Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,569
    edited January 2018
    FestYboy wrote: »
    ^ holy EQ Batman!!!

    I like!
    Nelson Pass model GFA-555. :p
    I hope the Adcom set and Yamaha Eq. comes with those speakers for that price.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

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  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 455
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Sweet!

    I can’t get the seller to respond. Sorry man. I’ll try one more time but they may be gone.
    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA1(mod to “a” & SL1000 Wuhan mod), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    JayMX wrote: »
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Sweet!

    I can’t get the seller to respond. Sorry man. I’ll try one more time but they may be gone.

    @JayMX no problem, I thank you for going out of your way to reach out to him.
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  • kmeek
    kmeek Posts: 225
    @la2vegas, Too funny! Go for the book shelves and gets some mains to boot. Lol!

    Nice find by the way.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    edited January 2018
    @TNTsTunes

    How'd the SDA SRS2 trip go today? My SDA 2B's are happy in their new home and playing music as we speak, in no small part to you and @tonyb .....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,235
    LSi 5.0 set asking $1000. Claims fantastic condition. No affiliation. Unfortunately no room for them myself.
    https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/d/polk-audio-speakers-lsi-15/6450304791.html
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,509
    la2vegas wrote: »
    This afternoon I went out to buy these
    I am going to guess 4.5's, circa 1990. :p
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    @la2vegas you suck :p
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    @TNTsTunes

    How'd the SDA SRS2 trip go today? My SDA 2B's are happy in their new home and playing music as we speak, in no small part to you and @tonyb .....

    Trip went well, the SRS2's are downstairs. Of course my wife decided to look for an old video in that room. She didn't say a word about them though. Amazing.

    Btw those are actually SDA 2A's you have. So how do you like the way they sound?
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • kmeek
    kmeek Posts: 225
    @TNTsTunes, Oh! She saw them....

    She's probably just going to file that one away for when she wants something or something done around the house as an incentivizor.... Lol!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    TNTsTunes wrote: »
    Btw those are actually SDA 2A's you have. So how do you like the way they sound?

    You sure? They say SDA 2 and my understanding is they are really SDA 2Bs w 2 board crossovers.

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    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,329
    They don't look like the 3 pairs of 2B's I have had...but they might be.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    Just reread my PMs. They ARE INDEED 2As lol... my bad!
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    TNTsTunes wrote: »
    Btw those are actually SDA 2A's you have. So how do you like the way they sound?

    You sure? They say SDA 2 and my understanding is they are really SDA 2Bs w 2 board crossovers.

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    All the drivers are 6510's and they have the big bass caps that are used in 2A's. The caps for the stereo and dimensional drivers match 2A's also.

    A 2B would have 6503 stereo driver and a 6511 dimensional driver.

    They are 2A's.
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Just reread my PMs. They ARE INDEED 2As lol... my bad!

    So what do you think about how they sound? All they need to be fully pimped out is some RDO194 or a 5.8uf cap added so they can use RDO198's. The SL2000's still sound pretty sweet in them. I enjoyed them.
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    la2vegas wrote: »
    Viking64 wrote: »
    la2vegas wrote: »
    This afternoon I went out to buy these
    I am going to guess 4.5's, circa 1990. :p

    The monitors don't have ID tags so a little detective work is in order.

    I would say they are 4.5's and 2B studios as my guess.
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    TNTsTunes wrote: »
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Just reread my PMs. They ARE INDEED 2As lol... my bad!

    So what do you think about how they sound? All they need to be fully pimped out is some RDO194 or a 5.8uf cap added so they can use RDO198's. The SL2000's still sound pretty sweet in them. I enjoyed them.

    They sound good. Wife like the way they looked good enough she let me put them in the MAIN room. I hadn't planned on that lol.....

    They aren't ideally located (7.25" off back wall and only 6 feet apart give or take), but they sound quite good.

    I dont think I will be adding in the cap, likely just going with 194's and then a couple other small things to them.

    I'm hoping that since my wife was ok with their form factor, that if we both really dig them long term I can upgrade to the larger ones like a pair of the SRS 2's, or even 1C's.

    But we will see. I'm running out of space along the wall with the subs my buddy's building for me that go either on the inside or outside of each of those speakers...
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    @la2vegas well done !!!
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • 250GTLusso
    250GTLusso Posts: 163
    @TNTsTunes, glad you were able to pick up those SDA SRS 2s. How was their physical condition? They looked pretty nice from the photos (but photos can lie).

    How do they sound? Are you planning any updates right away, or are you going to let them settle in for a while?
    HT
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (Front), Adcom GFA-585 Amp (Side), Adcom GFA-555 Amp (Rear), Adcom ACE-515, Pioneer CLD-3070 Laserdisc, Sony CDP-605esD, Sony BluRay BDP BX59, Samsung 50" Plasma, Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL Front (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Side (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Rear (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Living Room)
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom ACE-515, Sony CDP-705esD, Magnum Dynalab FT-101A Etude, Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS 2 (Walnut), STAX SR34 Electret Earspeaker System.
    2 Channel (Office)
    Adcom GFP-555 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-555 Amp, Sony CDP-605esD, Adcom GFT-555 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 1C (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Garage)
    Hafler DH-110 Pre-amp, Hafler DH-220 Amp, Sony CDP-505esD, Hafler DH-330 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 2B (Walnut).
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    250GTLusso wrote: »
    @TNTsTunes, glad you were able to pick up those SDA SRS 2s. How was their physical condition? They looked pretty nice from the photos (but photos can lie).

    How do they sound? Are you planning any updates right away, or are you going to let them settle in for a while?

    They are in pretty nice shape, there are a few scratches, one side panel is loose, the grill fabric needs replacement and one speaker dome has a small dent. The scratches are fixable, the fabric will be updated and I'll probably try to find a driver just because.

    Sound wise they are great. They are stock. I'm pretty impressed with them, they are keepers. Definitely nicer then 1C's sonically IMO. They pretty much give my 2.3's a run for the money.

    I have Larry's rings for them, dynamat extreme for the drivers and passives along with some blackhole already that they will get. I will be gluing the drivers and doing the dynamat right away. After my 2.3 are TL'ed and fully upgraded(just waiting on one inductor to start) I'll do and the rings, blackhole and cosmetic stuff to them. Eventually I'll do some RDO194's and the crossovers/binding posts too.
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • kmeek
    kmeek Posts: 225
    TNTsTunes wrote: »
    250GTLusso wrote: »
    @TNTsTunes, glad you were able to pick up those SDA SRS 2s. How was their physical condition? They looked pretty nice from the photos (but photos can lie).

    How do they sound? Are you planning any updates right away, or are you going to let them settle in for a while?

    They are in pretty nice shape, there are a few scratches, one side panel is loose, the grill fabric needs replacement and one speaker dome has a small dent. The scratches are fixable, the fabric will be updated and I'll probably try to find a driver just because.

    Sound wise they are great. They are stock. I'm pretty impressed with them, they are keepers. Definitely nicer then 1C's sonically IMO. They pretty much give my 2.3's a run for the money.

    I have Larry's rings for them, dynamat extreme for the drivers and passives along with some blackhole already that they will get. I will be gluing the drivers and doing the dynamat right away. After my 2.3 are TL'ed and fully upgraded(just waiting on one inductor to start) I'll do and the rings, blackhole and cosmetic stuff to them. Eventually I'll do some RDO194's and the crossovers/binding posts too.

    @TNTsTunes, Sounds like we are living in a parallel universe. I too have a pair of SRS 2's as mentioned earlier as well as a stock pair of 2.3's. I have Larry's rings for both, new aluminum binding plates with xlr for the interconnect cables, Dynamat and plan on securing the magnets. I also put together two Dreadnoughts to use with them (800va and the 1000va) with Canare cables.
    To bad you're not in Phoenix or we could combine resources.
    Good luck with your projects!
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  • kmeek
    kmeek Posts: 225
    @TNTsTune, Also I saw you had listed blackhole which I did not know about. I did a quick search on it and will have to add that to the mix.
    Thanks
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  • 250GTLusso
    250GTLusso Posts: 163
    @TNTsTune, sounds like a great score on those. Regarding your comment that "one speaker dome has a small dent", do you mean the voice coil dust cap has a dent? I have used tape to pull those out before (I start with blue painters tape, and if that isn't strong enough for some reason, I move up to small strips of masking, and for the very rare case duct tape). Sometimes they pop back out on the first pull and peel, and sometimes it takes a couple tries (adjusting the angle that you are pulling as you go).

    I like the upgrade path. I have a pair of 2.3TLs that I am going to upgrade this spring. I have Larry's rings, locktite Power Grab, Dynamate Extreme, BH-5, Cardas CCGG-S binding posts (just arrived on Friday), and a couple 1KVA AL toroids from last years group buy that I still need to assemble. I need to acquire the RDO's, and some new fabric and then its off to the races!

    Looking forward to see your and @kmeek 's progress!
    HT
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (Front), Adcom GFA-585 Amp (Side), Adcom GFA-555 Amp (Rear), Adcom ACE-515, Pioneer CLD-3070 Laserdisc, Sony CDP-605esD, Sony BluRay BDP BX59, Samsung 50" Plasma, Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL Front (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Side (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Rear (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Living Room)
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom ACE-515, Sony CDP-705esD, Magnum Dynalab FT-101A Etude, Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS 2 (Walnut), STAX SR34 Electret Earspeaker System.
    2 Channel (Office)
    Adcom GFP-555 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-555 Amp, Sony CDP-605esD, Adcom GFT-555 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 1C (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Garage)
    Hafler DH-110 Pre-amp, Hafler DH-220 Amp, Sony CDP-505esD, Hafler DH-330 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 2B (Walnut).
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  • 250GTLusso
    250GTLusso Posts: 163
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL in LA area. No affiliation.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-SDA-SRS-2-3TL-Reference-Speakers/302594236826?hash=item467405a19a:g:KrUAAOSwqvNaUple

    If they were Walnut, they would be mine!
    HT
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (Front), Adcom GFA-585 Amp (Side), Adcom GFA-555 Amp (Rear), Adcom ACE-515, Pioneer CLD-3070 Laserdisc, Sony CDP-605esD, Sony BluRay BDP BX59, Samsung 50" Plasma, Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL Front (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Side (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS Rear (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Living Room)
    Adcom GFP-565 Pre-amp (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom GFA-565 Mono Block Amps (w/Big Sky Audio Upgrades), Adcom ACE-515, Sony CDP-705esD, Magnum Dynalab FT-101A Etude, Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL (Walnut), Polk Audio SDA SRS 2 (Walnut), STAX SR34 Electret Earspeaker System.
    2 Channel (Office)
    Adcom GFP-555 Pre-amp, Adcom GFA-555 Amp, Sony CDP-605esD, Adcom GFT-555 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 1C (Walnut).
    2 Channel (Garage)
    Hafler DH-110 Pre-amp, Hafler DH-220 Amp, Sony CDP-505esD, Hafler DH-330 Tuner, Polk Audio SDA 2B (Walnut).
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,934
    250GTLusso wrote: »
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL in LA area. No affiliation.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-SDA-SRS-2-3TL-Reference-Speakers/302594236826?hash=item467405a19a:g:KrUAAOSwqvNaUple

    If they were Walnut, they would be mine!

    They look walnut to me....
    Maybe my phone is distorting the color but they look much darker than oak.
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    250GTLusso wrote: »
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL in LA area. No affiliation.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-Audio-SDA-SRS-2-3TL-Reference-Speakers/302594236826?hash=item467405a19a:g:KrUAAOSwqvNaUple

    If they were Walnut, they would be mine!

    gotta love the description... "Great condition no defects that I can see"

    I see 3 pushed in dust covers and the screwed up fabric on the side panel from the one pic they took.


    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    Thankfully I have NO room out here whatsoever for these to breathe, let alone floor space! One day perhaps, but in the interim, man the big boys are purty aren't they!?
    VA HT HK AVR20II, Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD, Polk Audio RC80i / Polk Audio CSi3, 60" Panasonic Plasma, Nordost / Signal Cable A2 / Wireworld / Pangea / Magic Power
    VA 2 Channel Focal Electra 926 speakers, Pass Labs X150.5 Amp, Eastern Electric MiniMax Preamp (Tutay mods), Eastern Electric Minimax CDP (Scott Nixon mods), Music Hall mmf 5.1 Turntable, Parks Audio Budgie Phono Pre , Audioengine B1 streamer, MIT S3 IC's / MIT Shotgun S3 Speaker Cables / PS Audio power cables
    Noggin Schiit Valhalla, Pangea, Phillips Fidelio X1, Polk UF8000

    Polk SDA1c modded
    Polk CRS+ 4.1TL modded (need veneer)
    Polk SDA2BTL (fully modded)
    A/L 1000VA Dreadnought Canare 4s11 SDA cable
    SACD Marantz DV8300
    Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD
    Yamaha YP-D6
    Soundcraftsmen PCR800
    Audible Illusions L1 Preamp
    Vincent MFA based Cocci Tube Preamp
    Pho-700 Phono Pre
    Signal Cable Silver Resolution IC's






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  • hauxon
    hauxon Posts: 161
    @la2vegas 2B's for $100 haha wow. I would not sell mine for $1000. :smiley:
    SRS 1.2 TL | SDA 2B Studio TL | NAD M51 preamp/dac | DIY SET 300B tube amplifier | Cambridge Audio Azur 851W | Chromecast Audio | RoPieee Roon Raspberry Pi endpoint
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,509
    edited January 2018
    TNTsTunes wrote: »
    gotta love the description... "Great condition no defects that I can see"

    I see 3 pushed in dust covers and the screwed up fabric on the side panel from the one pic they took.
    Yeah, I noticed that. And the butyl rubber on the right speaker's lower dimensional woofer has two chunks taken out of it. :p

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,569
    Viking64 wrote: »
    TNTsTunes wrote: »
    gotta love the description... "Great condition no defects that I can see"

    I see 3 pushed in dust covers and the screwed up fabric on the side panel from the one pic they took.
    Yeah, I noticed that. And the butyl rubber on the right speaker's lower dimensional woofer has two chunks taken out of it. :p

    And the woofer above that one has surround slices in it too, it looks like.

    800.00 or 700. ?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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