What should I upgrade???

jtgranby

Pre amp rogue audio 99 magnum

Amp Ps audio delta 200

Jolida 100 cdp

Polk sda 2.3tl's

This is current setup.

I am looking at these options. Any IMHO out there.


JT

Shizelbs

Speakers.

VR3

ill second that

Serendipity

Not sure, but I would upgrade the speakers first then the amp.

dkg999

+3 on the speakers

hearingimpared

I don't know ./ . .but the gold Cary is beautiful.

F1nut

WTF? Ain't nothing wrong with the speakers. Get the Cary gear.

Shizelbs

Nothing is wrong with any of it. SDAs are but a small area in the world of speakers. Time to move on.

VR3

Strata Mini, Tyler Acoustics, Salk, Odyssey - lots of speakers out there.

F1nut

Yawn. Sure there's lots of speakers out there, but there's nothing like a good set of SDA's

hearingimpared

Amen!

dkg999

Unless you're gonna have a monkey to bury someday, you could think outside the box when it comes to speakers

Ricardo

I'll have to say speakers also; you have great gear. No, there's nothing wrong with a pair of SDA's; they are great speakers and fun to listen, but there are so many others out there that can give you a different "side" of music.

hearingimpared

dkg999 wrote: »

Unless you're gonna have a monkey to bury someday, you could think outside the box when it comes to speakers

Every time I think outside that box I always come back to the big SRS one.:D

F1nut

Same here.

TroyD

What exactly are you dissatisfied with?

You know, different strokes for left handed people but put me in the camp of if you have something you like, why eff with it?

In terms of SDA, yeah, there is other stuff out there. Some of it MAY be better., however, I don't get the backlash that's popping up around here against SDA's. In my travels, I've found speakers that do some things better than SDA's, however, unlike SDA's, I've found few that didn't have some sort of achilles heal.

Personally, I think some of the backlash is an attempt to be seen as avante guard. Me, I'm done chasing gear. I like my SDA's and feel justified in saying that you'd be hard pressed to show me a speaker that could embarass them.

BDT

I-SIG

I'm with Troy, Jesse, and Joe.

Get the Cary gear and rock on!

Wes

george daniel

Cary

SCompRacer

What exactly are you dissatisfied with?

Good question.

engtaz

That's some great gear. What's the problem with it? If its upgrade fever just go get a cheap AVR and cheap speakers then fall back in love with your gear.

engtaz

cfrizz

I also agree with these 3. There will ALWAYS be something new out there to explore, but if you are satisfied with what you have now, why mess with it?

I heard the SDA's at PF2005 & they were terrific & years ahead of their time. They had surround sound before it was ever officially invented! If I had the room...scratch that I don't have the brawn to move them!:o But you get the idea!

I-SIG wrote: »

I'm with Troy, Jesse, and Joe.

Get the Cary gear and rock on!

Wes

TroyD

So get a pair of CRS+'s or 2B's....not much heft, and to be honest they are pretty awesome.

BDT

George Grand

Are you dissatisfied at all? OR, do you just think that because everybody on this forum appears to need the ultimate in sound reproduction, that you need to follow suit?

It appears to me you already own some very desirable equipment.

Bill Ayotte

If I had that gear, you would be hard pressed to get a smile off of my face at any time.....Cary makes some great looking stuff though...

ohskigod

there's nothing wrong with trying something different, but to be considerred an "upgrade" you would have to spend ALOT of money to upgrade from the SDA 2.3tl.

thats a solid system you have there already, but this is one of those situations that you have to take everyone's advise, but forge your own path.

If I had that system, I might very well be tempted to try different speakers, but only if I didnt have to sell the SDA's. Thats a speaker you hold onto, even if your not using it. you dont sell a speaker like that unless your ABSOLUTLY sure you will never use it again.

I went through the same thing with my Carver Amazings. I moved to a pair of AR9's, would'nt call it an upgrade, just wanted to try something different. They just seem to fall perfectly with my preferences moreso than the Carver, but I still havent sold the Carver's. see what I mean?

while I have no experience with the pre and amp you have, I'm going to wage an educated guess and say what would be considerred a "significant upgrade" in speaker would a) cost a sh*tload, and b) probably require you to upgrade amplification (pre as well) to get the most out of that significant investment. with this in mind, my vote is with the Cary gear, since that would seem to be an "upgrade".

change speakers when you want to try something different, hey, I've done it, but for the "upgrade" my vote is with the Cary gear.



that said, George has a good point. Make sure your doing this to find better sound, not because you want cool gear like others

madmax

Obviously anyone listening to SDA's needs to move on. (Said in a joking tone). I wouldn't give that a second thought. Those SDA's will benefit from an electronics upgrade as well as any other. Man, I'm eyeing that amp. Super cool!
madmax

Edit: I don't know where you are with cables, wires and power conditioning but they may be an option too. Sometimes its amazing how much a cable can hold back the potential of an otherwise top notch system.

halo

You could mod the Jolida ala H.R.A.M. or Underwood. If you are a DIY'r look up F1nut's AA Top Fuel Dragster mod. It all starts at the source IMHO.

IMHO - That Cary gear is beautiful.

cfrizz

Amen George, AMEN!!!!

Being in this environment is somewhat infectious. You see everyone & their brother ranting & raving about their new gear & soon you're thinking that you need to try something new.

But I've looked at how many newbies are joining with vintage speakers or one of us regulars discovers how well our vintage speakers sound with a change in electronics or adding an amp & Then I realize that I have a damn good system & just enjoy it!

It's no crime to enjoy what you've got.:D

George Grand wrote: »

Are you dissatisfied at all? OR, do you just think that because everybody on this forum appears to need the ultimate in sound reproduction, that you need to follow suit?

It appears to me you already own some very desirable equipment.

ohskigod

wanting to change stuff is part of the hobby. some of us search for something we will never find. I say we can spend money on dumber things (hookers and blow would make that list )

but enjoying what you have should be apart of it too. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm at a place where i'm pretty happy with what I got. Maybe cable experimentation down the road. I recently got a Monster HTS 5100 for the 2 channel rig, because I swear I got power issues in my basement.

as happy as I am with my gear, I might try something down the road, I keep saying I want to try a passive pre, eh, I'll do it when I feel like it.

point is, some are going to chill with what they got, and some wont. it's just the name of the game

hearingimpared

I'm just now starting to listen past the equipment or medium and enjoy the music. I have a lot of LPs and CDs and some just sound awful but the music on them is wonderful and I am now hearing the music. Of course when critical listening kicks in there is nothing a poor soul can do!!!LOL

markmarc

I'd vote for modding the Joilida. I have a modded unit, amazing what $300-350 will do for your sound.

If you do change speakers, make sure to do some in-home auditions before changing.