Considering SDA 2's

drugolf
drugolf Posts: 22
edited April 2015 in Vintage Speakers
I am considering picking up a pair of SDA 2's. I am not sure what model they are but they have the real wood caps top and bottom with the side panels with the grille material. Silver tweeters and the interconnect cable has the 2 different size pins. Here are some photos. One of them is missing the 2 side panels unfortunately. Otherwise they are in okay condition and just need some tlc. Crossovers unknown other than original. All drivers worked when I listened to the speakers on a crappy AVR. Grilles have been cat abused.

Citation 1, WOPL 400, Dynaco ST70, Pioneer SA9100, 5580, Marantz 4400
ADS 1590, AR9, Altec Santiago, Apogee Slant 6, KEF 104/2, Tannoy Mayfair, Allison One, Dahlquist M-907, JBL 4313b
Technics SL1015, Denon DP-62L w/103
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  • drugolf
    drugolf Posts: 22
    edited April 2015
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    Citation 1, WOPL 400, Dynaco ST70, Pioneer SA9100, 5580, Marantz 4400
    ADS 1590, AR9, Altec Santiago, Apogee Slant 6, KEF 104/2, Tannoy Mayfair, Allison One, Dahlquist M-907, JBL 4313b
    Technics SL1015, Denon DP-62L w/103
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,022
    edited April 2015
    What do you want to know?
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited April 2015
    Those are 2Bs. Are they blade/blade, or pin/blade?
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

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  • drugolf
    drugolf Posts: 22
    Does blade/small blade make sense?
    I am asking what model these might be so I can assess value maybe. They want 300. I said no to that.
    Citation 1, WOPL 400, Dynaco ST70, Pioneer SA9100, 5580, Marantz 4400
    ADS 1590, AR9, Altec Santiago, Apogee Slant 6, KEF 104/2, Tannoy Mayfair, Allison One, Dahlquist M-907, JBL 4313b
    Technics SL1015, Denon DP-62L w/103
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Those are early production 2Bs. Polk used up the remaining 2A cabinets, that's why they're blade/blade. The later 2Bs had pin/blade connectors.
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

    dhsspeakerservice.com/
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited April 2015
    Nice project speaker if the price is right.
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  • drugolf
    drugolf Posts: 22
    one speaker has the side panels and the other does not. From what I could tell they would not be too difficult to refabricate with the grille material over them.
    Citation 1, WOPL 400, Dynaco ST70, Pioneer SA9100, 5580, Marantz 4400
    ADS 1590, AR9, Altec Santiago, Apogee Slant 6, KEF 104/2, Tannoy Mayfair, Allison One, Dahlquist M-907, JBL 4313b
    Technics SL1015, Denon DP-62L w/103
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Take those silly wheels off & add some spikes. Hopefully they didnt screw into the inside of the cabinet. Even so easy fix.
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
    Yamaha cr1000 cr2040
    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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  • drugolf
    drugolf Posts: 22
    edited April 2015
    Actually, those are pretty darn handy! :p
    No doubt.
    The original pictures I had did not show the drivers and I was thinking the sticker on back should have the B on the top right so I was unsure.
    What do you guys think? $200 max? (Can we talk $ here?)
    Citation 1, WOPL 400, Dynaco ST70, Pioneer SA9100, 5580, Marantz 4400
    ADS 1590, AR9, Altec Santiago, Apogee Slant 6, KEF 104/2, Tannoy Mayfair, Allison One, Dahlquist M-907, JBL 4313b
    Technics SL1015, Denon DP-62L w/103
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    If it was me 100-150.00 tops. You can get a very nice-minty pair for 250.00-300.00 with IC cord. All the things you will need to do for those will add up cost wise
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
    Yamaha cr1000 cr2040
    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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  • drugolf
    drugolf Posts: 22
    I have monitor 10's first edition now.
    Citation 1, WOPL 400, Dynaco ST70, Pioneer SA9100, 5580, Marantz 4400
    ADS 1590, AR9, Altec Santiago, Apogee Slant 6, KEF 104/2, Tannoy Mayfair, Allison One, Dahlquist M-907, JBL 4313b
    Technics SL1015, Denon DP-62L w/103
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    boston1450 wrote: »
    If it was me 100-150.00 tops. You can get a very nice-minty pair for 250.00-300.00 with IC cord. All the things you will need to do for those will add up cost wise

    I agree with boston....I know it's hard when they're right there and you don't know when another pair will come up, but I think $200+ might be on the high side, depending on how those side panels could be replaced.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,997
    What other pair of speakers can you buy for $300.00 that will be better than those? Answer, none.
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,122
    ...especially since it's easy to make the blade/blade 2B electrically equivalent to the pin/blade version. A foot of wire and a suitable connector per cabinet and you're set. Potentially about $5 plus labor, although I sure there's a way to do it that can cost a whole lot more.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,083
    edited April 2015
    I'd pay $300 for a good functional stock set of 2B's, all day. $350 mint.

    Is music a background thing for you or do you sit down and just listen? What are you into? Rocking out loud as hell or do you enjoy things like soundstage, imaging, hearing stuff all around the room while in the sweet spot?
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    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited April 2015
    ..............
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
    Yamaha cr1000 cr2040
    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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