My SDA SRS 1.2 tl upgrade thread.

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited June 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    congrats man! Rush was first up on mine as well.



    Thanks John, was well worth the wait and work. I will redo the wood in the near future.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited June 2009
    Face wrote: »
    Not feeling the brass, but everything else looks great. Enjoy!

    The pictures do the brass no justice, I think if you could see them with your own eyes it might change your mind. I hate the pics of them cause i know what they really look like.

    Thanks by the way, I am looking forward to them getting some hours now.
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  • Shocked One
    Shocked One Posts: 16
    edited June 2009
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    The pictures do the brass no justice, I think if you could see them with your own eyes it might change your mind. I hate the pics of them cause i know what they really look like.

    Having seen the brass (and the silk screening) with my own eyes, I can confirm that they look stunningly badass!!

    So when's a good day and time to go hear them?
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited June 2009
    Shocked One wrote: »
    Having seen the brass (and the silk screening) with my own eyes, I can confirm that they look stunningly badass!!

    So when's a good day and time to go hear them?


    Let them burn in for a few Benny, and i will have you over.:cool:
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited June 2009
    Toolforlifefan, I can't tell from the pix. Is the original cabinet braced?
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited June 2009
    Please ignore the question above, just saw the bracings on page 2
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited June 2009
    These speakers KICK F%@KING ****.

    Thats all.

    Larry.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited June 2009
    I am glad you are happy. How is the punch from the GFA-585 doing? Ever felt hits/pounding like that before?
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited June 2009
    ben62670 wrote: »
    I am glad you are happy. How is the punch from the GFA-585 doing? Ever felt hits/pounding like that before?

    It is fantastic, after enjoying the SDA2's the past few weeks i really did'nt know what to expect, I had an idea but man these are with out a doubt better then i could have dream of.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited June 2009
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    These speakers KICK F%@KING ****.

    Thats all.

    Larry.

    Right on Brother!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    OK i got my 1.2's upstairs a few days ago, and i was disappointed on the sound i was getting. I was not sure why but it was much better in the basement.

    Well my son is here from NY, and i had him help me put the spikes on them.

    Guess what? They sound F@$KING AWESOME!!!!

    For you guys out there that are not sure about putting spikes on them, DO IT!!!!

    My guess is the concrete in the basement gave me the sound i had, but with the spikes?

    BOY "O" BOY was i in for a shock.

    SPIKE THEM!!!
    SPIKE THEM!!!
    SPIKE THEM!!!

    OK i am done, you can move on now.

    Larry.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2009
    Soooo you like the spikes!!!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Soooo you like the spikes!!!

    It was night and day on how they sound, The spikes helped bring everything out in a big way. Not only are the lows more detailed but the highs as well.

    I am still blown away on what they did.

    We had just listened to NIN closer, Then we put the spikes on and replayed the song.

    It was absolutely incredible.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    I have the same problem with mine, the basement sounds F**king awesome but bass in the living room is near impossible and I have some homemade spikes I tried too with no noticeable improvement. my living room acoustics just plain suck!
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited July 2009
    Damn! beautiful job Larry. Enjoy!:D:D:D



    Pat.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,464
    edited July 2009
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    OK i got my 1.2's upstairs a few days ago, and i was disappointed on the sound i was getting. I was not sure why but it was much better in the basement.

    Well my son is here from NY, and i had him help me put the spikes on them.

    Guess what? They sound F@$KING AWESOME!!!!

    For you guys out there that are not sure about putting spikes on them, DO IT!!!!

    My guess is the concrete in the basement gave me the sound i had, but with the spikes?

    BOY "O" BOY was i in for a shock.

    SPIKE THEM!!!
    SPIKE THEM!!!
    SPIKE THEM!!!

    OK i am done, you can move on now.

    Larry.

    I just spiked mine thanks to you... I had been meaning to do it since I brought them home but had been to lazy. All I can say is I am glad I read the thread... WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I thought of spikes as just a placebo kind of thing, until now.

    Thanks for the update Larry!;)


    John
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    Your welcome John.:cool:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    Retro152 wrote: »
    Damn! beautiful job Larry. Enjoy!:D:D:D



    Pat.


    Thanks Pat!!!
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited July 2009
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    OK i got my 1.2's upstairs a few days ago, and i was disappointed on the sound i was getting. I was not sure why but it was much better in the basement.

    Well my son is here from NY, and i had him help me put the spikes on them.

    Guess what? They sound F@$KING AWESOME!!!!

    For you guys out there that are not sure about putting spikes on them, DO IT!!!!

    My guess is the concrete in the basement gave me the sound i had, but with the spikes?

    BOY "O" BOY was i in for a shock.

    SPIKE THEM!!!
    SPIKE THEM!!!
    SPIKE THEM!!!

    OK i am done, you can move on now.

    Larry.

    This is good to know! When I ordered my RDO 198's I also ordered a set of spikes from Polk for these...Sounds like they help! The shipping from Polk is a bit delayed at the moment due to them moving....
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    Here is my system so far, Looking forward to my pre getting here.




    SDASRS12TLPICS027.jpg
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited July 2009
    Larry, I want to give birth to your future children.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited July 2009
    Pure SEX! So jealous.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2009
    Looks great Larry!

    So what is it that the spikes do to improve the sound? Decouple the box from the floor so as to eliminate internal reverberations? I can't think of anything else, myself. Especially since it looks like that series was designed to sit on the floor.

    It also makes sense that basement concrete would deaden, absorb any internal SWs. I'm going to be setting mine up in a basement so I'm assuming I'm OK?

    cnh
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    Looks great Larry!

    So what is it that the spikes do to improve the sound? Decouple the box from the floor so as to eliminate internal reverberations? I can't think of anything else, myself. Especially since it looks like that series was designed to sit on the floor.

    It also makes sense that basement concrete would deaden, absorb any internal SWs. I'm going to be setting mine up in a basement so I'm assuming I'm OK?

    cnh

    The 1.2/tl's , 2.3/tl's came with leveling feet, I am sure the 3.1's, and 1C's did as well.

    I am sure the spikes did eliminate internal reverberations, It was Night and day in sound though.

    I can not stress this enough, If i was you I would spike them, Listen to them for awhile then put spikes on them, and see for your self at the improvment.

    It is a big change, One tweek i would fully recommend for everyone that has not tried it.

    Thanks for the kind words guys.

    (Lightman1, I hope your a female ;) )

    Larry.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,464
    edited July 2009
    fyi... the 1c's did not come with leveling feet, at least mine did not... I am going after a pair of 3.1's today and will let you know on those
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    fyi... the 1c's did not come with leveling feet, at least mine did not... I am going after a pair of 3.1's today and will let you know on those

    Thanks John,

    I wasnt sure on the 1C's let me know on the 3.1's
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Here is my system so far, Looking forward to my pre getting here.




    SDASRS12TLPICS027.jpg

    Very F**king nice Larry

    Great job! The brass looks much better altogether, you should try some stainless high polish for **** and grins.
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  • Shocked One
    Shocked One Posts: 16
    edited July 2009
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Here is my system so far, Looking forward to my pre getting here.

    By "pre" are you referring to a "pre"-amp of some kind, or the new Palm "Pre" cell phone from Sprint?
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,464
    edited July 2009
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Thanks John,

    I wasnt sure on the 1C's let me know on the 3.1's
    those 3.1's are already spoken for by Leroy...:(
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,334
    edited July 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    those 3.1's are already spoken for by Leroy...:(

    I think leroy is wanting a set of each SDA made.:p

    I don't blame him.
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