1.2 TL's and 2.3's for sale

Mike Reeter
Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
edited October 2007 in Vintage Speakers
Same owner has these for sale in the Midwest...that doesn't happen very often...no affill.
http://cgi.ebay.com/POLK-SDA-1-2TLS_W0QQitemZ220157653484QQihZ012QQcategoryZ14993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/POLK-SDA-2-3s_W0QQitemZ220157654320QQihZ012QQcategoryZ14993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,669
    edited October 2007
    That's the original 2.3's with donuts.
    engtaz

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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    Found!!!! I am happy to say that I finally found a pair of 1.2's near St. Louis,MO. I drove to Decatur Illinois to check them out today and of course they sounded great. Grille cloths are in very good condition. End caps are is good condition. The only flaw was a small nick at the rear of the right top end cap. Looks like 1 tweeter in the left speaker was replaced and 2 tweeters in the right speaker. The seller told me they were 1.2 TL's but I am not convinced of that. The stickers on the back say SRS 1.2. After this post I will refer to previous posts to find out ways to indentify which type it is. Speakers have the pin/blade interconnect cable and the owners manual. I went ahead and purchased the speakers for $1800. However, not knowing whether they were 1.2 TL's or not, I'm hoping that I didn't overpay for an unknown model. BTW, I listened to the 2.3's that he has for sale (again not sure if they are TL's or not) and the speakers are in very good condition and sound as good as you would expect. I will post pics of the 1.2's later.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited October 2007
    Shoot us a pic and we can tell you real quick which ones they are. Pull a tweeter or two out and see if it says SL2000 or SL3000. The TL's have the 3000's. Also, on the crossover plate on the front, the 1.2's will have 13 screws whereas the 1.2TL's have 9 IIRC.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    Just checked the crossover plate and it has 9 screws. When I was at the sellers house today, I asked him to remove the replacement tweeter to see if it was a 2000 or 3000. Unfortunately, the tweeter has no markings on it whatsoever. I'm gonna go back downstairs and pull one of the original tweeters to see which one it is. BRB.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    It has SL 3000 tweeters
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited October 2007
    So what do the 3 replacement tweeters look like? Are they a black soft dome tweeter? If so, that's possibly the new replacement tweeters as the SL2000's and 3000's aren't available "new" anymore. You'll see them sometime on Ebay, though.
    Richard? Who's your favorite Little Rascal? Alfalfa? Or is it........................Spanky?.................................Sinner.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    Yes, black soft dome. BTW, I took a couple of photos of speakers but not sure how to add it here.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    I would like to get the original SL 3000's back into these speakers. I wonder if anyone in the forum would like to trade for the replacements that I currently have? Thanks for your input BTW, I really appreciate it.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    Here's a couple of pics.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    photo
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,669
    edited October 2007
    Congrats on the find. Swwwwwweeeeeeeeeetttt.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited October 2007
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    I would like to get the original SL 3000's back into these speakers. I wonder if anyone in the forum would like to trade for the replacements that I currently have? Thanks for your input BTW, I really appreciate it.

    I have 6 SL3000's available if you are interested...If you can send me a private message,or you can reach me at mreeter@greenhills.net

    Congrats on your new SDA's,glad someone here now has them.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    Thanks guys..... I'll email you later Mike.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,406
    edited October 2007
    Based on the photo's which it's hard to tell, but it looks like you have a mixture of original sl3000's and the new RD0's. Hopefully they are the RD0198-1's and not 194-1's. The sl3000 was a good improvement over the sl2000, but the silk RD0's are even nicer. Your choice however.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • SDA SRS 1.2
    SDA SRS 1.2 Posts: 255
    edited October 2007
    avguytx wrote: »
    Shoot us a pic and we can tell you real quick which ones they are. Pull a tweeter or two out and see if it says SL2000 or SL3000. The TL's have the 3000's. Also, on the crossover plate on the front, the 1.2's will have 13 screws whereas the 1.2TL's have 9 IIRC.

    Some non-TL's must also have the 9 screw version of the crossover plate. Mine are 1.2's (SL2000's) but have the 9 screw version.
    Main System: Polk SDA SRS 1.2 Speakers, Sunfire Signature 600~two Amp, Carver C-16 Preamp, Carver TX-11b Tuner, Marantz 6350Q TT, Philips CDR-775 Recorder, Teac V-707RX Cassette Deck, Signal Cable Double Run Speaker Cable

    Upstairs Den: Marantz 2325 Receiver, Marantz 5220 Cassette Deck, Marantz HD-880 Speakers, Marantz 6370Q TT

    Exercise (Kabuki speaker) Room: Kenwood KR-9600 Receiver, Pioneer CS-99a Speakers, Sansui SP-X9000 Speakers (not pretty, but LOUD! :) )
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited October 2007
    Look at this sweetness....too bad I am too far away....

    http://knoxville.craigslist.org/ele/441418798.html
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited October 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Look at this sweetness....too bad I am too far away....

    http://knoxville.craigslist.org/ele/441418798.html

    That is a "steal" at 750.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited October 2007
    Wow...helluva price.
    Richard? Who's your favorite Little Rascal? Alfalfa? Or is it........................Spanky?.................................Sinner.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited October 2007
    Lasareath wrote: »
    No, Believe me You do not want the original tweeters. You should buy (8) brand new RD0198-1's from Polk. Put them in. Sell off the 3000's and save the other 198's that are in there now as spares.

    The new Tweeters perform much better than the old ones.

    Sal

    Actually, he'd only need 5! :D IF they are the RD0-198's that are already in them.

    Take out the 3 RD0 tweeters and check out the terminals. If they are 198's, then the positive terminal will be smaller than the negative. The 194's have the same size terminals on them plus BOTH RD0's typically have the positive terminal painted red. IIRC...
    Richard? Who's your favorite Little Rascal? Alfalfa? Or is it........................Spanky?.................................Sinner.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited October 2007
    My 3.1 TLls were very clearly was marked 3.1 TL on the back. There was no mistaking it. Since the TL's are a 1991 oddity only... it seems odd to me that Polk made a 1.2TL without identifying it as such.
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited October 2007
    rskarvan wrote: »
    Since the TL's are a 1991 oddity only... it seems odd to me that Polk made a 1.2TL without identifying it as such.

    The TL's were made from 1989 to 1991. Polk still had a bunch of 1.2 and 2.3 labels to use up, so some of the early 1.2TL's and 2.3 TL's have the prior version labels. My 1989 1.2 TL's are labeled "SRS 1.2" followed by the serial number. 3.1 TL's didn't have a prior version so they escaped the SDA "hand-me-down" syndrome.

    The hand-me-down syndrome also extended to owners manuals. My 1.2 TL manual is actually a 1.2/2.3 manual which has an "addendum" insert with specs and drawings of the 1.2TL and 2.3TL.
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  • Gary Batson
    Gary Batson Posts: 124
    edited October 2007
    Good for you....I was watching this auction and was going to bid $2500 for the 1.2's at the last minute.... If the owners only knew.:(
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  • Gary Batson
    Gary Batson Posts: 124
    edited October 2007
    I asked the sellers about the tweeters looking different. They sent a responce saying that they were all TL's. I wouldn't have been happy with mixed up tweeters. I want to start out with all original drivers and then decide for myself if I want the replacements. Polk put a lot into developing those tweeters. I can't believe they would sound bad.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited October 2007
    Gary... The SL3000's don't sound bad at all. But, the silk replacement tweeters sound better. I've had both. I've owned both. And, I prefer the new silk replacements over the original. Now, the SL2500... it sounded awful to my ears.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,200
    edited October 2007
    I pulled the RDO's and they are RDO-198's. The positive terminal is smaller than the negative. A bit of bad news.... a gasket is missing on one of the tweeters.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
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  • Gary Batson
    Gary Batson Posts: 124
    edited October 2007
    rskarvan wrote: »
    Gary... The SL3000's don't sound bad at all. But, the silk replacement tweeters sound better. I've had both. I've owned both. And, I prefer the new silk replacements over the original. Now, the SL2500... it sounded awful to my ears.

    I'm sure you're right. I put the RDO's in my SDA 1's and it was an improvement. (LESS BRIGHT)
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  • SDA SRS 1.2
    SDA SRS 1.2 Posts: 255
    edited October 2007
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    The TL's were made from 1989 to 1991. Polk still had a bunch of 1.2 and 2.3 labels to use up, so some of the early 1.2TL's and 2.3 TL's have the prior version labels. My 1989 1.2 TL's are labeled "SRS 1.2" followed by the serial number. 3.1 TL's didn't have a prior version so they escaped the SDA "hand-me-down" syndrome.

    The hand-me-down syndrome also extended to owners manuals. My 1.2 TL manual is actually a 1.2/2.3 manual which has an "addendum" insert with specs and drawings of the 1.2TL and 2.3TL.

    Excellent info! My 1.2's are labelled as SDA SRS XXXX but the SDA drivers have "SDA SRS 1.2" stamped on the back. The speakers also came with the 1.2/2.3 manual.

    Robbie
    Main System: Polk SDA SRS 1.2 Speakers, Sunfire Signature 600~two Amp, Carver C-16 Preamp, Carver TX-11b Tuner, Marantz 6350Q TT, Philips CDR-775 Recorder, Teac V-707RX Cassette Deck, Signal Cable Double Run Speaker Cable

    Upstairs Den: Marantz 2325 Receiver, Marantz 5220 Cassette Deck, Marantz HD-880 Speakers, Marantz 6370Q TT

    Exercise (Kabuki speaker) Room: Kenwood KR-9600 Receiver, Pioneer CS-99a Speakers, Sansui SP-X9000 Speakers (not pretty, but LOUD! :) )
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  • Dennis47
    Dennis47 Posts: 65
    edited October 2007
    Anyboby know what the original 2.3's with donuts mentioned
    above are worth?
    PL 4000 II / PL 400 II x2 / PL 5100 II / PL 6000 II
    PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JDV mod x2 / PL 1100 II
    Carver C-1 / C-11 / C-4000t / M-1.0t (MKII opt 002)
    M-1.5t x2 / TFM-15 / TFM-22 x2 / TFM-24 x2
    TFM-45 x2 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700
    TDR-2400 / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t
    Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X x2 / ADC SS3 MKII
    Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
    Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited October 2007
    I paid 700 for a pair in vg condition about 8 months ago
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  • Dennis47
    Dennis47 Posts: 65
    edited October 2007
    Thanks George

    Are the 2.3's significantly better than my SDA-2b's?
    PL 4000 II / PL 400 II x2 / PL 5100 II / PL 6000 II
    PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JDV mod x2 / PL 1100 II
    Carver C-1 / C-11 / C-4000t / M-1.0t (MKII opt 002)
    M-1.5t x2 / TFM-15 / TFM-22 x2 / TFM-24 x2
    TFM-45 x2 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700
    TDR-2400 / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t
    Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X x2 / ADC SS3 MKII
    Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
    Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
    Polk Monitor 12 & Monitor 5jr
    Polk Monitor 10B (XO upgrade)
    Polk Monitor 7C (XO upgrade)
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