SDA Interconnects

audiocr381ve
audiocr381ve Posts: 2,588
edited June 2011 in Vintage Speakers
Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    nope.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited June 2011
    IMO anyone doing so should just sell the speakers, if there not going to take the time to do it right!!!:rolleyes:
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited June 2011
    audiocr381ve wrote: »
    Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.

    Nope, not a single solitary time have I ever enjoyed having the cable disconnected. They are not designed to sound their best without the cable. The entire design is predicated on having the dimensional drivers in use.

    If I had an Emo amp I'd just disconnect the right and left speaker cables and listen that way....ha..ha..lol :biggrin::biggrin:

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited June 2011
    heiney9 wrote: »

    If I had an Emo amp I'd just disconnect the right and left speaker cables and listen that way....ha..ha..lol :biggrin::biggrin:

    H9


    Dude!!! Thats funny right there!!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited June 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Dude!!! Thats funny right there!!

    For me personally, that's what I'd do. I don't want to start an Emo haters thread. They have their place in the audio hierarchy and for many they are an improvement in an HT rig over a HTiB or most receivers.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited June 2011
    heiney9 wrote: »
    For me personally, that's what I'd do. I don't want to start an Emo haters thread. They have their place in the audio hierarchy and for many they are an improvement in an HT rig over a HTiB or most receivers.

    H9

    I know, me too except in my HT rig (Where I do have an Emo Amp) but still funny none the less:tongue:!!
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,081
    edited June 2011
    Never
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited June 2011
    audiocr381ve wrote: »
    Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.

    nope
    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
    GIK panels
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited June 2011
    Nope
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited June 2011
    Nope.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • aviator
    aviator Posts: 159
    edited June 2011
    audiocr381ve wrote: »
    Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.

    Were the responses unambiguous enough?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2011
    Not a single reason.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,448
    edited June 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    IMO anyone doing so should just sell the speakers, if there not going to take the time to do it right!!!:rolleyes:


    agreed 100%
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2011
    So far it looks to be a universal "nope".

    Oh, and nope.

    Greg
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited June 2011
    headrott wrote: »
    So far it looks to be a universal "nope".

    Oh, and nope.

    Greg

    Seems to me SDA's without the interconnect is kind of like a rear wheel drive care without a driveshaft.

    You can experience sitting in the driver's seat, starting the engine and revving it up, but you can't get anywhere.
    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
    GIK panels
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  • civilian
    civilian Posts: 357
    edited June 2011
    Dog-pile!
    If I am not going to sit down in the SDA sweetspot and listen then I switch to 7-channel stereo mode and run it through the HT speakers.
    ________________
    2 Channel-Denon AVR-4520/SDA 2.3TL's
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  • audio_alan
    audio_alan Posts: 770
    edited June 2011
    I'll add more than just a "nope"....

    When I first got into SDA's, I did quite a bit of testing with and without the cable, just to learn what it was about. The soundstage definitely suffers when you disconnect the cable. Additionally, bass output goes down because you aren't creating as much pressure inside the cabinet when only half of your drivers are moving.

    So not just nope, but Hell Nope! :biggrin:


    BTW, H9, while your comment about Emotiva amps is funny, it sounds like you just didn't find a synergy with an Emo amp and the rest of your gear. Others (including me) have. No sense dragging it into a thread that isn't even about amps...
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