Nice 1.2TL's in OAK

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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited July 2002
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    Hello? You have no experience with either.
    Wrong again, butt munch! I've demoed the SRT's.

    Aaron
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,294
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    Aaron
    Just to clear things up, the TL series SL3000 tweeters are trilaminated by vapor depositing stainless steel & aluminum to a polymide surface. The midbass drivers are also a trilaminated polymer speaker. I quote from Polk, "a performance level is attained that is beyond the reach of conventional drivers that use simple paper or vacuum-formed plastic cones." It should also be noted that the 1.2TL & 2.3 TL have lower bass distortion at 25Hz than many audiophile grade tube amps! These speakers do everything well and to me sound the closest to a live performance. Since I have not listened to the RT55 that you claim have better resolution and refinement, I can't comment on that other to say (as others have) that having a great overall performance seems better to me than just excelling at one thing. A friend just purchased a pair of Vienna Acoustics Mozart's ($2500.00) that have excellent resolution, but nothing else and he needs a sub with those to have any bass at all. Worst of all they are left/right with nothing in the middle.
    $2850.00 for some used 1.2TL's!!! Worth it at twice the price.

    A nod to raife1 for his past help.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
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    The SRT never caught on with classic SDA enthusiasts.
    My guess is their $7300 price tag is the sole reason for that. Most people that can afford to spend that much on speakers would never think of looking at Polk.

    Aaron
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
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    Since I have not listened to the RT55 that you claim have better resolution and refinement, I can't comment on that other to say (as others have) that having a great overall performance seems better to me than just excelling at one thing.
    F1, I only ever said that the RT55's are far superior to the RTA line.
    A friend just purchased a pair of Vienna Acoustics Mozart's ($2500.00) that have excellent resolution, but nothing else and he needs a sub with those to have any bass at all.
    I've demoed these speakers on two seperate occasions and was completely unimpressed, especially for $2500. You can do a lot better for the same money (and less).

    Aaron
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,294
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    Aaron
    Yeah, you're right about the RT55's. It was the LSi's you were comparing to the SDA's. If you ever get down to MD look me up and I'll give you a demo on some 2.3TL's. You'll leave with the same grin all us SDA nuts have.
    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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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    Aaron,
    I read the post you linked but all I got out of it is that you had no experience with SDA's but given the price difference the '55's are the winner. I respect your position but I can't give you the nod considering the posts. That would be like me comparing the price of the SDA's against a pair of (name of something high priced I have not lived with) and saying the SDA's win. I don't think you will ever find a post that contradics that. SDA's are the **** compaired to anything else I have experience with that I can afford at this time. Like I said though, the '55's had enough merit for me to suggest someone listen to them.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
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    Man, $2850 will make a guy pause for a second and think about it. But not for long. I was priveleged enough to have all 3 kids out of the house for a week, giving me a chance to fall in love with my 1.2TL's all over again. After listening to Stravinsky's The Firebird, in it's entirety, without interruption.... it just takes you away. That unholy dynamic range and gorgeous soundstage brings a smile to my face everytime.
    So yeah, mine are keepers too.

    Stubby
    SRS 3.1TL
    Harman Kardon Citation 5.1
    Anthem AVM2



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  • SDA SRS 1.2
    SDA SRS 1.2 Posts: 255
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    [That unholy dynamic range and gorgeous soundstage brings a smile to my face everytime.
    So yeah, mine are keepers too.

    Stubby [/B][/QUOTE]

    Same Here!:)
    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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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    Sorry Aaron, I didn't realize you 'demoed' them, I guess that makes you a 'pro' on SRT. I personally think you should shut your effin cornhole about SDA period, until you 'demo' them also....

    Cheers,
    Buttmunch
    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
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    Gee Russman,
    Don't beat around the bush. What are you really trying to say? :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • har_navalta
    har_navalta Posts: 957
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    ORIGINALLY POSTED BY STUBBY
    That unholy dynamic range and gorgeous soundstage brings a smile to my face everytime.
    So yeah, mine are keepers too.


    Great... I have the same feeling, smile in my face everytime I
    listened to my 1.2TL's...


    Har
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    I've noticed that SDA's make people SMILE more than other speakers they demo. What does this mean?
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    For me, like I said in my SDA2b review, they induced a ****-eatin' grin, and made listening FUN. They may not do anything EXACTLY right per-se, but they sure do everything VERY WELL.

    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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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
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    yeah, aaron you do not know what you are missing, I have kicked myself in the **** repeatedly for ever letting my sda srs 2's leave this house. I have yet to listen to a any newer polk model that could even come close to them, they just do not have the soundstage and presence that the sda's have. You must find somewhere to audition a pair, your ears will never feel the same again and you too will be sucked in with the rest of us and be forever smitten by these awsome vintage speakers.


    mike
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
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    It just may happen; ya never know. :)

    Aaron
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
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    That pretty much hits the nail on the head. For the money, you get an incredible sonic image. All SDA's sound similar, the Reference series just seems to give you a HUGE presentation. OK, I haven't heard ALL SDA's, but from what I have listened to, this seems to be the case.

    Stubby
    SRS 3.1TL
    Harman Kardon Citation 5.1
    Anthem AVM2



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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    If you ever start to loose the smile while listening to SDA's, just hook up a tube amp to them!
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • har_navalta
    har_navalta Posts: 957
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    madmax001
    If you ever start to loose the smile while listening to SDA's, just hook up a tube amp to them!
    madmax


    ... tube amp and why?




    Har


    ...I won't let mine go till the end of the world...
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
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    I will be back in SDA, won a pair off Ebay, These will be staying
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,294
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    Originally posted by hoosier21
    I will be back in SDA, won a pair off Ebay, These will be staying

    Congrats! What did you get? I tell ya, it takes a real man to admit he made a mistake and then go and do something about....you da man.
    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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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    Another pair of SDA's, which ones? Let me guess, they are probably 2.3 or 1.2TL's? Actually with that new sub they could be 1C's or CRS. Couldn't stay away huh?
    As for tubes, har, they add a lot of midrange detail which the SDA's really like. The treble becomes more realistic as well. Might as well go all the way and say the bass is more pleasing to me as well. Overall it is a more "live" sound.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
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    I will be back in SDA, won a pair off Ebay, These will be staying

    Looks like you got a hellava deal there hoosier on the 1C's......Congrats!!
    Oh, the bottle has been to me, my closes friend, my worse enemy!
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
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    Yes it should be a great deal, original boxes and all.

    I bought a pair of Polk RT55i's last night, where is this money coming from?

    Anyone want some Paradigms?
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    Hey, you scored the sought after RT55, now you too can see how far Polk has come in the past 10yrs, esp up against those *ahem* SDA's.....

    What Pdimes are you ditchin?

    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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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
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    All of them that I have, I guess I have an all or nothing view of speakers. I have the Studio 100's (real wood light cherry finish) and matching CC (black) & ADP's (white)

    They are on Ebay so get you bid on or make a deal of Ebay, it works for me.

    BTW Russman, got a sig, your last one sucked but not having one sucks more, even if it is ****.
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
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    hoosier21,

    Did you get rid of your 1.2TL's?:(
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
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    Oops I am caught again, sold to a co-worker who was like me tired of seeing them here at the office wasting away, I have tried mant times to rebuy them from him he says "yea right" "are you nuts? you ain't getting these back", I should have sold them for what they were worth instead of what I paid, oh well as history has shown I will find them again. The 1C's really fit my need the best but damn those 1.2's are cool as hell.
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • har_navalta
    har_navalta Posts: 957
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    As for tubes, har, they add a lot of midrange detail which the SDA's really like. The treble becomes more realistic as well. Might as well go all the way and say the bass is more pleasing to me as well. Overall it is a more "live" sound.
    madmax

    Max,

    I never had a tube amp before, so that i know what it is like to experience the greatness of the sound, as to what you guys have been saying, a tube amp produces. I will try to get a tube Amp as far as it will bring a realistic and live sound of my 1.2TL's, so far I intend to get the Jolida tube amp because they are the ones that are affordable. I'm thinking to get a new one, a used one, maybe a good deal but I'm not sure how many hours left of their tubes will last...
    My second choice is the Sonic Frontier, but they are more expensive compared to Jolida.


    Har

    ...I won't let mine go till the end of the world...
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    That is really funny! I think that is the one I purchased but you could check to be sure. He contacted me after I bid on another. This turned out to be a great deal! I ended up with 4 6550 Svetlana tubes, 4 Kt-88 tubes, 4 Ruby 6550 tubes, 2 Telefunkin tubes, 2 westinghouse 5751 tubes, 2 JAN GE tubes and 4 other tubes that came with the thing. Pretty much the whole upgrade path anyone would take. The tubes he sent me cost more than the amp! Wow, how do I get lucky like that. If you paid regular price for all of that you would have over $1600 in it. Yes, it was a very good deal!!! Sorry, I don't know anything about the Adcom.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • har_navalta
    har_navalta Posts: 957
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    Originally Posted By hoosier21
    Anyone want some Paradigms?
    Originally Posted By hoosier21
    Oops I am caught again, sold to a co-worker who was like me tired of seeing them here at the office wasting away, I have tried mant times to rebuy them from him he says "yea right" "are you nuts? you ain't getting these back", I should have sold them for what they were worth instead of what I paid, oh well as history has shown I will find them again.

    BOSE 301 - SERIES III - IN GREAT CONDITION
    Item # 1366198078
    Bidding is closed for this item.
    hoosier21(58) is the winner and has completed Checkout.
    Buyer and seller can view Checkout Summary


    hoosier21, man... I'm not picking on you. I'm just curious, you sold
    your SRS 1.2, and then... your P'digms then got that Bose 301's...
    WOW ... that's unusual...




    :lol: ,
    Har
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