Spooky Speakers - SDA 1B

ZaPHoN
ZaPHoN Posts: 90
edited February 2015 in Vintage Speakers
I couldn't resist, I had to share what's already been shared many times over.

I spent a few days making sure I was kicking out up to 32bit uncompressed sound from my custom build HTPC

I got my hands on a Bryston 4B to drive a fully functioning stock pair of SDA 1B's and spent the last few days listing to Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey

Now I've listened to a lot of music on these SDA 1B's but there are some scores on this 32bit flac rip that are truly spooky.

I've experience the sound stage move from dead center for vocals to bass coming from behind me to vocals moving from above me to dead center.

I had to check several times to see if the center channel was truly off.

The bass in many cases can't be located. It seems to envelope me with no point of origin. When the bass does have a point of origin it seems to move from a spherical point that keeps moving.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Jimi Hendrix - Red House, Freddie King - Hide Away and Cassandra Wilson - Vietnam Blues are crazy

Spooky Speakers!

Home Theater & Listening

RECEIVER Yamaha HTR6180
FRONT AMP McIntosh MC2125
THEATER AMP EMOTIVA XPA 7
FRONT Polk SDA 1B
CENTER Polk CsiA4
SURROUND LR KEF Cresta 30
REAR Polk Monitor 5
SUB Tannoy TS 10 Subwoofer
NAS 20 TB Raid 3 QNAP

Office

AMP Luxman L210
SPEAKERS Tannoy



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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,843
    Bass* and sounds awesome, isn't that how it should sound?
    2 Channel(work in progress):DAC: Schiit modi 2 uberAmp:Parasound 1200 MK IISub:RBH 1010-SEP Speakers: Monitor 5A peerlesscurrently running some krk rokit 3g since the HK pre outs died and i need to start breaking everything down to move in a couple monthsHeadphones:Source: tidalDAC: schiit modius epre: schiit sysAmp: AQ dragonfly black/ schiit magni2 Cans: Velodyne V-True, Grado SR225i, sennheiser x drop gaming headsetPC:DAC: schiit modius e(over spdif)pre: schiit sysspeakers: prenous eris 5 xtSub: Earthquake Sound MiniMe-P63most of my comments are passing on of info, im a noob, im just trying to help how i can, if im wrong or out of place to comment, dont hesitate to let me know :)"WITH WILLING HEARTS AND SKILLFUL HANDS, THE DIFFICULT WE DO AT ONCE, THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES A BIT LONGER, WITH COMPASSION FOR OTHERS. WE BUILD - WE FIGHT FOR PEACE WITH FREEDOM"Seabee Memorial, Arlington, VA
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    Consider how
    ZaPHoN wrote: »
    I got my hands on a Bryston 4B to drive a fully functioning stock pair of SDA 1B's
    Consider what's ahead once you scrap the thousand-year-old electrolytic caps, dampen the driver baskets, pull the cabinet stuffing back up where it belongs, and generally do the typical mods 'n' repairs!

    The 1Bs are wonderful speakers.
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  • ZaPHoN
    ZaPHoN Posts: 90
    Schurkey wrote: »
    Consider how
    ZaPHoN wrote: »
    I got my hands on a Bryston 4B to drive a fully functioning stock pair of SDA 1B's
    Consider what's ahead once you scrap the thousand-year-old electrolytic caps, dampen the driver baskets, pull the cabinet stuffing back up where it belongs, and generally do the typical mods 'n' repairs!

    The 1Bs are wonderful speakers.

    I would if they were real wood cabinets. I'll keep them and try and get my hands on a set of SRS's or 1C's in real wood for the upgrade.

    It's been a long time since I've just spent a day of solitude listening to music and not wanted to take a break.

    Safe to say. The bug has bitten!
    Home Theater & Listening

    RECEIVER Yamaha HTR6180
    FRONT AMP McIntosh MC2125
    THEATER AMP EMOTIVA XPA 7
    FRONT Polk SDA 1B
    CENTER Polk CsiA4
    SURROUND LR KEF Cresta 30
    REAR Polk Monitor 5
    SUB Tannoy TS 10 Subwoofer
    NAS 20 TB Raid 3 QNAP

    Office

    AMP Luxman L210
    SPEAKERS Tannoy



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