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These Polk SDA2's were AWSOME!
even though one tweeter doesn't work. I have spares that I haven't rebuilt yet sitting an arms length from me now. The old tweeter is by the back door now. 
I'll test the one in the cabinet with a meter later this afternoon. 
These Polk RT2000Ps were also AWSOME! I was VERY impressed with these!
They both were bought from a friend to help him out and to aquire these sets at great prices. I remember them sounding just as awesome at his place many years ago before I bought them. I need to make grills for the RT2000Ps. Maybe new tops too.
Here's some speakers that are next in line for testing;
And I look forward to hearing these RSLs again! I think It's been a couple of years or more since I played these.
There's a cool Subwoofer under the RSLs I want to hear again also. Under that is a cool corner cabinet with a Wolverine woofer in it. There's spots for a horn mid and a horn tweeter but it looks like they were never installed from the factory if my memory serves me right. I'll probably hook it up too.
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1) Manage your expectations vis-a-vis those Kabuki loudspeakers
2) Any EV driver labeled "Wolverine" is a "full range" driver, not a woofer per se.
It would have been a twin-cone driver as built, but it may have been de-whizzered by a previous owner.
source: http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1961-200/h002.html
Just sayin'.
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Had these little guys show up in the yard today. Free lawn aeration and bug removal.
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My Zoom videoconference system.
The (in)famous Monoprice 25w "hybrid" amp brings one thing to the table -- built-in Bluetooth, so, when we Zoom, I take audio from the lappie via BT to the Monoprice. I tried various loudspeakers with it and settled on a pair of true sleepers: ads L-570 two-ways. Nice, relaxed, sensitive, easy-to-listen to little loudspeakers.
Today I took an "as is" photo -- I am actually listening to music on it as I type this. Props to @ALL212 for providing a very nice pair of "interconnects" for the hard-wire side of this equation
Coda: the current "situation" -- for the first time ever -- makes me wish we had a large(ish) modern high(ish) definition TV to use as a display for the 'pute.
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I used to have some ADS car audio. Loved it. I've never been able to hear thier home speakers but hope to someday soon.
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They were pretty good.
Back in the day, I couldn't even think about affording them -- thus the Polk Audio Monitor Sevens Note that Polk's still around.
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I have a pr. of Braun L810s but one of the woofers didn't play. I found out the woofer is fine. The problem is in the cross-over. That was many-many years ago and I'm ALMOST ready to tackle it. Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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I have a pr. of Braun L810s but one of the woofers didn't play. I found out the woofer is fine. The problem is in the cross-over. That was many-many years ago and I'm ALMOST ready to tackle it.
Sounds like your queue is only a wee bit shorter than mine
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My hound turned 16 this month and still walks 2 miles a day. Other than that she still has the personality of a sloth. Never had a dog live this long.
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Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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I checked the non-playing tweeter in the left SDA2 speaker and it's in the cross-over. I also dropped and ruined an old SL2000 tweeter I used to test the connection. I'll have to look at the cross-over some day. (
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Now for testing the massive Pioneers...Surprisingly the top Pioneers sounded better than the bottom ones. The top ones have a cheaply built cabinet compared to the bottom ones. It was cool to see the LED's light up in the spectrum bar on the bottom ones again though.
These RSL3300's stole the blue ribbon today for sure. WOW is what I thought again.
Here's 2 oddities;
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I'd be like a kid in a candy store there Tony!
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Well doggies -- as it happent, I have a (single) matching cabinet to your EV "Wolverine" corner cabinet down inna basement, @Tony M... again, I am just sayin'.
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Cambridge Audio 851N Streamer/DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Belles 350A Reference modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January.
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Beach Study: Roon * ProJect Stream Box Ultra & Pre Box S2 * Pass ACA * DH Labs SS Q10 * Brines Folded ML-TQWT RS 40-1354
Town Study: ElekitTU-8600S * Zu Omen DW * MIT S3
Audio: Schiit Yggy * Belles 20a * Pass Aleph 30 * Polk SRS 2.3tl * PSAudio PP3 * MIT S3
Beach Den: Dayens Menuetto * KEF LS50/Dynaudio Audience 30/Usher V-601
Town Den: PS Audio DirectStream Jr. * Joule-Electra LA-100mkiii * Schiit Aegir/Pass F5 Clone * Polk SRS 1.2 * PSA Dectet * MIT S3 -
^^^ gorgeous.
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They have super heavy cabinets and they're solid to. Even the grill frames are thick and solid too. Nice balanced sound. Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
I hooked this Audioanalyst sub up last night. I then hooked up the RSL3300s for the satellites. Wow. What a combo!
I then saw the Minimus 7s on the shelf and thought...why not.
While not as full of a sound spectrum as the RSL as the satellites, those Minimus 7s did their little magic again like they did 40 years ago. The Min. 7s have a nice dome tweeter in them. The woofers have a rubber surround on the woofers. Very well made.
This sub and any satellite pr. would make a great starter or garage system.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
Oh, I have no idea. It just came across my computer somehow and I thought I'd share it. I kinda dig the photo.nooshinjohn wrote: »F4U-5?
Tom
Certainly appears to be some flavor of F4U Corsair, given the wing design
This one is an F4U-4. The one Tom posted is the -5 bird. That would be the last full production version. It was twin supercharged and had nearly 2500HP.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Arcam AVR30, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.
In retirement...TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Statement V2 cartridge and Origin Conqueror Mk3c tonearm, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII,
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right” — George Orwell
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” -
Does anybody wonder, in times like these, what would Sam say?
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Arcam AVR30, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.
In retirement...TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Statement V2 cartridge and Origin Conqueror Mk3c tonearm, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII,
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right” — George Orwell
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I just laughed at the thought of it!nooshinjohn wrote: »Does anybody wonder, in times like these, what would Sam say?
Id like to hear him and this one.
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Or one of my all-time top 5 comic.
The recently ( 3 years ago) departed Don Rickles. What would he have said?
Seemed he checked out right on time.
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I just love that movie. Aunt Edna was great. -
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I like how you can place them straight, and they're already toed in to the correct angle! Perfect!
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I sure wish we all lived closer to one another.
I do have this pair sitting on the dolly backwards from how they'd be set up in front of you. This is a SMALL set compared to others they made but still sound really good!
They have the NHT sound signature. Warm. Detailed highs, soft midrange but TIGHT and POWERFUL BASS.
I used to go into a fairly big Pawn shop years ago. In one corner of the BIG room shop was the electronics dept. They had some BIG NHTs with the reg. rectangular shape playing all day long, every day. They had subs on their sides like the ones above do.
Those BIG NHTs at the Pawn shop filled that shop with powerful sounding music. Even though it was at a low volume, I loved their sound. I couldn't afford their asking price for them the many years I visited that shop.
Years later, I bought my NHT whole system with a Pioneer Elite receiver off of Craig's list. I have a 12" sub and 2 little bookies and a center channel too.
I used to think the NHTs were big/tall towers but when I put those JBLs next to them, my memory and opinion was crushed. They look med. size now. There is an 8" sub with a rubber surround on their sides.
I think NHT is like Definitive in sound but Def. Tech has a more pronounced midrange. But the rest...pretty even. Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
My brother owns five of the original NHT Super Ones. He bought them new in the late 1990's I'm guessing. He also bought a Velodyne sub at the same time. He used the five NHT's for front, center, right and rears, as a 5.1 system. I've never heard them. He used them for less than a year, then boxed it all up. No issues with anything. They had a child, moved and never set anything back up. They still remain boxed to this day. Must run in the family. I have two brand new subs both NIB, a Polk 505 and an Epik Empire, both never opened or unboxed. I guess I'm jinxed with subs as the two I have apparently have high failure rates. But I may never know!
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