Wow, did I ever have fun with my 4.1TL's tonight!

nspindel
nspindel Posts: 5,343
edited April 2014 in The Clubhouse
My 20-year old nephew is just starting to get into audio, and has wanted to get ears on my setup for a while. He came by tonight, and I let the SDA's loose. It's been a long time since I pumped them to ear splitting levels, but my nephew just couldn't have it loud enough. We had them to room-shaking levels, and the Krell just made it seem effortless. We started off playing records, some Supertramp, then a bunch of live Grateful Dead, and the entire second side of Abbey Road. Later on we went to the digital side, we hit the Doors, Eagles, Jethro Tull, Clapton, Stones, Rush, Yes, U2, Chili Peppers, and more. I normally don't listen anywhere near as load, I forgot how well the SDA's can crank. My nephew's jaw was dropping at the punch and depth of the bass that the little 4.1's can produce. Then I told him to go look at the back of the speakers. "Ohhhh!!!!" I had him closing his eyes, and visualizing the soundstage. He was commenting about how he could place each individual instrument. I explained to him how SDA works and what it does for imaging. He's an engineering student, so he was fascinated. When we were listening to Abbey Road, he was amazed at how you could locate the individual voices in the harmonies in different locations in the soundstage, as if the Beatles were standing side by side right in front of us. What a great time, but I pushed my ears to the limit, they are ringing right now! Awesome time, and great seeing my nephew getting the audio bug!
Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,337
    edited April 2014
    My son was floored by them as well, he didn't think they would sound that good compared to my 1.2tl's, his jaw hit the floor when I cranked them up..

    I gave them to him, but he doesn't have a place for them just yet..
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited April 2014
    Awesome! Some great music selections you played! Glad you and your nephew are loving the audio!
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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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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited April 2014
    It's always great to show off your system to someone who hasn't experienced SDA's before.
    Home Theater
    Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
    Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
    Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
    Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
    Two Channel
    Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited April 2014
    zane77 wrote: »
    It's always great to show off your system to someone who hasn't experienced SDA's before.

    Very true
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited April 2014
    Ears are still ringing a bit this morning. I'm an SDA owner for 25 years, and they never cease to amaze me.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,675
    edited April 2014
    That great to hear young people interested in getting together & listening to music. With all these new little gadgets on the market (not that their bad). Hope he enjoyed it & your ears recover :smile:
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited April 2014
    Good company...good tunes,and serious sound pressure levels are a combo that is hard to beat....
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited April 2014
    Nspendel, what krell are you using? When too one a little ago and love it with thw 12c's.
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited April 2014
    Kav 2250
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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