SDA 2 Purchase

pkquat

highway_chile wrote: »

The room is set up as such: SDA's are 21" from the back wall. The right speaker is 27" from the side wall. Being pulled out from the wall and corner, the left speaker is now 47" from the closed door (which is the left wall). The speakers are 7' apart. My listening spot is atop a 7' triangle.

Below is the manual with recommended distances. In theory you are in the sweet spot, but might be a little close to the one wall on the side and may need to move the listening position back a little further. If you can move them back all the better (for bass at least). I have mine about 5ft apart and am about 5-6ft away. For some bizarre entertainment, if you have some small speakers (don't connect them) or tables, set them on the outsides of the SDA's. It should sound like the sound is coming from them, and not so much the SDA's. I have my 5A's next to the SDA's and other than the tonal difference it tough to tell which one the music is coming from.

http://polksda.com/pdfs/SDA1C.pdf

highway_chile

I moved them back to around 13" from the back wall. If I go further back the left speaker will become more "cornered." That did improve bass considerably and I'm digging the depth. This move puts the right speaker a few inches closer to the right wall, a few more inches between the speakers, and me almost a foot further from the speakers.
I'm listening to "Caress of Steel." I was a big Rush fan back in the 70's but haven't played any of their music since probably 1999. I'll keep experimenting.

highway_chile

pkquat wrote: »

highway_chile wrote: »

The room is set up as such: SDA's are 21" from the back wall. The right speaker is 27" from the side wall. Being pulled out from the wall and corner, the left speaker is now 47" from the closed door (which is the left wall). The speakers are 7' apart. My listening spot is atop a 7' triangle.

Below is the manual with recommended distances. In theory you are in the sweet spot, but might be a little close to the one wall on the side and may need to move the listening position back a little further. If you can move them back all the better (for bass at least). I have mine about 5ft apart and am about 5-6ft away. For some bizarre entertainment, if you have some small speakers (don't connect them) or tables, set them on the outsides of the SDA's. It should sound like the sound is coming from them, and not so much the SDA's. I have my 5A's next to the SDA's and other than the tonal difference it tough to tell which one the music is coming from.

http://polksda.com/pdfs/SDA1C.pdf

And thanks for the manual, pkquat!

BlueBirdMusic

Steely Dan's "Gaucho"!

highway_chile
Perfect music for the SDA's. I like the DVD-A "Everything Must GO" album.

Just recently, I learned how their name was chosen.

http://www.steelydan.com/faq.html
With Fagen on keyboards and vocals and Becker on bass, they decide to sign up guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and drummer Jim Hodder. With the core band recruited, Donald and Walter need a name for their group. Since both of them were avid readers of 1950's "Beat" literature, they decided to name the band "Steely Dan" after a **** in William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch."

highway_chile

Obviously I'm not able to set things up perfectly symmetrical in this room. I was noticing more of the "3D" effect from the right speaker than the left. I moved my chair less than a foot to the left and now it's as though I'm hearing music from the surrounds on my left and right. Of course, they're only connected to my Onkyo, not the Luxman.