Soundstream DA! amp
sucks2beme
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Any you old-timers know anything about this amp?
Looks like it's well built, about 200wpc.
Sorry, fat fingered tittle, DA1 model.
Looks like it's well built, about 200wpc.
Sorry, fat fingered tittle, DA1 model.
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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Made by krell for Soundstream.SRT For Life; SDA Forever!
The SRT SEISMIC System:
Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once. -
That's what little I could find. Seems to have dropped off the face of the earth
and resurfaced as a car audio company."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
It's the other way around. They made a short foray into Home audio during the early nineties but dropped out of the home market. It's a very nice amplifier. I have their complete line minus this piece.SRT For Life; SDA Forever!
The SRT SEISMIC System:
Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once. -
It's the other way around. They made a short foray into Home audio during the early nineties but dropped out of the home market. It's a very nice amplifier. I have their complete line minus this piece.
That's how I remember as well, Alpine tried too with some rebadged Luxman's in the 90'sThorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's -
It's the other way around. They made a short foray into Home audio during the early nineties but dropped out of the home market. It's a very nice amplifier. I have their complete line minus this piece.
Impressions?"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
Sounds interesting. Got a pic?Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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Here you go"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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So, Russ, you grab that $65 Nad c350 off CL?"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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Hmmm, somebody else made an amp similar to that looks wise, the split faceplate with the power switch in the split.....who was that? Nak? Pass Labs early stuff?Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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Wonder if it sounds like any of the Krell amps.
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It's a bit different. There aren't any speaker relays or muting circuits,
so there is a pop on turn up. Fairly neutral with good highs and
a very hard hitting bass(yes, Krell-like). I also brought out
the Rega R3's. These just never sounded good on tubes.
I don't know if it was the 6 ohm, or the odd way Rega coupled
the woofer on the side, but the low end just wasn't there.
With this amp, they come alive."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
"DA! amp" I thought this was going to be a chicago thread DA Bears.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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sucks2beme wrote: »Any you old-timers know anything about this amp?
Looks like it's well built, about 200wpc.
Sorry, fat fingered tittle, DA1 model.
I have brochures for your amp. Email me if you want them. I would have uploaded them here but they are too big. -
sucks2beme wrote: »It's a bit different. There aren't any speaker relays or muting circuits,
so there is a pop on turn up. Fairly neutral with good highs and
a very hard hitting bass(yes, Krell-like). I also brought out
the Rega R3's. These just never sounded good on tubes.
I don't know if it was the 6 ohm, or the odd way Rega coupled
the woofer on the side, but the low end just wasn't there.
With this amp, they come alive.
Cool. Took a chance and bought one with blown right channel. It's in the shop now and can't wait for it to be repaired. -
Dual mono, lots of current, big blue "beer can" size caps, lots to like about them. I prefer the DA-2 due to its single rack space size and bridging capabilities. Good snag!HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable -
sucks2beme wrote: »That's what little I could find. Seems to have dropped off the face of the earth
and resurfaced as a car audio company.
Ummm...no. Soundstream was a car audio company first and dabbled in home electronics. They were groundbreaking in alot of stuff in the audio world.
They were one of the few companies running true class A power in the car audio amps and they were clean as a whistle. Their reference series was the true reference. Everyone used Soundstream as a benchmark. Even when Kenwood and Sherwood were pushing their Class A power amps, they were citing Soundstream in their documentation.
You can also thank Soundstream for Class D power. They were the first to use a Darlington transistor to double the current gain and half the foot print of their amps for subs. Hence they had multi-stage sub amps capable of thousands of watts and stable well below 2 ohms. It was sketchy at first but once it was worked out, the first round of power wars between Soundstream, Hifonics and Phoenix Gold hit and there were insane numbers showing up in competitions and records seemed to be being broken every other show.
Soundstream fell in to bad times during Clinton's recession and quality control dropped. They recently re-emerged in to the marketplace and have been putting out some very nice and very stout equipment again.
They are legendary and a heavyweight in the car audio world. It's mostly the punk kids that just got their drivers licenses trashing Soundstream because they weren't even born during Soundstream's first heyday. When they brought their expertise in to the home audio world, they turned power amps on their ear and brought some big guns to the table. That DA series of amps made waves because they often put out twice the wattage at amperage levels that you just didn't see at that price point at that time. Lots of people raved about them for the copious amounts of clean power. They are hard to find in good shape now but seriously under-rated and worth every penny.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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I got the brochures and some real links thanks to a fellow Polkie.
A lot of older amps like this are hard to sort out. There was so much chaff
to sort through when searching. I also have the manual now.
The thread is a couple weeks old, so yeah I figured out their history already.
I haven't messed with car audio much in decades. Around Dallas,
A good car stereo seems to be a quick way to broken windows
and missing gear. They don't seem to let car alarms stop them, either."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
back in the day i had the soundstream mule sub WOW. The original tarantula amp was groundbreaking at the time it was put out.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
