Will Vintage Polk Speakers Last Forever?

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,782
    edited March 2004
    My Dad's old Advents have original tweeters and woofers. The surrounds were the only thing that needed to be replaced. They are 30 years old and still sound pretty darn good! One of the best sounding tweeters I've heard!
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,090
    edited March 2004
    Hmmmmm,

    Lesse, I may be no expert but in the past couple days, I've heard a few speakers that the newest is probably pushing fifteen years old and the oldest is close to thirty. They all sounded pretty damn good to my ears. Do they sound like they did when they were new? I dunno, I didn't own them new but I'd take my vintage speakers over about anything out there on the new market in terms of performance.

    New and better are not synonomous (sp) terms in audio.

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  • londonbarn
    londonbarn Posts: 1
    edited June 2006
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2006
    Wow! Welcome... nice way to begin your first post. :(
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited June 2006
    On your way out, troll this.
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/announcement.php?f=33
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2006
    Agree with Steve all you want..........he hasn't trolled these waters for over 2years.:rolleyes: I doubt he gives a ****.

    Is it April fools again? Some folks have to dig deep to get 2 year old worthless posts to comment on............
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Excellent Sid...

    F1,
    londonbarn may have followed you here...

    Londonbarn may have an issue here, don't ya think??:rolleyes:

    The quote is from early in this thread. Post #16

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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited June 2006
    Haha... trolling a two year old thread, that's great!
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited June 2006
    WTF!!!!! first post is to bust Jesse's balls for a 2 year old thread? godamn it thats funny!!!!!!!!

    where did they grow that yutz?

    we should have let him last a little longer just to see what else he would have done :D
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited June 2006
    nadams wrote:
    Haha... trolling a two year old thread, that's great!

    Maybe he has one of those reaaallllyyy sllloooooowwww internet connections the cable companies try to imitate and he just now got that old thread downloaded.:D
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    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • Foz
    Foz Posts: 33
    edited June 2006
    Gots me a pair of vintage RTA 15tl sounding as good if not better than my LSI/C and LSI/FX's.

    "The proof of the receipe is in the eating".
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited June 2006
    I bought a pair of rta 12 circa 1979 a few months ago from the original owner.They were in their original box,with their original drivers and well cared for.
    They sound better than many of the new speakers i've heard recently.

    btw,my sda's will last forever. As a matter of fact,Im making sure they bury me and my wife in the sda cabinets when our time comes :D .
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

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    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • univera
    univera Posts: 848
    edited June 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    ROFLMAO...

    wlr,
    Agree. The foam surrounds are the significant difference between Polk MW's/ woofers and all the other speakers I own. Polk longevity starts there.

    sc2,
    How would smoke deposit upon the voice coils and other inner workings of a sealed speaker?
    Excellent point..........I thought this guy got attacked rather forcefully, but at least I admit I don't know crap....
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