SDA SRS-2 = Whoaaaaa! ugly pics included

spaceman
spaceman Posts: 138
edited July 2008 in Vintage Speakers
Ok, so we just bought another house today. Moving in a month so I am not even trying to make this room look pretty. The new house has a huge finished basement perfect for these GIANT mother speakers. Anyway, these are shot with my not at all tiny Rocket 550 MKIIs. The SDAs simply dwarf them lol.

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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    Oh, I also got a Pioneer VSX-5000.

    Forgive me, how do you hook these speakers up properly? He was using a gage of wire that I laughed at. I need to make something better. I have some 10 gage copper handy.

    There is no I/C cable. I am not doing anything until I here from someone who knows these things. Don't worry, I am worn out from moving them.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2008
    10 Gauge will do nicely. You should be able to make your own IC. Someone here will be able to tell you how.

    Congrats!!!
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    if they are pin/blade just use speaker wire connected to rca's with the collar removed,and you're good to go,,,
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    george daniel wrote: »
    if they are pin/blade just use speaker wire connected to rca's with the collar removed,and you're good to go,,,

    my mind says what? to that sentence sorry. any pictures for my dumb ****?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2008
    If they are pin/blade, then you can just shove a piece of bare speaker wire in each pin hole. Or, put RCA jacks on the end of a speaker cable, and cut of the metal collar of the jack(ground), it will insert in the pin hole.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    look at the sda cable interconnect socket on the back of the speaker,,is it a hole and slot,,or 2 slots
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    hole and a slot
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    okay,, got to rat shack,,get a pair of rca's,,connect some speaker wire to them,, remove the outer collar and place them in the "hole",,, or you can just use speaker wire with the ends placed in the holes(tinned prefferablly),,IIRC the slot on the pin/blade was used to support the cable. Without the cable.you are not getting the true sda effect.
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    ok. do I attach the left to the right with one wire? aka connect them?
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    oh and the power from the receiver? there are two red and two black? there is a stock looking little spade/wire/spade connecting the red to red and black to black already. just which one does the power connect?
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    yep---speaker to speaker
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    spaceman wrote: »
    oh and the power from the receiver? there are two red and two black? there is a stock looking little spade/wire/spade connecting the red to red and black to black already. just which one does the power connect?[/QUOTE

    those are the "jumpers",,connect the red/black from your amp to the lower red/black of the speaker,,then with your homeade interconnect,,put on some music and let us know how it sounds,,BTW,,careful with the receiver volume,,have fun
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    roger roger.

    TY for the prompt help. very nice of you.
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    OFF TO RAT SHACK!!!

    Btw, the pioneer vsx 5000 is a very strange receiver. looks like 100 wpc in stereo so I will take it easy for sure.

    Keep an eye out for an inexpensive amp for these will ya'll? I will too.

    My room is now 40% speaker lol.
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited July 2008
    spaceman wrote: »
    oh and the power from the receiver? there are two red and two black? there is a stock looking little spade/wire/spade connecting the red to red and black to black already. just which one does the power connect?

    The little thingie you are describing is what is called a jumper wire. (and yes, it is from the factory) You can connect the speaker wire to the top or bottom, it does not matter. If you want someone to tell you what to connect them to - connect to the bottom set... :)

    If you ever decide to bi-wire or bi-amp, remove the jumper.

    If you have one set of speaker wire with one red and one black speaker end, keep the jumpers in place and connect them to the bottom.

    Michael
    Mains.............Polk LSi15 (Cherry)
    Center............Polk LSiC (Crossover upgraded)
    Surrounds.......Polk LSi7 (Gloss Black - wood sides removed and crossovers upgraded)
    Subwoofers.....SVS 25-31 CS+ and PC+ (both 20hz tune)
    Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
    Amplifier.........Cinepro 3k6 (6-channel, 500wpc@4ohms)
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    got em working. back in black sounds allrighty. not turning it up but dynamics sound all there. REALLY **** amp/source lol. Still, I can hear potential.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    If you have it,,put on DSOTM--
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    oh yes. Outcast Stankonia = whoa even low level = HOLY &^%!

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    george daniel wrote: »
    If you have it,,put on DSOTM--

    I lost my third copy to my wife not putting CDs back in their case. Will get another lol.
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    pounding bass, clean mids, highs? well, I will wait on that until I get a real setup driving these. Pretty sure I will upgrade these to the hilt.
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited July 2008
    So tell us...how do they sound compared to the Rockets?

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    Ron Temple wrote: »
    So tell us...how do they sound compared to the Rockets?

    Just bigger. The source for the Rockets is digital and much better so there is no way to make a fair comparison yet. However, I will put all of my $$ into building the SDA setup. When I move next month, there will be a large, dedicated room. I may not yet have proper amplification but at least there will be enough space.

    I do believe that the rockets have better highs though again it is not fair to compare them yet.
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    ummm.

    Amps. I am having trouble seeing anything new worth buying until about $1500. Anything around $500 that will work ok? Even used, I do not see much on audiogon. Most of the issue is 4ohm capable so far. That and watts. Everything is 100 wpc! I need at least 250 wpc right?
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    Check out your local Craigslist,, you should be able to pick up B&K,Adcom,Parasound,to name a few on A'gon,for 500.00 or less,, remenber,, they are Bi-ampable,,,here's a thought,, get a couple of 200 watters,, a tubed pre ,such as a Dodd ELP,,a good source/CD,, and You are golden,,a very Respectable 2 ch rig,for not alot of coin.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited July 2008
    you need new tweeters, the RDO-194, might as well start dishing the cash out now, no sense denying yourself just because of fundage, hell the Mrs. got a new house, no reason you should not have new tweeters, amps, pre, source, wire, extra tubes, a new listening chair, a smoking jacket and a tobacco pipe.

    Enjoy your new home and God Bless you and family.

    RT1
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited July 2008
    Ok, I guess I better chime in being that I have a pair of SRS II's in my main living room setup. :D I've upgraded the tweeters to the RD0-194's, used Solen caps and Mills resistors in the crossovers, upgraded the speaker terminals, refinished the top/bottom wood pieces as someone had painted them black (that's in another thread), etc.

    The only thing I need to get off my **** and do is get some speaker wire to make the new IC connection between the speakers. I have the blade/blade connector and I have the XLR parts to do the changeover like Raife did. I even have the nice covering for the wire...I just need speaker wire! I also need to get some better quality speaker cable between them and the Carver TFM-55 amp running them. All I'm using right now is some leftover 14/2 wire that I used for wiring my 7 in-wall/in-ceiling speakers.

    Enjoy those speakers. They are the best of all the worlds on the SDA line....not too big, not too small. Give them some breathing room and they are amazing.
    Richard? Who's your favorite Little Rascal? Alfalfa? Or is it........................Spanky?.................................Sinner.
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  • spaceman
    spaceman Posts: 138
    edited July 2008
    try anti-cable for wire.

    I AM getting my own damn REAL audio room. Built new from the ground up in a finished BASSment lol.

    Thanks for the suggestions. I will get a budget around $2k (including doing the room) at least but prolly more.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    Look out,, Sal's getting pumped--have fun Sal,,Didn't you put those SRS 2's in a relatively small vehicle to transport them? Seems as I saw some pic's awhile ago. ;)
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2008
    amp
    http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1220553573http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1219553047

    Pre
    http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1219347468
    http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1220569841
    http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1220210691


    this should get you started
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited July 2008
    That's what I have on mine....but not the X version.
    Richard? Who's your favorite Little Rascal? Alfalfa? Or is it........................Spanky?.................................Sinner.
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