Fs: Sda Srs, Sda 2a, Rta-12c

[BlueMDPicker]

SDA SRS - SOLD - bikerdude523, thanks!

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SDA 2A - SOLD - Emlyn, thanks!

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RTA-12C - SOLD - W Waldecker, thanks!

[Emlyn]

Hey Mike, I'll take those 2A's back, unless another local speaks up today. PM sent.

[schwarcw]

WOW! Upgraded tweeters and crossovers on the big SRS's. Someone needs to jump on these!

[BlueMDPicker]

Hey Mike, I'll take those 2A's back, unless another local speaks up today. PM sent.

Sold to Emlyn. Thanks Mark!

[TroyD]

Hey, got room in the Town and Country for the SRS's?? ;)

BDT

[BlueMDPicker]

Yep. Is that an offer? :)

We can strap Antnee to the sausage cooler on the roof rack.

[TroyD]

Hmmmmmmm......lemme think on this one for a moment.

[ESAVINON]

please hold the 12c's.

[amulford]

We can strap Antnee to the sausage cooler on the roof rack.

Nice. Hey, if he really wants them, I'm sure we can come up with something. With the upgrades, your damn near giving them away.

[reeltrouble1]

I just heard the SRS, they wont dissapoint.

RT1

[univera]

Hmmmmmmm......lemme think on this one for a moment.

Troy, as good as your speaks sound, these big boys will fill the room a bit better. Bigger sound, IMO, but wouldn't that seem obvious....Buy them. Polk Fest will take on a new level. Plus, your wife is super cool about the gear, so you don't have to factor that in to the mix. And...you don't have to do any upgrades or playing with hot metal guns. That's worth a couple hundred bucks right there.

[TroyD]

I'm thinking on it.....

[BlueMDPicker]

Nice. Hey, if he really wants them, I'm sure we can come up with something. With the upgrades, your damn near giving them away.
Not to worry, Anthony. It's the extended, Stow-N-Go. They'd fit in there fine, padded and stacked with plenty of room for a single second row passenger and all our other bags, coolers (fireworks), etc.

[univera]

Not to worry, Anthony. It's the extended, Stow-N-Go. They'd fit in there fine, padded and stacked with plenty of room for a single second row passenger and all our other bags, coolers (fireworks), etc.

You could set them up in the front yard and launch bottle rockets off the top....Troy, man up. FREE DELIVERY to boot!!!!!???????

[george daniel]

Upgraded,delivered,,thats' SERVICE :)

[BlueMDPicker]

Here are a couple of previously posted pics of the SRS:

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6035&d=1099497586

Right speaker before silk domes


http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6034&d=1099497527

Living room shot. Seems like long ago.

[dorokusai]

I'm on the fence about the leftovers as well....just what I need, another speaker in the house :)

[TroyD]

I think I'll pass on the SRS's. I'd LOVE to have them however, I'd have to move the 2.3tl's to do it which presents it's own set of issues....

I've seen/heard Mike's SRS's....7/10 is VERY conservative. These are the real deal.

BDT

[schwarcw]

One of you guys in the DC/Baltimore area shold jump on these:D

[criverajr]

PM sent


CRj

[madmax]

I've heard these particular SDA SRS in person. Magic happened when Mike did the tweeter replacement and crossover rebuild. They have a very pure sound. It was hard to listen to mine with stock crossovers when I got home. I have not upgraded mine yet but at least now I have a reference. :)
madmax

[BlueMDPicker]

Thanks Chuck!

SDA SRS still available.

RTA-12C still available.

[schwarcw]

Somebody buy these SRS's!!!! I had to throw my checkbook away so I couldn't buy them. My wife would cut off my good parts if I came home with these.:eek:

Carl

[BlueMDPicker]

By all means, keep the wife away from the cutlery! :eek:

My wife is very cool about the speaker clutter I create. In fact, she couldn't believe it when I told her I'd offered all these for sale. But, I'm simply getting too old to wrestle these cabinets around a three level home.

[BlueMDPicker]

SRS gone to Audiogon, club pricing remains valid.

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1165547822

Last call on the RTA-12Cs.

[dorokusai]

The RTA12 is by far the best RTA in the bunch. It's the only one that actually employs a Real Time Array(RTA), the rest are glorified monkey coffins.

[BlueMDPicker]

Thanks Mark. I enjoyed them more than the two small SDAs I've had, and immensely more than the Monitor 11s with Peerless tweeters.

BTW - I did decide what I want to try next. Innersound Isis MK 3.5 with custom built active crossover (the "reference" version of the Isis that Innersound said was coming, but never materialized.) The local seller just delivered them. Should be fun. I've never owned electrostatics, Maggies were as close as I got--and, I enjoyed them for 30 years.

[TroyD]

Nice

[cfrizz]

Mark...stop dissin my beloved RTA8T's!

Nice buy BMDP, let's see a shot of the back of them!


The RTA12 is by far the best RTA in the bunch. It's the only one that actually employs a Real Time Array(RTA), the rest are glorified monkey coffins.

[BlueMDPicker]

Thanks Troy and Cathy. Butt shot:

[Strong Bad]

Nice butt! Full, round and firm! :D

What's the lowend packin anyway? What are you going to push them with?


John

[BlueMDPicker]

The low end is an 8" bass driver in a 5' folded transmission line. The Carver Lightstar is going to drive half of it (ESL or LF), haven't decided what I'm driving the other half with. I still have a handful of SS and tube amps I can try. The Nikko Alpha 230 is first batter up, since it will drive a low impedence load effortlessly. Big fun.

[dorokusai]

At some point, one must move on to different speakers....nice grab Mike.

[madmax]

At some point, one must move on to different speakers....

May the SDA Gods torment you for a thousand lifetimes...

[cfrizz]

:eek: :cool: WAAAAAAA!!!! Oh oh, bringin out the big guys after Mark!:D

Mark...MAKE ME!:p ;) :D

I like the look of them better than others I've seen Mike. Very classy!


May the SDA Gods torment you for a thousand lifetimes...

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Originally Posted by dorokusai
At some point, one must move on to different speakers....

[BlueMDPicker]

May the SDA Gods torment you for a thousand lifetimes...
I can take the heat. ;) The SRSs didn't go easy. I had to Texas Two-Step them to the side of the room, and they kept trying to lead.

Chuck, these electrostatics will (as Russ says) make you shit your flat hat with vinyl. I don't think I can ever listen to tweeters again. :p

[madmax]

Hmmm... With vinyl huh?
madmax

[BlueMDPicker]

At some point, one must move on to different speakers....nice grab Mike.
Thanks Mark. I still have a stable of vintage Polks in the small HT setup. And, when the little kids become more reverent of things material, they're going to have an ass rockin' juke box setup with the SDA 2-Bs.

The Revel Gems opened my ears to some possibilities. These Isis are a real joy so far. Open, involving, deep soundstage, and detailed beyond my excpectations. Yep, big fun.

[BlueMDPicker]

Hmmm... With vinyl huh?
madmax
The TT is the only source in this rig now. I removed the Toshiba R2R and Nak cassette deck. I may have to try a CDP in the mix some day, but no time soon.

Come over and have a listen.

[TroyD]

ESL's are still on my short list as well. If/when the time comes, a pair of Quad ESL-63's in the all analog rig should fit the bill.

The nice thing is with the newest generation of Quads, the previous ESL-63 generations should bump lower in price making it concievable.

I'm actually surprised Chuck hasn't bagged the SRS's, hell they are already pimped out.

BDT

[BlueMDPicker]

SRS SOLD - Thanks Terry!

[schwarcw]

Congrats on the Innersound ESL's Mike! I think Rich (Scompracer) has the Eros MK II's. I'd love to hear some panels.

Carl

[BlueMDPicker]

Thanks Carl! I'm enjoying them a lot.

I hate to see the SRS go, but the forum member who bought them will take great care of them. He's driving 1350 miles R/T to get them. That makes me feel better.

[SCompRacer]

The local seller just delivered them.

Mr. Rounds is a top notch fellow. Normanality and I have the Eros MK II with active crossover. We are in the process of having Marchand build custom active crossovers with the panel adjustments for us. Njoy.

Carl, if your up this way in November, your more than welcome to come and have a listen. They sound fantastic with a good SACD player too. I'll have the Bendix 6900's burned in by then.

[BlueMDPicker]

Mr. Rounds is a top notch fellow.

Yes, Steve is the real deal. His decision to convert these to the "reference" model created some magic. The crossover is excellent in all respects and made setup a breeze. They are the most transparent (no pun intended) sound I've experienced. There simply are no speakers in the room--just music.

[SCompRacer]

Yes, Steve is the real deal. His decision to convert these to the "reference" model created some magic. The crossover is excellent in all respects and made setup a breeze. They are the most transparent (no pun intended) sound I've experienced. There simply are no speakers in the room--just music.

Actually, I like the pun. True on both accounts.

And Steve wasn't exaggerating the difference between the passive and active versions. Norm picked up a pair of passive crossovers for his Eros MK II's just to have. I tried them on my speakers and quickly went back to the active crossover.

The original Black Innersound active crossover has a built in 200 WPC bass amp. It is so-so at best. Fortunately they provided a switch to shut the amp off and RCA outs to connect a better external bass amp. The later bass amps with the silver face and higher outputs with remote control of the bass adjustments were much better.

Two 60 WPC tube amps can drive these to insane volume levels with thunderous bass. I had demo'd many speakers but when I heard these at Norms about 10 months ago I had to have a pair. These speakers are an incredible value for the sonics you get. Kaya's would be nice but I say they are way overpriced. Now that Roger Sanders (http://www.sanderssoundsystems.com/) is up and running again, support will be there for the original Innersound products. Try calling Innersound and you just get a recording.

[Normanality]

Wow! Congrats on the purchase of those Innersound Isis!

I almost snagged them just like I almost still want to snag those MK II's with the ver 2 crossover amp on the Gon out in SanFran. $2400 is a great price for what these speakers deliver. I'll never go back. ;)

[BlueMDPicker]

Terry,

Get in touch with me man!! Repeated attempts to email you have gone unanswered. Your paid for SDA SRS are sitting here waiting for you.

[JimBRICK]

RTA-12C pics please

[BlueMDPicker]

RTA-12C pics please

Believe it or not, and despite my best efforts to all but give them away, I still have the 12C's. However, I won't ship them. So, pics are nothing but a teaser to anyone who is not local.

I'm sure I have some pics somewhere at home (the speakers are safely stowed in their original boxes and packing.) I'm at work on lunch break. I'll take a look this evening.

[jcaut]

I might be willing to drive to Maryland to get those PAID FOR SRS's out of your way, if you'd like..;)







Kidding, of course. Hope bikerdude is okay.

[BlueMDPicker]

Kidding, of course. Hope bikerdude is okay.
Thanks, me too!

I'll keep bumping this thread for awhile. I have no other contact info for Terry. The goods were paid for with his GF's credit card via PayPal (one-time shot, no PayPal account) over 8 months ago. Numerous emails to her Hotmail account, as well as Terry's, have gone unanswered.

-bump-

[JimBRICK]

Oh I forgot to tell you I changed my Username to JimBRICK just send them over :)

[Polk65]

This doesn't sound good.

[zombie boy 2000]

There's a Bikerdude 523 that's been active as of today on the Carver forum.

[AndyGwis]

Along the same lines as Bikerdude, I think Dana Carvey had a show for a while where they would "prank people" by paying for things, then ditching out.

Kind of funny. I think one skit they ordered a couple hundred bucks of food at a McDonald's or something, paid at the first window (trying to hide their laughter), then peeled out before taking the food from the second window.

Another one, they paid a hooker, then both snuck out of the hotel room cracking up about it.

Found it: http://droll-stevan.blogspot.com/2007/05/dana-carvey-show-ditchers.html

Try him at the Carver forum.

[Bill Ayotte]

I just dropped him a PM on the carver forum asking if he was indeed the same person, and to please contact you ASAP....I guess we'll see what happens...

[BlueMDPicker]

Thanks! I checked Bikerdude523 in the member list at the Carver Forum. Location is Oklahoma -- that's got to be him. I think I was registered over there at one point, but I'll be damned if I can remember my login name. Since Bill PM'ed him (thanks Bill!), I'll let this simmer a bit before I register again.

Dick Tracey has got nothin' on you guys! ;)

[Bill Ayotte]

Thanks! I checked Bikerdude523 in the member list at the Carver Forum. Location is Oklahoma -- that's got to be him. I think I was registered over there at one point, but I'll be damned if I can remember my login name. Since Bill PM'ed him (thanks Bill!), I'll let this simmer a bit before I register again.

Dick Tracey has got nothin' on you guys! ;)

Eh, I've been on there for about a year now..I haven't seen him around lately though...I really wonder why he would pay for them and not get them for eight months...I bet there is a good reason though, I can't imagine why he would just not pick them up...They cleaned house over there member wise, and dropped a lot of the inactive members a few months ago....I think he went through and dropped everyone who hadn't posted in a year, maybe eighteen months....So you may have to re-register anyway.

[zombie boy 2000]

He actually posted today.

[Bill Ayotte]

He actually posted today.

Just saw that....It was late last night...a little after midnight...

[BlueMDPicker]

Okay, thanks for the info. I registered again and am awaiting admin approval.

[JimBRICK]

maybe he was doing some time :)

[SKsolutions]

Sabbatical?

[BlueMDPicker]

We're back in touch again and will definitely work something out to get these speakers to Terry. Thanks for the assistance Bill and ZB2000!

[W WALDECKER]

Hey Blue. i am thinking of giving the 12 C's a spin in my tube powered rig. the RTA 12C's are 4ohm 92 db efficient correct ? would my 80 wpc Sonic Frontiers tube amp bring them to life ? please advise.thanks....WCW III

[ben62670]

What kind of driver setup is the 12c? Is it like the RTA11's?

Thanks Ben

BTW I have the RTA15TL's and they are amazing speakers!

[W WALDECKER]

What kind of driver setup is the 12c? Is it like the RTA11's?

Thanks Ben

BTW I have the RTA15TL's and they are amazing speakers!I believe the cabinet has a 12'' passive radiator on the bottom of the front baffle and two 6 1/2'' midbass drivers over top of the Passive radiator and the tweeter is mounted on top of the crossover which is mounted set back on the top of the cabinet.

[BlueMDPicker]

Hey Blue. i am thinking of giving the 12 C's a spin in my tube powered rig. the RTA 12C's are 4ohm 92 db efficient correct ? would my 80 wpc Sonic Frontiers tube amp bring them to life ? please advise.thanks....WCW III

Hi WCWIII - They are terrific on tubes. I drove them with both a Dynaco ST-70 and a Manley 75+75. I did not get a manual when I bought these from Doro, so I'll defer to your research on the specs. I enjoy these more than the SDAs I have or have had.

[W WALDECKER]

Hey Blue,you have a PM from me. thanks....WCW III

[BlueMDPicker]

What may very well be the longest running for sale thread in history concludes with the RTA-12C finding a new home with W Waldecker.

Enjoy them William! It was a pleasure to meet you and spend some time listening to tunes, cussing and discussing things, and sharing a bite to eat.

[W WALDECKER]

Hey Mike, i was happy to spend a lazy saturday afternoon at your home listening to tunes and having some very interesting conversation that was at times punctuated with cuss words :D i was as impressed with your collection of guitars as i was with your fine audio gear. please thank your beautiful wife for lunch just in case i forgot to.we seem to have alot more in common than i ever realized. oh yeah the RTA 12c's look to be picture perfect examples with zero visable flaws and they sound really nice in my tube powered rig. again thanks Mike....WCW III