What Polk's were these?

Polkitup2
Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
edited December 2005 in Speakers
Okay, the year was 1985 I was in college and late one night in my tiny studio apartment I hear helicopters. Turns out it was the neighbor playing Pink Floyd the Wall. So the next day I went over to see what he had. Well low and behold there was a pair of Polk Audio speakers. They were the best sounding speakers I had ever heard so I made a point to remember that they were Polks and thought that someday I would get a pair. I tried to remember the model and to this day I am sure they said signature somewhere in the name. However, they were not the wide SRS speakers I see on the Polk site, but rather thin towers maybe 10 inches wide by four feet tall and had maybe five or six vertically stacked drivers in them. The guy that owned them was from Vietnam. Not sure if he bought them there or here. Any ideas?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited December 2005
    RTA 11s I would be my guess. Too early for LS90s
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2005
    11's or 15's yeah.
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
    edited December 2005
    Thanks guys. That could be them. After 20 years my memory could be fading but I could swear the grill actually said "signature" on them. That's why I was wondering if Polk ever had an SRS type speaker that may have been marketed in a different country that was narrower than what we got in the US.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2005
    maybe they were the big boys. and your memory is a little clouded.. afterall it was 20 years ago today.. Sgt Pepper taught the band to play. :p
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited December 2005
    This would be the slimmest SRS model made.

    The 3.1tl
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited December 2005
    11's
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
    edited December 2005
    Had to be the 3.1tl as I remembered "signature" on the grill and I recall it had five or six drivers. I didn't think the cabinet was as wide as a 3.1tl but 20 some years ago compared to most speakers, the 3.1tl probably did seem narrow in comparison.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited December 2005
    I have the 3.1TL's. They were only made in 1991. One year production only.
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
    edited December 2005
    I'm sure about the year (1985) so I guess that's not them. Didn't think the ones I saw were quite that wide. I still don't think they were 11s but that seems to be the closest match. Anyone know if Polk was offering a different SRS line-up overseas?
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited December 2005
    definitely not 90's.
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited December 2005
    1985, not wide? Not SDA-SRS series then.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2005
    RTA11T.

    I would presume some of you have started smoking crack?
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