Considering SDA 2's

drugolf

I am considering picking up a pair of SDA 2's. I am not sure what model they are but they have the real wood caps top and bottom with the side panels with the grille material. Silver tweeters and the interconnect cable has the 2 different size pins. Here are some photos. One of them is missing the 2 side panels unfortunately. Otherwise they are in okay condition and just need some tlc. Crossovers unknown other than original. All drivers worked when I listened to the speakers on a crappy AVR. Grilles have been cat abused.

drugolf

ken brydson

What do you want to know?

westmassguy

Those are 2Bs. Are they blade/blade, or pin/blade?

drugolf

Does blade/small blade make sense?
I am asking what model these might be so I can assess value maybe. They want 300. I said no to that.

westmassguy

Those are early production 2Bs. Polk used up the remaining 2A cabinets, that's why they're blade/blade. The later 2Bs had pin/blade connectors.

boston1450

Nice project speaker if the price is right.

drugolf

one speaker has the side panels and the other does not. From what I could tell they would not be too difficult to refabricate with the grille material over them.

boston1450

Take those silly wheels off & add some spikes. Hopefully they didnt screw into the inside of the cabinet. Even so easy fix.

drugolf

Actually, those are pretty darn handy!
No doubt.
The original pictures I had did not show the drivers and I was thinking the sticker on back should have the B on the top right so I was unsure.
What do you guys think? $200 max? (Can we talk $ here?)

boston1450

If it was me 100-150.00 tops. You can get a very nice-minty pair for 250.00-300.00 with IC cord. All the things you will need to do for those will add up cost wise

drugolf

I have monitor 10's first edition now.

hochpt21

boston1450 wrote: »

If it was me 100-150.00 tops. You can get a very nice-minty pair for 250.00-300.00 with IC cord. All the things you will need to do for those will add up cost wise

I agree with boston....I know it's hard when they're right there and you don't know when another pair will come up, but I think $200+ might be on the high side, depending on how those side panels could be replaced.

F1nut

What other pair of speakers can you buy for $300.00 that will be better than those? Answer, none.

Schurkey

...especially since it's easy to make the blade/blade 2B electrically equivalent to the pin/blade version. A foot of wire and a suitable connector per cabinet and you're set. Potentially about $5 plus labor, although I sure there's a way to do it that can cost a whole lot more.

Nightfall

I'd pay $300 for a good functional stock set of 2B's, all day. $350 mint.

Is music a background thing for you or do you sit down and just listen? What are you into? Rocking out loud as hell or do you enjoy things like soundstage, imaging, hearing stuff all around the room while in the sweet spot?

boston1450

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