SDA2a timbre matching

jaygax
jaygax Posts: 153
edited April 2013 in Vintage Speakers
need help on what line of polk speakers that matches my SDA2a fronts. these should serve the center and surrounds. thanks!
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  • Mr. Bubbles
    Mr. Bubbles Posts: 736
    edited April 2013
    I have read that early on Polk recommended the CRS as center channel speakers. however those are hard to come by. I would think that many of the early monitors would be goo for this using the same or similar mids and tweets; Monitor 5,7,10 and maybe some of the rta's as well. i am sure others will chime in with more knowledge and experience matching these than myself.
    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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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited April 2013
    jaygax wrote: »
    need help on what line of polk speakers that matches my SDA2a fronts. these should serve the center and surrounds. thanks!
    Monitor 5s & 7s will match for center, side & rear surrounds. I built a custom Center using a Monitor 10B crossover & drivers, plus two Monitor 5, 6.5 " PRs. I upgraded my 2As and Center to TL level, and the remaining 5s and 7s have RDO-194s
    The sound is amazing.
    You could also run a phantom center using the 2As. Many members here do it that way. It all depends on the size of your room, the placement of all your equipment, and seating arrangement.
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

    dhsspeakerservice.com/
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited April 2013
    http://www.polkaudio.com/polk-university/faq/what-center-speaker-matches-with-my-older-polk-speakers

    Polk Audio's Recommendation
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • jaygax
    jaygax Posts: 153
    edited April 2013
    thanks jeremymarcinko and for everybody else who chimed in.

    here's my room specs. 15'(W)x20'(L)x8'(ht).

    i powered my SDA2a's with an Adcom GFA-555ii. the rest of the speakers are powered direct from my yamaha RX-a1000 AVR.
    the rest of my speakers are mixed. i purchased them all from ebay a couple of years ago when my interest from HT became bigger. i was just using a onkyo HTiB before.

    for now, i'll just get the CSiA6 or CSi5(polk on ebay) as my center channel. then i planned to go to franklin, TN this july to get the emotiva XPA-5 for my birthday. after that, i'll replace my SDA2a's with a pair of black RTiA9's($500) on ebay. and power them by the emotiva XPA-5.

    i'll move my Adcom amp and polk SDA's to another room for a pure musical Stereo Dimensional Array experience after.

    How's that for a plan? i'm open for suggestions. im on a tight budget for amps that's why i chose emotiva. can't afford right now for a $3k to $6k amplifier.
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