picked up sda-srs's

tom t

guys, just wanted to let you know i was listening for a while and things are starting to settle down. the sound is getting better by the minute. my dave grusin migration cd,which i think is a great cd sounded real good. he has alot of bass energy in hiss stuff and it comes through pretty good. after listening to about five of my favorite jazz cd's i can say im going to like these speakers. the better tweeters will put them over the edge. and i realize i dont have to blast them,a decient volumn and they throw a big sound stage.

engtaz

Tell her the speakers make her look sexier what ever it takes for the dreaded WAF.

tom t

she dosent mind the big speakers,the wife loves audio equipment, it was the lugging them up the stairs that did her in. i have to say, my wife has been a saint all the years. she just about goes along with all of my brain storms until the price gets crazy. then she shuts down the bank book.

engtaz

You got a keeper. Next time lug a friend along.

Loud & Clear

tom t wrote: »

she dosent mind the big speakers,the wife loves audio equipment, it was the lugging them up the stairs that did her in.

Try giving her a hand the next time and she'll let you spend more of her money.

Those SDA's look really nice. The tweeter upgrade isn't subtle. Placement makes such a differene, and you'll probably find yourself moving them bit by bit over a long period of time before you finally nail down your perfect positioning.

danger boy

the SRS's take some getting used to.. when I first got mine.. i hated the mid's.. they were way to forward.. after going thru several different interconnects and used stereo gear.. i finally found the right balance in the mids, highs and now i'm working on the getting more bass output.. so it does take time to get everything sounding just right i've found with SDA's.

tom t

thats good loud & clear,i guess i should give her a hand next time. so right danger boy,its going to take a few weeks to get things right. will be fun messing around with it.

schwarcw

Congrats Tom t! They look terrific! You have some nice electronics too! Good luck and enjoy

tom t

thank you carl

F1nut

i did have an idea??. i dont think many are going to like it but it can work. an equalizer!!.

That's a great way to lose all respect around here.

dudeinaroom

drool. I'd hate to lug those up stair. I had to lug my 2a's up a flight of stair by myself I could not Imagen doing it with those.

Enjoy those puppies,
dude

snow

First off congrats on the sda srs find. There getting more rare by the day, lots of demand very little supply for any of the sda srs models.There in very nice condition also.

It will take a little bit to find the exact right spot for these to sound there best, even a couple of inches can make a diiference. Also the right pre and amp combo makes a world of difference. Once you find it though it will be quite the experience.

HAPPY LISTENING SNOW

george daniel

Congratulations on the SDA's, Hope you enjoy them,,I would NOT use the EQ,play around with placement, be patient,you will know when they are "right". I had the same problem,played around with them and then one day when we were watching a movie (2ch),my wife got up to answer the door,of course the "knock" was on the movie,,I knew then that the placement was pretty good,even though the placement was not exactly as the manual stated. Have fun and enjoy.

tom t

the eq is out guys,just though i throw it out there. as of now they sound pretty good. ive moved them around a bit,alittle here and alittle there,they are coming around. getting better with every song i play. i think by next week it will all come together. with the infinity rs2b's, the soundcraftsmen 5002 for the bass, at 12 o'clock volumn the led's were lit up across the board,and the tru-clip lights would blink on peaks. with the polks at 12 o'clock,amp running at about 50%. just goes to show the difference in efficiency between the two. also the 2'bs are 4 ohm and 87 db. power hungry to say the least. but i have to say that amp drove them woffers for 15 years and never complained. it does the job!

tom t

here is what drives it all. its a simple rig,but it seems to work well. a b&k202+ for the top and the soundcraftsmen for the bottom. the superphon revelation 2 preamp is simple but quite good. its very quite and smooth with a great sound stage. its a stan warren design and very good for the money. we all know that tuner?? sansui 717. i had a sony es single disk player but got tired of one disk all the time so i picked up the 5 disk es player. alot better now. its all under $2000 but it sounds good and works well. yes,better will sound better,but im happy with what i have for now. if its not broke,dont fix it

madmax

tom t wrote: »

i can shidt everything to the right another foot .

Just shifting the left speaker over a little further will help. I did a lot of playing with mine and found that up to 3 feet caused a lot of problems. Having them closer together shouldn't be a problem unless you sit far away.
madmax

tom t

everything was moved to the right a foot,sound is very good. big sound stage and clear. bass is good, mids and highs are good also. every speaker has its good points and bad,these speakers do most things very well,but are not perfect in every way. there are other speakers that do some things better and i can say by now that the infinitys have better bass. its wide,deep, and very powerfull and if you are sitting on the couch across the room 20 feet away you can feel it move. the sound stage on the polks are bigger. i know everybody here like their polks but if you heard the infinitys you would know what i mean. and it could be just me,10 other people could listen and like the polk bass better then me. the inf bass is fuller to me, the polk is clean and leaner to me. i like them both for different types of music i guess. im enjoying them now. very,very loud

danger boy

so many things come into play in the final sound you hear.. i think it's been mentioned here several times.. bass in the SRS's is shy at best... at least that's been my experience.. but then again.. so many other factors come into play also. room acoustics, source material, cables, wires, electronics...

I agree though.. at least for me.. lack of bass has been an issue.

tom t

danger-boy, you are correct in what you say. the bass is there, i guess i was expecting it to be more or heavier sounding concidering the size of them. just think of what it would sound like if polk designed them with a 15 inch woofer in there. then it would really move some air. the infinitys have two 10 inch woofers which equal a 15 inch driver.

candyliquor35m

Congrats on the speaks and the fun you're having getting them set up. I've always been impressed with the bass separation I get from the sda's. I can hear the bass drum or bass guitar like there's a jam session going on right in my living room. Kind of like the mtv unplugged sessions. Up close and personal. I'm glad polk didn't make the bass overpowering so the listener can add a sub or eq for personal taste. jmo.

madmax

Bass is a funny thing, you get used to what you have been hearing. I'll admit with some amps/positioning the bass can be shy. What you may notice is that you can hear a lot of detail in the bass but may not feel a lot of it. It is a strange beast but worth getting to know. It would be interesting to listen very closely to the detail of both sets and compare.
madmax

tom t

madmax, you hit it right on the nail. now that you mention it, thats what it is. the bass is very clear and alot of good detail but i wasent getting that heavy weight i felt with the infinitys. maybe they are actually more balanced overall. a quick a/b compairson would be a pain in the butt to do unless you had enough stuff to have both going at the same time. i guess i will have to sell my infins to pay for these. good buy good friends

tom t

the infamous infinity's im going to miss so so so much.

madmax

The bass is very quick and tight on the SDA's. I have not heard the infinities so can't really say anything there.

I still love mine after 15 years.
madmax

tom t

and what part of the country do you live in madmax, if its under three days drive come and listen. lasareath---- these are the ones you were telling everybody about from pa on e-bay. they dident sell on e-bay besause no pictures

tom t

the silk tweeters,are they model # rdo194-1 ?? i also heard to pick up the polyswitches, what are they ??

engtaz

those infinity are very nice. How do you like ribbon tweets.

tom t

they sound great. very smooth,detailed,fast.

engtaz

Compare ribbon vs silk tweets

tom t

cannot do that, haven't heard silk tweeters