SDA 2.3TL's in the house

RCFGuitars
RCFGuitars Posts: 159
edited June 2009 in Vintage Speakers
Picked up some very nice 2.3TL's last week from a forum member, so I thought I would post a pic. I'm just waiting on the SDA cable I ordered so I can finish the hook up :) I used to think my 2A's were big speakers...
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Primary System
Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (RDO198,Sonicap/Dayton/Mills,CardasCCGR,Mye Spikes,DynamatX,Driver Rings,Ben's IC,Bi-Wired)
Polk Audio CSiA4 x2 (C)
Polk Audio FXiA6 (S)
Polk Audio RTiA3 (RS)
Polk Audio FXiA4 (FX)
Epik Sentinel x2
Yamaha RX-V3900
Rotel RB-1090
Rotel RMB-1095
NAD C565 BEE
Technics/KAB SL-1210M5G w/ Denon DL-160
Parasound Halo P7
OPPO BDP-83
Panasonic TC-P65V10 65" Plasma
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited June 2009
    Very, very nice.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,332
    edited June 2009
    Way Cool !!!!:cool:

    Congrats!!
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
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    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited June 2009
    Ummmm... congrats man! lol
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited June 2009
    Needless to say, I am very excited to hear them hooked up to my rig. I listened to them before I brought them home and they sounded great, but there's nothing like hearing them in your own place. My biggest dilema now is deciding what song to play first :D
    Primary System
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (RDO198,Sonicap/Dayton/Mills,CardasCCGR,Mye Spikes,DynamatX,Driver Rings,Ben's IC,Bi-Wired)
    Polk Audio CSiA4 x2 (C)
    Polk Audio FXiA6 (S)
    Polk Audio RTiA3 (RS)
    Polk Audio FXiA4 (FX)
    Epik Sentinel x2
    Yamaha RX-V3900
    Rotel RB-1090
    Rotel RMB-1095
    NAD C565 BEE
    Technics/KAB SL-1210M5G w/ Denon DL-160
    Parasound Halo P7
    OPPO BDP-83
    Panasonic TC-P65V10 65" Plasma
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited June 2009
    Nice 2.3TL's as I have the 2.3's with the donut drivers. The pic shows the right on the left and the left on the right?

    Bill
    My 2012 HT Room - http://www.avsforum.com/t/1416077/bsoko2-new-ht-june-2012
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited June 2009
    i would play Dark Side of the Moon...
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited June 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Ummmm... congrats man! lol

    Thank you. I know there's a nice pair of these in your near future too.
    Primary System
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (RDO198,Sonicap/Dayton/Mills,CardasCCGR,Mye Spikes,DynamatX,Driver Rings,Ben's IC,Bi-Wired)
    Polk Audio CSiA4 x2 (C)
    Polk Audio FXiA6 (S)
    Polk Audio RTiA3 (RS)
    Polk Audio FXiA4 (FX)
    Epik Sentinel x2
    Yamaha RX-V3900
    Rotel RB-1090
    Rotel RMB-1095
    NAD C565 BEE
    Technics/KAB SL-1210M5G w/ Denon DL-160
    Parasound Halo P7
    OPPO BDP-83
    Panasonic TC-P65V10 65" Plasma
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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited June 2009
    bsoko2 wrote: »
    Nice 2.3TL's as I have the 2.3's with the donut drivers. The pic shows the right on the left and the left on the right?

    Bill

    I posed them quickly for the photo - so I wasn't paying attention to L / R. Don't worry, I'll be sure they are correct before they get any juice.
    Primary System
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (RDO198,Sonicap/Dayton/Mills,CardasCCGR,Mye Spikes,DynamatX,Driver Rings,Ben's IC,Bi-Wired)
    Polk Audio CSiA4 x2 (C)
    Polk Audio FXiA6 (S)
    Polk Audio RTiA3 (RS)
    Polk Audio FXiA4 (FX)
    Epik Sentinel x2
    Yamaha RX-V3900
    Rotel RB-1090
    Rotel RMB-1095
    NAD C565 BEE
    Technics/KAB SL-1210M5G w/ Denon DL-160
    Parasound Halo P7
    OPPO BDP-83
    Panasonic TC-P65V10 65" Plasma
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited June 2009
    Congrats
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,748
    edited June 2009
    bsoko2 wrote: »
    Nice 2.3TL's as I have the 2.3's with the donut drivers. The pic shows the right on the left and the left on the right?

    Bill

    No, he has them set up correctly. The SDA drivers always go to the outside edge. Your 2.3's will look the opposite because your SDA drivers are the 2 in the middle of the row of 4.
    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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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited June 2009
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Congrats!!!

    Both pairs of Polks look like they are in great shape!

    Those 2A's are in especially nice shape. I bought them new in 1987, I think, and they are about as close to new condition as possible. A good friend of mine, when he heard about the 2.3TL's, immediately committed to buy them. I have such a long attachment to them, I wasn't even sure I wanted to let them go, but I really have no room, and at least I know they will go to a good home. I'm sure that once the big ones are up and running I'll soon forget about the 2A's.
    Primary System
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (RDO198,Sonicap/Dayton/Mills,CardasCCGR,Mye Spikes,DynamatX,Driver Rings,Ben's IC,Bi-Wired)
    Polk Audio CSiA4 x2 (C)
    Polk Audio FXiA6 (S)
    Polk Audio RTiA3 (RS)
    Polk Audio FXiA4 (FX)
    Epik Sentinel x2
    Yamaha RX-V3900
    Rotel RB-1090
    Rotel RMB-1095
    NAD C565 BEE
    Technics/KAB SL-1210M5G w/ Denon DL-160
    Parasound Halo P7
    OPPO BDP-83
    Panasonic TC-P65V10 65" Plasma
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited June 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    No, he has them set up correctly. The SDA drivers always go to the outside edge. Your 2.3's will look the opposite because your SDA drivers are the 2 in the middle of the row of 4.

    Ok, then what are the donut drivers?

    Bill
    My 2012 HT Room - http://www.avsforum.com/t/1416077/bsoko2-new-ht-june-2012
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited June 2009
    RCFGuitars wrote: »
    Those 2A's are in especially nice shape. I bought them new in 1987, I think, and they are about as close to new condition as possible. A good friend of mine, when he heard about the 2.3TL's, immediately committed to buy them. I have such a long attachment to them, I wasn't even sure I wanted to let them go, but I really have no room, and at least I know they will go to a good home. I'm sure that once the big ones are up and running I'll soon forget about the 2A's.

    Don't bet on that. SDA's are something one can never get enough of.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • beemer
    beemer Posts: 155
    edited June 2009
    You'll love the 2.3tl's. Congratulations, the pair you picked up looks like they were very well kept. Enjoy!

    Best,

    Paul
    Main system: Levinson Reference 32 Preamp/30.6 DAC/31.5 Transport/Sony SCD777ES/VPI Aries w/SDS JMW 10.5 arm/Van den Hul Frog/Levinson 33 Monoblocks/33H Monoblocks/Transparent reference XL interconnect & Speaker cable/Nearfield Acoustics Pipedream Reference 18 Line Array.
    Bedroom: Levinson 390S/380S/ML3/Sony SCD 777ES/McIntosh MC2000/Infinity IRS-Beta
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,748
    edited June 2009
    Ok, then what are the donut drivers?

    The "donut" drivers, one above and one below the two SDA drivers have weights attached to them to slow down the driver movement. This was done to help improve the mid-bass on those speakers as Polk felt there was too much of 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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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited June 2009
    Those speakers look like crap. Take them back to their owner.
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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited June 2009
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Those speakers look like crap. Take them back to their owner.

    Thanks Lee, lol...But I think I'm the owner now :D. Thanks again for some great speakers! It was a pleasure doing business with you.
    Primary System
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (RDO198,Sonicap/Dayton/Mills,CardasCCGR,Mye Spikes,DynamatX,Driver Rings,Ben's IC,Bi-Wired)
    Polk Audio CSiA4 x2 (C)
    Polk Audio FXiA6 (S)
    Polk Audio RTiA3 (RS)
    Polk Audio FXiA4 (FX)
    Epik Sentinel x2
    Yamaha RX-V3900
    Rotel RB-1090
    Rotel RMB-1095
    NAD C565 BEE
    Technics/KAB SL-1210M5G w/ Denon DL-160
    Parasound Halo P7
    OPPO BDP-83
    Panasonic TC-P65V10 65" Plasma
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  • Bigbang
    Bigbang Posts: 233
    edited June 2009
    nice!
    I like to listen, tinker, listen and repeat.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited June 2009
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Those speakers look like crap. Take them back to their owner.

    you could also let me come up and remove those ugly monsters from your listening room before they mess up anything else...:D
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited June 2009
    RCFGuitars wrote: »
    Thanks Lee, lol...But I think I'm the owner now :D. Thanks again for some great speakers! It was a pleasure doing business with you.

    You might have adopted them but they'll always be my flesh and blood.:D
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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited June 2009
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    You might have adopted them but they'll always be my flesh and blood.:D

    I can understand that. I said the same thing to the guy that's taking those 2A's. Rest assured, these newly adopted monsters will be well taken care of, and will look the same 20 years from now :)
    Primary System
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (RDO198,Sonicap/Dayton/Mills,CardasCCGR,Mye Spikes,DynamatX,Driver Rings,Ben's IC,Bi-Wired)
    Polk Audio CSiA4 x2 (C)
    Polk Audio FXiA6 (S)
    Polk Audio RTiA3 (RS)
    Polk Audio FXiA4 (FX)
    Epik Sentinel x2
    Yamaha RX-V3900
    Rotel RB-1090
    Rotel RMB-1095
    NAD C565 BEE
    Technics/KAB SL-1210M5G w/ Denon DL-160
    Parasound Halo P7
    OPPO BDP-83
    Panasonic TC-P65V10 65" Plasma
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited June 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The "donut" drivers, one above and one below the two SDA drivers have weights attached to them to slow down the driver movement. This was done to help improve the mid-bass on those speakers as Polk felt there was too much of it.

    Ok, what was the big change with the TL's?

    Bill
    My 2012 HT Room - http://www.avsforum.com/t/1416077/bsoko2-new-ht-june-2012
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,748
    edited June 2009
    Different tweeters, different mid-drivers, different crossovers and different internal bracing.
    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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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited June 2009
    Mostly Different:D

    Nice grab. I think they may be my favorite of the SDA line.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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