Do you still own your first pair of Polk speakers?

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  • aviator
    aviator Posts: 159
    edited May 2011
    The first ones - still have the boxes, manual, receipt and the 4.5s I bought from Dennis at Creative Stereo, Thousand Oaks, CA on June 16th, 1989 for 243.00 plus tax.

    3 weeks later I bought a set of 1.2TLs from him for $2998 plus tax and I still have them, the boxes, manual and receipt. The manual and serial number stickers say 1.2 not 1.2TL, the boxes were made saying 1.2 and had big stickers plastered on 'em to say 1.2TL. I recall reading somewhere that 1.2TLs came out in 1990, but I got these in 1989 and yup they came with SL3000s.
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  • The_Boomer2
    The_Boomer2 Posts: 7
    edited May 2011
    Bought my SDA SRS in 1985 or 1986 and still have them. Thanks to information in this forum, I upgraded the xover in the last few months and are they sounding better than ever. Always enjoyed the sound.

    Puchased in Atlanta, and they have moved with me to the coast of GA through two houses. Drove them with an Adcom GFA 555 for 25 years, and changed amps to the Parasound A21 and and P3 preamp this past December.

    They are good to go for another 25 years. Hard not to like the SDA SRS sound.
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  • Michael8it
    Michael8it Posts: 192
    edited August 2011
    Nope. Bought a pair of 5B's in 1987. Parted with them long ago, but just found a pair of 1RTA 12's and love them.
    Carver C-1, M-500 MKII, Yamaha HTR-5835, Polk RTA 12BM's (M-for mod'd).
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  • CoachP
    CoachP Posts: 8
    edited August 2011
    I purchased a pair of SDA 2a's in the early to mid 80's. Still have them and am enjoying them. Upgraded tweeters to the 194's. The crossover network will be the next upgrade. I've changed amp, processor, disc player but not these speakers.
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  • breal74
    breal74 Posts: 324
    edited August 2011
    Still have my S6's I bought in 1993. They have survived college and two kids and are still in great shape.
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited August 2011
    I do not. I upgraded and sold the other ones to my friend. At least this way i still get to visit them from time to time. He just thinks i come over to hang out pshhhh.
    Living Room Rig:D
    Rotel RSP-1069/Rotel RMB-1095/Rotel-1072/Polk lsI15's W/modded xoverW/DBsubs/Polk LsiC/lsI7's/Klipsch sub-12"the weak link"/DLP Mitsubishi 65"
    Xbox360/PS3/WII
    M.Br. setup:)
    Emotiva MMC-1/Rotel RMB-1075/Polk BlackStone TL350's/Velodyne SPL1000/Samsung 51" Plasma
    Computer Rig:
    Rotel RB1050/Tannoy DC4's/Klipsch RW-10d/ImodIpod/HK AVR230 for now....
    Headphones-Ultrasone-HFI780's w/LittleDot MK Vamp Portables Panasonic HJE-900's
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited August 2011
    Bought my RTA 12C's from a local dealer in August '84. In the last 3-4 months I've rebuilt the crossovers, dynamatted MW's and PR's,internally rewired them with teflon insulated OCC copper, mortited the MW's and PR's, installed spikes.

    I'll use them for another 20 years! :biggrin:
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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  • bzpolksda
    bzpolksda Posts: 38
    edited August 2011
    I still have my SDA CRS's from 1985:biggrin:
    I had a Yamaha R-100 receiver powering them and a Carver CD player & Nakamichi deck:smile:
    They're still hooked up to the Yammy & Carver but the Nak has moved on.
    SDA CRS (2 tweets)
    SDA 1C Studios
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  • saemark30
    saemark30 Posts: 146
    edited August 2011
    Had the 5B's and now the 7's. Would recommend hanging onto the vintage Monitor series.
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited August 2011
    Yep! Trying to blow them up as we speak!:cool:
    Too much **** to list....
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,578
    edited August 2011
    I have my Monitor 60's in my office. Even when I get my 2 channel rig upgraded they will stay as my wife wants me to hang onto them since they are her christmas gift to me from our first year together.

    So they will go in a closet somewhere and probably into a garage rig at some point lol....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2011
    RTA8Ts as well. 1989 and still have them,
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited August 2011
    deronb1 wrote: »
    RTA8Ts as well. 1989 and still have them,

    Damn! I so want a mint set of those in the studio version.
    Too much **** to list....
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2011
    I am not familiar with the studio version. What are the differences?
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited August 2011
    IDK I just assumed it was the black vinyl. Maybe there wasn't any other version made. I guess I should have said I want a black vinyl version instead lol.
    Too much **** to list....
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2011
    no biggie. Polk has made a gazillion speakers. I was thinking of painting them, but I don't want to screw them up.
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited August 2011
    Perfect shelf surrounds for my application. I found a set but they want 150 plust 125 to ship lol. Not doing that lol!
    Too much **** to list....
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2011
    shipping is always the caveot. I am looking at a pair of RTi12s for 350.00. Might sell the RTA8ts if I do. I would kill me though. They are like part of the family.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2011
    SDA1C, I cannot open up a PM on this computer (am at work and cant open pop up blocker)
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited August 2011
    deronb1 wrote: »
    SDA1C, I cannot open up a PM on this computer (am at work and cant open pop up blocker)

    No worries. I just didnt want to derail any worse:biggrin:Get back later if you have time?
    Too much **** to list....
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited August 2011
    reported post 377
    Living Room Rig:D
    Rotel RSP-1069/Rotel RMB-1095/Rotel-1072/Polk lsI15's W/modded xoverW/DBsubs/Polk LsiC/lsI7's/Klipsch sub-12"the weak link"/DLP Mitsubishi 65"
    Xbox360/PS3/WII
    M.Br. setup:)
    Emotiva MMC-1/Rotel RMB-1075/Polk BlackStone TL350's/Velodyne SPL1000/Samsung 51" Plasma
    Computer Rig:
    Rotel RB1050/Tannoy DC4's/Klipsch RW-10d/ImodIpod/HK AVR230 for now....
    Headphones-Ultrasone-HFI780's w/LittleDot MK Vamp Portables Panasonic HJE-900's
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  • shaneybob
    shaneybob Posts: 58
    edited August 2011
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showpost.php?p=939261&postcount=220

    Reported way back when, but here's a pic. The other looks just as good and the grills look mint as well, except for the logo pins. They're my baby's for sure :wink:

    DSC8347-XL.jpg
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  • deshart1959
    deshart1959 Posts: 8
    edited August 2011
    candyliquor35m wrote: »
    Vintage or not and how long have you had them and what model are they. Give as much info as you want or as little. Pics optional.

    I bought my 2b's (studio vinyl walnut) used in the early 90's for $650 I think. They are all original except I bypassed the polyswitches and added a capacitor to the tweeters. I use them the most out of all the speakers I own (about 6 pair, 4 pair are polks). They are part of my solid state rig where I listen to the radio and vinyl and cd's of course.

    Yes, since 1984, SDA-CRS.
    Why this guy banned??
    Humble 2 channel...
    Primary System - Hafler DH-500, Adcom GFP-710,
    Music Hall CD-25, NAD 5120, Dynavector 10x4, Magnepan MG 1.6, M&K V-2B
    Other stuff - Polk SDA-CRS, NAD 3155, Kyocera 310dx, Dual 1229, Shure M95ED, Pioneer CT-F900, Kenwood KA-4002, Kenwood KT-5300, Philips GA437
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,157
    edited August 2011
    deshart1959 wrote: »
    Why this guy banned??

    For being a lunatic nut job. :wink:

    Best leave it alone

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • deshart1959
    deshart1959 Posts: 8
    edited August 2011
    heiney9 wrote: »
    For being a lunatic nut job. :wink:

    Best leave it alone

    H9

    OK, thanks Mr. H9, saw you stick up for me the other day. I'm not a lunatic.
    I'm tempted to tweak the world around me sometimes, but I'll be a nice guy here.
    Dave
    Humble 2 channel...
    Primary System - Hafler DH-500, Adcom GFP-710,
    Music Hall CD-25, NAD 5120, Dynavector 10x4, Magnepan MG 1.6, M&K V-2B
    Other stuff - Polk SDA-CRS, NAD 3155, Kyocera 310dx, Dual 1229, Shure M95ED, Pioneer CT-F900, Kenwood KA-4002, Kenwood KT-5300, Philips GA437
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,157
    edited August 2011
    In all seriousness he had a way of being unrelenting about certain subjects he was asked not to talk about by the mods. He was even temporarily banned and let back, but he continued to self destruct and become very irrational. Sometimes you just wear out your welcome.

    I say tweak away, but you'll certainly be scrutinized a little bit for it, many here aren't push overs. :biggrin: No worries.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited August 2011
    drumminman wrote: »
    ...In the last 3-4 months I've rebuilt the crossovers, dynamatted MW's and PR's,internally rewired them with teflon insulated OCC copper, mortited the MW's and PR's, installed spikes.

    I'll use them for another 20 years! :biggrin:

    What, no RD0's???:confused::biggrin:
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • deshart1959
    deshart1959 Posts: 8
    edited August 2011
    heiney9 wrote: »
    In all seriousness he had a way of being unrelenting about certain subjects he was asked not to talk about by the mods. He was even temporarily banned and let back, but he continued to self destruct and become very irrational. Sometimes you just wear out your welcome.

    I say tweak away, but you'll certainly be scrutinized a little bit for it, many here aren't push overs. :biggrin: No worries.

    H9

    Understood H9...

    (inching towards 100)
    Humble 2 channel...
    Primary System - Hafler DH-500, Adcom GFP-710,
    Music Hall CD-25, NAD 5120, Dynavector 10x4, Magnepan MG 1.6, M&K V-2B
    Other stuff - Polk SDA-CRS, NAD 3155, Kyocera 310dx, Dual 1229, Shure M95ED, Pioneer CT-F900, Kenwood KA-4002, Kenwood KT-5300, Philips GA437
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,358
    edited August 2011
    Still got 'em (RTA11TL) since new in 1991, in spite of my wife wanting me to get rid of them!
    Stan
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2011
    Yes, SDA-2, but they are sitting in the dining room gathering dust. Along with a pair of Monitor something, two something else (I do not feel like moving stuff to get the model numbers), two LSi7s, and an LSiC. Along with a ton of subs, both bought and free. For a while every time you bought a Polk speaker from Crutchfield you got a free sub.

    Four LSi15s, and a PSW1000, are still running the HT.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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