SRS-2.3's In the HOUSE!

schwarcw
schwarcw Posts: 7,341
edited November 2005 in Vintage Speakers
Thanks to Forum member Hoosier21, our man Russ, led me to a pair of SRS-2.3's down in Reisterstown, MD outside of Baltimore. I picked them up today. These are not the TL's but they are in perfect condition and sound great! The gentleman who sold these to me was the original owner. He has the interconnect cable, a non-commonground interconnect cable, spikes, brackets and the original paperwork. $700 :D

5 months ago, I didn't know what SDAs were. Now I have a pair of SDA-2s with the silk tweeters and a crossover upgrade, RTi6s, RTi28s, CSi40 and my newest addition, the 2.3's. Thanks Russ!

Carl
Carl

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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited November 2005
    Congrats! That's an awesome deal!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited November 2005
    Pics! Pics!:)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,726
    edited November 2005
    Congrats!
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  • Stew
    Stew Posts: 645
    edited November 2005
    Congrats! Those are sweet!
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  • fredv
    fredv Posts: 923
    edited November 2005
    Congrat. This is a steal!! I can't wait to hear what you think :-)

    -fredv-
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited November 2005
    Thanks for your kind words. Wish I had pics. I am without a digital camera for a while. I borrowed a digital camera last weekend to take some shots of my SDA-2 crossover mod. The pics were not framed correctly and I have only a few good shots. I want to post a thread on this project this weekend. I know Stew and probably Noah are very interested in my project. I'll get this posted over the weekend. I'll borrow another camera and try to get some pictures of the 2.3s also.

    I have combed over the 2.3s from top to bottom since they've been home. The only marks are underneath the base. Just a few small scratches that probably happened while we were moving these today.

    They sound good much more bass than my SDA-2s, but those tweeters have got to go. I'm going to order those real soon.

    The nice gentlemen who sold these to me also had a pair of CRS+s with original stands that he didn't want to part with (I'm going to keep working on that)

    I also picked up a NAD 1300 preamp and an Adcom GPA-545 both real cheap. I'm ashamed to mention the price, you guys might think I'm a thief. :eek:

    Carl
    Carl

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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited November 2005
    If those are the 2.3's that were on the Gon' for $1500.00,then you ARE aTHIEF!!!

    Good snag...
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  • keith allen
    keith allen Posts: 734
    edited November 2005
    Man thats great...pics and input ASAP! Russ yur a good man!
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited November 2005
    The one on the Gon were 2.3TLs in Gaithersburg. These were in Reisterstown which is approximately 80 miles from Gaithersburg.

    Carl
    Carl

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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited November 2005
    Carl,

    How are the RTi's and Csi working out that sold to you? I just now got back into the audio scene with the LSi7's I bought from ebay :D . Three months almost killed me, but the 7's were my audio redemption, again.

    Congratulatios on the SDA score. I agree, get some pics of those big boys.

    Zach
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited November 2005
    Hey Zach!

    Good to hear from you! I'm using all the speakers I got from you! The RTi28s are upstairs in the living room, small TV rig with sub, not HT!! Just better TV viewing. The CSi40 is in the family room in the HT with RTi6s, SDA-2s and the SVS-12/ISD. The 2.3's will be moving in there after I upgrade the tweeters. The SDA-2s sound so good with the silk tweets and the crossover upgrade, I need to do the same to the 2.3's. I also would like a big 2 channel amp working out of the HT front pre-outs for the 2.3's. Right now I kind of favor the Parasound Halo A21. I need to give that amp a listen and save some dough. It'll be hard with the holidays coming. How's the new house? I've noticed more posts from you lately. I saw you place an early bid on the 2.3 TLs in Atlanta. I thought you said your new place was small? These things are huge!!! Good luck my friend!

    Carl
    Carl

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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited November 2005
    New house is not ideal for audio at all, but I could make some major changess for some good SDA's. The LSi7's will probably serve as 2 channel duty in the living room or bedroom for now.

    Got to go to bed now.

    Later.
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,511
    edited November 2005
    Good goin Carl! What a great package deal.
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited November 2005
    Glad you got them, hey I just saw a Craigslist ad and pionted Carl to it. They sound like theyt are in great condition.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2005
    schwarcw wrote:
    Thanks to Forum member Hoosier21, our man Russ, led me to a pair of SRS-2.3's down in Reisterstown, MD outside of Baltimore. I picked them up today. These are not the TL's but they are in perfect condition and sound great! The gentleman who sold these to me was the original owner. He has the interconnect cable, a non-commonground interconnect cable, spikes, brackets and the original paperwork. $700 :D
    Very nice, enjoy!
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited November 2005
    schwarcw wrote:
    The nice gentlemen who sold these to me also had a pair of CRS+s with original stands that he didn't want to part with (I'm going to keep working on that)

    Great snag, and i can understand his not wanting to part with the CRS's. The big boys do sound great but IMO the CRS's do the SDA deal the best and to me are a bit more adept at handling low level details. They just seem to be the most balanced of the SDA line, again my opinion. Hope you get lucky on those.
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