Which SDAs are these ?

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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited December 2008
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Any Polk experts know if my SDA2B have real wood at the top and bottom. It sure does not look like or feel like the false wood on my other Polk speakers. These are the type with the black fabric cloth on the sides of the speakers.

    I'm, not an expert, but bought a pair of the same SDA-2B speakers brand new on the last day of 1987. It's walnut veneer glued onto particle board. My serial numbers are R 14683 and L 14926.

    Is your interconnect blade/blade or pin/blade?
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,133
    edited December 2008
    Blade/Blade. I got a new interconnect from Polk a few weeks ago. They still carry blade/blade.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited December 2008
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Blade/Blade. I got a new interconnect from Polk a few weeks ago. They still carry blade/blade.

    I wish I would have known. I have a brand new blade / blade I ordered from Polk for my SDA SRS 2's that I've never even opened. I bought the SRS 2's in November without the IC, and then the seller found it when moving out and mailed it to me. Now I have 2 sets of blade / blade cabinets and 3 blade / blade interconnect cables.

    Enjoy your 2B's, they are great in stock form, and can be upgraded to be one of the best ever, especially in normal sized rooms.

    Greg
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,133
    edited December 2008
    Conradicles wrote: »
    I ordered the RD0194 tweets from Polk. Can't wait to get them installed and broke in. After that, I'm going to try and upgrade the XO's. Then one day...a new amp...

    Just now got to pulling out the woofers on these SDA-2B's and noticed that the black wire is "positive" and the white wire is "negative".

    This seems opposite of most speakers.

    Is this indeed correct or are mine wired wrong?:eek:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2008
    Correct.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,133
    edited December 2008
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Correct.

    Thanks, thought I lost it for a minute:)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2008
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Any Polk experts know if my SDA2B have real wood at the top and bottom. It sure does not look like or feel like the false wood on my other Polk speakers. These are the type with the black fabric cloth on the sides of the speakers.

    No one would know that here. It shouldn't be that hard to determine wood veneer from vinyl. Just grab an edge and tear the whole side off the speaker.

    There are a bunch of wood veneered models of stuff that shouldn't even have wood veneer floating around....you never know with this place. Polk was filled with hippies in the 80's....still is.

    I'll ask about the official answer tomorrow.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,133
    edited December 2008
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Correct.

    The RD0194-1 tweeters I got from Polk have one of the binding post painted Red.
    I take it that this is "positive" and needs to be connected to the black wire?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2008
    Correct or your tongue then the electrical outlet.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,133
    edited December 2008
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Correct or your tongue then the electrical outlet.

    Thanks dude.:)
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  • sdabeliever
    sdabeliever Posts: 31
    edited December 2008
    my brother in law has the same sda . he bought them for 200. sound great. Are they really the best version of the 2 though? my sda 2's that I just bought seem better.
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  • bluecomet
    bluecomet Posts: 1,118
    edited December 2008
    I recently bought SDA 2b's about a month ago and swapped out a RDO 194 for a SL2000 tweeter. When you bought the RDO's it came with a paper stating this is a direct replacement for the SL2000 but it never says it is an upgrade. I decided to change one speaker with the RDO and the other leave with the orignal SL2000. I cannot hear any difference in tweeters. Can you hear a major improvement with yours.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2008
    I would listen to both speakers with original tweeters then listen to both with 194's, it will be easier to tell a difference.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,133
    edited December 2008
    The RD0194's sound much smoother and less harsh on my big ears.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2008
    Conradicles wrote: »
    The RD0194's sound much smoother and less harsh on my big ears.
    I agree, and it's even more apparent with a crossover update.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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