Srs 2.3

Huh What?
Huh What? Posts: 55
edited April 2013 in Vintage Speakers
Well, I'm up to 3 pairs of Polk speakers now. A pair of Monitor 10's, Monitor 7's, and as of yesterday a pair of SDA SRS 2.3's (with donuts and everything!). They'll need a little reconditioning, but I'm looking forward to hooking them up to my NAD T775. Hopefully that will be enough juice for them.

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Home Theater - Talon Firebird (Fronts), Talon Raven 2002 (Surrounds), Talon Cinema Hawk (Ctr), Talon Falcon (Back Surrounds), JL Audio Fathom F112 Sub
Pre/Pro - Classe SSP-800
Amps - Sim Audio Moon Titan 5 channel, Modwright KWH 225i
Blu-Ray - Oppo UDP-203
Projector - Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5040UB
Screen - Silver Tickets MPT 110"

Primary 2 Channel - Talon Firebirds
Modwright KWH 225i Integrated Amp
Oppo BDP-103, Audio Research DAC 8

Secondary 2 Channel - Polk SDA 2B
NAD T775, Denon 2900 DVD-A/SACD
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  • Mr. Bubbles
    Mr. Bubbles Posts: 736
    edited April 2013
    congrats. Welcome to the world of SDA. listen for a short while and be thinking about mods. They really make a huge difference..
    If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?!


    Monitor 5Jr, Monitor 5, RTA12, RTA 15TL, SDA 2A, 1c, SRS 2, 1.2TL, CRS, Atrium.
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  • pglbook
    pglbook Posts: 2,222
    edited April 2013
    Congratulations on a great pair of speakers. You are going to love SDAs. I am fairly new to SDAs myself, having bought a pair of SDA 2B TL speakers about 4 months ago and I can tell you that, once you go SDA there is no turning back. For me, they are speakers for life!
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  • Huh What?
    Huh What? Posts: 55
    edited April 2013
    Thanks! I have to say this is definitely not my first foray into the world of SDA. My first pair was back in the Army days with a pair of SDA 2's. I upgraded those with a pair of 2.3 TL's. Over the years I've had a pair of SDA CRS's, SDA-1C's, and the flagship SDA SRS 1.2 TL's. I've never sold a pair for an upgrade to something outside of the SDA line. It's always either been a move, or a space, or a WAF issue. This time a friend of mine is moving across country into a house half the size of what he's in now, so I offered to help him save some weight and space on his move by taking the 2.3's off his hands.

    I am using them in my master bedroom with an NAD T775 receiver and Denon DVD 2900 SACD/DVD-A/DVD player. I did sort of an A/B comparison with my main system (see signature) listening to Herbie Hancock "Future Shock". I've always loved the way that song sounds on the SDAs. The Talon/Simaudio setup offers more detail, but there's just something about the sound of those SDAs. I'm looking forward to keeping these in the lineup for a while this time.
    Home Theater - Talon Firebird (Fronts), Talon Raven 2002 (Surrounds), Talon Cinema Hawk (Ctr), Talon Falcon (Back Surrounds), JL Audio Fathom F112 Sub
    Pre/Pro - Classe SSP-800
    Amps - Sim Audio Moon Titan 5 channel, Modwright KWH 225i
    Blu-Ray - Oppo UDP-203
    Projector - Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5040UB
    Screen - Silver Tickets MPT 110"

    Primary 2 Channel - Talon Firebirds
    Modwright KWH 225i Integrated Amp
    Oppo BDP-103, Audio Research DAC 8

    Secondary 2 Channel - Polk SDA 2B
    NAD T775, Denon 2900 DVD-A/SACD
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  • pglbook
    pglbook Posts: 2,222
    edited April 2013
    Nice, that is quite the number of SDAs you have had. I am curious - which pair of SDAs did you think sounded the best?
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  • pglbook
    pglbook Posts: 2,222
    edited April 2013
    I guess I thought you were a newbie to Polk since you only have 26 posts but now I see that you joined CP in 2008. Why so few posts, especially since you are such a big polk fan? I am interested to hear your thoughts about all of the different SDA models you have had and how they compared with each other and which you liked the best.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited April 2013
    Hi,
    I second that and how do you like your Oppo 103?
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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  • Huh What?
    Huh What? Posts: 55
    edited April 2013
    I'm not a big online poster/opinion giver. I figure I know just enough to be dangerous about most things I know anything about. That's a tough question on which SDAs I liked best, because they were powered by different amps and had different sources. One of my favorites was the 2.3 TLs with a Denon DCD 1500, NAD 1155 preamp, and Nakamichi PA 5 amp. I logged a ton of hours with that system and just really liked it for a long time. I'll have to say that the best sound quality had to be the 1.2 TLs. I had the Nakamichi PA 5 powering them, but was using a VTL TL 5.5 preamp, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, and Audio Research DAC 7. Digital audio sounded great, but put on some vinyl? Oh my word. Butter. Easily the most pleasant, full bodied sound I've heard come through a stereo system.

    I just hooked up my Yamaha YP-D4 turntable, Graham Slee Reflex phono preamp, and, of all things, a Pioneer CLD-1030 laserdisc player. I'll let the GS warm up for a couple of days and I think my TT needs a new cartridge, but I'm chomping at the bit to get a listen to it with the 2.3s.

    I highly recommend the Oppo. For the price, I think it's easily the finest bluray player available. I thought about the 105 or a used 95, but I'm running everything through the DAC 7 and have a total of 3 SACDs, so to me it wasn't worth the extra $$$. I have my multimedia PC connected to it via HDMI for viewing of my digitized movie collection. The BDP-103's digital coax output goes to the DAC 7 and the optical directly to the Simaudio Attraction. The optical from the HTPC goes to the DAC 7 for 2 channel playback using JRiver Media Center.
    Home Theater - Talon Firebird (Fronts), Talon Raven 2002 (Surrounds), Talon Cinema Hawk (Ctr), Talon Falcon (Back Surrounds), JL Audio Fathom F112 Sub
    Pre/Pro - Classe SSP-800
    Amps - Sim Audio Moon Titan 5 channel, Modwright KWH 225i
    Blu-Ray - Oppo UDP-203
    Projector - Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5040UB
    Screen - Silver Tickets MPT 110"

    Primary 2 Channel - Talon Firebirds
    Modwright KWH 225i Integrated Amp
    Oppo BDP-103, Audio Research DAC 8

    Secondary 2 Channel - Polk SDA 2B
    NAD T775, Denon 2900 DVD-A/SACD
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited April 2013
    Sounds to me like you have and have had a lot of good EQ.
    Good post BTW.
    I like to show people my LaserDisc because I like the looks I get:eek:
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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