Powering my polk SDA 2

isanybodytheir
isanybodytheir Posts: 2
in Vintage Speakers
I have a pair of polk speakers SDA 2, I'am looking for a used Amp and Preamp,are the SDA power hungry.What would be a good choice with out spending a ton of money.What do you thing about a Crown XLS 1500.I just received the speakers with the inner connecting cable. How would you rate the SDA's
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  • isanybodytheir
    isanybodytheir Posts: 2
    Thanks for your imput
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,552
    Could you describe your speakers a bit more as there are the following "2" models, SDA 2, SDA 2A, SDA 2B and the SDA SRS 2.
    What would be a good choice with out spending a ton of money.

    A set dollar amount would help.
    What do you thing about a Crown XLS 1500

    Why do folks think that cheap pro amps have any business powering home audio speakers?
    How would you rate the SDA's

    Give yours a listen and tell us what you think.

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited December 2014
    Post a picture with grills off.... Are they pin/blade OR blade/blade IC cord. Polk didnt do such a great job marking models of Monitors or SDA's imo. Welcome to Polk & SDA's are a fine speaker
    EDIT-- cant post pic. This may help & you may enjoy this site http://www.gimpod.com/sda-id.html
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  • Mr. Bubbles
    Mr. Bubbles Posts: 736
    Welcome to the forum.

    Most versions of the SDA 2 are great speakers. In fact my SDA 2A's are some of my favorites. 2B's are slightly better than the A's and the SRS 2 should be even better than those but I have never heard a pair to verify.

    If you just want to party with a lot of slam a Crown amp may be ok. but then you would probably not enjoy the SDA's. For a good quality sound, no pro amp should be used in your home sound quality rig.

    Good luck and Like F1nut was saying; more info would help others here help you much better.
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    Monitor 5Jr, Monitor 5, RTA12, RTA 15TL, SDA 2A, 1c, SRS 2, 1.2TL, CRS, Atrium.
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    I believe Jesse is right on this one. You can get an Adcom gfa555 for $300 all day long almost everywhere and @ 200 watts a side can push just about any speaker us dudes can afford. Also series 1s are common ground so no smoke and flames from the SDAs or the amp. Plenty of other similar amps around but this is what I've had for years and it hasn't failed yet. More specifics on your speakers and if you only see a 2 on the back like mine I had to be informed they were '87 2Bs w/ blade /blade i/c.
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