Let's answer Matt's question on SDA

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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited May 2004
    PW,

    You own a set so you have had the opportunity to tweak them to your taste. I drove as far as 107 miles on several occasions trying get excited by these speakers (different stores/setups) because it sickened me that Polk made a speaker that sounded so bad.
    2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited May 2004
    Hmmmmmm......a little too much bass, but I couldn't say they sounded bad.....far from it.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited May 2004
    Well when you drive almost 2 hrs to listen, too much bass starts to sound bad. And when you compare to eveness and nuetrality of the 1.2tl (all on memory and yes we do remember things better than the reality). These speakers were a let down for me that's all. I can see in my words I am being too harsh on them. Sorry guys.
    2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,774
    edited May 2004
    The SRT in the Polk HQ was heavily UNDER** Powered...

    The bass was outstanding though...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited May 2004
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited May 2004
    Originally posted by xsmi
    These speakers were a let down for me that's all.
    To each his own ... All I can tell you is it takes awhile to get the subs set up properly. Beyond that assuming that the phase and other basics have been properly established, there are different user level settings for movies and music which are then infinitely adjustable from the listening area.
    Rick
    HT+ Sunfire TG IV, Dual CG Sig II's, CinePro 1K2, Oppo 981, Audio Technica PL120, Polk SRT's & F/X1000's, Samsung 71" DLP
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited May 2004
    My first choice...didn't like the base plate chopped from the LSi15 in the previous one.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited May 2004
    I'm with Derick on this one. $2500CDN or lower and I'll buy them without even listening first.

    Maurice
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited May 2004
    Originally posted by organ
    I'm with Derick on this one. $2500CDN or lower and I'll buy them without even listening first.
    HEY.......you Canadians can't come in here quoting all these figures in funny money.......USD is the parameter here :D:D:D
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited May 2004
    LOL:D. Alright, how about $1800USD? That's using the current exchange rate of about 1.37.

    Maurice
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited May 2004
    Ah....an added bonus.....the exchange rates.....

    Don't be tryin to get us Americans having to think too much about foreigners......sheesh....:p
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited May 2004
    Chill out eh:D. We're closer to you than you think. We're like the HF binding post and you're the LF in a bi-wire/bi-amp speaker LOL:D. The jumpers are the paths we take to ship out Bryston, Anthem, Paradigm, PSB, etc to you and in exchage you guys ship us Polk, Klipsch, Carver, etc.

    Maurice
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited May 2004
    I don't have photoshop but I would try it if I did. What about staggering the midbass drivers two rows of two but at an angle of like 30 degrees from the vertical and then place the two tweets in the gaps. This should narrow the speaker down to the width of the passive radiator but make it slightly taller. I'm thinking smaller footprint is always better here.

    My oh my aren't we really dreaming here? I'm wondering if it is the REM portion of the sleep here...you know the vivid ones.

    Cool thread nonetheless. 1985 was twenty years ago. Time is flying for sure. 20th anniversary limited edition signature series Polks. At one time we all believed in Santa Claus too but Santa still lives in all of our hearts.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2004
    Great job on the 1C version emilyn! I would buy it. I wasn't sure about the 1.2 version though. I think the woofers may be too far away from each other but then I'm not sure of their placement parameters. I want a 1C version like that!!

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,774
    edited May 2004
    That 1C looks like a friggin Alien...

    The blue woofs...and that old lookin PR -- looks like something from when mars attack! LOL!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2004
    Looks like they've sold 60+ pair now, just on the forum in a few days...
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited May 2004
    The future Matt Polk LSi-SDA Anniversary Portrait Edition!?!
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited May 2004
    Ya know.... it wouldn't break my heart if Polk were to replace the Passive Radiator with a bass-driver and make the next generation SDA a 3-way speaker made (mostly) from LSi components. I hope Polk doesn't port the speaker though. I've never liked ported speaker designs all that much.

    3-way is cool.
    Passive Radiator is alright.
    Ported is a last resort sort of thing.

    - Ron
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited May 2004
    LMFAO:D:D:D

    I love that pic. Polk is awesome and everything but what are you going to tell your friends and family when they ask about the pic of Matt on the PR?LOL

    They already think we're freaks for enjoying audio this much, imagine what they'll think when you first reveal the speakers to them without grilles.

    Maurice
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited June 2004
    Hey, Emlyn, you need to rotate the drivers 90 degrees and put the flat sides of the basket next to each other and them narrow the whole cabinet accordingly. That's how we'll see an SDA come in damn close to 12" wide.

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited June 2004
    bump! :D:D:D

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited June 2004
    This little blip from TAS reflects my thoughts about the LSi 15/25's and why I won't own them and why I don't want LSi/SDA's.

    ..."the LSi 15's strengths are it's smooth and detailed treble, which never irritates even at loud listening levels, thanks to the exceptional Vifa XT254 ring-radiator tweeter, and equally smooth and open midrange. Where the speaker falls short is in the bass, which has a lot of energy but not quite the tightness and control that would raise this otherwise excellent effort up a notch."

    Fix the boomy bass problem and we might be talking.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited June 2004
    I agree that Polk should try to go back to a passive radiator design for bass. Porting subwoofer drivers doesn't seem to be one of Polk's strengths in terms of creating a musical speaker. To me, the SDA 2B, SDA 1C, and SDA 2.3TL all produce significantly more musical bass output (tight, not bloated) than the LSi15s. Of the current Polks, I think the RTi12 produces the cleanest bass output seemingly because of the newly designed power port. Unfortunately, I can't listen to the RTi12s for music because the tweeters on the RTi12s are great for home theater to my ears, but really awful for music.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited June 2004
    *bump*
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2004
    I think we've had a lot of great discussion here and in the thread that Paul started...

    I'd like to see what Polk thinks about some of what has been said already...
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited June 2004
    Yeah, Polkasaurus Rex only gave us a little tidbit in the other thread. :cool:

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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