Passive radiators for SRS 1.2's

gdsk39a
gdsk39a Posts: 28
edited August 2007 in Vintage Speakers
Anyone know where I can get a pair of replacement passive radiators for my SRS 1.2's?

Thx

G2:confused:
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited August 2007
    Good luck, ebay is about the only place and they don't come up too often. What are the issue's with the current one's?
    "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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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited August 2007
    yes inquiring minds want to know, we have a few tricks for repair if at all possible.

    RT1
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  • gdsk39a
    gdsk39a Posts: 28
    edited August 2007
    Nothing wrong with them. I just don't like the shade of grey. Just want new ones that is all.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited August 2007
    What shade of grey are you talking about? Anyhow, you better get use to the color because you'll never find a new one, let alone a pair.
    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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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited August 2007
    Paint them gloss black, then see how much more you liked them when they were dirty gray.
    Carl

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  • tom t
    tom t Posts: 543
    edited August 2007
    you have to be kidding,right??. and i thought i heard everything.
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  • gdsk39a
    gdsk39a Posts: 28
    edited August 2007
    Sal

    I suspect you are not experiencing the true SDA SRS effect the way you have your speakers placed. You need at least three feet from the side walls to experience true SRS effect.

    I understand yoiu probably don't have the space to do that. I do and all I can say is wow on the SDA SRS acoustic effect.

    G2
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
    I have a brand new pair ( Ordered as spares ) that have been stored in cardboard boxes and never exposed to sunlight since I ordered them. I kept my CRS's , but unfortunately my larger polks did not make the move with me to my new house. If interested...PM me
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited August 2007
    I guess you can never say never

    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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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited August 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    I have a brand new pair ( Ordered as spares ) that have been stored in cardboard boxes and never exposed to sunlight since I ordered them. I kept my CRS's , but unfortunately my larger polks did not make the move with me to my new house. If interested...PM me

    Coincidence???
    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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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
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    I just took these snapshots....the first light of day these have seen since Jan 30th 1993...they are in pristine shape....felt gasket still virgin ( These were never installed into any system as they were ordered new from Polk )
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
    Hey guys,
    The forum won't let me reply to the IM's until I have 10 posts ? You can just email me at shadowofnight2001r@hotmail.com Thanks
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
    And you dont have to worry if the magnets will fall off of them in shipment :)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited August 2007
    I don't know, maybe it's just me.......something doesn't feel right here and I'm rarely wrong about this stuff.
    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."

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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2007
    It almost looks like to me with a request to pm him instead of posting a set price here he is looking to auction these off to the highest bidder or perhaps even sell them to several people at once lmaoooo.

    Even if he is perfectly honest and above board this is one of the reasons why we have a flea market and rules that we have to abide by. to protect both seller and buyer.

    I am pretty certain if this was not such a rare sought after item he would have been told to get 25 posts before he offers them for sale here by skirting the rules.

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
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    I have been a lurker here probably within the first month or 2 the forum started...have been a polk nut from my first pair back in the 80's....I had ordered from polk a COMPLETE set of drivers for my 1.2tl's. I ended up selling them when moving to my new house....used the 6 1/2's and tweeters for custom built cabinets I built myself...my friend needed the set of crossovers...and I was left with this pair of 15" radiators.

    I can understand the leeriness in having something so rare become avail....the money never even entered my mind ( Ask Lasareth...he was the first of many to reply so he got first crack at them...gave them to him for exactly what I paid for them back in the early 90's...let me tell you..they were cheap...polk gave them to me at cost ) All I wanted to make sure of is someone from this forum got them and they were going to be used in a system instead of sitting in my back bedroom.

    Here are the pics :) I would have asked for a hundred sitting on the speaker :)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2007
    I hope things go okay with you and Sal then.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2007
    Snow is right though. . . we have a flea market here where there are rules. Selling is forbidden by anyone with under 25 posts. Your motives may be pure but we need to watch out for shysters.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Snow is right though. . . we have a flea market here where there are rules. Selling is forbidden by anyone with under 25 posts. Your motives may be pure but we need to watch out for shysters.
    Well it looks like every thing is going to end well here with this. Im happy that the seller is honest and that the buyer got a great deal. :)

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited August 2007
    snow wrote: »
    It almost looks like to me with a request to pm him instead of posting a set price here he is looking to auction these off to the highest bidder or perhaps even sell them to several people at once lmaoooo.

    Even if he is perfectly honest and above board this is one of the reasons why we have a flea market and rules that we have to abide by. to protect both seller and buyer.

    I am pretty certain if this was not such a rare sought after item he would have been told to get 25 posts before he offers them for sale here by skirting the rules.

    REGARDS SNOW


    I agree, this whole deal stinks. Skirting the FM rules stinks. This sets an extremely bad example, it should have never happened.
    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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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
    F1nut wrote: »
    I agree, this whole deal stinks. Skirting the FM rules stinks. This sets an extremely bad example, it should have never happened.

    Are you kidding me ? Somebody made a thread ASKING for these radiators...It wasnt ME who made the thread. I happened to have a pair and offered them to a REQUEST.
    If not for this thread they would have sat where they were stored for another who knows how many years until I creatively came up with a way to use them.

    This was NOT a so called bad example like you were whining about...it was a perfect example of a forum being useful...somebody had a need to repair something that is extremely rare to find if not impossible as you yourself mentioned. Believe me...I did not sell these for the money...I could have gotten MUCH more from a different ave ( Craigslist...EBAY..etc ) It was to help a forum member out....
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Are you kidding me ? Somebody made a thread ASKING for these radiators...It wasnt ME who made the thread. I happened to have a pair and offered them to a REQUEST.
    If not for this thread they would have sat where they were stored for another who knows how many years until I creatively came up with a way to use them.

    This was NOT a so called bad example like you were whining about...it was a perfect example of a forum being useful...somebody had a need to repair something that is extremely rare to find if not impossible as you yourself mentioned. Believe me...I did not sell these for the money...I could have gotten MUCH more from a different ave ( Craigslist...EBAY..etc ) It was to help a forum member out....
    I dont believe he was referring to you in particular as being a bad guy here. Its only that other TRUE scam artists can see how to skirt the rules and actually cheat people. It opens the door per se. There has been many such before on this forum.

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited August 2007
    Whining? Hardly, just stating the rules and the obvious. That is, what would be obvious to someone who's been lurking for 6 or 7 years.

    What also stinks is that the person asking for the item wasn't the person who bought them. Since he asked first, it would have been the proper thing to see that he got first crack. Funny though, he seems to have passed right by this thread while posting elsewhere.

    Coincidence??? I doubt it.
    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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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited August 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    I have been a lurker here probably within the first month or 2 the forum started.

    After 6 years of lurking you should know how our community works.
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Are you kidding me ? Somebody made a thread ASKING for these radiators...It wasnt ME who made the thread. I happened to have a pair and offered them to a REQUEST.
    If not for this thread they would have sat where they were stored for another who knows how many years until I creatively came up with a way to use them.

    This was NOT a so called bad example like you were whining about...it was a perfect example of a forum being useful...somebody had a need to repair something that is extremely rare to find if not impossible as you yourself mentioned. Believe me...I did not sell these for the money...I could have gotten MUCH more from a different ave ( Craigslist...EBAY..etc ) It was to help a forum member out....

    Someone did post a request. Did you sell the passive radiators to that member?
    gdsk39a wrote: »
    Anyone know where I can get a pair of replacement passive radiators for my SRS 1.2's?

    gdsk39a, it appears that you were hosed on a blue light special. If you are up to the DIY challenge, PartsExpress has a textured black vinyl laminate that closely matches the original PR coating. It feels slightly thicker than their regular black ash vinyl laminate.

    Dagnabit F1nut. Your pencil is always faster. :D
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
    The person wanting them apparently didnt know there wasnt anything wrong with his except they needed a good cleaning...his question was answered and he never returned to the thread ( Or emailed me ) where as many others emailed me needing new replacements for actually damaged radiators...Lasareath being the absolute first to email me AND a reason for needing them ( A cat thought his radiator was evil ) got them.

    Simple as that....you just seemed to get bent out of shape when you told him

    " F1nut What shade of grey are you talking about? Anyhow, you better get use to the color because you'll never find a new one, let alone a pair.

    And I came onto the thread saying I had a brand new pair.....there were no forum rules broken...I simply had something that was asked for in a thread...period.

    Now, If I had gone to every thread in the forum....replied to 10 or 25 of them in meaningless ways to get the right to post something for sale ...and then replied to the radiator thread saying I had a pair for sale....would that had made it " Right " in the eyes of the 12K post police ? Somebody asked...I had...let it go....
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited August 2007
    Sorry, I'm not buying it. Deal with it.
    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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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited August 2007
    Nobody gives a #%$# what you buy or not......
    The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2007
    Now, now let's not get nasty here!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited August 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Nobody gives a #%$# what you buy or not......


    Wanna place a bet on that one, 'cause I'll take you for everything you've got.
    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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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited August 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Nobody gives a #%$# what you buy or not......

    Actually, most of us do. Please read this on your way out.
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22869
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