Long Lost Sda 180 Degree Sound Found

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zorro
zorro Posts: 9
edited November 2006 in Vintage Speakers
I have had my SDA SRS for 20 yrs. and could remember the 180 degree sound field you were surrounded by. However, I lost that quality over the years as they were moved to different homes and different rooms within my home.

I remembered an old post here in the last month that I had read that said your ideal listening position was approx. equal to the distance between the two speakers. Mine are 6 1/2 ft. apart measured to inside cabinet wall, but I had been listening about 13 ft. away. I can't move the speakers any further apart, so I moved up my recliner to 7 ft. front center of the speakers. Boy, what a difference!!! Unfortunately, it puts me in the middle of the living room and I will have to move my chair when company calls, but when we're alone, I'll pull my chair into that position and will be in "Command of the Starship Enterprise of Speakers!!!"

Thanks for helping me find a long lost friend.
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  • nebborjk
    nebborjk Posts: 425
    edited November 2006
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    Good to hear that your still enjoying the same pair of speakers after 20 years.
    Rock on!
    Proud SOPA Member since 2005!
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,428
    edited November 2006
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    Yep, the SDA is dependant on placement
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
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    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
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    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2006
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    I do the same thing brother.

    RT1
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited November 2006
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    The worst of it is when you get the company you'd rather drown out anyway.

    Good on ya, bro.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited November 2006
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    Awesome,I have a zero gravity chair I pull out and lean back in to that "perfect" spot and drift away...Nothing quite like the sweet spot of a pair of SDA's
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