What to replace SDA's with???

I-SIG
I-SIG Posts: 2,243
edited November 2005 in Speakers
Since RuSsMaN is getting pissy on his FM thread, I thought I would oblige him and start a new thread asking what DO you replace SDA's with?

Wes
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2005
    Bigger SDA's
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited November 2005
    Bose...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2005
    I-SIG wrote:
    what DO you replace SDA's with?

    You don't, you replace the wife! :p
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited November 2005
    In all seriousness.

    Ive heard SDAs and lived with them for a year or so off and on and I honestly have no desires what-so-ever to ever own a pair. They are cool the first few goes... but after that - they just arnt fun. To me they were very boring to listen to after a few months.

    There are many other speakers out there other than SDA.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2005
    Magnepan.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2005
    dorokusai wrote:
    Magnepan.

    I'm sooooo confused! I replaced Magnepan with SDA. :)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2005
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote:
    In all seriousness.

    You can't be serious.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    You dont replace SDA with anything close. Its called a patent.

    RT1
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2005
    Magnepan, Thiel, Quad, Wilson, Legacy, B&W, JM Lab, Vandersteen, Martin Logan, Dynaudio, Dunlavy, Dali, Usher, Tannoy, Von Schweikert, Green Mountain Audio, Spendor, Eminent Technology, Buggtussel, Silverline Audio, Coincident, Snell, Hales, Acoustat, Paradigm, Canton, Soundlab, Gallo Acoustics, Proac, PSB, Ruark, Linn....

    To name a few.

    Cheers,
    Pissy Russ
    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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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited November 2005
    Why replace the SDA's with any of those other speakers when you've already found perfection!?! Sure some of them may do this or that better, but none do at all as well as the SDA.
    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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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2005
    That is such a moronic statement Jesse, and you know it.
    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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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited November 2005
    Just buy the B&W's. You know you want to.
    Gallo Ref 3.1 : Bryston 4b SST : Musical fidelity CD Pre : VPI HW-19
    Gallo Ref AV, Frankengallo Ref 3, LC60i : Bryston 9b SST : Meridian 565
    Jordan JX92s : MF X-T100 : Xray v8
    Backburner:Krell KAV-300i
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited November 2005
    No Russ, it's not. I've heard a good many of the ones on your list and I wouldn't take any of them over my SDA's.
    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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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2005
    Sure, they may be the last word for you, and maybe I'm reading too much into it - but you seem to generalize that they should be last word to everyone, and if you don't have SDA, you don't have good sound. That is simply not true.

    I LIKE SDA's. I've had 2B's, CRS+ (2 pair), 1B, 1C, and the SRS 2's which I've enjoyed for several years. It's simply time for me to enjoy something else. I LIKE speakers, that's why I have multiple rigs. I guess for me, I 'demo' speakers in my house over the course of months, sometimes years. There are too many GREAT speakers out there, for me to sell out to only one.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    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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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2005
    I've started to enjoy speakers that are able to do things without the use of an effect. SDA is very cool, but it isn't the best, that's just silly.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2005
    Here's my take- there are much better speakers than the SDAs, but look at the typical prices for them... in sheer bang-for-your buck, SDA's are where it's at.. hell, any vintage Polks. Now, that's for most people... Russ is known for digging up insane deals on gear, so perhaps his buck goes further than most. I just know that for me, I'm liable to stay in the vintage Polk crowd for a long time coming...
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    So Doro and RuSs have decided to sell their SDA. Nothing to get upset about. Someone here just buy RuSs's and enjoy them. Their great speakers and really not costly. Both of these guys are on record in these forum's as saying SDA Speakers should be a part of any collection. Feelings change. I will be keeping mine, figure I always will, I love em, but who knows.......
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2005
    I never stated that I'm selling my SDA's. I'll always have a pair handy, they simply don't get used any longer.

    I'm also sure noone is upset, it's just audio.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited November 2005
    I've found that improving upstream components dramatically improves the sound of the SDA's. So, for me, I will replace the SDA's when and if they becomes the limiting factor in my system. So far though, that has not been the case.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,205
    edited November 2005
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote:
    In all seriousness.

    Ive heard SDAs and lived with them for a year or so off and on and I honestly have no desires what-so-ever to ever own a pair. They are cool the first few goes... but after that - they just arnt fun. To me they were very boring to listen to after a few months.

    There are many other speakers out there other than SDA.

    Blasphemous talk :eek: :D . Actually to each their own and I'm sure your DT's are great. I've never heard anyone who had spent any time with a properly set up pair of SDA's call them Boring. Certainly are other fine speaks out there, but boring :confused:.

    IMO......of course :)

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    dorokusai wrote:
    I'll always have a pair handy
    ,

    Hmmm.......You sold the ones I knew you still had SRS 2 and the CRS, well, heck you have so many boxes in that magic basement of yours who knows what lying around in there, or some place your "extra overflow" goes into.
    dorokusai wrote:
    they simply don't get used any longer.

    If you mean not ever, then why not sell them? More likey, they dont get used any longer now.

    Yep, audio is fun.

    RT1
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited November 2005
    Yes, there are tons of other speakers out there, something for everyone. Fortunately, I found the sound I was looking for, the one that sounds closest to the real deal, so my search is over. Good luck with yours.
    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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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2005
    Is anyone here searching? I'm not.

    RT1 - I have a bunch of stuff I COULD sell, it's just hard to let go of mint items in this house.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    Then I will keep an eye open for the gems. ;) You just never know when the mood might hit you. Same for RuSs.

    Goodnight, I have some serious official Food Tasting to do in my humble castle.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited November 2005
    dorokusai wrote:
    Is anyone here searching? I'm not.

    It appears your search is over, it appears Russ' is not.
    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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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,085
    edited November 2005
    Eh, too each his/her own...you know?

    Is SDA end all/ be all? Of course not nor should it be.

    Nothing wrong with listening to and enjoying different speakers. If we all had the same gear, how boring would THAT be? There isn't a 'right' or 'wrong' answer here....

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2005
    Yes I am searching. That should come together in 2006.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
    NORTH of 60°
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2005
    I'm always trying to experience more gear. I wouldn't call that searching, as I'm not searching for anything aside from first hand experience with products, specifically loudspeakers.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited November 2005
    I too want to broaden my learning/listening horizons...

    I still don`t have first hand experience with the "Big Boy`s", but I will one day..

    I also want to explore other high end speaks.....just not sure what those would be.. :rolleyes:
    Cary SLP-98L F1 DC Pre Amp (Jag Blue)
    Parasound HCA-3500
    Cary Audio V12 amp (Jag Red)
    Polk Audio Xm Reciever (Autographed by THE MAN Himself) :cool:
    Magnum Dynalab MD-102 Analog Tuna
    Jolida JD-100 CDP
    Polk Audio LSi9 Speaks (ebony)
    SVS PC-Ultra Sub
    AQ Bedrock Speaker Cables (Bi-Wired)
    MIT Shotgun S1 I/C`s
    AQ Black Thunder Sub Cables
    PS Audio Plus Power Cords
    Magnum Dynalab ST-2 FM Antenna
    Sanus Cherry wood Speak Stands
    Adona AV45CS3 / 3 Tier Rack (Black /Gold)

    :cool:
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,085
    edited November 2005
    You know, to do it all over again...now, mind you, I dig my 2.3tl's, but I could have lived just as happily with a pair of CRS's.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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