Somebody is going to be unhappy

F1nut
F1nut Posts: 50,729
edited November 2006 in Vintage Speakers
The seller claims they are 1.2's, but they are SRS's as they have the blade/blade cable. I told him so, yet he ignored that info and didn't correct his ad. The buyer hit the BIN for $1850.00...ouch!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270044578735&rd=1&rd=1
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited October 2006
    The buyer might stay blissfully unaware. He may also not know the difference nor care.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2006
    i saw that too.. and thought damn.. nice price the seller got. ;) but the buyer took it in the shortz. :eek:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited October 2006
    ESAVINON wrote:
    The buyer might stay blissfully unaware. He may also not know the difference nor care.


    Well, there is that.....until he finds us. :D
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2006
    i guess no real crime was committed if you think about it.. maybe the buyer did know what he was getting afterall.. and just had a big hardon for the SRS's. Who knows.

    I think the seller should have come clean in his auction since you did email and tell him what he had though.

    Like they say.. Let the buyer beware.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited October 2006
    Other than the issue of using non-common ground amps it really doesn't matter. I actually prefer my SDA-SRS over the 1.2's. I have both, I use the SDA-SRS while the 1.2's sit in the closet.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited October 2006
    Other than the issue of using non-common ground amps it really doesn't matter.

    Also, different crossover, different cabinet construction, different SDA drivers and the SRS's don't cost as much.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2006
    madmax wrote:
    Other than the issue of using non-common ground amps it really doesn't matter. I actually prefer my SDA-SRS over the 1.2's. I have both, I use the SDA-SRS while the 1.2's sit in the closet.
    madmax

    What do you have, a closet or a dressing room???
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited October 2006
    I don't see what the big deal is... they also came with attractive coffins.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited October 2006
    We all have to start somewhere, but the buyer had zero feedback. They may come back again.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited October 2006
    F1nut wrote:
    Also, different crossover, different cabinet construction, different SDA drivers and the SRS's don't cost as much.


    Different is the key word here. In the 1.2's and 1.2TL's the cabinent is stiffer and the crossover was much simplified. Same driver construction but the crossover required a different coil resistance. But you are correct, the SRS doesn't bring quite as much in the market place. In the end though a person could end up more happy with the SRS. Or maybe not. :)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited October 2006
    amulford wrote:
    What do you have, a closet or a dressing room???

    It used to be a walk in, until I stuck the SDA's in there. Now it has a small space on top of each speaker where I can sit a pair of slippers or something. :D
    madmax
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited October 2006
    Chuck, I'm not implying anything bad towards the SRS's, they are great speakers. All I'm saying is that the buyer thinks and has paid the higher price for a pair of speakers that he's not getting.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited October 2006
    madmax wrote:
    But you are correct, the SRS doesn't bring quite as much in the market place. madmax

    I know, I agreed with you. :)

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

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  • univera
    univera Posts: 848
    edited October 2006
    nadams wrote:
    I don't see what the big deal is... they also came with attractive coffins.

    Good one! Even if he is "only" getting SRS's, knowing what I know now, I'd pay that for a pair ready to roll, shipping aside...Where else can you get that kind of sound for under 2 G's? And, as our friend said, you get the custom coffins. I was actually most impressed with those. Let's see Fed Ex try to throw those ****!
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited October 2006
    univera wrote:
    Let's see Fed Ex try to throw those ****!

    They won't......








































    They'll just drop them alot.:p
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited October 2006
    What are the cabinets behind the SRSs in the first shot??

    Have to admit, dude crates them up nicely. Would have been about right, if the shipping was included.
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited November 2006
    danger boy wrote:
    i guess no real crime was committed if you think about it.. maybe the buyer did know what he was getting afterall.. and just had a big hardon for the SRS's. Who knows.

    I think the seller should have come clean in his auction since you did email and tell him what he had though.

    Like they say.. Let the buyer beware.

    What do a set of SRS's go for?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited November 2006
    Generally between $1000.00 and $1500.00.
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