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Just to clarify, I am recommending the Polk SDA2's for $100. That is WAY under market value and excels at rocking out. I have no comment on the NHT because I've never heard them.

The buck stops here: http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/ele/5194169285.html STEAL for the money. I assume you were looking at these: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ele/5174073844.html No comment on those as I've never heard them.

Awesome. Pretty or not, the end result is just good sound. I have a pair of 3.1tl's that someone one the Polk forum gave to me for free. They already have the upgraded RD0198 tweeters, but every single woofer and one of the radiators have pushed in dust caps. It ain't the prettiest, but the sound is great. Luckily they were all in functional order and no rips/tears in the surrounds. I tried a few techniques to pull them out, but they didn't work. I just accepted it and enjoyed them as is. The 1.2tl and SRS 2 are the two versions I haven't heard, but of all the rest I have, the 3.1tl was the first to impress me in stock form. I plan to eventually upgrade the 3.1s because they transform to a completely different speaker, but like you, the funds to do it are not exactly in excess for me right now.

Sorry man. I read through the thread but must have missed that. I think you've got a good plan. Keep us posted. Also, if you are going to clean the drivers, they ususally recommend windex.

Dom, please don't replace the surrounds and just work on new drivers as you can get around to them. In the meantime, perhaps some clear nail-polish can do the trick? I'd rather see a cheap route like that than changing the entire surrounds with a product dissimilar to the original surrounds. The summed difference with all those drivers might drastically change the intended operation of the speaker. Regardless, the main thing is to keep a sealed enclosure and those holes definitely defeat that design philosophy. The nail polish may be the route you are forced to take with the passives anyways, given their scarcity as noted by Dan. PS - $60 is not the Polkie price, its the list price. The Polkie price is lower than that. Keep in mind also that those guys stepping up to the plate to help you replace those drivers are not doing it for show. They'd all like to see those speakers back up to their pedigree and want to help however they can.

If one wants to step into modern technology AND keep that nostalgic feel/look/sound of their rig, they could consider the iFi Retro/Stereo 50. When I was looking at carrying iFi, this was the product that sold me on them. Its a gorgeous piece that has that vintage look, offers full tube front end and 25 WPC of el84 push pull power, throws the latest gen bluetooth in the mix and has a phono/DXD capable DAC, all in a tiny package. Its not exactly wifi with the bluetooth, but its still a wireless connection per se. I think the actual wifi speaker solutions are good for background music but nothing more. If you simply want to turn your rig into a wifi streaming system, just add an Amazon Fire TV or WD TV and connect it to your DAC.