Polk SDA-1Bs... any good???

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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited June 2008
    Hmmm, where was that thread where we were talking about how many of us have bought SDA's off people whose wives made them get rid of them....

    So you going to get a nice Bose surround setup now???:eek:
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • jon s
    jon s Posts: 905
    edited June 2008
    well, i sold the SDA-1Bs... buyer loves them, he said it sounds great. better than what it was at my home since placement at my home was very bad, one speaker jammed in the corner and the other standing in the open...

    boo hoo...

    :(
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited June 2008
    Ugh....

    I love my little room in the basement. Mine! Mine! All mine! Don't like it??? GET OUT!!!! Yeah, the speakers are huge.... SO WHAT???
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2008
    jon s wrote: »
    well, i sold the SDA-1Bs... buyer loves them, he said it sounds great. better than what it was at my home since placement at my home was very bad, one speaker jammed in the corner and the other standing in the open...

    boo hoo...

    :(

    git yourself a pair of 2B's. i bet you don't sell those :p;)
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • jon s
    jon s Posts: 905
    edited June 2008
    nspindel wrote: »
    Ugh....

    I love my little room in the basement. Mine! Mine! All mine! Don't like it??? GET OUT!!!! Yeah, the speakers are huge.... SO WHAT???

    well, unbelievably... homes in Hawaii do not have basements or attics... the roofs are nearly flat, with only a 2-3 ft tall attic and basements are non-existent...

    but I do have this....

    :D

    the projector was replaced by a JVC RS-1, the subs running are a pair of Polk PSW650s augmented with a Carver Sunfire sub... An Onkyo TX-NR905 drives the speakers, fed by a PS3 and a Denon DVD-3930CI. the LSi15s are used to listen to music, powered by a Sony TA-F808ES MOS-FET amp and a Sony CDP-779ES CD player.... the theater has a bunch of RT55is for the front and smaller Polks for the surrounds...
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited June 2008
    jon s, Great setup you have there. What size screen?

    Congrats,
    engtaz
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited June 2008
    jon s wrote: »
    well, unbelievably... homes in Hawaii do not have basements or attics... the roofs are nearly flat, with only a 2-3 ft tall attic and basements are non-existent...

    but I do have this....

    :D

    the projector was replaced by a JVC RS-1, the subs running are a pair of Polk PSW650s augmented with a Carver Sunfire sub... An Onkyo TX-NR905 drives the speakers, fed by a PS3 and a Denon DVD-3930CI. the LSi15s are used to listen to music, powered by a Sony TA-F808ES MOS-FET amp and a Sony CDP-779ES CD player.... the theater has a bunch of RT55is for the front and smaller Polks for the surrounds...


    Pretty !
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2008
    So you're running three subs and "a bunch of RT55is"?!? Awesome.
    Jake
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  • jon s
    jon s Posts: 905
    edited June 2008
    engtaz wrote: »
    jon s, Great setup you have there. What size screen?

    Congrats,
    engtaz

    Stewart Filmscreen StudioTek 1.3 microperfed 100"x54" screen. The center channel speaker is behind the screen. The left and right speakers are in the front wall next to the screen. Those are Polk RT55is...
    The Carver sub is along the front wall a little off center, one POok 650 is on a side wall and the other 650 is on the rear wall, this way it cancels any dead zones...

    The room used to be colored tan with teal accents, but I discovered that colors play a BIG role in HT. The light colors diminished the contrast and the picture lacked punch. Also, if your room is colored red, for example, the image would have a reddish hue to it. I ended up painting the front wall flat black and the rest of the room with neutral shades of gray. Looks like crap, it's as dark as a dungeon. I have 600 watts of lights and the room still is dark. But the screen image is to die for. Ideally, the room should be all black, but that would be too dismal for me.
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