Lost my SDA cable

riker1384
riker1384 Posts: 35
edited November 2007 in Vintage Speakers
I lost the SDA cable for my SDA-2B's and right now there aren't any for sale on Ebay. I was wondering what I should do.

Somewhere, I have a box with an assortment of crimp-on electronic connectors. It seems to me that if you used two individual wires, there must be some sort of connectors that will fit. Does anybody know about this, or any other solution?

Also, I'm wondering if it's possible to run the speakers without the cable and without the SDA effect. Would they work? Would both woofers emit sound, or just one?
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited October 2007
    Take an RCA cable and cut the collar off the pin (don't worry about the blade slot)

    In a pinch, I've used speaker wire and stripped the ends just bunched it up in the pin socket.

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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited October 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    Take an RCA cable and cut the collar off the pin (don't worry about the blade slot)

    In a pinch, I've used speaker wire and stripped the ends just bunched it up in the pin socket.

    BDT

    That's help from afar.:)

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
    just call Polk customer service up.. and order a new one.. as long as it's blade/blade which i know the 2B's are.. you're set. not expensive at all. and how does one lose an SDA cable? ;)

    without the SDA cable or some other cable between the speakers. only the inside mid bass woofers will work. not the outer side ones.. but they still sound great.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited October 2007
    Only the early 2B's are blade/blade and that was a very short run. You'll find most are pin/blade.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
    F1nut wrote: »
    Only the early 2B's are blade/blade and that was a very short run. You'll find most are pin/blade.

    what he says.. dang it Jesse is always right. ;)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited October 2007
    Yep, nice long RCA stripped like Troy suggested works great.
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  • riker1384
    riker1384 Posts: 35
    edited October 2007
    Actually mine, look like they take 2 blades. I guess I'll contact Polk; I hope they don't charge too much.

    By the way, can I assume my Onkyo receivers are common-ground amps, or do I need to contact Onkyo as well?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
    riker1384 wrote: »
    Actually mine, look like they take 2 blades. I guess I'll contact Polk; I hope they don't charge too much.

    By the way, can I assume my Onkyo receivers are common-ground amps, or do I need to contact Onkyo as well?

    HA! take that Jesse ;):p blade/blade

    riker, when ordering your SDA cable mention you are a club polk member for I think it's free shipping.

    you can also make one.. but me not being very handy with tools... i decided to avoid having to go to the hospital emergency room for a cut off finger or something. I just ordered one from Polk. well worth it im in my book. i think they run under $40

    on rare occasions they show up on ebay.. so check there first.. or maybe someone here has an extra one.
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  • bikerboy
    bikerboy Posts: 1,211
    edited October 2007
    Hi,
    I received a sda blade blade cable from Ben62670 and dont need it because I made my own before I got it. If you still need one pm me and I will send it your way.
    Main system: Lyngdorf TDAI 2170 w/ Pioneer 42" plazma-> Polk LSiM 703 w/Tivo, Marantz tuner, BRPTT: Nothingham Spacedeck-> Pioneer PL L1000 linear arm-> Soundsmith DL 103R-> SUT->Bottlehead ErosDigital: I3 PC w/ Jriver playing flac -> Sonore Ultrarendu -> Twisted Pair Audio ESS 9028 w/ Mercury IVY Vinyl rips: ESI Juli@24/192-> i3 PC server
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited October 2007
    bikerboy wrote: »
    Hi,
    I received a sda blade blade cable from Ben62670 and dont need it because I made my own before I got it. If you still need one pm me and I will send it your way.

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  • riker1384
    riker1384 Posts: 35
    edited October 2007
    bikerboy wrote: »
    Hi,
    I received a sda blade blade cable from Ben62670 and dont need it because I made my own before I got it. If you still need one pm me and I will send it your way.
    Thanks very much for the offer. Apparently I can't send PM's in this forum until I've made at least 10 posts. This one is only my fifth. I'll have to think of some things to post I guess.
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  • bikerboy
    bikerboy Posts: 1,211
    edited October 2007
    Hi,
    That or LMK your email addy and I will get a cable your way. The speakers need the cable to sound their best.
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  • riker1384
    riker1384 Posts: 35
    edited October 2007
    So how's the weather out there?
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  • riker1384
    riker1384 Posts: 35
    edited October 2007
    I made my quota and sent a PM to bikerboy.
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  • riker1384
    riker1384 Posts: 35
    edited November 2007
    I got the cable from bikerboy last weekend. I've set the speakers up and got them working, just with my Ipod and a receiver so far.

    I said they were 2B's, but I'm not sure if I actually know that. The manual I have is for the 1C, 2B and I think the CRS. How do I tell 2A from 2B? As I understand it, the original 2 had twin tweeters, so mine aren't those. Mine each have a clear tweeter, two 6.5" woofers and a big passive radiator, 12" I think. The finish is a regular brown wood veneer.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited November 2007
    Sounds to me like they are either the SDA-2A or 2B. Do yours look like they are vinyl laminate on the tops, sides and and the lower section in the front? Or, do they look like they have oak tops and bottoms and grill cloth on each side if each speaker? There were always running changes depending on if there were parts left over from one generation switch to the next.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited November 2007
    The 2B's will have one stereo driver labeled MW6503 and the SDA driver will be MW6510. In the 2A's, both will be MW6510's.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    avguytx wrote: »
    Sounds to me like they are either the SDA-2A or 2B. Do yours look like they are vinyl laminate on the tops, sides and and the lower section in the front? Or, do they look like they have oak tops and bottoms and grill cloth on each side if each speaker? There were always running changes depending on if there were parts left over from one generation switch to the next.

    +1 this is true. the 2A's have veneer, the 2B's have wood laminate top and bottoms. same driver lay out.. even though the drivers are different like JEsse said.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2007
    if only the 2b sda have blade/blade then are my SRS FrankenPolks.............:D

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2007
    Oh yea and you guys are making me hot for SDA, I have not listened to them for over a month, since the Fest, they are going to get sometime this weekend, pin/blade blade/blade anyblade I will drag them if I have to, kinda like a female, old babe/new babe any babe, maybe a trip to the Brunswick Ballet after the SDA fix.

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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited November 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    the 2A's have veneer, the 2B's have wood laminate top and bottoms.

    Isn't it the other way around, with the 2B's having the veneer?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    strider wrote: »
    Isn't it the other way around, with the 2B's having the veneer?

    my bad yes you are right... 2B's have veneer, 2A's vinyl ;)
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2007
    dB, you are a guru on these model 2"s.;)

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    dB, you are a guru on these model 2"s.;)

    RT1

    i do what i can. ;)

    people love me, and i'm OK with that.... :rolleyes:;):p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    i do what i can. ;)

    Isn't that what Jerry Seinfeld said to Baboo? Look what happened to Baboo. . . :p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited November 2007
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Oh yea and you guys are making me hot for SDA, I have not listened to them for over a month, since the Fest, they are going to get sometime this weekend, pin/blade blade/blade anyblade I will drag them if I have to, kinda like a female, old babe/new babe any babe, maybe a trip to the Brunswick Ballet after the SDA fix.

    RT1

    I'm very covetous of those 1Cs. Man they sounded so friggin good with the Manly Stingray!
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