Should I buy these?

[Audioquest 8]

Opinions?  .....Going for look & listen tonight. Supposedly pretty much mint. Thinking of these Polk SDA's for my HT setup

 

 

[BillD 239]

Combien?  They look nice.

[Audioquest 8]

Combien?  They look nice.

 

$400.00

[kve777 6,888]

You would be a fool NOT to put these in a HT. I wish I could find some locally. I am VERY happy with my RTA-15tl's. Polk and Carver go well together.

 

[kve777 6,888]

BTW- That is a great avatar, AQ!

 

[kingman 662]

yes

 

[Audioquest 8]

You would be a fool NOT to put these in a HT. I wish I could find some locally. I am VERY happy with my RTA-15tl's. Polk and Carver go well together.

 

 

The reason I was thinking about these is my brother has a pair of SDA-SRS (?) speakers from the same era waiting for me. They are a large bookshelf style that are oriented horizontally and each have 2 -6.5" woofers and 2 tweeters (same visual type as the ones I am going to view) . I remember them sounding quite amazing a few years back. I'd use those for the rear channels

[jldeni 439]

Those are awesome speakers. I'd scoop them up in a flash if I were you.

[Ratamahatta 437]

$400 run don't walk, I have a pair of these and they sound fantastic!

[Guest RodH]

And if you decide you don't like 'em - send 'em my way!

[Audioquest 8]

Due to overwhelming approval I'll be picking them up tomorrow. It wasn't in the cards for him to now meet tonight, so he said he'd wait for me first tomorrow to see and get first crack at them.....which likely won't be a difficult decision.

[Ratamahatta 437]

great, when you want to get your hands dirty with some mods on them let me know, I have rebuilt the cross overs and installed new tweeters in mine. there are other mods you can do as well.

[snow 240]

Due to overwhelming approval I'll be picking them up tomorrow. It wasn't in the cards for him to now meet tonight' date=' so he said he'd wait for me first tomorrow to see and get first crack at them.....which likely won't be a difficult decision.[/quote'] Good decision I payed more than that for a pair years ago.

 

REGARDS SNOW

[Audioquest 8]

 

 

great' date=' when you want to get your hands dirty with some mods on them let me know, I have rebuilt the cross overs and installed new tweeters in mine. there are other mods you can do as well.

[/quote']

 

I was already thinking down that line that the x-overs will likely benefit from at least a rebuild. If you could PM or email me with some info  that would be hugely appreciated!

[madmike46 398]

 

 

And if you decide you don't like 'em - send 'em my way!

 

Or you could send them my way, I'm closer .  The company I work for is in Red Deer, could probably send them down on the truck that comes down once a week. 

[madmike46 398]

 

 

Opinions?  .....Going for look & listen tonight. Supposedly pretty much mint. Thinking of these Polk SDA's for my HT setup

 

 

 

So Audioquest did you get them?  Inquiring minds want to know.

[Audioquest 8]

Can I put

the Polk's (Fender) back now, please?

 

Not today, my good man.

I'm feeling saucy.

 

 

Yup, mission accomplished. They are in SUPERB and like new condition.

All drivers working, no scratches, grill and side cloths are perfect.Even came with the factory interconnect cord.

Will post photos when they are in their final resting place.

 

Man are these suckers heavy! Good thing my wife has no back issues

[madmike46 398]

Good to hear , can't wait to see pics.

[Audioquest 8]

The fellow also threw in a mint Sony CDP-C701ES 5 disc changer with rosewood side panels, and a mint Yamaha RX-V1070 receiver. Also included a 10' pair of factory terminated 12 ga. Monster cable. I'm currently listening to the CDP on my 2 channel Platinum's system and it sounds pretty amazing.

 

 

 

 

[madmike46 398]

The fellow also threw in a mint Sony CDP-C701ES 5 disc changer with rosewood side panels' date=' and a mint Yamaha RX-V1070 receiver. I'm currently listening to the CDP on my 2 channel Platinum's system and it sounds pretty amazing.

 

 

 

 

[/quote']

 

Bonus, wish I could score deals like these, I guess the city I live in is just too small.  Right now I think that there is only 2 or 3 of us that own anything Carver.  The other 2 I'm not sure if they still live here, haven't seen them in years.

[Audioquest 8]

Ok, here is a preliminary shot of today's score. Ignore the "nice" wood panel walls as that is the winter project to yet be dry-walled.

 

Anyway the room as about 14' wide by 23' long. I plan on moving the components to the rear or side wall once I get a longer HDMI cable as these monsters take up a lot more space than my previous speakers.

 

Difficult to say how they compare to the Platinums as an A/B comparison would be difficult as both systems are on different floors.

 

My brother lent me the newest Rambo movie as I never did see it. These Polks have a lot of impact paired with the 2 M&K subs. I set up the receiver to not have a center channel and it really doesn't leave any audible hole with only the 2 Polks up front so ignore the MK laying on it's side below the LCD

 

 

 

 

[Ratamahatta 437]

if possible you should set up along the long wall, sda's usually require 3 feet on the sides to prevent reflections getting to your ears before the source of the dimensional drivers, if not possible room treatments on the wall next to the speaker will usually do the trick.

[weitrhino 1,443]

Aren't they flip-flopped?

[zumbini 6,147]

weitrhino is correct. The line of 4 mids should be on the inside, closest to the opposite speaker.

The other pair of mids is responsible for the "dimensional array" effect.

 

Speaking of the dimensional array", do you have the interconnect cable that runs from one speaker to the other?

[Ratamahatta 437]

Aren't they flip-flopped?

 

no, the 2.3tl's set up opposite. The tl's came out after these and have 4 stereo drivers and 2 dimensional.  These are the regular 2.3's 2 stereo 2 dimensional and 2 subs the  subs go to the outside. I have both.