for. Not even counting the walnut veneer I'll be installing.

    You're right. Some of the kinds of investments that members here put into SDAs can never be recovered in a sale. You really just have to decide they're going to hang around as long as you do. I do admire the work people do though!

    cnh
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited July 2014
    cnh wrote: »
    You're right. Some of the kinds of investments that members here put into SDAs can never be recovered in a sale. You really just have to decide they're going to hang around as long as you do. I do admire the work people do though!

    cnh
    Made that decision a while ago. I've got spare drivers and PRs, the internals will last at least another 30 years. I'll be gone before they will LOL. Perfect size for me.
    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

    dhsspeakerservice.com/
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