1.2 on the 12th....dreams do come true.

trubluluc
trubluluc Posts: 2,067
edited November 2004 in Vintage Speakers
It finally happened. I picked up some 1.2TL's yesterday in L.A.
One of those amazing twists of fate. I've been looking for over a year. Posted ads in every place possible and nothing came of it.
The seller bought them from his deceased Godfathers widow, and
decided he didin't really have the equipment or space to put them to good use. He has been trying to sell them for 4 months, with no one even calling on them. Avertising in all the wrong places I guess. He was about to give up and move them to the garage.

Just for the hell of it, he did a google search on them, and one of my WTB ads came up. So he sends an email. I had used my girlfriends email to place the ad, I forgot about it and she checks this acct. about once a month. She saw his email, now 3 weeks old and forwards it to me.

Cut to scene of me hauling **** to L.A. to pick up what turned out to be a pair of 9 out of 10 Oak 1.2TL's
I got back and set them up last night at 2am As freaking tired as I was, I couldn't go to sleep I just kept sitting there listening and smiling.

AWESOME!


-Luc
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,716
    edited November 2004
    :D
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    Good on ya broham.

    Patience ALWAYS pays off.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • SDA SRS 1.2
    SDA SRS 1.2 Posts: 255
    edited November 2004
    CONGRATS!! :D
    Main System: Polk SDA SRS 1.2 Speakers, Sunfire Signature 600~two Amp, Carver C-16 Preamp, Carver TX-11b Tuner, Marantz 6350Q TT, Philips CDR-775 Recorder, Teac V-707RX Cassette Deck, Signal Cable Double Run Speaker Cable

    Upstairs Den: Marantz 2325 Receiver, Marantz 5220 Cassette Deck, Marantz HD-880 Speakers, Marantz 6370Q TT

    Exercise (Kabuki speaker) Room: Kenwood KR-9600 Receiver, Pioneer CS-99a Speakers, Sansui SP-X9000 Speakers (not pretty, but LOUD! :) )
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited November 2004
    It's nice when good **** happens.

    Have a blast.

    Play with them, move them, listen to them.

    Can we ask what you paid?
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited November 2004
    Close your eyes when you listen.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    He can't close his eyes man, he JUST GOT SDA's. A ten spot says the grilles haven't been on since they got setup.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2004
    You owe Russman a beer!

    Grills are resting in a safe place.

    Alright, if I tell you, don't start throwing things.
    .
    $1400.

    Plus the 12 hours of time and gas to get there and back,
    but nothing but smiles on this end.
    Pictures later tonight after work.


    -Luc
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2004
    Ah yes, seems like just the other day that I got my SDA SRS's....HEY it was! :D

    Way to go, Luc! Congratso mondo!

    Okay, where are the pics?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2004
    Cool.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2004
    My camera doesn't have a wide enough angle lens to capture them head on.
    It's kind of funny how freaking huge these speakers are.
    There are a full grown set of 1C's behind them that can't even be seen when looking at them head on.
    I set them up in the theater because it was the closest room, and at 1am last night that was about all I could muster.

    I have to give props to the "little lady"
    She waited up for me to get home, then the two of us carried them in the house.

    Tomorrow I'll move them to their proper room, and take some better pictures.

    -Luc
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Congrats, Luc...

    Did I read right??? Girlfriend's e-mail, but the "little lady" waited up and helped carry them in??? You devil you... ;)
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2004
    .....but she's one and the same.
    she has a lot of monikers, some of which I won't disclose.
    No, one woman is enough for me alright,
    at least one at a time. ;)

    -Luc


    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Congrats, Luc...

    Did I read right??? Girlfriend's e-mail, but the "little lady" waited up and helped carry them in??? You devil you... ;)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    This is a pretty big deal for you Luc.

    I think you should take some time, write it down, and give us one of your better limerick's on the 1.2's. Haven't had a good limerick from you in quite some time.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2004
    Way to go. That is about half price. What a deal! If you get them set up properly and use a decent amp you will be set for a long time. Be warned though, you won't be impressed any longer with even really expensive 5K+ speakers. The SDA's will ruin you for other speakers.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited November 2004
    Congrats on the great deal. Patience does pay off.:)
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited November 2004
    Wow Luc, Great Deal!!!

    With the sweet spot being, on the center cushion, under the bridge picture, it must feel as though you are "On Stage" not front row center!! :D:D:D


    Still awaiting some SDAs,

    DG
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    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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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2004
    Great grab. You deserve it, nothing like doing the time waiting and wanting and finally getting!!:D

    RT1
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2004
    As soon as I can get some time infront of these babies,
    I'm sure one will come to me.

    Right now I'm running a separate 20 amp line into the 2 channel room, moving gear here and there, then back again, lol
    Both ends of the house, are a wreck, but there is sound at the end of the tunnel,
    and it sounds sweet.

    -Luc




    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    This is a pretty big deal for you Luc.

    I think you should take some time, write it down, and give us one of your better limerick's on the 1.2's. Haven't had a good limerick from you in quite some time.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2004
    A Polkhead named Luc near the Bay,
    Was obsessed by the dread SDA.
    He searched and he searched,
    Then up a pair lurched,
    In his girlfriend's inbox one day.

    He burned a hot trail to LA,
    Driving the night and the day,
    He exclaimed "what the *uck?!
    Imagine my luck.
    The seller was giving them away!"

    Little did Polkhead Luc know,
    The upgrade seeds they would sow,
    The cash that he'd saved,
    Wouldn't spare the poor knave,
    From the fortune he soon was to blow.


    :cool:
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2004
    lol MD
    Never Forget
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    I nominate BMDP to be Club Polk Poet Laureate...

    But first a qualifying test...

    What word rhymes with orange?
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,770
    edited November 2004
    bo-forange

    Orange Orange Boforange Me Fi Fo Morange! ORANGE!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Sid, you're not old enough to know that song...

    Jeez, I was in 7th grade when that was a hit..
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    What word rhymes with orange?

    darange

    As in "Home, home on darange, where da deer and da antelope play."
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    You've got "da" job...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2004
    I'll take a better picture and hopefully ad it to the showcase, but at least they are in a space with some breathing room.

    -Luc

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Nice... Much better than the leather laden room they were in. Looks like they could use a little adjustment, however... :D

    Very clean looking Eq rack to boot. What's the line up?

    Those speaker runs make the power cord look like a spaghetti noodle. What are they?

    But that poor plant... it'll never know what hit it...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2004
    The cables are monster Z2's .
    In the rack:
    Bryston 4B ST amp
    Bryston BP 25 pre amp
    Yamaha RX Z1 Receiver (tuner)
    Sony ES CD changer
    Sony ES Tape deck.
    In the Back corner (out of view)
    SVS PCI 16-46

    However, if I'd known how deep the 1.2's dig, I could have skipped the sub.

    You may have noticed that the floor is still not tiled...lol...(which was the prerequisite for my girlfriends approval) .
    So far she's buying the:
    ("I'm working on it Honey, good tunes motivate me.") strategy.

    -Luc

    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Nice... Much better than the leather laden room they were in. Looks like they could use a little adjustment, however... :D

    Very clean looking Eq rack to boot. What's the line up?

    Those speaker runs make the power cord look like a spaghetti noodle. What are they?

    But that poor plant... it'll never know what hit it...
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,716
    edited November 2004
    Luc,

    Looks nice! If you'll permit me, you could take the whole system up to a entire new level with a cdp that matches the level of the other gear......something with tubes would be very sweet.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Agree, Jesse. Even an outboard DAC might produce some additional magic.

    Luc,
    I think the bare slab just adds to that "cave" appeal...

    Thanks for the line up. The Bryston will definitely fuel those bad boys.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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