A few of my VINYL favorites for Rock on 1Cs:
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
- Supertramp - Breakfast in America
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
- Rush - 2112
- Legs Diamond - Legs Diamond
Living Room
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded
Jazz (VINYL)
Al Dimeola - Elegant Gypsy
- Steely Dan - Aja (could be rock to some)
- Steely Dan - Gaucho
- Dave Grusin - Discovered Again! (Sheffield Lab label)
- Harry James & His Big Band - The King James Version (Sheffield Lab - Lab 3)
Living Room
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded
ZZ TOP -Leggs (Dance mix), Concrete & Steel
Adele -many
Dark Side of the Moon is really great
Boston -tracks off of 3rd Stage
Holy crap, got the wife fired up wanting to make a play list!
This has been the greatest thread. I stream most of my music off Spotify, so I've just been going through this thread, about 1 page a night and pulling up each song/album and listening to it on my SDA 2B. Incredible! And no extra cost to me! Great way to discover new music. Thanks everyone!
I was curious if anyone had heard Ed Sheeran - X on vinyl on their SDA's? I was blown away at the clarity. I'm not sure if I actually know what I'm hearing some times but to me this is one of the best new albums I've heard on my 3.1's. It's a 12" 45rpm record. Not sure if that is why it sounds so good.
HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
I have not heard any of the 12" 45's yet. How much better can they sound over a good 33? For $50 avg. they better blow you away. Anybody out there have experience with 45 LP's?
Hafler DH220 Power amp Recapped
Hafler DH110 Preamp Recapped
Hafler Digital FM Tuner
Virtue Audio M1 Piano CD Player
Technics SL-1210-MK5 with a Rega Exact Cartridge
Polk SDA1c's(Rebuilt XO's by Ben) RDO194 Tweeters
Boston's first album on CBS Half Speed Vinyl.
Jill Scott-Gettin in the way
Madonna-Frozen and Power of Goobye From her Ray of light album.The entire album really,but especially those two tracks.
Whitney Houston-12" Single Whatchulookinat.-Thunderpuss Club Mix
Karyn White-12" Single Romantic-Moonlight Mix
Scritti Politti-Perfect Way
Veronica-12" single Someone To Hold-Johnny Vicious Mix Show Edit
Man Parrish-Hip Hop Bee Bop (Don't Stop)
Michael Jackson-Human Nature and The Lady in My Life from Thriller
Paul McCartney and Wings-Silly Love Songs
Stephanie Mills-Putting a rush on me
Donna Summer-Love to Love You Baby album
I have not heard any of the 12" 45's yet. How much better can they sound over a good 33? For $50 avg. they better blow you away. Anybody out there have experience with 45 LP's?
I'm fairly certain I paid less then $30. I'd like to know what else was available in this format. Personally I was blown away.
HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
One that amazed me the other day was Jaco Pastorious debut, and a lot of Weather Reports stuff.
Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin
For you jazz buffs, the single album that I've found to have the greatest SDA effect is Sonny Rollins, The Bridge. Great album anyway, meticulously recorded, but the SDA effect is crazy. You're right on stage with the guitar to your left and Sonny himself to your right. Amazing.
Billy Ocean-Carribean Queen.
This was the song that showed me what the SDA's were capable of over thirty years ago! I wound up sitting and listening to the original SDA-1's for hours until they asked me to leave.
1. A Decade Of Steely Dan (tracks 3, 6 and 13)
2. Fleetwood Mac's Tusk (tracks 3, 10, 11)
3. Kansas Left Overture (every song)
4. Ricky Lee Jones first album
5. James Taylor New Moonshine
I almost forgot the ultimate music program test for just how efficient a speaker is:
Play the opening bass line from "Starship Trooper" by YES.
Chris Squire uses a tremolo effect on his bass and if I can't hear the trailing pulses off of that bass line, I don't buy that speaker.
Supertramp "Brother where you bound". I love several Supertramp LP's, I rate this up there w/COTC. It's now my show-off LP. It has some parts that will make you jump if you have some volume, as it should be!
Comments
If you are NFL fan, Fox NFL Football sounds SPECTACULAR on the SDA's. Quite possibly the most "I am there" experience I have had with them yet.
Study: Infinity Renaissance 80's, NAD 1300 Pre, Modified Hafler DH-2200, Pioneer PL-518 TT w/Shure V15, AudioSource EQOne, NAD 5100, Marantz tuner, JVC Tape Deck
Maybe something really saturated and production-heavy like Kanye's "Graduation" or Kendrick Lamar's "good kid maad city".
Different mixing styles and balances can really bring out some cool stuff in a speaker.
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
- Supertramp - Breakfast in America
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
- Rush - 2112
- Legs Diamond - Legs Diamond
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded
Al Dimeola - Elegant Gypsy
- Steely Dan - Aja (could be rock to some)
- Steely Dan - Gaucho
- Dave Grusin - Discovered Again! (Sheffield Lab label)
- Harry James & His Big Band - The King James Version (Sheffield Lab - Lab 3)
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Pink Floyd - The Wall
SRS 2.3TL (Fully Modded)...Velodyne Optimum 8 subwoofer
1KVA Dreadnought
Marantz SA 8005
Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntable - Shure SC35C/N35X - V15III/VN35HE
Yamaha TX-540 Tuner...Sony BDP-S570
Sony PS4
Separate subpanel with four dedicated 20 amp circuits.
1. Amplification 2. Analog 3. Digital 4. Video
"All THAT IS LOST FROM THE SOURCE IS LOST FOREVER"
I will fix your shifted magnets for free.
Adele -many
Dark Side of the Moon is really great
Boston -tracks off of 3rd Stage
Holy crap, got the wife fired up wanting to make a play list!
Black Sabbath - War Pigs (song)
I will fix your shifted magnets for free.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
Additional projects: RTA 12c's
Hafler DH110 Preamp Recapped
Hafler Digital FM Tuner
Virtue Audio M1 Piano CD Player
Technics SL-1210-MK5 with a Rega Exact Cartridge
Polk SDA1c's(Rebuilt XO's by Ben) RDO194 Tweeters
Jill Scott-Gettin in the way
Madonna-Frozen and Power of Goobye From her Ray of light album.The entire album really,but especially those two tracks.
Whitney Houston-12" Single Whatchulookinat.-Thunderpuss Club Mix
Karyn White-12" Single Romantic-Moonlight Mix
Scritti Politti-Perfect Way
Veronica-12" single Someone To Hold-Johnny Vicious Mix Show Edit
Man Parrish-Hip Hop Bee Bop (Don't Stop)
Michael Jackson-Human Nature and The Lady in My Life from Thriller
Paul McCartney and Wings-Silly Love Songs
Stephanie Mills-Putting a rush on me
Donna Summer-Love to Love You Baby album
I'm fairly certain I paid less then $30. I'd like to know what else was available in this format. Personally I was blown away.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
Additional projects: RTA 12c's
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin
This was the song that showed me what the SDA's were capable of over thirty years ago! I wound up sitting and listening to the original SDA-1's for hours until they asked me to leave.
1. A Decade Of Steely Dan (tracks 3, 6 and 13)
2. Fleetwood Mac's Tusk (tracks 3, 10, 11)
3. Kansas Left Overture (every song)
4. Ricky Lee Jones first album
5. James Taylor New Moonshine
Play the opening bass line from "Starship Trooper" by YES.
Chris Squire uses a tremolo effect on his bass and if I can't hear the trailing pulses off of that bass line, I don't buy that speaker.
I agree, sounds better than ever!
Village Idiot of Club Polk