SDA's - what do you power yours with?
Gavin.Wright
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I'm fairly new to the forum - just picked up some SDA-2's the other day and love them so far.
I'm wondering what you guys power yours with.
I'm running mine with a vintage Sansui AU-999 and like the nice warm sound it produces - I can't crank it up much past 3-4 before it's too loud!
I also have a Kenwood KA-8100 I could pair them with. I've read that SDA's play well with a high current amp - not sure how you know if your amp qualifies as high current... So what are you using?
I'm wondering what you guys power yours with.
I'm running mine with a vintage Sansui AU-999 and like the nice warm sound it produces - I can't crank it up much past 3-4 before it's too loud!
I also have a Kenwood KA-8100 I could pair them with. I've read that SDA's play well with a high current amp - not sure how you know if your amp qualifies as high current... So what are you using?
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SDA 1C's with a 40 watt Quicksilver GLA tube amp--Shuguang Black Treasure tube thingys.
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I have an Adcom GFA-545 amp that I power mine with normally, but right now I actually have a Pioneer receiver on loan from my boss that's been driving them. It's an older (80's?) receiver, dual-mono design, and is quite stout.Ludicrous gibs!
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HarmanKardon3490.using it as a pre-amp..with two UPA-1 mono's..with Monitor70s and a Polk 10 sub..and Luvin it..every day it is on..Testing
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Carver TFM-45 rated at 375 wpc @ 8ohms.
The shop I just got it back from said they bench tested it and it was putting out 395 watts per channel.
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audiocr381ve...Carver's are great amps..i had one back in the 90's..sold it..but your.....
TFM45 is a beast!..you will Luv it..wish i had my Carver back big mistake for selling it.Testing
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Adcom 565sSDA-2BTL with custom IC
Adcom 565 monoblocks--Monarchy Audio M-10 preamp
Theta Data Basic Transport--Stello DA100 Signature DAC--Camelot Dragon Pro2 MK III
Harman Kardon T-55c TT
DH Labs Q-10 Signature Speaker Cables With Furez silver plated copper bananas
Revelation Audio Labs Prophecy Cryo-Silver Reference AES/EBU
Revelation Audio Labs Prophecy Cryo-Silver i2s digital cable
4 Furutech FP-314Ag with FI-11cu Plugs/FI-11AG IECs--- Power Cords
DH LABS REVELATIONS ICs-amps
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Carver TFM-35 .'65 427 Shelby Cobra
'72 Triumph TR-6
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'88 Polk SDA SRS 1.2, with upgraded XO caps and Erse SDA inductors
'86 Polk SDA CRS+
'84 Polk Monitor 10A (Peerless tweeters)
'05 HSU VTF-3 Sub (Original OEM)
'20 HSU VTF-3 Sub (three more, 100% cloned)
'93 Carver TFM-35
'88 Carver M-1.0t
'88 Adcom GFT-555
'88 Adcom GFP-555
'88 Adcom GFA-555 (upgraded/restored)
'88 Adcom GFA-555 (a second one upgraded/restored)
'05 Onkyo DV-555 media
'89 Fosgate 360 Digital Space Matrix
'89 Fosgate 360 Digital Space Matrix, internal surround amp bridged to drive only a center channel
'91 Kenwood Basic M1D Amp
'89 Pioneer Laser Disc media
'89 Sony SuperBeta HiFi media
One PGA2310 based custom built remote volume control
Four Polk T-15's
Four Polk TSi-200's
Four Polk TSi-100's
Two Polk CS-10's -
I power my SDAs with Parasound HCA-1500As
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Yamaha MX-1000U since 1989.
Bought a second one on eBay in April to give bi-amping a try; but, it got very well UPSed during shipping and is still in the shop. -
Adcom 555 MkII.The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is to live dangerously. - Nietzche
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I currenly am using and old Rotel till I get my Carver TFM-35 back next week from getting referrbed. I just found a pair of 2.3 SRS and am going to purchase. Will the Carver drive them sufficiently?"They're always talking about my drinking, but never mention my thirst" Oscar Wilde
Pre-Amp: Anthem AVM 20
Amp: Carver TFM-35
Amp: Rotel RB-870BX
Fronts : SDA 1B w/ RDO-194s
T.V.:Plasma TC-P54G25
Bluray: Oppo BDP-93
Speaker Cables: MIT Terminater
Interconnect Cables:DH Labs Silver Sonic BL-1isonic -
1.2 TL's with a 50 watt tube ampSDA SRS 2.3TL's
Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
SDA 2B TL's -
Parasound HCA-1200ii and very happy
2-Channel - So far...
Pre: Dodd ELP
DAC: W4S-Dac2
Source(s): Computer and Denon 2910
Amp: Parasound HCA-1200II
Speakers: LSi9s - Vr3 Fortress Mod -
Adcom GFA-555 with 2.3TL's
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SDA 1C's with a Carver 705X (around 150 - 160 watts into the 5 Ohms). Very comfortable even cranked up. I've also used a NAD T747 receiver for awhile in stereo mode (rated at 60 into 8 Ohms but bench tested at 125) and it also sounded fine.Sony 60'' SXRD 1080p
Amp = Carver AV-705THX 5-Channel
Processor = NAD T747
Panasonic BD35 Blu-Ray
Main = SDA-1C Studio with RD0s, spikes, XO rebuild, rings, I/C upgrade
Center=Polk CS10, Surround = Athena Dipoles, Sub= Boston 12HO
Music/Video Streaming = Netgear NEO550
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SDA 2 powered by a Sony TA-3200F amp (110 wpc 8 ohms, 130 wpc 4 ohms) & controlled by a Sony TA-2000F preamp.
Couple of questions. Has anyone used any V-FET amps to power their SDAs? If so how do they sound? Also can I use a Kenwood Model 600 (or for that matter any of the Kenwood dual mono designs) to power SDAs? In a thread I saw somewhere there was some confusion as to whether their dual mono construction meant they were not common ground amps. Anyone here enlighten me on this subject. -
audiocr381ve...Carver's are great amps..i had one back in the 90's..sold it..but your.....
TFM45 is a beast!..you will Luv it..wish i had my Carver back big mistake for selling it.
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My SDA 1C's have been powered by an Denon POA-1500 followed by a Carver TFM-55 and now a modified Carver M-1.0T that is called a MKII and they sound awesome. My next experiment will be a Harmon Kardon II citation amp with a Mcintosh MX110 pre.
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1.2's with Sunfire Signature Two - SDA's are happy!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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5Jr+'s with NAD 1700 pre and 2600A amp (sometimes run Adcom GTP-400 pre)
TL'd SDA SRS 2's with NAD 7600 Receiver
TL'd SDA 2B's with Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre and VTL ST-50 amp (also sometimes used to handily drive SDA SRS 2's)
Each speaker/pres/amp has been recapped/re-tubed/power supply upgraded/customized/etc. to squeeze another 25 years out of them :biggrin:
Any combo of pre/amp will comfortably drive any of the SDA's.VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
NAD SS rigs w/mods
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I've sold off all my SDA's but I was running my SDA2b's with a Parasound HCA-1200, CRS+'s with a B&K reference 125.2, and my SRS's with a Classe Audio Seventy.design is where science and art break even.
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Modded SDA-1Cs with Wright WPA -5050 50 watt tube amp, Treasure 6SN7s, KT88s and Mullard gz37s. They play nice together.Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
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Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum tube amp. powering 2.3's.
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SDA-1Cs powered by a Kenwood Basic M2A and C1 preamp (bought both new in 1985). Sounds pretty good but I'm thinking about going to tubes after the kiddos get out of daycare.
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I believe either of your amps will work just fine. They are both well respected vintage amplifiers. Neither of them are considered "high current" but does it sound good to you? If so, don't worry about finding new equipment and just enjoy the music!
If you haven't yet, you may want to look at getting one (or both) of them restored.
Burson HA-160D > Adcom GFA-5802 > Polk SDA-SRS 1.2tl w/ Mye Sound Spikes, Mills/Sonicap XO, Larry's Rings, Dynamat Extreme, Cardas CCGR Binding Posts and Jumpers, Custom 10ga interconnect, Custom Gaskets, RDO-198 -
1.2's with carver mono blocks 575watts.I had them for years,and still working fine. God IS Good!PolkAudioClyde
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Another Carver user here. Parasound will be next.
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Started ADCOM 555ii
Then Legacy/Coda
Now Sunfire Cinema 5X200
All had different sounds and different flavors.
All of them worked, however.
Best of luck in your journey.
NathanHome Rig
SDA 2.3TL's front and center
Polk 1000p Center
Pioneer Elite SC35 Receiver (Pre/Surround
Sunfire Cinema Grand 5X200-Back in the mix.
OPPO BDP-93
Squeezebox
Stepped up to name brand Speaker Cables and interconnects!
Monitor 4, 5, 7, 10's, SDA 1B's, 2B's, 2.3TL's, RTA 15TL's all in storage waiting for me.
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You'll be fine with the '35, I expect.renowilliams wrote: »I currenly am using and old Rotel till I get my Carver TFM-35 back next week from getting referrbed. I just found a pair of 2.3 SRS and am going to purchase. Will the Carver drive them sufficiently?
