Thoughts on SDA's...

heiney9

I would like to add a link that gives a good pictorial description as well as a highly regarded reviewer back in the day and his explanation based on discussions with Polk at the time SDA's were released. I should have posted this earlier but I forgot about it.

https://polksda.com/srsreview.shtml

H9

pitdogg2

K_M wrote: »

I meant it as having the "Effect" of changing how it sounds compared to normal stereo, not as it Being an effect.

Good grief Kelly seriously?
You have argued to no end it was an effect. Now you're saying that's not what you meant. This is the reason some of us get so frustrated with you.
Cards on the table i will say no more.

heiney9

Good grief is RIGHT! Holy deflection Batman!

H9

Derm

heiney9 wrote: »

Good grief is RIGHT! Holy deflection Batman!

H9

Reminds me of this.....

None so deaf as those that will not hear.
None so blind as those that will not see.

Thanks H9 for the old SDA review. It was great in addition to what Ken posted.
I didn't know the full science behind the creation and purpose of SDA.

[Deleted User]

Reminds me of school ground jam pile.

[Deleted User]

@K_M , you came into this thread and stated over and over that SDA was an effect, something you can just turn on and off.

The members of this Forum are trying to help you and everyone else that may be confused, to understand the differences in certain technologies and what is best.

Read the SDA Law that I laid out and the link that @heiney9 has provided. They are excellent resources.

K_M

Okay maybe I am not understanding what you guys are meaning by the word effect, or why it seems offensive.

I gather some find the word "offensive", or wrong, but after reading over several other SDA threads, I saw the term "Effect" used by many.

I understand fully how it works and why, and it can be turned off simply by disconnecting the connecting cable.
EFFECT:
"a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause."

"cause (something) to happen; bring about."

When the SDA speakers are employed, the effect of them being used is a different soundstage, than when they are not used.

So to me that implies the STEREO DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS are indeed effecting the overall soundstage.

K_M

KenCustomerService wrote: »

@K_M , you came into this thread and stated over and over that SDA was an effect, something you can just turn on and off.

The members of this Forum are trying to help you and everyone else that may be confused, to understand the differences in certain technologies and what is best.

Read the SDA Law that I laid out and the link that @heiney9 has provided. They are excellent resources.

I never said it was AN effect, I said it was The SDA effect.
Meaning, by using the Dimensional Arrays, it creates a different soundstage.

So the effect of the SDA array (Stereo dimensional array) being used, results in a different sound than when it is not obviously.

I am not saying it is a "Sound Effect", but that the dimensional drivers effect the sound, and they do.

heiney9

Wow, just let it go........There are numerous other threads where you clearly call it an effect, not the SDA effect.

crashb4

nbrowser wrote: »

SDAs rock!

/thread end.

+1 SDAs rock!
+1 thread end.

msg

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Emlyn

It's not offensive, just incorrect. The SDA drivers affect (make a difference to) the soundstage presented by the speakers compared to traditional stereo speakers through their physical acoustic properties. A pair of SDA speakers effects (brings about) a more spacious soundstage than traditional speakers because of their physical properties which remove from perception a negative artefact inherent in using two speakers.

An alternative way of looking at this is if someone (me) added a pair of Radio Shack super tweeter modules on top of their cheapo speakers back in the early 1980s to get more extended high frequencies, that action affected the sound produced by the system through acoustics by adding something physical. That something added was not an effect, although it did affect the overall sound and someone could say they liked the effect of adding them. That still wouldn't make the super tweeters an effect. Cranking up the treble control on the old console stereo to try and get a similar outcome without using those super tweeters was the act of using an effect.

mikeyb128

Inscrutabl0915

Fairly new here ... getting my bearings before posting much ...

I think I stumbled into the Wayback Machine and dropped into the old RAO newsgroup
... fellow old-timers will cringe/know what I mean ... those of you never exposed, count yourself lucky

pitdogg2

Emlyn wrote: »

It's not offensive, just incorrect. The SDA drivers affect (make a difference to) the soundstage presented by the speakers compared to traditional stereo speakers through their physical acoustic properties. A pair of SDA speakers effects (brings about) a more spacious soundstage than traditional speakers because of their physical properties which remove from perception a negative artefact inherent in using two speakers.

An alternative way of looking at this is if someone (me) added a pair of Radio Shack super tweeter modules on top of their cheapo speakers back in the early 1980s to get more extended high frequencies, that action affected the sound produced by the system through acoustics by adding something physical. That something added was not an effect, although it did affect the overall sound and someone could say they liked the effect of adding them. That still wouldn't make the super tweeters an effect. Cranking up the treble control on the old console stereo to try and get a similar outcome without using those super tweeters was the act of using an effect.

Give it up bro. Heres a hammer go wack yourself in the head you'll get more satisfaction. Some old crap with her.. twist words, distort the truth, deny and obfuscate. Then say oh yea that's not what i meant .... she is so misunderstood. Let the pity party begin.