Bring Back the SDA - Fan List

tugboat

Yeah, that EQ goes back to when I really didn't know how good music could sound and was easily pulled into a purchase because I was impressed by all those sliders! I removed it when I got a Pioneer VSX-5000 (wow, it had Dolby surround that when in use took 1/3 of the front amps to power the rears) and Bose 301 speakers. Well I was glad that back then Circuit City had a one year upgrade policy. The Bose 301s really messed up the soundstage and made it hard to locate instruments, etc. I took them back and got a pair of ARs and was happy. I kept them until '96 and replaced them with Polk RT800s. They lasted til '03 when my friend that owned a pair of mint 1.2TLs (he used them for about 6 months and then disconnected them when he got married) called and said it was time to get rid of them. I got them, a NAD preamp and two NAD 200w amps for 1500! I sold the NADs since my Denon 5803a has high current amps and at the ohm rating of the 1.2TLs it puts a decent 200w into each. More than enough for my neighbors to hate me.

You know, I might just hook up the EQ and see what the expander does with the SDAs. )

dudeinaroom

tugboat wrote:

You know, I might just hook up the EQ and see what the expander does with the SDAs. )

I was thinking the same thing. I was gonna kill the ht setup and use the eq as a source selector and my home made passive pre into my adcom. haven't had time to do it though. Really wanna get the receiver out of the loop.

F1nut

heiney9 wrote:

Tugboat, since you mentioned EQ and BOSE in the same post you have now been banned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Yep, rules are rules and that's at the top of the list!

heiney9

Tugboat, since you mentioned EQ and BOSE in the same post you have now been banned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

Sorry but your logic is flawed

H9

BobMcG

heiney9 wrote:

Tugboat, since you mentioned EQ and BOSE in the same post you have now been banned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:H9

Holy snykees! I hear yah on that one! But wait....:eek:

dudeinaroom wrote:

I was thinking the same thing. I was gonna kill the ht setup and use the eq as a source selector and my home made passive pre into my adcom. haven't had time to do it though. Really wanna get the receiver out of the loop.

Sounds like someone else is going down with the ship! Errr boat, errr tugboat.:D

heiney9

Ya, dudeinaroom was doomed since the day he joined. I believe he was the one running the Adcom amp out of the headphone jack :eek: on his receiver because it had no pre-outs. Got to give him credit for thinking outside the box, but not the most "hi-fi" way to get the job done.

Yes, he should be banned as well, sorry guys but turn around, put your heads down and slowly walk out of the forum

H9

univera

F1nut wrote:

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Yep, rules are rules and that's at the top of the list!

Aren't you forgetting to mention the fact that Tugboat also referenced a rap song, Realistic AND a Madonna song in the same thread? Madonna is one thing, but NWA??????;) Bose, EQ, Realistic rap song and Madonna-hmmm.......****'s With Attitudes????Fashizel.

hearingimpared

Oh yeah, forgot, BRING BACK SDA!!!

dudeinaroom

oh come on now. I didn't even use the b word. The reciver is just make shift, as would be the eq if i co that route. I only make about 16 grand a year, and support a wife and two kids. So in about 20 years when I can afford a decent dd,dts pre/pro I'll do it, but this is what I have for now. Don't knock it, you don't have to hear it.

And the adcom is a jump up from the technics internal amps. sda's sound good for ht, and even better when I kill all internal amps and am running just the adcom and the sda's for 2ch. Now if anyone wanted to give me a pre, or pre/pro I would cure my system of the disease.

Later all,
dude

reeltrouble1

Torpedoed Tug, Abandon or go down with the ship.

RT1

Carver Amazing's and no bass????????????

Monkey needs to get back on the power stone.

heiney9

dudeinaroom wrote:

oh come on now. I didn't even use the b word. The reciver is just make shift, as would be the eq if i co that route. I only make about 16 grand a year, and support a wife and two kids. So in about 20 years when I can afford a decent dd,dts pre/pro I'll do it, but this is what I have for now. Don't knock it, you don't have to hear it.

And the adcom is a jump up from the technics internal amps. sda's sound good for ht, and even better when I kill all internal amps and am running just the adcom and the sda's for 2ch. Now if anyone wanted to give me a pre, or pre/pro I would cure my system of the disease.

Later all,
dude

Hey Dude, no disrespect meant, just having at little fun. We all gotta do what we gotta do. Sometimes I think I'd give up my modest system for a family.

dudeinaroom

heiney9 wrote:

Hey Dude, no disrespect meant, just having at little fun. We all gotta do what we gotta do. Sometimes I think I'd give up my modest system for a family.

none taken, and I hear the family thing (at least when the system is off);)

reeltrouble1

You dont have to spend a lot to make a musically satisfying system. Enjoying the music is what its all about, those few minutes or hours, when you can connect get into it and forget about having a bad day, bad customer's, bad bosses.

RT1

snow

dudeinaroom wrote:

oh come on now. I didn't even use the b word. The reciver is just make shift, as would be the eq if i co that route. I only make about 16 grand a year, and support a wife and two kids. So in about 20 years when I can afford a decent dd,dts pre/pro I'll do it, but this is what I have for now. Don't knock it, you don't have to hear it.

And the adcom is a jump up from the technics internal amps. sda's sound good for ht, and even better when I kill all internal amps and am running just the adcom and the sda's for 2ch. Now if anyone wanted to give me a pre, or pre/pro I would cure my system of the disease.

Later all,
dude

hi dude.that adcom amp is a very nice amp btw for those sdas plenty of power. as far as making enough to afford a nice multi channel pre pro your right its not easy to do with a wife and kids, no matter how much you make. if you need or want a 2 channel preamp in the interim i will send you a adcom GFP-555 if you pay the postage, as soon as i recieve a pre pro that i bought last week.it wont help you with home theatre, but it should make your 2 channel a little better than using the head phone jack. btw thats pretty darn inovative. REGARDS SNOW

dudeinaroom

thanks. I had to do something. If you are serious I would gladly take it. I have been thinking of killing the ht until we can we can get into a house of our own. Floor space is at a premuim right now. One wall has my sda's my cheapy khl sub and the entertainment center. The other has a couch and a set of floor standing infinitys. so it's pretty wall to wall. Thanks

Later,
Dude

DollarDave

"Life's short, Listen to SDA's"

One of the best signature lines around.

snow

dudeinaroom wrote:

thanks. I had to do something. If you are serious I would gladly take it. I have been thinking of killing the ht until we can we can get into a house of our own. Floor space is at a premuim right now. One wall has my sda's my cheapy khl sub and the entertainment center. The other has a couch and a set of floor standing infinitys. so it's pretty wall to wall. Thanks

Later,
Dude

yes im serious about sending you the preamp. it might be a little while longer than i thought though. i recieved my new to me lexicon MC-1 and it appears to be in perfect condition, not a mark on it anywhere. but....... it doesnt work:( all i get are a couple letters on the on screen display. obviously some error message, it refuses to power up period. ive looked at the manual till im crosseyed, thats not helping either. i posted a question on the lexicon forum regarding this hopefully i will get a response soon. its looking like from what reasearch ive done on this its either the daughter board, or the power supply unit. its looking like im going to have to send to lexicon to get repaired. its a flat $425.00 for any repair plus shipping. i am kind of in a dillema here. i cant resell it the way it is. and i really dont want to pay the money to fix it. but i allready have a thousand bucks into it so i cant throw it away. guess ill call lexicon in the moring and send it off. im feeling a ll sick right now, i was so looking forward to using this. o well i guess thats the breaks sometimes. SNOW

dudeinaroom

That's really crappy. Did you contact the seller? I would see what he has to say. He might take care of repairs for you and if it was working when he had it you might be able to get who ever you used for shipping to pay for it. That's totally crappy. Good luck. Hope it works out for you.

later,
Dude

snow

dudeinaroom wrote:

That's really crappy. Did you contact the seller? I would see what he has to say. He might take care of repairs for you and if it was working when he had it you might be able to get who ever you used for shipping to pay for it. That's totally crappy. Good luck. Hope it works out for you.

later,
Dude

yes i contacted the seller no reply as yet. as far as shipping goes it arrived without a mark on it, in its original box and packing. inside another box. and no signs of abuse on the outside box either, so i doubt i will be able to make a claim that way. i think im going to have to eat it. and move on. im going to take it to the local tech today and have him look at it. who knows maybe a simple fix. i have my fingers crossed. REGARDS SNOW

ESavinon

Bring Back The Sda!

ESavinon

Bring Back The Srt!

tugboat

Damn, I sure lined myself up for a major frontal attack! Hahaha! In my defense, Bose is and will never be a consideration of mine for anything (except, maybe, the noise cancelation headphones), hooking up the old EQ with stereo expander was just out of curiosity, didn't know that one of the requirements for owning and using and SDA product meant I had to limit my musical listening to exclude rap and such and for what's it's worth....I will sing the praises of SDA til the day I die (might even have my 1.2TLs setup at my grave site and play for all to enjoy).

I can't be the only owner of SDAs that has a music collection that goes beyond classical, rock and pop. I own over 1400 CDs that cover every genre. My love of music knows now bounderies.

Anyway, my take on what might make the SDA effect to beyond norm....Was I totally off target? Does a recording that artifically expands the stereo effect have no affect on the SDA?

Thanks!

RuSsMaN

F SDA!!!

Look for inwalls, and 'solutions' - ie Surroundbar. You MIGHT see an SDA SRT 'remix' - but you (most) won't be able to afford it.

You want big 2ch SDA, hit ebay / audiogon - there's plenty of 'inventory'.

Cheers,
Russ

xsmi

Don't bring back SDA, I promised my wife and son more of my time for the forseeable future ! Man this would really suck oh well such is life, they are much more fun;) .

dudeinaroom

snow wrote:

yes i contacted the seller no reply as yet. as far as shipping goes it arrived without a mark on it, in its original box and packing. inside another box. and no signs of abuse on the outside box either, so i doubt i will be able to make a claim that way. i think im going to have to eat it. and move on. im going to take it to the local tech today and have him look at it. who knows maybe a simple fix. i have my fingers crossed. REGARDS SNOW

Best of luck. I hope it doesn't cost you too much.

Toka78

I'd be more than happy if Polk were to offer a DIY 'upgrade' kit for the SDA's...new midrange's and maybe(?) a new crossover...the silk tweets are just fine, and the PR still brings it. I agree that if Polk were to build 'new' SDA's it wouldn't be economically feasible to do them 'right' in all probability.

djf

No, they shouldn't bring back the SDA's. Cause with the tech now, the composites, the polymers, etc. That means I would have to fork over my check for a new pair!

I asked them about it. Guys still like it but their women want small unobtrusive stuff.
Hey, when I was married, we had three closets and I had about 1/4 of one, better half had the rest.

I just need (affordable) power recommendations.

SDA-SRS V1.0 (Hey, I'm a computer nerd, everything got a version number)
Bi amped w/Kenwoods, total about 8/5 X 180 WPC.

Current: Quicksilver

And while I'm at it, I want to talk about the hatred for equalizers. Let's face it folks, many of the older recordings did not have exactly flat responses.
Sound board technicians smoked stuff too. For instance, Baxters can sound quite different depending on the EQ settings.

F1, you're obviously still here driving them NUTS! Kudos.

snow

dudeinaroom wrote:

Best of luck. I hope it doesn't cost you too much.

well i have some good news for both of us dude. i got my lexicon mc-1 back from the local tech today. itwas a simple fix allright a board had came loose during shipping and it had to be soldered back in place on a couple of connections. $140.00 later im back in buisness. the sda srs1.2tls sound even better now with a good digital connection. on the cds and dvd music videos. anyways ill try to do a price check on shipping the adcom gfp-555 this weekend and send you a pm on it. REGARDS SNOW. PM > SENT P.S you will like this unit dude. it is a plain looking sort of unit as most adcoms are but it has a very nice rich detailed sound and is in virtually true mint condition. your 2 channel music will sound so much better it will be like your listening to diffrent cds.

heiney9

This kind of stuff is what makes this community so great. Snow you are tops in my book for helping out a fellow polkie. Gets me all warm and fuzzy inside .

H9

snow

heiney9 wrote:

This kind of stuff is what makes this community so great. Snow you are tops in my book for helping out a fellow polkie. Gets me all warm and fuzzy inside .

H9

oh ty heiny9. its no biggie im glad to be able to help. i have had people give me things in the past when they upgraded, so im happy to be able to pass it on. and i know music is very important to me and im sure it is to him also. REGARDS SNOW