Finally took some pics

movtarget
movtarget Posts: 125
edited January 2008 in Vintage Speakers
Thought I would post pics of these. SDA SRS are from an ebay purchase (drove to PA to pick them up, they've been discussed here before) - $1200. SDA SRS 2.3tls are local craigslist just before Christmas - $500 :)

Both pairs need some work, with the only thing being heavy duty is wood repair/rebuilding/replacement for the top of the one SRS. I'm going to have to buy a lot of RDO-194's and 198's (I've got 2 pairs of SDA 2's for the side columns of the home theater - original 2 and studio 2A - sometime over the next year, I'll have to decide if CRS+ will be my choice for the rear pair). I've got a coworker that will do crossover upgrades for me for beer (he repairs/maintains TV/HDTV transmission gear).

Getting ready to do the initial cleaning on these two pair and put them up in my study with the 2A's to get them out of the garage. The screws were already rusty on the tweet's. Other than 'yep, they play music' when I picked both pairs up, haven't had them playin, and it's killing me.

Any input welcome. I'm no audiophile.

Movtarget
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited January 2008
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
    PM me and I'll help you with the finish! NC Polkies in da house!


    Hybrid tweeter array on pic 5??:p
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited January 2008
    Man give me a call Im only 20 minutes away. I will be more than happy to help you out with them.
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  • movtarget
    movtarget Posts: 125
    edited January 2008
    Thanks for the offers to help Lightman and Fireman. I'll need it.

    Lightman, PM sent.

    Fireman, I'll give you a call to set up a get-together time.

    As for the tweeter hybrid array, lol, I noticed that the top one is definitely silver, with the middle one very dark, black almost, and the bottom one looks more in-between, more like all three in the other speaker. Odd.

    Movtarget
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited January 2008
    Cool pics...nice snags ( The 2.3tl's you stole :p )
    The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    PM sent
    My system

    "The world is an ever evolving clusterf*ck." --treitz3
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited January 2008
    movtarget wrote: »

    As for the tweeter hybrid array, lol, I noticed that the top one is definitely silver, with the middle one very dark, black almost, and the bottom one looks more in-between, more like all three in the other speaker. Odd.

    Movtarget

    The middle tweet is an RD0 replacement. The two outer are original sl3000. Easy way to tell is the foam around the dome on the sl3000. The RD0's don't have foam. Also as the sl3000 and sl2500 age the dome tends to turn a bronze/goldish color where the RD0 is very black. Lastly just by looking at the dome you should see the RD0 is silk and the sl3000 and sl2500 are a laminate material.

    Make sure the middle tweet on the 2.3TL's is the correct RD0198-1 NOT an RD0194-1. The only way to tell the difference is the RD0198-1 has one of the connection tabs larger than the other. Whereas the RD0194-1 has both connection terminals the same size. Pull it and make sure, if it is correct (RD0198-1) then that's one less you have to buy.

    The SRS's will require RD0194-1 if you didn't already know that.
    "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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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited January 2008
    Taa-daaa!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited January 2008
    Had a closer look at the pic and it appears all the tweets in the 2.3TL's have foam around the domes. Disregard my original observation. I believe Polk sold original tweeters up until about 2002-2003 so perhaps the middle tweeter is much newer so it doesn't have the Bettina of the other older original tweets.
    "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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  • Windwalker
    Windwalker Posts: 46
    edited January 2008
    Well since we're having a RDU-SDA love fest...

    Hi my name's WindWalker and I'm a Polkie
    I've only been to this site for about am month now
    and just picked up my first pair of SDAs-TODAY

    is there a 12 step program location anywhere close to Capital Blvd?

    Thanks
    Some of the worst wrongs get righted on three cords
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    heiney, we should call you the tweeter guru!
    My system

    "The world is an ever evolving clusterf*ck." --treitz3
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2008
    Break out the windex for cleaning the drivers. As for the dark tweeter it looks like an SL2500. Not one of Polk's better tweeters.
    Enjoy you big leap into SDA's:)
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    Windwalker wrote: »
    Well since we're having a RDU-SDA love fest...

    Hi my name's WindWalker and I'm a Polkie
    I've only been to this site for about am month now
    and just picked up my first pair of SDAs-TODAY

    is there a 12 step program location anywhere close to Capital Blvd?

    Thanks

    Dude, it's too late - once you get the speakers in your possession you're beyond help! :D All we have is each other and our speakers (in my case they're older than me! :eek:)

    But, I love the logo you just made up: "RDU-SDA love fest". Who wants bumper stickers? :D
    My system

    "The world is an ever evolving clusterf*ck." --treitz3
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited January 2008
    Windwalker wrote: »
    Well since we're having a RDU-SDA love fest...

    Hi my name's WindWalker and I'm a Polkie
    I've only been to this site for about am month now
    and just picked up my first pair of SDAs-TODAY

    is there a 12 step program location anywhere close to Capital Blvd?

    Thanks

    Which ones?
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  • movtarget
    movtarget Posts: 125
    edited January 2008
    Windwalker, you must have picked up the studio 2's on Craigslist. They were pretty dusty, but other than that, looked OK in the pics.

    Congrats! and Welcome to Club Polk.

    Movtarget
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  • Windwalker
    Windwalker Posts: 46
    edited January 2008
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Which ones?
    Still some debate(believe 2B)

    movtarget wrote: »
    Windwalker, you must have picked up the studio 2's on Craigslist

    yep- those would be the ones, pics did not do them justice
    Some of the worst wrongs get righted on three cords
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  • Windwalker
    Windwalker Posts: 46
    edited January 2008
    nms wrote: »
    ...But, I love the logo you just made up: "RDU-SDA love fest". Who wants bumper stickers? :D

    If I don't get my it out of my front seat-SOON, I may need a stack of them to cover holes in the cloth
    Some of the worst wrongs get righted on three cords
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited January 2008
    nms wrote: »
    heiney, we should call you the tweeter guru!

    H9 is an SDA and Adcom "GOD"

    Around these parts we just bask in his glory;)
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  • Windwalker
    Windwalker Posts: 46
    edited January 2008
    Since there are soooooooo many Raleigh Polkites, anyone have an SPL meter I can borrow
    Some of the worst wrongs get righted on three cords
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  • movtarget
    movtarget Posts: 125
    edited January 2008
    Got one (Sending PM)

    MovTarget
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  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited January 2008
    Uh oh, the RDU is taking over. :eek:


    Dave
    Once again we meet at last.
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  • Barton82
    Barton82 Posts: 20
    edited January 2008
    Wow those are beauties maybe you have an extra mw6510 for me laying around somewhere
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  • movtarget
    movtarget Posts: 125
    edited January 2008
    No spare mid-woofs. Got my first 2 replacement lightly used rdo's today (thanks nspindel). Now I just need 18 more :eek: (SRS, SRS 2.3tl, SDA 2, SDA 2a)

    I'll have some sl2000s and sl3000s in the coming months, but not likely any mid-woofs.

    I'm likely on the hunt for a deal on a pair of CRS for the rear surround pair to round out my sda home theater.

    Movtarget
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