Which to get? SRS or SRS1.2 or SRS1.2TL
dan98svt
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I have a choice to get a set and this guy seems to have it all. Other than different tweeters and crossovers (and interior bracing), do they all sound more or less the same? Is there going to be a "wow" difference between them?
I'm not planning on upgrading the crossovers, and don't know yet how the tweeters are going to sound. (I just spent a bunch on my SDA1C tweeters, which I could stick in the SDA or SDA1.2...)
I'll be running them with an Onkyo M-508, but don't know which pre-amps he has.
Any sound recommendations (pun intended)?
Dan
I'm not planning on upgrading the crossovers, and don't know yet how the tweeters are going to sound. (I just spent a bunch on my SDA1C tweeters, which I could stick in the SDA or SDA1.2...)
I'll be running them with an Onkyo M-508, but don't know which pre-amps he has.
Any sound recommendations (pun intended)?
Dan
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TL.
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If I do the crossover upgrades, would it matter which ones I got? $1k for SRS v/s $15 for TL. I could save the money upfront on the spkrs and use it towards upgrades. If all the same stuff goes into the upgrade, wouldn't they sound about the same afterwards?
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You might want Vr# Mods to give you pricing of upgrades starting with the different options for speakers you purchase.
However, my understanding is that, if you want to upgrade from whatever SRS model to the "ultimate" using contemporary components, the cost should be the same -- same labor, caps, resistors, wiring, tweeters, inductors, etc.
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Other than different tweeters and crossovers (and interior bracing), do they all sound more or less the same?
No.Is there going to be a "wow" difference between them?
Definitely.I'm not planning on upgrading the crossovers
Big mistake.I'll be running them with an Onkyo M-508
If it is common ground it won't matter, if it's not, you will not be able to use it with the SDA SRS.Any sound recommendations
Get the 2.3TL's instead.
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If common-ground isn't a problem, the SRS (no suffix) are the least-expensive and MAYBE best-bang-for-the-buck of the big guys. MAYBE. I have been told that the bass is larger/rounder/less-tight than the newer versions; but I've never confirmed that.
If you EVER want to use non-common-ground compatible amps (such as monoblock and/or bridged/balanced) it's 1.2 or 1.2TL, plus an isolation transformer such as a Dreadnaught. The 1.2 can be converted to TL--Polk used to offer a kit to do that--but I don't have a parts list. You'd just have to buy all the upgraded parts including 8 tweeters, by comparing the schematics.
Therefore, 1.2 or 1.2TL doesn't matter much, if you're upgrading the speakers anyway the parts cost is about the same--you just order the TL stuff at approximately the same dollar amount as the non-TL parts would cost.
