Road Trip - Polk SDA SRS 3.1TL Black
Conradicles
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Went down to GA and picked up a pair of SDA SRS 3.1TL in black that cleaned up really nice!
This is the 1st pair of 3.1TL I have owned.
As with all SDA's, I opened them up, checked all divers and wiring. One of the MW6511 was a Polk replacement, so I dug in the stash and got a original 6511 to replace it.
Took a couple hours to clean them up, and these will be keepers for now in my H/T set-up as fronts. I need to touch up a few spots on the top and bottom caps with some black stain. Also, I need to dig in the stash and see if I have a pin/blade interconnect.
Pictures coming soon...
This is the 1st pair of 3.1TL I have owned.
As with all SDA's, I opened them up, checked all divers and wiring. One of the MW6511 was a Polk replacement, so I dug in the stash and got a original 6511 to replace it.
Took a couple hours to clean them up, and these will be keepers for now in my H/T set-up as fronts. I need to touch up a few spots on the top and bottom caps with some black stain. Also, I need to dig in the stash and see if I have a pin/blade interconnect.
Pictures coming soon...
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Stock crossover:
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Drivers removed:
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Top Left:
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Top Right:
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Left Speaker:
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Right Speaker:
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Size comparison with SRS 2:
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They are nice and I like that clock."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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Congrats they look great!
my 3.1TLs
I will fix your shifted magnets for free.
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Nice! I have the same comparison to do soon too... SRS2 vs 3.1TL. I’m interested in hearing your A/B impressions! Then comes the tough decision, which to keep!Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
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Congrats!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
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Nice!
I have an identical pair of black 3.1's. They sing when given some good power. Amazing how they have such a solid center image (often sounding like the center channel is playing) but at the same time can produce such a HUGE soundstage. -
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Lookin’ for some speakers to steal
He was in a bind
With the driving time but he was willin’ to make a deal....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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Nice! I have the same comparison to do soon too... SRS2 vs 3.1TL. I’m interested in hearing your A/B impressions! Then comes the tough decision, which to keep!
I agree with @JayMX
I think the 3.1's will win though (CLEARLY biased here
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Congrats!
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Nice!
Where in GA dud you find them?Mojo Audio Illuminati v3>>Quantum Byte w/LMS>>Rpi/PiCoreplayer>> Starlight 7 USB >> Mojo Audio Mystique v2 SE>>ModWright SWL 9.0 SE Signature>>Hafler DH-500 Amp+ (Musical Concepts Fully Modded)>>
SRS 2.3TL (Fully Modded)...Velodyne Optimum 8 subwoofer
1KVA Dreadnought
Marantz SA 8005
Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntable - Shure SC35C/N35X - V15III/VN35HE
Yamaha TX-540 Tuner...Sony BDP-S570
Sony PS4
Separate subpanel with four dedicated 20 amp circuits.
1. Amplification 2. Analog 3. Digital 4. Video
"All THAT IS LOST FROM THE SOURCE IS LOST FOREVER" -
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Brand new tweeters too!
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Conradicles wrote: »Brand new tweeters too!
Nice score..!
I recently finished a rebuild project of a set of 3.1TL's in black. I went all in with every mod that the Polk Gods here on this forum have come up with, including the new crossovers from @VR3.... and a Dreadnought...
I power them with a Simaudio Moon Titan amplifier and now that the Polks are completely broken in they sound fantastic... leaps and bounds better they when I first brought them home...
Enjoy and beware of that rabbit hole... it's a slippery slope...lol -
Enjoy and beware of that rabbit hole... it's a slippery slope...lol
Ignore that clown
Listen to the rest of us instead....
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I visit the rabbit hole often. Previously or currently own SDA-2B, SDA-1C, SDA SRS 2, SDA SRS 2.3TL.
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Congrats! I pretty much performed the "Full Monte" in upgrades on mine, and they are exceptional. The center imaging is so clean with the single tweeter, on a lot of recordings I much prefer them over the 2.3TL's.
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These are now ready for VR3!
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I look forward to your impressions. I can never seem to get my DIY kit project started.
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Huge shout out to VR3 for bringing these speakers to new life!
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And our forum member who provided these tweeter bezels!
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Lookin' good!
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
