Need opinions please - SDA SRS 3rd Gen
I found a pair of SDA SRS (3rd generation with the blade/blade interconnect). Price is $1400. Seller says all drivers work as they should. Missing the grill covers (doesn't matter to me as I never leave them on anyway). The wood surfaces have been painted and the two wood boards that make up the top end cap on one have separated. The original blade/blade SDA cable is included with the sale. I would sand and stain the wood and fiz the separation or replace that piece of wood.
Any opinions on price based on the above info would be greatly appreciated! I am supposed to pick them up at noon.
Any opinions on price based on the above info would be greatly appreciated! I am supposed to pick them up at noon.
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Too high
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walk away...
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nooshinjohn can you elaborate? I am on my way to the seller and would like to unxderstand why you say to "walk away"
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pitdogg2 what would be a good price?
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Sounds like they need a lot of work. If you have the woodworking skills and equipment this could be a great project. Otherwise these are the less desirable SRS and in poor condition. Also if the cabinets are in rough shape I would expect more problems inside.
I would think $400-500 max would be fair if all the drivers move freely and you are up for the project.SDA SRS 2.3tl, SDA 1C, SDA 2B (TL mod), Reserve 200 -
This^^^
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Did you end up getting them anyway? Please post some pictures if you did.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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Thank you everyone for the help. I did purchase them for a good price after carefully inspecting them and a 30 minute listening session. All drivers work, grills are in good condition, cabinets are in good condition except the one top has a crack which I will easily repair and plan to sand and re-stain them. Got them home and connected to an Adcom 5500 (350 w/p/c 4 OHMs) I am blown away... incredible sound and the SDA effects are just stunning. I heard things in music I never noticed before, instruments jump out like they are being played live 10 feet from you. I am beyond thrilled with the purchase. Just purchased a second Adcom 5500 to really be able to open these baby's up.
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I'm confused. IIRC the Adcom 5500 are not common ground. Did you have the interconnect cable connected? How do you plan on using two Adcom 5500's?
From the net:
The GFA-5500 has a specially wound high power toroidal transformer which completely isolates the two channel secondary systems, not even sharing the ground connection. This eliminates ground loops and greatly reduces the possible interactions between power channels. -
Original SDA-SRS cannot be bi-amped.
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
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Technically* you could run a separate Amp for the tweeter section and a separate Amp for the midbass...- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Technically* you could run a separate Amp for the tweeter section and a separate Amp for the midbass...
Agree but I'm still confused as to how this played great on a non-common ground amp.
Unless they strapped together the negative binding posts on a B/b SRS using the interconnect cable on a non common ground amp would let out some ridiculous loud squeals or the magic smoke.
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Sorry for the delayed reply. I strapped the negative speaker posts on the Adcom and yes the Polk interconnect cable was connected. Sounded great but not enough power for the SDA's.
Since then... I purchased a new Emotiva XPA2 Gen3 amp for the SDA SRS's (I confirmed it is a common ground amp).
New Setup - Emotiva BASX PT1 preamp and two power amps (an Adcom GFA 5500 200 w/p/c into 8 OHMs and the Emotiva XPA2 GEN3 490 w/p/c into 4 OHMs)
Speakers are Polk SDA SRS (4ohm) powered by the Emotiva and a pair of Polk RT55i 8ohm bookshelf powered by the Adcom.
I also have a Polk 15" powered sub connected to the Emotiva preamp.
The Adcom (negative strap removed) powering the RT55i's and the Emotiva XPA powering the SDA SRS -
